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  1. #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grits View Post
    Dear E-Vite recipient,

    Do you not realize that I can see that you viewed the e-vite and could not trouble yourself to click on yes or no and send? <snip>
    I guess you are just so popular that you are waiting until the last minute to see if you get a better offer. Honestly, weren't you taught any manners?
    I don't know all of the details, but I'm not sure that i'd read that much into it....

    I just received an Evite, and opened it to read all of the who/when/where. I now have to confer with my better half, make sure that I can get off work to go, etc. etc. Maybe this is rude of me, but an immediate response just isn't gonna happen.

    Just my two cents.

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    Dear Aspiring Listing Agent,
    I know you think your Hummer will impress potential clients and yes, it sure did but it was not the impression you were aiming for.
    I was shocked, shocked I say, to see that behemoth in my driveway.
    I'm still amused at your befuddled look when I told you why I wouldn't be interested in working with you.
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    Dear Mom,

    your family consists of one daughter, and two grandsons. You're out of the country more than half the year. It's not like you're swimming in family, duty or social occasions, and it wouldn't kill you to be polite and say yes when the one grandson asks if you'd like to come to the circus show the entire school has been working on for weeks. If not, the least you could do is come up with a plausible excuse or white lie, instead of a stupid offputting "Ah, no, no, I don't think so.... I'm an old lady, you know, and too tired to be out and about much". Especially after you've just accepted an invitation to lunch a few days earlier - but hey, that was to celebrate YOUR birthday, wasn't it.

    The kid is 12, and big enough to figure it out for himself. So you could just be up front about it, and tell him that you're not interested in anybody but yourself, and couldn't give a hoot how he feels about it.
    Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin

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    That's so sad
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    Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
    Dear Mom,

    your family consists of one daughter, and two grandsons. You're out of the country more than half the year. It's not like you're swimming in family, duty or social occasions, and it wouldn't kill you to be polite and say yes when the one grandson asks if you'd like to come to the circus show the entire school has been working on for weeks. If not, the least you could do is come up with a plausible excuse or white lie, instead of a stupid offputting "Ah, no, no, I don't think so.... I'm an old lady, you know, and too tired to be out and about much". Especially after you've just accepted an invitation to lunch a few days earlier - but hey, that was to celebrate YOUR birthday, wasn't it.

    The kid is 12, and big enough to figure it out for himself. So you could just be up front about it, and tell him that you're not interested in anybody but yourself, and couldn't give a hoot how he feels about it.

    I've got a MIL just like that.
    Oh, that's gonna bruise...
    Only the suppressed word is dangerous. ~Ludwig Börne

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    Yah, well, seems my subconscious wanted to take revenge. I noted down that I was meeting her for a birthday lunch tomorrow - and it was today...

    - not sure which emoticon I should put here, to be honest. Why not a sample:
    Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin

    1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
    2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
    2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett

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    Dear people upstairs--
    SHUT UP. This is an old building, and it's not as well-insulated, soundwise, as we'd both like it to be. That said, your tramping around on the wood floors upstairs at all hours and yelling is not appreciated. Nor is your bringing all your equally loud friends over. Don't make me come up there.
    At least I don't leave slime trails.
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    Saving for the next one...

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    Dear Terry Pro-Deal People,
    So what's the deal with putting only XS and XXXL products on sale? Getting rid of the dregs of your inventory? This Medium won't bother with you anymore, since I never buy full-price and you're not offering anything that I can fit into on sale. Not a good way to build up a customer base.

 

 

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