[dmegatool]

Dear fucked up guy at the Heavy MTL,
If I offered you to lift you up to body surf, it wasn't because you were cool. It was because you were so annoying. And why did you answer me in english ? I talked to you in french cause I heard you speak it like 5 seconds before.

Quit cocaine man...

http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...649#post699649. This post went to oblivion or what ? Says I don't I have the permissions. Ah sweet Messiahtosh lol

[BuonRotto]

Dear over-the-counter drug companies,

I know that homeopathy is bunk placebo effect crap, but I didn't realize that you were just as ineffective (except as a means to get drowsy). The wifey took non-prescription drug cocktails for four days that did nothing except incapacitate her and somehow dry out her nose without doing anything about the crud in her sinuses. Finally sat in an urgent care clinic for two hours for a prescription for generic Flonase that fixed her up right away. Thanks for nothing and wasting $70 of our money.

Sincerely,
Husband who has got the blame for getting her sick in the first place

[Brad]

Originally Posted by BuonRotto Dear over-the-counter drug companies, I know that homeopathy is bunk placebo effect crap, but I didn't realize that you were just as ineffective (except as a means to get drowsy). The wifey took non-prescription drug cocktails for four days that did nothing except incapacitate her and somehow dry out her nose without doing anything about the crud in her sinuses. Finally sat in an urgent care clinic for two hours for a prescription for generic Flonase that fixed her up right away. Thanks for nothing and wasting $70 of our money. Sincerely, Husband who has got the blame for getting her sick in the first place

Consider checking her for allergies, or was this just a one-time onset of a sinus infection? Often the former can lead to high susceptibility of the latter.

I've been on various allergies medications for, gosh, 23 years. I remember starting taking allergy shots when I was 5. For almost a year stretch during college when I was on a tight budget, I skipped getting my (expensive) prescriptions filled and tried various over-the-counter alternatives. I was in constant pain or stuffy or drowsy or sniffly... nothing I found worked as well as the prescriptions. Never again will I try that, even if it means cutting other important things or activities out of my budget.

I'm currently taking Flonase twice a day every day alongside Singulair (Rx only) and Zyrtec (previously Rx, now OTC) to keep my sinuses, asthma, and allergies under control. IMO, there really is no substitute to seeing a real doctor and getting the right medications to treating problems like this that can have such a foul effect on your day-to-day life.

[Robo]

I've never had a problem with allergies, but I developed some this summer. At first I just thought it was a horrendous head cold, but it didn't go away. I finally gave in and took some off-brand OTC allergy stuff and miraculously, I feel better!

So, yeah, check to see if it's allergies.

[Sauvblanc]

Dear Australian Fundies and other Right-Wing Christian types,

So the current Prime Minister and leader of the Labor Party is a woman, an atheist, is living with a man to whom she is not married and has no kids.

So. Fucking. What.

Please stop demonizing her on those points. Just because she is a woman and generally the antithesis of everything you are or believe does not mean that she's not fit to run the country. Most of us atheists have a strong moral code, a good sense of right and wrong and more often than not a great deal more common sense than you do.

And please stop holding up her opponent as a paragon of Christian virtue on the basis of the fact that he's Catholic, married and has a kid. Have you forgotten that he himself has admitted that he's fallen short of saintly virtue on a number of things like abstinence before marriage? And, based on what I've read, a lot of you are not exactly leading virtuous lives either, cheating on your spouses and being seen in gay bars while denouncing homosexuality.

So stop being hypocritical, quit hiding behind your Bible and for once grow a pair of balls and a brain and vote based on a party's political platform rather than whether a candidate is Christian or not. We have more serious issues that need dealing with in this country than someone's faith.

Thanks and happy voting!
Sauvblanc.

[tomoe]

Dear very wasted, reeking of alcohol man on the subway,

What the shit does "god cause the oil spill in the gulf because we have become a nation of unbelievers! He can't help us until we starting helping each other! You can start out by helping me and giving me some change!" mean? I'm not buying it.

Also, props to the older fellow that asked you "Why would I give you money when you're clearly drunk and on drugs?" to which you so ineloquently responded: "See! That's the devil talking! You got the devil in ya, why don't you wanna help your fellow man?"

love,
sadly amused.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by tomoe Dear very wasted, reeking of alcohol man on the subway, What the shit does "god cause the oil spill in the gulf because we have become a nation of unbelievers! He can't help us until we starting helping each other! You can start out by helping me and giving me some change!" mean? I'm not buying it. Also, props to the older fellow that asked you "Why would I give you money when you're clearly drunk and on drugs?" to which you so ineloquently responded: "See! That's the devil talking! You got the devil in ya, why don't you wanna help your fellow man?" love, sadly amused.

I get this once or twice a week on the light rail, but I had one a while back that stuck with me. He didn’t ask for money, or food, he asked where he could find a pair of boots he could afford so he could get a construction job.

I can’t really see an “angle” here for some sort of scam. Am I missing something or did he really just want a pair of boots?

Another one I’ve been seeing lately is a guy walking around with a stack of Texas Medical Center newspapers, which are free, and asking for a buck a piece.

[Banana]

Dear Adobe,

I downloaded your POS product named "Reader" so I can use your propertiary tools. (my, I can't imagine the fuss over "openness" you've been making)

I would love to visit your campus one day so I can stick your lameass Reader Updater far up your ass.

Die in a napalm.

Love,
Banana

[psmith2.0]

That thing keeps popping up on my Mom's Mac mini, the past couple of months. Every time I try to do something with it, it gets stuck in this weirdo loop. So aggravating. I eventually turned it off (the updater engine or whatever it's called). I think we're talking about the same thing.

[Banana]

Yes, that's the offender. The Reader itself is OK - I would have preferred to use Preview but in this case I really needed to use Reader because of specific requirement for the project. I think I remember hoping that I'd get it in a .dmg and thus throw it afterward but it came as a .pkg.

And I'm very sure I didn't get asked if I'd like to be notified for any updates. Adobe thoughtfully assumed that I of course want to download and fill up my nice computer with their crapware.

[Robo]

Adobe Updater absolutely borked my netbook. So, yeah. Updater, Flash, Reader...all of them can go to hell.

Not that Apple's Windows updater is necessarily a good citizen, either...

[tomoe]

Dear person who hacked my debit card and bought a glass pipe,

You're a dick.

Disdainfully,
Me

[kieran]

Dear Golf ball that hit me in the eye,

Fuck you. You cost me 2 days in the hospital, a week's worth of my vacation days, and medical bills that I haven't gotten yet..

Signed,
me.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by kieran Dear Golf ball that hit me in the eye, Fuck you. You cost me 2 days in the hospital, a week's worth of my vacation days, and medical bills that I haven't gotten yet.. Signed, me.

:O :O :O

...are you all right?

[kieran]

Originally Posted by Robo :O :O :O ...are you all right?

Getting better every day, but my vision in my eye is effed up. Can't see too great, but the docs ruled out surgery, so that's a good sign. Hoping that it gets back to somewhere near where it was before I got hit.

Going back to work now, after a week off, so we'll see how that goes.

[chucker]

Get better!

[Robo]

Originally Posted by chucker Get better!

THIS. Seriously, OMG.

[curiousuburb]

Originally Posted by kieran Dear Golf ball that hit me in the eye, Fuck you. You cost me 2 days in the hospital, a week's worth of my vacation days, and medical bills that I haven't gotten yet.. Signed, me.

Originally Posted by kieran Getting better every day, but my vision in my eye is effed up. Can't see too great, but the docs ruled out surgery, so that's a good sign. Hoping that it gets back to somewhere near where it was before I got hit. Going back to work now, after a week off, so we'll see how that goes.

Originally Posted by chucker Get better!

Originally Posted by Robo THIS. Seriously, OMG.

Wear sunglasses!

[kieran]

Originally Posted by chucker Get better!

Originally Posted by Robo THIS. Seriously, OMG.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Curiousuburb Wear sunglasses!

Doc said it could have been worse had I been wearing glasses. Pieces of plastic/glass could have gotten into my eye.

[drewprops]

How did it happen? (hope that your sight returns better than before)


...

[kieran]

Originally Posted by drewprops How did it happen? (hope that your sight returns better than before) ...

Was finishing up the 4th hole on the course, when a wayward tee shot from the 5th hit me right in the eye. Nothing I could do about it. Never saw the ball.

Spent two nights in the hospital and out of work for a week. Won't know how much returns for about six months the doctor said.

[drewprops]

Helluva slice.


...

[kieran]

Originally Posted by drewprops Helluva slice. ...

That's being generous.

[Maciej]

Yikes! I hope you heal up nice and quickly, kieran. I bet the guy who hit you is going to think twice about playing golf for the rest of his life.

[solstace]

Man, sorry Kieran.

Meanwhile, another open letter to providers of all products/services:

When sending an email or letter to notify of something or to ask a question, it would be really cool if you could actually quote exactly which service/address/site/phone number/device you are referring to.

Let's take an example: I look after 10 Internet service accounts for various properties I provide tech-support for. Sending an email telling me that something's about to happen (like an upgrade or planned outage perhaps) but not specifying which service(s) will be affected is worse than useless.

Compounding this basic systems design error is your reliance on me calling customer services to ask for more info is bad, mmmkay? Especially when the first thing I'm asked is which account I'm calling about - that's exactly what I'm trying to find out.

So when you design these systems, please think about what it's like to actually have to use them when you *don't* know the background about why things are as they are. Mmmkaaay?

Yours,

Growling near-murderous techie.

[Bryson]

Dear Novel Writers,

Please, please, if you must include a sex scene, don't use the word "urgent." Because...umm...gross.

Thanks

Bryson

PS: Also "her sex" is not a ok substitute for "vagina". Thanks.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Bryson PS: Also "her sex" is not a ok substitute for "vagina". Thanks.

"He put his sex in her sex and they had sex."

[psmith2.0]

"Urgently."

[chucker]

Originally Posted by Bryson PS: Also "her sex" is not a ok substitute for "vagina". Thanks.

Getting 'a' vs. 'an' wrong is not "ok" either.

[Hassan i Sabbah]

Dear Me.

I was displeased when you punched yourself in the face this morning. I don't care that that it was an accident. When you are turning the futon mattress over, take a firm grip. That way when it slips your clenched fist won't fly off the seam and smack your right eye under the brow.

No one will believe that you gave yourself a black eye, you FUCKING MORON.

My very best regards, etc.,

Me