Dang, I wish I had known about this a few years ago when my hot water heater sprung a leak 3 weeks after the warranty expired!

Gee, thanks a lot. Now I know why some of the retailers I've dealt with for years have begun to treat me as though I were an extortionate fraud and set their policies accordingly.

Although actually you should be thanking ME since a portion of the money you receive has come out of my pocket in the form of the "restocking fees" I've paid when I had to return a genuinely defective product.

I hope you're spending my money wisely.

Huh; your way is good too. I've been running a bookie operation taking bets on the outcome of all the recent flame wars. I'm cleaning up, man.

Who knew? I'll have to consider this angle . . .

Yes indeed.

Mandy,
Thanks. I'm spending your money wisely alright. It went to my new iPod Touch. I'll try to share some pictures with you later. I am really

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I am really enjoying it!

Floyd, if you cut me in on the action I can do my part to incite some further flame wars... Send me a mail message. ;-)

If you send me $10, I'll give you a sure-fire money-making system! ;-)

What? They don't pay you for this? That explains why that check is so late.
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John, funny the things that are in the fine print. When we all joined Open Salon, apparently it wasn't a job application with promised financial rewards. It's more like us giving Salon Media Group something for nothing. Well, nothing except for the satisfaction of a job well done!

Funny post, Skeptic.

Floyd: So who's winning the wars? :)

Oh, I remember those carrots of financial awards dangled to us beta testers (I typed testes and almost left it, we had balls, baby). Part of the reason I put so much into earlier posts. I not so fondly remember the dust-up when we learned of Tippem. The friend awards have been innumerable, however; I can go just about anywhere in the country and have someone I'd like to visit, including you, my fellow beer lover.

Fun post.

I am glad you got that treadmill to walk away the tension caused by its purchase. You earned the refund.

I wish the idea was not perpetuated that people necessarily "spam" one another to "show" anyone (who pray??) that they are read. I appreciate being given a reminder from people who I have carefully chosen to follow and have asked permission . That is why electronic mail in small (permission given) societies is fine becasue if one does not want to be bothered all they have to do is selcet all and delete.
All those who have a bug about this need to advance in usage and dealing with electronic mail. I am not stopping it just becasue someone is all bothered about it and calls it funny names. If you get a PM from me and dont wish it all you have to do is tell me and your name shall be wiped out from my favorites and I shall stop following you. I assure you I would not cry buckets about it. Whats all the hullabulloo about? If it helps anyone to think that I am saying this only becasue I PMhere.. I do it all the time from my science and NEVER intend to stop.

If my colleagues in science did not discuss their research with me I would be the poorer. It does not mean they are selling me anything or spamming me with their opinions. That is what coopertion and collaboration means. That is how we learn from each other and actually move forward instead of marking time in one spot.

oh btw aside my own problems this was written pretty well and is funneee! Thank you! and I have not yet received a single penny from the ads... so I can tell you its no good. But i have made some good friends for sure.

Mo money! Mo money!! Mo money!!

Whoooohoooo!!!

:D

Traveller,

I hope you see that my tongue is planted in my cheek when I refer to "spamming" all your friends.

I rarely send messages to anyone with new posts. But I don't judge others that do. I DO think it is indicative of a weakness of Open Salon's that sending messages are one of the only ways to get people to see your posts.

you definitely rake in the comments, if not the $$ with a title like this.