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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


beth b - Feb 24, 2006 9:42:58 am PST #9284 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

New paypal email?

or was it your bank?


Aims - Feb 24, 2006 9:43:48 am PST #9285 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Proof you can sell anything on craigslist:

[link]


beth b - Feb 24, 2006 9:46:45 am PST #9286 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

ummm... do they have to check ID to sell them? Won't they keep for a while in the freezer?


Fred Pete - Feb 24, 2006 9:51:57 am PST #9287 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Or is phishing something else, and I need it explained to me?

No, that's phishing. I think a lot of people fall for time-worn scams because they just aren't thinking of the right thing at the right moment.


aurelia - Feb 24, 2006 9:53:01 am PST #9288 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The object is to introduce subtle curvature into the walls. If done subtly enough, the result is that a person in the room would have a vague sense that something is not right, without being able to tell what is actually wrong.

tommyrot just want's everyone to feel like something is wrong with their eyes. You could paint stripes that vary just enough to imply curves where there aren't any.

There is a theatre in Evanston in which the back wall is not parallel to the proscenium line. I work there rarely enough that each time it takes me about an hour to realize what is wrong.


§ ita § - Feb 24, 2006 9:55:35 am PST #9289 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, that's phishing. Of course I just heard they captured a bunch of 419ers that had made a couple million bucks off of hapless rubes.

I hear phishing explained all the time--NPR podcasts, company alerts, yadda, yadda.

Yikes.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2006 9:56:50 am PST #9290 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

People are idiots. I swear.


Jesse - Feb 24, 2006 10:00:49 am PST #9291 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Daniel Franco says it was the editing [link] :

As a man who believes in priciples & honor, I must let it be known that I would never ever approach a happily married woman with any awkward intentions at all. It does not match up one bit with my ethics.

When I said "I Love You Heidi.." It was because she said something incredibly complimentary about my lingerie collection, not shown on the special, and I meant it as a great term of affection, respect and admiration. She said something that was to me, a great validation of my work. (Confidentiality agreement kicks in now.)

He's still creepy.


aurelia - Feb 24, 2006 10:01:19 am PST #9292 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Huh. Even with the "Nigerian widow" name and the like, it never occurred to me that it would be primarily Nigerians pulling the scheme.


bon bon - Feb 24, 2006 10:07:20 am PST #9293 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

As a man who believes in priciples & honor, I must let it be known that I would never ever approach a happily married woman with any awkward intentions at all.

Blech.