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« Reply #120 on: May 12, 2013, 04:11:25 PM »

Prior to leaving, I called Time Warner, got a supervisor on the phone, and would not let him speak until he'd heard me out.  I told him there were several things that had to happen when he responded: An apology for my being lied to repeatedly by the idiot customer service people.  An acknowledgment that they were lying and that there were indeed repeated outages between Friday night and Saturday at six pm.  An apology for the supervisor not calling me yesterday as promised.  A credit for having been put through all of that.  I calmly told him that if I didn't receive all those things I would not rest until Time Warner was either part of a class action lawsuit (certainly that could be done and could be won easily), I told him I had everyone's names, and I told him if it didn't do me good going right to the top, that I would go to the Better Business Bureau instantly.  He heard me, he reacted honestly and gave me everything I asked for - he admitted concretely that I'd been given misinformation about my modem and outages, he gave me a credit I was happy with, and he apologized for everyone's wretched behavior and for the frustration it caused.  He cancelled the tech appointment, but assured me he was filing a strongly worded report about the outages and demanding a tech be sent to their relay boxes in our area to make sure that the problem had actually been fixed and not merely bandaged.  And that was that.

Very good.  I hope they follow it up with a letter.
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« Reply #121 on: May 12, 2013, 04:52:39 PM »

Just because....
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« Reply #122 on: May 12, 2013, 06:23:26 PM »

Happy Birthday, DR Sam!
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« Reply #123 on: May 12, 2013, 06:29:41 PM »

Craig is home and called. :)  I think he will be going to bed soon as he was tired.
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« Reply #124 on: May 12, 2013, 06:33:11 PM »

Happy Birthday DR Sam!!!
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« Reply #125 on: May 12, 2013, 06:33:56 PM »

Today I raked my whole front yard (a big task) then put down grass seed and hand watered it.  It was a lot of work.
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« Reply #126 on: May 12, 2013, 06:35:32 PM »

I was so dirty I couldn't stand myself. I felt much better after a long hot shower
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« Reply #127 on: May 12, 2013, 06:42:16 PM »

The SUZIE WONG score is beautiful!

I am a complete sucker for all of those wonderful "Oriental" (yes, I know we say "Asian" now) flavored scores.

Now I must have the film.  I only saw it many many years ago.  Just looked on Amazon, only to find it out of print and priced at ridiculous levels for reliably good or new copies.
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« Reply #128 on: May 12, 2013, 06:43:08 PM »

Callie is pretty much back to normal.  Tomorrow I'm going to put her back on her regular med schedule. I'm really glad I went back to my regular vet   right away. While Callie was sick, it was an infection that the antibiotics took care of and the antibiotics made her sick, like they sometimes do in humans.  I think the other vet I went to (who is my vet's partner with an office much closer to my house) unnecessarily threw out that it could be cancer.  He also tried to throw more medication at the problem when all she needed to do was fast and then slowly work back to her usual routine.   Anyway, I think we're about back to normal here
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« Reply #129 on: May 12, 2013, 06:47:21 PM »

Callie is pretty much back to normal.  Tomorrow I'm going to put her back on her regular med schedule. I'm really glad I went back to my regular vet   right away. While Callie was sick, it was an infection that the antibiotics took care of and the antibiotics made her sick, like they sometimes do in humans.  I think the other vet I went to (who is my vet's partner with an office much closer to my house) unnecessarily threw out that it could be cancer.  He also tried to throw more medication at the problem when all she needed to do was fast and then slowly work back to her usual routine.   Anyway, I think we're about back to normal here

That's great to hear.  I've been worried not hearing a report.   At first I thought the new vet was thinking of reducing the meds or using something more gentle. 

When Bacall had cancer the vet said she had an infection and waited far to long to send us to a specialist, in fact I had to do the insisting.  Back then there wasn't someone local & I needed a referral.
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« Reply #130 on: May 12, 2013, 07:14:09 PM »

Well, we aren't totally back to the old schedule.  I waited a bit longer than I was comfortable with, so we'll see if she gets the opposite problem, but I think we're fine because it took her awhile to start eating a lot.  She's so funny at her regular med times.  She tries to get me to chase her and when I don't do it she seems really confused
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« Reply #131 on: May 12, 2013, 07:22:13 PM »

So, BK, which song from Quilp did you include? And were you one of the three left in the theater?

I've started listening to the book. It's been 20 or so years since I read "Old Curiosity Shop."
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« Reply #132 on: May 12, 2013, 07:22:35 PM »

Glad Callie is getting better.
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« Reply #133 on: May 12, 2013, 07:25:25 PM »

As I was driving home tonight, I spied a Dairy Queen sign that promised Orange Julius, which, as I recall, is a favorite treat among some HHWers. It seems that they are offering Orange Julius smoothies. Will have to investigate further.
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« Reply #134 on: May 12, 2013, 07:48:49 PM »

Yes, Dairy Queen serves Orange Julius now
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« Reply #135 on: May 12, 2013, 08:20:39 PM »

Smiley and laughing.   ;D
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« Reply #136 on: May 12, 2013, 08:21:22 PM »

Thank you KevinH  ;D
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« Reply #137 on: May 12, 2013, 08:21:50 PM »

Thank you Cillaliz  ;D
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« Reply #138 on: May 12, 2013, 08:23:22 PM »

It felt like it was 100 degrees in Ojai today.  :(
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« Reply #139 on: May 12, 2013, 08:25:00 PM »

Well I guess it's time to channel surf. 

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« Reply #140 on: May 12, 2013, 08:26:40 PM »

Night everyone.

Mega smiley vibes for the week ahead.

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« Reply #141 on: May 12, 2013, 08:38:16 PM »

Good night, Sam.
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« Reply #142 on: May 12, 2013, 09:07:57 PM »

Off to bed. Good night, all. And may you not have dreams like I had last night.
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« Reply #143 on: May 12, 2013, 09:31:29 PM »

I was indeed one of the three left - maybe not ALL the way to the end, but close.  We did Love Has the Longest Memory of All.
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« Reply #144 on: May 12, 2013, 09:31:41 PM »

Finished with my viewing for the evening.
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« Reply #145 on: May 12, 2013, 11:35:05 PM »

Callie is pretty much back to normal.  Tomorrow I'm going to put her back on her regular med schedule. I'm really glad I went back to my regular vet   right away. While Callie was sick, it was an infection that the antibiotics took care of and the antibiotics made her sick, like they sometimes do in humans.  I think the other vet I went to (who is my vet's partner with an office much closer to my house) unnecessarily threw out that it could be cancer.  He also tried to throw more medication at the problem when all she needed to do was fast and then slowly work back to her usual routine.   Anyway, I think we're about back to normal here

Very good news, Cilla!
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« Reply #146 on: May 12, 2013, 11:35:12 PM »

Prior to leaving, I called Time Warner, got a supervisor on the phone, and would not let him speak until he'd heard me out.  I told him there were several things that had to happen when he responded: An apology for my being lied to repeatedly by the idiot customer service people.  An acknowledgment that they were lying and that there were indeed repeated outages between Friday night and Saturday at six pm.  An apology for the supervisor not calling me yesterday as promised.  A credit for having been put through all of that.  I calmly told him that if I didn't receive all those things I would not rest until Time Warner was either part of a class action lawsuit (certainly that could be done and could be won easily), I told him I had everyone's names, and I told him if it didn't do me good going right to the top, that I would go to the Better Business Bureau instantly.  He heard me, he reacted honestly and gave me everything I asked for - he admitted concretely that I'd been given misinformation about my modem and outages, he gave me a credit I was happy with, and he apologized for everyone's wretched behavior and for the frustration it caused.  He cancelled the tech appointment, but assured me he was filing a strongly worded report about the outages and demanding a tech be sent to their relay boxes in our area to make sure that the problem had actually been fixed and not merely bandaged.  And that was that.

Good for you, BK!
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« Reply #147 on: May 12, 2013, 11:36:14 PM »

It was called

Revo Uninstaller

Chas, if you decide to use this, you only need the Free Version. I think it's a great program but you don't need the Professional Version. The free program download is at the bottom of the page.

I'm going to try this, just to see what happens.  I haven't noticed any problems, but I wonder if I just don't know what to look for.
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« Reply #148 on: May 12, 2013, 11:39:54 PM »

I hate NBC.

They began SMASH last night "in progress".  No wonder that network is losing viewers.

Did you miss anything? Mine started at 8:02pm from the beginning and finished at exactly 9pm (so I didn't miss the end).

Could be different time zones in different countries. 

Druxy, do you have On Demand?  The whole season 2 (so far) for SMASH is available on On Demand with Comcast.
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« Reply #149 on: May 12, 2013, 11:40:08 PM »

And since we're so close...
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