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228 92 October 16, 2010 at 01:35 PM
Hi all,

I started this thread for anyone who wants to come here for lite discussion, jokes, and just general discussion and fun.

Everyone is welcome!

I was thinking that maybe it would be helpful to keep the original thread to a bit more of a serious discussion of the clues and answers.

This would make the original thread more useful to those seeking serious information and clues without having to read through hundreds of extraneous messages.

So, I hope it catches on !

So pop a beer and pull up a chair and relax !

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123veas
05-14-2013 at 06:18 PM.
05-14-2013 at 06:18 PM.
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Thank-you for the link~
of course, I've read that even Sprok can only play 5 times a day now......

Good Luck to all!
Teehee
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Oooo CA only I have a better chance bounce
Go get it, Gary!
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05-14-2013 at 07:19 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:19 PM.
[QUOTE=Sprokitz;59450538]
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Yes that may be a good name for it. but it is not nice to confuse me any more than I already am. I have a Yahoo acct too and this is much better. Now if you really want a good laugh, I pay $4.99 per month to talk to them if necessary. It is my backup if anything fails. EEK!QUOTE]
LMAOLMAOLMAO
Yes, very funny. But at least once a year things get screwed up on my computer and I totally depend on aol because it is fast and basically efficient except when I get an email and it is an entry for a facebook sweeps. BUT, when I delete too rapidly and think I permanently deleted something I should not have, I have called them once already this year and they put back about 3 days of deleted mail. That to me is a wonderful thing to have peace of mind. Stick Out Tongue
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05-14-2013 at 07:25 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:25 PM.
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Problem is they are thousands of homes that need work and only so many contractors to do the work. They can only work so fast. 6 months is about right because they do a re-evaluation. If people are just storing stuff and not doing the work those pods and things could be used be others who need them. Hurricane season is starting up again and they might need some of the resources for the next one so they want people to get with it and get the work done
when I got a haircut the other day, one woman was still waiting for ins. and fema money. Said her time is up with being reimbursed for staying in motels, she still has the house mortgage, etc., has no where to live and no money to continue repairs. I have heard so many sad stories from locals and seeing how bad some of the houses are, i really hope they extend it another 6 months. Some homeowners are doing the work themselves, working full time i guess besides, and living in a mobile home on their property hooked up to electricity. so most are really trying. And the rich on the island need to complete for the summer in order to rent as many are rentals. They get between $1,500 and $1,800 per week for a rental and then like grandson did, people rent for the winter at 1/2 the cost but must be out by May 1st.

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You pay them to read to you from a script??? They dont know what theyre doing either EEK!
Well, at least you all had a daily afternoon laugh. Watch, I will get rid of the charge and something will happen and then what?? I don't know what to do. Confused
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05-14-2013 at 07:30 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:30 PM.
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Big Grin I must have done it 100 times today Smilie
And not one win?
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05-14-2013 at 07:33 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:33 PM.
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Problem is they are thousands of homes that need work and only so many contractors to do the work. They can only work so fast. 6 months is about right because they do a re-evaluation. If people are just storing stuff and not doing the work those pods and things could be used be others who need them. Hurricane season is starting up again and they might need some of the resources for the next one so they want people to get with it and get the work done
Oh, another good thing is that it created more jobs as i said before there is a new storage pod company now - Instant Attic. So truckers bringing and taking and the instant attic company itself. there are a few others also. I am waiting almost 8 months for a contractor. They pick and choose their jobs. They look, promise an estimate and continue on to something easier I think. They are so busy and things are still a mess. Saw on the news they are just now tearing down most of the over 500 beautiful and historical-looking homes in Montaloking which is where the man hit the car in the bay not too long ago. Now there are giant Portugese Man of War jelly fish in our bay. We never had jelly fish. Now that will kill the parasail business in the bay for sure. and no swimming.
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05-14-2013 at 07:33 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:33 PM.
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when I got a haircut the other day, one woman was still waiting for ins. and fema money. Said her time is up with being reimbursed for staying in motels, she still has the house mortgage, etc., has no where to live and no money to continue repairs. I have heard so many sad stories from locals and seeing how bad some of the houses are, i really hope they extend it another 6 months. Some homeowners are doing the work themselves, working full time i guess besides, and living in a mobile home on their property hooked up to electricity. so most are really trying. And the rich on the island need to complete for the summer in order to rent as many are rentals. They get between $1,500 and $1,800 per week for a rental and then like grandson did, people rent for the winter at 1/2 the cost but must be out by May 1st.


Well, at least you all had a daily afternoon laugh. Watch, I will get rid of the charge and something will happen and then what?? I don't know what to do. Confused
As nervous as you get about things, I think $4.95 a month is worth the peace of mind for you...but stop printingLMAO
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05-14-2013 at 07:52 PM.
05-14-2013 at 07:52 PM.
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Teehee


Go get it, Gary!
i cannot get to the DeWalt game and tried all 2 ff, ie and chrome. Sprok broke it I think. Or is it just me? Says something about the local socket.

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As nervous as you get about things, I think $4.95 a month is worth the peace of mind for you...but stop printingLMAO
I do not print so much since you pointed it out to me. I used to have a very nice man at Staples but he was promoted to a far-away store. So now I really have no one to help except you guys. And with me a little knowledge is so dangerous EEK!
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Quote from bornblondeey :
when I got a haircut the other day, one woman was still waiting for ins. and fema money. Said her time is up with being reimbursed for staying in motels, she still has the house mortgage, etc., has no where to live and no money to continue repairs. I have heard so many sad stories from locals and seeing how bad some of the houses are, i really hope they extend it another 6 months. Some homeowners are doing the work themselves, working full time i guess besides, and living in a mobile home on their property hooked up to electricity. so most are really trying. And the rich on the island need to complete for the summer in order to rent as many are rentals. They get between $1,500 and $1,800 per week for a rental and then like grandson did, people rent for the winter at 1/2 the cost but must be out by May 1st.


Well, at least you all had a daily afternoon laugh. Watch, I will get rid of the charge and something will happen and then what?? I don't know what to do. Confused
They really do have a script nod
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Quote from bornblondeey :
when I got a haircut the other day, one woman was still waiting for ins. and fema money. Said her time is up with being reimbursed for staying in motels, she still has the house mortgage, etc., has no where to live and no money to continue repairs. I have heard so many sad stories from locals and seeing how bad some of the houses are, i really hope they extend it another 6 months. Some homeowners are doing the work themselves, working full time i guess besides, and living in a mobile home on their property hooked up to electricity. so most are really trying. And the rich on the island need to complete for the summer in order to rent as many are rentals. They get between $1,500 and $1,800 per week for a rental and then like grandson did, people rent for the winter at 1/2 the cost but must be out by May 1st.


Well, at least you all had a daily afternoon laugh. Watch, I will get rid of the charge and something will happen and then what?? I don't know what to do. Confused
The insurance companies stall as long as possible. If they settle quick be suspicious!!! They always offer you low first. say no and say you will get estimates for them. Their job is NOT to pay out on claims. Thats a hazard of the job. Their job is to save money for the company by not paying or shorting. Fema pays according to who claimed first and they take a while because they investigate so get that in first thing. FEMA gives 6 months at a time and you can ask for extensions up to like 5 or 6 years
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05-14-2013 at 08:15 PM.
05-14-2013 at 08:15 PM.
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They really do have a script nod
I must have paid for that script 10x over. I so wish I understood stuff more.
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05-14-2013 at 08:18 PM.
05-14-2013 at 08:18 PM.
Quote from cwhetme :
The insurance companies stall as long as possible. If they settle quick be suspicious!!! They always offer you low first. say no and say you will get estimates for them. Their job is NOT to pay out on claims. Thats a hazard of the job. Their job is to save money for the company by not paying or shorting. Fema pays according to who claimed first and they take a while because they investigate so get that in first thing. FEMA gives 6 months at a time and you can ask for extensions up to like 5 or 6 years
That's good. But some peoples' lives are so disrupted with school children and jobs, etc. They placed one couple over an hour away in a motel for a while and her job was here. It will take a long, long time for this whole area and up north to come back. the roller coaster is still in the ocean deteriorating. but that is not so very important. Oh, they said in the paper that the mold/mildew is in the air around the homes that have been repaired and people living in them who live in close proximity to an unrepaired condemned home. And it does get pretty windy here until late June.
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05-14-2013 at 10:38 PM.
05-14-2013 at 10:38 PM.
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People still use AOL ? EEK!

LMAOlaugh out loud
i use AOL as my sweeping mail addy
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I love it for my mailboxwoot and it's free
Iagree
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I still use AOL mail too! That makes 3 of us here on the FF!
I have other mailboxes too, but like AOL for the "forever" factor. Hotmail, not so much.





Good Luck to all!
that makes 4 of us here on the FF that use AOL Smilie
Smoke Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Sprokitz! laugh out loud
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I got 1 email from DeWalt......I did hit the instant 3 times but maybe only get one.


Congratulations!

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Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery once your mailing address is received.
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congrats! I was reading in the C&S forum that 187 people were on that email that you got nod
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05-14-2013 at 11:04 PM.
05-14-2013 at 11:04 PM.
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i use AOL as my sweeping mail addy

Iagree
that makes 4 of us here on the FF that use AOL Smilie
Smoke Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Sprokitz! laugh out loud
congrats! I was reading in the C&S forum that 187 people were on that email that you got nod
I am glad others use AOL. I was starting to feel a little - something - strange? But I am not. hug I feel better now.
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05-15-2013 at 12:44 AM.
05-15-2013 at 12:44 AM.
good night ff

win big
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05-15-2013 at 05:00 AM.
05-15-2013 at 05:00 AM.
Good Morning FF, Happy Hump Day

Quote from bornblondeey :
i cannot get to the DeWalt game and tried all 2 ff, ie and chrome. Sprok broke it I think. Or is it just me? Says something about the local socket.

I do not print so much since you pointed it out to me. I used to have a very nice man at Staples but he was promoted to a far-away store. So now I really have no one to help except you guys. And with me a little knowledge is so dangerous EEK!
Yep, Sprok broke it Big Grin
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i use AOL as my sweeping mail addy

Iagree
that makes 4 of us here on the FF that use AOL Smilie
Smoke Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Sprokitz! laugh out loud
congrats! I was reading in the C&S forum that 187 people were on that email that you got nod
OMG I knew there was alot on that email list
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