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Friday Funny: Cell Phone Games

Robert Owen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:30:19 +0000

Happy Friday! I got a link to this little ditty on Monday. Not a bad funny to start off a new month, eh?

I think, If you’re bored and feel comfortable with all your escape routes, this might be a fun gag to try… Might.

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Knoxville Wind Symphony Concert

Robert Owen — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:09:57 +0000

Just a note to all you music lovers in the Knoxville area. The Knoxville Wind Symphony will be holding a concert this Sunday, March 7, at 4:00 at the Historic Tennessee Theatre. Here’s the News announcement from the KWS website:

Wind Symphony and Youth Wind Ensemble will Blow You Away!

Batten Down the Hatches: March will begin with quite a bit of WIND in the Tennessee Theatre.

At 4 pm on Sunday, March 7 the Knoxville Wind Symphony and East Tennessee Youth Wind Ensemble will perform concerts in the Tennessee Theatre, as well as a special portion of the concert featuring a combined wind orchestra over 100 strong.

The concert will feature a work by local composer & horn player W. Mark Harrell entitled Fanfare for the Lord Lieutenant.

Concluding the concert, the combined forces will perform Mark Camphouse’s A Movement for Rosa, a work built around the hymn “We Shall Overcome” and composed in 1992 in honor of the now-late civil rights heroine Rosa Parks.

Check out the Wind Symphony’s website “http://www.knoxvillewindsymphony.org” for ticket information

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Scammers: They really need to try something new

Robert Owen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:15:05 +0000

Happy Tuesday !!! Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In which case I would say, “ Happy ________day!!” So, this morning I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another … (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!! (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say that)

Not that I want anyone to get “taken in” by these foul creatures, I just think they need to have a little more ingenuity… A little more creativity… COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW! You’re boring us already!!

But, in case that there are others out there who receive the e-mail I got and are “unsure” of its validity… Then let me assure you that what you read below is A SCAM! Delete this and go about your day. Go to your local Panera Bread and have a cup of coffee and rejoice that you were not suckered today. Hey, you could even treat yourself to one of their tasty pastries!

UNITED NATION (UN)
DEBT RECONCILIATION DEPARTMENT.
GENEVA-SWITZERLAND.
Our Ref: UN-0XX2/987/2010
Dear Sir/Madam,

EUROPEEAN UNION, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL APPROVAL PAYMENT VALUED $8.3M

The British Prime Minister in conjunction with EUROPEEAN UNION, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favour for your Inheritance/contract entitlement/award winning payment with the UNITED NATIONS to your nominated bank account.

Now your new Payment, United Nations Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: Be
appeared the next on the list of our outstanding beneficiaries to received payment at the Beginning of this banking season. SO contact: MR. PETER JEFFERSON on his contact Direct email: mrpeterjefferson@aol.com or by Phone +44 7024060524 for the immediate release of your contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, You are required to send bellow Information for your transfer.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY.
3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS
5) BANK DETAILS
6) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS
7) COPY OF YOUR INT’L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE.

NOTE: YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT/COMMUNICATION CODE WITH CITI BANK IS (511), YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND YOUR FULL BANKING INFORMATION TO THE CITI BANK OF LONDON THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE DIRECTOR HEADED BY MR. PETER JEFFERSON AND MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK WITH HIM, WITH YOUR NEW PAYMENT CODE FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT AND SEND HIM ALL YOUR BANKING INFORMATION NOW. Regard. Senate CONTACT CODE (511) OFFICER: MR. PETER JEFFERSON.

Best regards

SIR GEORGE GRAHAM.
DEBT RECONCILIATION DEPARTMENT.
UNITED NATIONS AND EUROPEEAN UNION.

As un-creative as they are being, they should just go ahead and sign this “Best regards, Dirty Scammer“ It would only make it slightly more obvious.

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Friday Funny: How To Clean A Toilet

Robert Owen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:39:31 +0000

HOWDY!!! We have (finally) a return of the Friday Funnies!

I’m really sorry it’s been so long since the last update, but the Funnies in my mail have been slim here of late… Either that or *cough* they weren’t “appropriate” to place on the internet. Well, not appropriate for this site. But this little Gem came in and made me laugh… At any rate, here is this week’s edition of the Friday Funnies.

How To Clean A Toilet:

And add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close the lid. You may need to stand on the lid. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds.
Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a ‘power-wash’ and rinse’.
Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift the lid.
The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, And run outside where he will dry himself off.
Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean..

Sincerely,

The Dog

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Warranty Schmarranty

Robert Owen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:26:01 +0000

Here’s an interesting read about Apple’s wonderful customer service. Note my sarcasm?

Anyway, here’s a short clip of the article.

The Apple Retail Store Hates You -

I recently visited the Apple store to exchange a defective power adapter which was still under warranty. I still have the defective adapter, as it has now cost more time and effort than it was originally worth.

What I have lost is time, money, and trust in the ethics of the retail store. What I have gained is disdain for their tactics and a sick feeling every time I hear “Apple Store.”

Why don’t I just dump my MacBook Pro and go with a PC? Because my employer uses Mac-based programs and hardware and I don’t see my building replacing 300+ machines any time soon. Whether “fanboy” or “hater,” my use of Apple products for work will change very little. However, my personal purchase plans have already changed and I hope others might be spared some of the inconvienience and inepttude I experienced in my last visit:

Short version:

Rather than complete a simple warranty exchange, they want me to make an appointment to drive back to the store to exchange a defective power adapter that is well within the one-year warranty. Seriously. They actually wanted to put me on “Standby” and expected me to hang around for 2-3 hours in case a “genius”

Head on over to TardySlip.net to read the entire article.

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Windows 7 Telnet Client

Robert Owen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:45:06 +0000

I dropped to a command prompt today on my Windows 7 machine to telnet into my Cisco Router and found, that once Again the Microsoft telnet client is not installed.

It seems that, as with Windows vista, the Microsoft Telnet client is not installed by default. But luckily it’s pretty easy to install, just follow these simple steps:

Click the Start “Pearl” and select the Control Panel from the menu.
Once the Control Panel opens, double click the Programs and Features applet.
A new window will open. Select “Turn Windows Features on or off” from the left menu.
Again, a new window will open. Check the box beside “Telnet Client” … Also, if you want to enable your “Telnet Server” or “TFTP Client” you can select them at this time also. Click Ok after you have finished your selections.
Windows will not prompt you that it is installing the components.

After if completes you will be able to make use of the Windows Telnet client.

Enjoy!

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Friday Funny: Carols For the Psycho Challenged

Robert Owen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:32 +0000

Happy Friday Everybody!!!

I hope that you all had a good Thanksgiving. We are now officially into the Christmas Season! This time of year the radio stations are playing more and more Christmas tunes… Tune of all varieties, Country, Pop, Rock, Classical, etc… But according to an e-mail I received the other day there is one genre that is missing…

Carols For the Psycho Challenged

SCHIZOPHRENIA: Do You Hear What I Hear?
DEMENTIA: I Think I’ll Be Home For Christmas
MANIC: Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and…
PARANOID: Santa Claus Is Coming To Get Me
PERSONALITY DISORDER: You Better Watch Out, I’m Gonna Cry, I’m Gonna Pout, Maybe I’ll Tell You Why
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock, …….. (better start again)
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY: On The First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me (and then took it all away)
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire.

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Google Wave Invites

Robert Owen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:33:56 +0000

Hello peoples !! Want an Invite to Google Wave? Well, as It so happens, I have a few to pass out. I’ve still not figured out how I am going to make use of this new service but, I log in from time to time and give it a go. When I logged into my Google Wave account today I found that I have 15 more invites to give away! Hurray!?!? Now, some of you may be asking: “What is Google Wave?” Well, who better to answer that than Google themselves:

Google Wave is a new online communication and collaboration tool that makes real-time interactions more seamless — in one place, you can communicate and collaborate using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is a conversation with multiple participants — participants are people added to a wave to discuss and collaborate on its content. Participants can reply any time and anywhere within a wave, and they can edit content and add more participants as a wave develops. It’s also possible to rewind waves with the playback functionality, to see what happened, and when.

Does that sound interesting to you? Want and invite? To get one of these ditties, take a moment read another article on this site… Any one will work, a Friday Funny, a Rant, a support article, anything that strikes your fancy. Then tweet about that post, post a link to your tweet in the comments below this post and once I verify the tweet I’ll add you to the invites list.

That’s it…

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Friday Funny: When Nature Calls

Robert Owen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Happy Friday Everybody!!

I hope your week has been Fun and Entertaining. But, if it hasn’t, then… um… er… HAPPY FRIDAY, it’s almost over!

Take a break this weekend, kick back, relax… Don’t think about Thanksgiving coming up. Don’t think about how dirty the house is. Don’t think about how much food you have to cook. No, think of nothing. And what better “nothing” to think of than a good-ole Friday Funny!

In order to help you “not think”, I’ve elected to post a video. Yup, a video! No thought there, just click play! And boy is this one worth it!!

This video is a commercial made by Rhett and Link. These guys are hilarious!! They’ve started a new venture making free commercials for small businesses. So far, I think they’ve done seven and all seven are HILARIOUS! You can check them all out over at I Love Local Commercials. The latest commercial is For the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Take a look!

When Nature calls… Will you Answer?

Have a good Weekend!!

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Friday Funny: The Swine Flu – Do you have it?

Robert Owen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday!!! We’ve been battling the Swine Flu here at my house. My wife is finally on the mends but, I though it was important to share the symptoms of the H1N1 virus so people would have a good idea of what to be on the look out for…. Then I got an e-mail doing it for me, I’ve included that below:

Hi,

I don’t want to worry you, but with all the hype and attention in the media recently concerning the spread of H1N1 virus I decided to ring the Government’s new Swine Flu Helpline yesterday just to check on what the Symptoms are.

Basically …

If you wake up looking like this …

Don’t go to work !!!

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