POLL: the final step before ninth_wave reveals all!

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The GodMother (aka Fangmother) knows all...sees all...

But I still don't know Choo's name

For that to all be true I must be the Choo without a name, an ethereal blight on the FangMother brought about by the GodMothers own weird imagination.

Oh and she is getting slow, could have tweeaked far more out of calling me RvW, that's something else for Ms KIA & SIA to be concerned about

Hi guys..
Before I forget, Zeb you have a clone here...I answered a post I thought was from you but it was by 'zebra' not ~Zebra~. I think I really confused the poor guy or girl, not to mention myself

Well I just crawled out of my coffin, time to go prowling...I was right about Choo, he IS a Fangman. I came across his coffin (it looks like an outhouse) Choo, how do ya sleep in that old rickety thing?

Hey everyone, sorry I've not been in to say hello for a while - as well as being busy with work as I said before, Sally has been quite unwell, so I've been somewhat distracted. She had to have an operation and I am just about to head off to the hospital to hopefully bring her home (Yay!! )

So, sorry, I have not been ignoring all my chums, honest!

Hope to be back some time soon, love and kisses to you all (well, to the ladies, strong manly handshakes to you fellas!)

Well THERE you are

Sorry to hear about Sally, it seems like we've all had something unpleasant happen to us...

Anyway, hope she is ok now and hope you'll keep posting. There's not many of us left anymore..

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There's not many of us left anymore..

Hi Pete, and Ms M (since you've been away AKA The GodMother, FangMother and some too unsuitable to repeat names) ain't been all here for a long while

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ to you too Choo In your coffin already???????
I was at work...gotta work as much as possible before we close up
After that I think I'll take a trip to the UK and stay with YOU (hee hee)

FOREVER....

Way ahead of you Fang' must be ESP we were seriously looking at moving to mainland Europe yesterday evening, spooky !

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gotta work as much as possible before we close up

All those medical supplies to use up before they become too toxic or rusty

Hi Everyone!
Hey!!... how come the thread has dropped down from the top slot? -- Looks like it's suffering from a bit of neglect!!

Anyway --
Just got back from a wonderful time at the beach!

While I was there I was surprised to run across someone who looked a lot like somebody I've seen here. (At least I thought he looked a little familiar.)

Didn't feel much like striking up a conversation with this character.... but I grabbed a quick snapshot anyway.

Does anyone recognize this guy? -- Seemed to me like he was trying to pick up chicks.

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/6/6/2/7/3/9/webimg/126847006_o.jpg

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Looks like it's suffering from a bit of neglect!!

Hmm, and you really think your holiday snap will help, oh dear

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Looks like it's suffering from a bit of neglect!!

Hi guys...our poor thread is suffering from ALOT of neglect

The beach huh?? I am SO jealous..I can't wait to go for a swim. Since I haven't picked on Choo for awhile, I'll have to bring him with me (yeah, I know you don't like the water hee hee)

-- Zeb where did you find that picture of Choo??? He looks MUCH better than the last time I saw him, although look what being in the sunlight has done to him Poor Choo..better off staying in your little wooden box
(Can you tell I've missed picking on you??)

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Hmm, and you really think your holiday snap will help, oh dear

ahh yeah...well.....perhaps you're right!

hmmm.....

Ok then! -- a little more focus to put upon the task .... maybe there's an opening to a new (meaning fresh) approach here ~~ and thus a potential for psychic morphing.

the trick (as I see it) is to cast off the stodgy subliminal imprints... that is, the squelching reservations which bind and tether us just inside the 'out-of-bounds' marker of outrageous behavior. Ya know Choo?.... as far as we really know.. none of us really get any more than just a one-shot at this living merry-go-round anyway. So what should we decide is truly important?.. I mean really?

~~ anybody else here interested in Remote Viewing ?? -- Ok..then how about Casteneda's Nagual?

Taz?... I'd say we need a bit of yer 'argh!' as an astringent spritzer here.


C'mon Ninth... I'm calling your hand! Check out Cecil Balmond. His best work (in my opinion) is his "Search for the Sigma Code" (right up your alley). Because I'm something of a DaVinci disciple (engineer, ergo amateur mathematician) I can recommend it as the 'sacred-covenant' of mystical understanding thru numbers. Out of print of course. But if it blows your skirt up...I can send you a copy cuz it's a bit rare and pricey now. Grokking the fixed point in the wind is a true revelation. Also quite handy stuff when applied to any local casino (for those with any inclination).

For any interest in the cross-domains of contemporary physics and green-energy science, Dr. Harold Aspden is the man with the key insights on tomorrow's energy technology future. (He's from your neighborhood Choo). Congress can chide the petroleum tzars all they want..but the concepts underlying nuclear fusion will evolve.. and eventually emerge as the naturally intelligent energy imperative. Here's a hint.. Proton's are currently all the rage, but only because so few are paying close attention to the neutron.


zeb

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and thus a potential for psychic morphing . . . . astringent spritzer . . . cross-domains of contemporary physics and green-energy science . . .

. . . more like psychic morphine, what is this stripey hay-burner running on !!!!

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Poor Choo..better off staying in your little wooden box

Too true, I reckon FangMother with her trusty (or is it rusty) Zebra are the additional Horse and Horsewoman of the apocalypse

dum - dum - de - dum

tuneless whistle, shuffle feet

gaze aimlessly into space

oh, well back to me box, for a download . . .

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Horse and Horsewoman of the apocalypse

Well THAT'S a little harsh isn't it?? (Please pass me some of that psychic morphine, will ya)
Yep, I agree with your above post, Choo....VERY slow around here lately...was that an echo??

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Well THAT'S a little harsh isn't it??

Errm, split second consideration . . . no !

If you think that was harsh, how about :-

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was that an echo??

Only an internal cranial echo

Them's fightin words Choo Now ya got me so mad look what ya did to my hair..it's standin on end...where'd I put that baseball bat???

Am I gorgeous or what!!

Cor, just imagine what it looks like on a bad hair day . . .

Think I'd better arm myself with a hedge trimmer for fending off the hair woman (?) of the apocalypse

Hair woman of the apocalypse??????????
Now you're just getting goofy (But we already KNEW that)

C'mon, admit it...that is a gorgeous picture of me..Any guy in his right mind would LOVE to meet me (only not in a dark alley)

I thought I had a really handsome picture of YOU somewhere, I'll have to go find it...

(I love Taz's little devil that I stole..I don't think he'd mind)

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Any guy in his right mind would LOVE to meet me

H'mmm possible replies to this :-

1) You're typing is terrible, let me correct it :-
"Any guy in his right out of his mind would LOVE to meet me"

2) In practice any man when confronted by "C'mon, admit it...that is a gorgeous picture of me" has to nod, smile and inch away slowly and go tee-total before he chats up another woman/transvestite who looks like that.

Not sure which is the better, and wouldn't a dark alley be preferable

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

You are SO funny...I'm off to work now but you know I'm gonna GET you for this when I get back

Never mind it will take your mind off the frustration and thirst of having to remove blood with needles rather than with your fangs, chuckle

Choo, I found it! The best pic of you I ever saw (although I still like the one of you in the bright green thong)

My lieutenants are just dying to meet you....you remember them, right???

Errrm, why did you flatten your face against your scanner in an an attempt to impress me ?

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My lieutenants are just dying to meet you....

And so they will, come up girls or are they boys . . .

Girls or boys??? You decide All I know is they want to meet you, and I wouldn't disappoint them...remember what they did to Taz's car?


Coupla cuties aren't they

Won't matter when they have been processed, will 9 out 10 cats be able to tell the difference ?

Uh-oh...they saw that response, now you're REALLY in trouble. I thought they were mean-tempered after Taz kicked them out of his bar but you should see them now ...

Hey BTW how are sales on the 'other' site(s)??

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I thought they were mean-tempered after Taz kicked them out of his bar but you should see them now ... Eek

Good, the worse their temper the more it clouds their judgement and reactions, they are cat food, just ordering the tins and getting the labels printed now.

I interrupt the lunacy for a commercial break :-

Sales on the UK site Specialist Auctions are better than I had in a greedbay store which does not say much. I really do not believe these other sites are going to mop up, there is very little evidence in the media here (UK) advertising their presence. Basically it looks to me they are going to miss out on a golden opportunity to expand. The Powersellers Unite website listing charts should be worth watching during the next few months

So I do not envisage doing much with other sites yet as they appear worse, I think I will spend some time trying to blog and traffic drive to the UK site I am with and drop certain sales from greedbay altogether for a few months and see what happens.

I have been busy selling off my more collectible wares on greedbay to minimise potential feedback problems due to e-yobs and e-vandals which is likely to start shortly. Some buyers seem to be getting tardy in paying already.

I am continuing to finish up my selling which tends to be autumn to spring seasonal then having a break which means having a little more time to play here as well.

Any joy for you with alternative sites ?

Normal lunacy will be resumed - shortly !!


edit - P.S. look forward to Auctiva's e-commerce store later this year as a serious alternative to greedbay. They have a least a higher profile than most in my view due to their greedbay services.

No, no joy for me either on alternative sites...waste of time really. I had listings on iOffer and Bidville forever with very little interest (I actually forgot about them). So I ended them, moved them to Ebay and WAM...sold for way more than I expected within a week. Sigh* I guess Ebay is the only place for me (other than my coffin)

My heavy selling season is March thru August, then again November thru January, and I'm doing pretty well but dayum those invoiced are high! I think we'll all be MUCH happier when the Auctiva free standing stores are available.

Ok, back to our regularly scheduled

(I sure wish this button worked

Almost forgot...here's your hair woman of the apocslypse....

[Ooooooo scary...

So that is what is left when you go to bed, some just put their teeth in a glass ... and I now understand why you think the previous picture of youself is gorgeous, relatively speaking I have to agree with you

My fangs don't fit in a glass.......

Well you'll just have to use a couple of flower vases for them . . .

ooops....can't do that either...I think I left them in my last 'patient'....

Don't you carry a spare pair in your 'fangd bag'

OK Miss M I leave for a week and you try to bring the Cuban national immigrants back? And threatening poor Choo! For shame Miss M I do believe you may have been hijacked by Igor?
And to think you are blaming all the damage to the Delorean on those poor transgendered individuals


Well I must say I have to put my foot down firmly for this one!

URM! Excuse me whilst I put my footwear on!

Hey, Taz is back in town and the FangMother has skeddadled.

Welcome back stranger, I trust all went well with the benefit

HI TAZ!!!!

Geez where ya been How's everything goin? You've left me all alone with Choo which is too scary for me So how did the benefit go? Tell us all about it. Hey, I don't think I see steel toes in those slippers Mister!

With everyone gone I have no choice but to pick on him (you don't mind tho, do ya Choo)

skeddadled = funny word
Yep I skeddadled for awhile but you know I always come back...whether ya want me to or not

I can't believe our thread is 5 months old...

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you know I always come back...whether ya want me to or not

Yep, we can rely on that

Been pretty busy between working at the plant and the bar. Averaging around 65 hours a week. Then need to find time for the GF.
Benefit is not until Memorial Day weekend (May 25) so nothing to tell yet.
Well I am off to work. Talk to y'all soon.

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Yep, we can rely on that

What ever do you mean Choo?? You KNOW you would miss me if I wasn't here

Taz you're really a workaholic arent ya? That's alot of hours, I thought I was bad....Hey, I'm gonna ask to borrow one of your steel toed fuzzy slippers to whack Choo with, OK? No one's gotten a whackin in a long time....sigh...miss it

OOOh good news...someone bought my hospital (well not MY hospital, you know what I mean) so I WON'T have a ton of spare time to hang out here in the summer (I can see Choo doing the happy dance at that one)

I'm workin the weekend and I'm GLAD

Later ~

C'mon, throw the tomatos now.......

Another two days without jabbing at you, that's the trouble selling season winding up, DIY season starting, phew, and it has been scorching hot here since middle of last week, spring days hotter than many of our summer days !!

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C'mon, throw the tomatos now.......

Ok, anything to oblige, 1 ton of over ripe toms on their way by air to be literally dropped on you when you venture outside of your house courtesy of our Veggie Atlantic airline.

SPLAT
SPLAT!!!!!!
Did ya hear that?? Choo how did ya get that airliner over here so fast? My whole neighborhood is covered in tomatos
But ya MISSED ME nah nah nah
Yeah 2 days without hearing from you, I thought you were dead. (or undead?) My selling season is in full swing too, (and I'm a PS again, big whoop huh?) but I can tell it's not as 'busy' as it was last year at this time. Maybe the boycott is really working?? Dunno.....

Shoot we've only had a couple 70+ degree days, mostly it's cool & rainy. Y u c k...I want summer!!

Well gotta hit the hay before I break my nose on the keyboard.........

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Maybe the boycott is really working??

Work a lot better if the buyers boycotted the site instead !

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But ya MISSED ME nah nah nah

I'd better spread the word to your neighbours that you were the cause of them seeing red so they can ketchup with you and share thier delight.

Hey there Choo,

Just stopping in to say HI....what Ebay doesn't realize (DOH!) is that Ebay sellers are also Ebay buyers.

So ya want my neighbors to ketchup with me huh? Aren't you the funny one Actually they're lookin for YOU. So are the lieutenants...you're in big trouble Mister!

Later

Well I'd better order some more catfood cans, an industrial blender and some additional labels for the tomato variety then . . .

If only it was this quiet on eBay then we would have something to celebrate

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!! HERE'S A LITTLE SHOUTING TO WAKE YOU UP!!!!

Sorry, just couldn't resist Actually I was just thinking (Choo are you reading my mind??) how slow Ebay is....even tho I made PS, my sales are obviously good, but they're in the tank compared to last year I thought maybe you put a hex on me?? Oh I wish I still had my frozen rats, I'd definitely send them to ya

Ah...which reminds me..I owe you a package don't I

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I thought maybe you put a hex on me??

If you mean a curse, no, don't dislike you that much . . . yet

The old DSR watch blips up and down the odd 0.1% now as even that is based on the last 12 months sales rather than since it started.

Just think between selling seasons your figures will fluctuate without doing anything, one really needs to end a season upbeat on the scores otherwise it will make the next seasons start look bad especially if a difficult buyer drops a neg on you near the end !

Really do not like the fact your lifetime positives no longer shows at all, nevermind just think a bad seller only needs to stop selling until their bad feedback and DSR's filter through then start all over again.

ho hum

Oh this FB change is ghastly! I'm now at 99.4 instead of 100 because of 2 stupid neutrals...and then I see this when I went to leave FB this AM on my buying act:

*********
Important changes to Feedback

Buyers, you can no longer receive negative or neutral Feedback from sellers.
You should leave honest and accurate Feedback without the fear of receiving negative or neutral ratings.

On the leave feedback page, I see:

Sellers can no longer leave negative or neutral Feedback for buyers.
Buyers should leave honest Feedback without the fear of receiving negative or neutral ratings. Read more...

As a seller, I see the following two choices:
Rate this transaction.
Positive / I will leave Feedback later
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I am just in shock.

And Choo, I don't know how, but somehow this is YOUR fault

Hopefully buyers will believe that greedbay is full of dodgey sellers as they all know from word of mouth keep away from anyone below 98% and realise they might just as well go elsewhere.

So all this could backfire (hopefully). Recently I was trying to determine whether a buyer was being truthful or not over a delayed payment issue by referring to his history, won't be possible soon as they can only be green.

Yep I saw that message when leaving feedback for a recent purchase so greedbay are thrusting it in buyers faces

And just think as you complete your season and your sales drop off these nasty neutrals become more significant wrt your positives.

I can assure you if it was my fault it would not have been applied to the UK site !!

Yo! How's ya all? I've been sorta lurkin' again; getting the messages forwarded to my gmail so I kept up with the nonsense, errrr I mean wit!

OMG what a shock to hear Ms N is out of ratz.....now that is a shocker! But am soooo glad. Now it's the fangs to worry about.
I also noticed some of the last of the ninth are essentially missing....only a few left to romp. It won't die tho', nah!

Oh man am I wondering about this FB thing myself. Pretty iffy stuff. They make it sound like how great it'll be, but I don't think so. I've never left a neg for anyone, except once a postive with a qualifier as a buyer, as it took forever to get a cd. Like 3 weeks and no communication. All I said was deal was ok, but took a long time. The guy pm'd me railing me! Very sore about it. Never left a neg on a buyer....almost did once.
I am lucky at 100% but it's so iffy. I don't like s & h together in one choice. If someone doesn't want to pay the handling they ding ya on both. Not fair. Now I have to list a shipping price starting in June.....man o man....these tiny things I ship, I hate saying minimum priority, it's ridiculous. But ebay calculator won't let me figure 1st class for an invoice. I think the racket is just getting bigger. I wonder if they get something back for using Priority or higher.
Which reminds me I have a question I gotta ask in one of the other info threads.....
I am kinda new still ya know? But I am up to 54 now since mid Dec. They send me little notes saying that is good, but I didn't do it by listing high priced shipping, I let people pick...now they change it!
Poor manners , coming by to rag on GB...after being gone so long.
I haven't forgotten one of yas, like I say been lurking.
Hven't even seen the zeb, what is with that.....or ninth emself! Steve, Jeff, etc. what's the deal? All been busy, like me I spect.

Hail to those who won't let 'er die!

Hi N, good to see you drop in, most of the others don't appear to be on any of the boards much lately, out of the Dec 2007 crew I have only seen the FangMother doing the ward rounds . . .

This thread is only having a snooze, it lives on like a slumbering giant to take off again when least expected when the lounge lizards once more congregate for a major lune summit

I guess no one likes us anymore Choo
Yeah, I think the regulars will come back from time to time, I know Miss S is very busy right now but I still 'talk' to her now & then.

Hey there N, can't help ya with the postage question..I always use first class and have never used the calculator..it always seemed to overcharge for me. As long as you have a scale you should be able to use first class shouldn't you? Unless you ship international? I don't know anything about that...although I can tell you it's pretty darn expensive to ship a crate of mens thongs to the UK

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guess no one likes us anymore Choo

"us" ? I'm ok

That's what YOU think....and here I was trying to be nice, including myself
I'm not the one that bombards entire neighborhoods with rotten tomatos

Hellow! yep a quiet place.
Probably not an issue of likin yas, but of business..whoa, I am always busy it seems, and I don't really know why.

Postage, well, yes I have a digi scale. Thing is I have (almost no), with exception of about 10 items out of a couple thousand items that are the same. I can't pack them all up, weigh them and then store them packaged cause I don't have the room! This is a huge collection of miniatures. I keep them in boxes and labeled by what is photo'd edited and listed. Altho, most weigh under 13 oz. not all do. So in many cases I have to either guess or figure I get a loss on shipping if I underestimate when I list the cost. Another thing that annoys me is the ebay invoices won't work right with 1st class, all I can ever get it to do is calculate Priority, so I have to go to Pay Pal to make the invoice. But you're right I could just figure 1st class, post it and average it out on 13 oz. and go with that. That's a good idea. Actually, I don't think you said exactly that, but that's where I'm at... dudududududuuuu

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Originally posted by member_8880:
That's what YOU think....and here I was trying to be nice, including myself
I'm not the one that bombards entire neighborhoods with rotten tomatos

NO????!!!!! Just freeze dried ratz! OMG!!!

N, check out these links for first class postage:

http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/ratesandfees.htm#wp1008795

http://payments.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EmitSellerShippingCalculator

I believe first class is the same cost no matter where (in the U.S.) the destination is. I don't pre-pack my items either because I have lots of buyers with multiple wins. Like I said before, I always found calculated shipping to be a PITA, maybe look at some similar items to the ones you sell and see what kind of postage is being charged. Or just weigh it and add a small handling fee. It's unbelievably easy for me to just use first class, print the PP label, and put pkg in the mailbox. Piece o' cake

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Originally posted by member_8880:
N, check out these links for first class postage:

http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/ratesandfees.htm#wp1008795
http://payments.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EmitSellerShippingCalculator

I believe first class is the same cost no matter where (in the U.S.) the destination is. I don't pre-pack my items either because I have lots of buyers with multiple wins. Like I said before, I always found calculated shipping to be a PITA, maybe look at some similar items to the ones you sell and see what kind of postage is being charged. Or just weigh it and add a small handling fee. It's unbelievably easy for me to just use first class, print the PP label, and put pkg in the mailbox. Piece o' cake

Thanks I will.... I did go check the first one and it looks like anything under 13 oz is 3.21 so that will work.
I have given up on handling chgs too, but with the gas costs etc going up, I don't think I will continue.
The other thing is finding boxes for 1st class. The boxes can be sooo small that a printed label won't fit, so I am trying to figure out how to print one smaller...which I can't do on PP.
Many of my items can go in a typical jewlery box, 3x3 or so, but they won't let me put a printed lable on it. Do you know how to make those dang lables small on PP?
The 2nd link won't calc a small 1st class package either. I can make pp calc it but not make a little label. So sometimes maybe just going to the P.O. is just easier?!

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....and here I was trying to be nice, including myself

Oh, c'mon give me a break, I'm not dumb enough (yet) to believe that one

Those tomatoes were addressed to you, can't help it if you ran about with an umberella deflecting my gifts to you with your neighbours, so ungrateful !!

I will give you MANY breaks...hmmm where's that baseball bat?

And I really don't wish to appear ungrateful...I am sending the lieutenants over to see you. Can't tell you what they'll be bringing for you tho, don't want to spoil the surprise (I know you're thinking brass knuckles or cigars, but that's not it)

Well the mincer is ready, my lads will introduce them to the finest cuts of meat they have ever experienced

You guys sound down right mean! I donno! No wonder no one is coming around. I read what youse is sayin via gmail, and think I'm staying out their way!

Lets see what can I threaten you all with.

That thar sound's like fighting talk, up with yur dukes

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Originally posted by ChooChooGuy:
That thar sound's like fighting talk, up with yur dukes

OK! I'm ready!

Oof, thats my pillows plumped !

All you got to do now is deal with the FangMother and her transvestite lieutenants

Oh no Choo!! She's got PILLOWS!!! AAAAHHHHH!

That's even scarier than my lieutenants! (Hi N, just funnin ya)

But as you can see, Choo is so mean to me I have to find something to threaten him with

EDIT - And he's REALLY scared of those old ladies

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Choo is so mean to me I have to find something to threaten him with

Aaaah, poor little FangMother

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EDIT - And he's REALLY scared of those old ladies

Yeah, scared they won't arrive for a little 'mincing'

Ok Choo, stop yer cryin...I know you miss me when I'm gone

Here's a picture of me on my last road trip...it lasted all of 2 minutes then I forgot where I was supposed to be going...

Shame, after it took two beefy bikers and an engine hoist to get you into the sadlle

Oh funny (much sarcasm here)

I really haven't been ignoring the boards, honest (fingers crossed behind my back) just really busy with many listings. I have so much more inventory than I realized and I want to get rid of all of it this season.

Why haven't we heard from Taz yet?? (Or ANYBODY for that matter). Do you think there's life outside these boards??? Nah, impossible..

Choo, the lieutenants should almost be there by now, with a BIG surprise for you

Not surprised they are still on their way, probably still deciding on which outfit to wear with thier curlers and wrinkled stockings

Um....I hate to tell you, but they insisted on wearing their bikinis

OUCH what a mental image THAT is!

EDIT...and those aren't wrinkled stockings if ya know what I mean

So, they are Paddy and Thelma, well my patent mincer will soon merge their wrinkles into something more palatable, like budget cat food

WHO are Paddy and Thelma???

Homer's evil sisters-in-law, as if you didn't know, oh dear, denying the existance of your lieutenants now are we, tut, tut

Nevermind they will not exist much longer

Oh yeah.....DOH!!!

NOT denying their existance...their names are Knuckles and Nails (but I can't tell them apart)

...Or maybe their names were Saggy and Baggy, can't remember now

This is disgraceful, not only that you could forget Beavis & Butthead's names, sorry Meavis & Mutthead on the rash assumption they are more female then male, (not that I wish to receive proof, yuck).

But no one has written anything remotely useless on this thread for 3 days, where are you all.

errrm, whoops, ok where on earth was I too !!

Self knuckle wrap

Coo-ee, FangMother, get your curlers wrapped in a headscarf and join your lieutenants in a mince sauce, I've got some spare catfood tins left over

Well you wanted 'useless'...here ya go I think I'm going to join my lieutenants in England... You're on big trouble now..

I forgot to tell you...evil Nurse Wanda is coming with me (Big thanks to Taz for introducing her to me) Poor Choo...you don't stand a chance

Great . . . the cat food is selling well, need more stock.

BTW better make sure you have somone covering your selling activities, wouldn't want you to accumulate a lot of red's while you are here through non-delivery.

Mind you it won't matter when you're in the 'can' will it

Hi!

Well FINALLY K!! How are you? Everyone is so MIA lately...even Choo & I aren't keeping up like we used to...I think he's getting tired of talking to me

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I think he's getting tired of talking to me

Hi K, the FangMother is getting a touch fangnile, thought she was tired of talking, my last comment was on the 8th and she was no where to be found

Can we expect more from you K or was that it for a few more months

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fangnile

?????????????
Is that anything like 'senile' ? YES I am!
I've been actively ignoring you Choo (kidding!) Actually I've been doing a ton of listings, working alot etc etc... I'm seriously doubting that I will sell next year, I'm trying to get rid of all my inventory NOW. Lotsa work I'm even getting a second job.(what the HECK was I thinking..there goes my summer)

Yeah, kbalona is like a hit & run, now ya see him, now ya don't

You mean to say you're now a road pizza, chuckle

I don't get it

(yeah, I admit I'm slow sometimes)

road pizza -> road kill -> hit & run by K

Quite the hedgehog aren't you, nevermind you will probably find that all this frantic selling will turn out so well you'll wish you upped the tempo before and go up a PS rating and become a darling of the great e-god

Oh....NOW I get it
I need a nap (seriously) my brain is so foggy from all the computer work and stabbing I do daily Got my PS back a couple months ago, only bronze with a whopping 5% discount. (That was sarcastic) It doesn't even make a dent
Haven't found the great e-god yet, it ain't ebay that's for sure

Gonna go close my peepers for awhile...

Well I hibernate from eBay during the summer, whether it's worth my while awakening for autumn this year I'll just keep my options open,
meantime, goodnap oh foggy one

I haven't touched Auctiva for a couple months now. I haven't been doing any serious ebay selling since march...or so. But my online store has exploded. There's only one of me doing the online sales side of the business, and it keeps me super duper busy, plus I have my regular work to do. I'm working 15-16 hour days, with breaks of course
I'm on the verge of grossing $3k per month online(EBAY YOU DID NOT GET ONE CENT) ...more than I've ever sold on ebay/month (Of course, I have never done ebay selling full-time). Sales have nearly doubled at my online store, every month since Jan. 08.
Now you know why I don't show up on here much...but I have a ton of stuff piling up to sell on ebay, so as soon as winter comes I'll be hitting Auctiva & the boards again.

Sounds great K, but watch the hours, leave some time to enjoy the summer !

See you around later in the year then assuming you find it worth giving money to greedbay again

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(EBAY YOU DID NOT GET ONE CENT

YaY kbalona!! That's showin 'em
Geez not too shabby, what do you sell?

I had to jump in here & save our thread from being buried any more than it already is...I almost couldn't find it Choo hasn't been here either, misbehaving again are ya??

Gotta go fire up the BBQ...it's (finally) a gorgeous, perfect day here...you guys can each have a steak if ya want (yum)

Like K not on Auctiva at the moment and heavily into the DIY season, but wow three more items bought and paid for today on the UK Specialist Auctions site, was beginning to think the earlier sales were just an optimistic blip.

Whoopee, and not a penny to eBay although a few bob to PP though, nevermind with no insertion fee and only 3% FVF I might get rich by 2050, errm, but may not reach 2050, oh well, that's life or is it death

Epic thread rules - just !

Still in the top 5 of the lounge after 6 months now just lacking the lunatic fringe who got it going last December, all very busy off greedbay and Auctiva at present. The volume of replies and views are still probably the highest around here.

This thread grows and flowers during the darker months and takes a rest during the summer months, tended by the FangMother and myself with moments to spare like the faithful old gardeners of an estate garden.

Well., oil jus' go an watter the ol' dandelions and and pull up der' roses, errrrm, or is it the uvver way aroun'.

Jus' found out oi can be considered antique if oi reach 60, co'r, luv a duck, and for FangMother, a special message to give 'er an 'eadache . . .

! naiga yvval edistuo eht ni gnidih uoy erA



Edited by dis ol' duffer to correct views/reply wordy bits, really must take me memory pills before I forget where I keep 'em, oh dear, too late . . .

Hi Choo! How ya be? Nice post, except for the headache that one sentence gave me
I'll be even more scarce the next few days..going to Ebay Live, practically right in my own backyard
Hopefully I can get permission from certain folks to post a picture or 2. Should be fun. At least it'll keep me out of trouble

I'll send ya some more memory pills, I've got plenty. Just ignore the little skull & crossbone, doesn't mean anything

Hey all been MIA for awhile! Just popping in to say HI! I see Miss M broke out evil nurse Wanda again. I have been haphazardly following the thread. I guess it has been almost a month since I last posted The benefit show went well and Magoos is super busy right now. I have been putting extra time in helping out there as there are alot of bike runs that come through in the summer. Glad to see the thread is still chugging along. And to think we wondered if we could keep it alive until January!If this keeps up we will have to look into syndication rights!Watch out Seinfeld Getting ready to go for some pre-testing for a surgery I have scheduled for next week
Wish I could be at eBay live Miss M, I really thought hard about it when I found out Chris Isaak would be playing.But the whole surgery thing put the kabosh on that one. Have fun and hopefully you get to post those pics. But please leave the two tranvestite enforcers at home, after all this is GreedBays event and we would not want those two ruining it! HMMM? On second thought
BTW FeeBay has not gotten a penny from me since December and I still have my Bronze PS rating?

HI TAZ!!!
Happy, happy to see ya! Glad the benefit went well (we knew it would ) but sorry to hear you're having surgery I really wish you could have gone to Ebay Live..one of the other regular posters here is going too (don't know if it's 'proper' to mention names so I won't) but at least I'll 'know' somebody.
Gotta go to work now..don't know how I'll get up in the morning might have to stay up all night. REALLY poor planning on my part!

PS Taz, I DID notice you're still a Powerseller..LOL..ebay is too busy dealing with FB complaints etc to monitor anything else I guess

Later

This thread is STILL going? 146 pages?

Of course it is, next target is 200 pages by next Christmas, all contributions will continue to be vetted to ensure sub-standard quality and only accepted if they achieve 2 stars or less out of 5.

We have standards maintain and a high number of viewers to amaze, dispair, and occasionally perhaps amuse

Hi everybody,
Just a quick HI....Ebay Live was a blast, going tmorrow too & I'll be able to post some pics.

And NO Choo, when my pic was taken I did not break the camera

Ah, so they are making note of all the troublemakers (all sellers) on the way in then, serves you right.

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when my pic was taken I did not break the camera

Obviously used a new army surveillance camera with blast proof lens, certainly a good way of testing it

As reqards pics, yes want to see some of you giving them some stick !!

I saw a camera that was being toted around eBay Live by 2 suspicious looking ???Females??? transvestites? enforcers?
Cigar chomping women toting camera equipment are likely to arouse suspicions! Walking a fine line here Miss M!

Hi Taz, good to see you back on here even if its only for the occasional brief visit.

Ms M aka the FangMother certainly has some gender dubious associates, still they are at the right place, they'll probably get mistaken for greedBay executives.

Then we shall see some policy changes

Hi Everybody,
WoW Ebay Live was alot of fun!!! (I can see people rolling their eyes, but I only went because of the Auctiva booth) We had a blast! Kbalona came in all the way from NY, and tho we didn't have much time to hang out, it was GREAT working the Auctiva booth, handing out tee shirts, etc. If Ebay was run by people like the Auctiva folks, everybody would be happy! Just a GREAT bunch of people. I can't even say how much I enjoyed myself

Their booth seemed to be the hit of the conference...standing room only for the live tutorials, hundreds (or probably thousands) of tees handed out, it was awesome! I'm sure I'll think of more later, but for now just wanted to post some pics...wasn't able to get too many, it was VERY busy

This is Auctiva Chrystal (who designed one of my favorite templates 'High on the Hog'), kbalona, and yours truly. Keep in mind: white makes me look fat, I was having a bad hair day, and I left my fangs at home

Here's our good friends Auctiva Mike and Auctiva Kevin, who are always so helpful

And last but not least the famous (or infamous??) CEO Jeff...he's a tall one

Here's a view of part of the floor from up above

I guess that's enough pics for now..I don't have that many anyway. HUGE thanks to Auctiva for inviting us, it was a memorable experience

Kbalona should be on his way home by now, hopefully he'll post also

Ok, who was it really in the picture you took, the one on the right couldn't be you judging by all the other pictures you have posted on this thread.

Would take too much work to look as good as that

HAHAHA!

Well I arrived home last night. She's right, although we didn't have a lot of time to just hang out, we had a blast. And it was really great to meet all the cool people from Auctiva. Now we know it's not just a bunch of robots! LOL.

Or, perhaps they are very advanced ones

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Would take too much work to look as good as that

I am speechless

Can it be possible??

Choo actually gave me a compliment??????

EDIT--Choo obviously you forgot to take your memory pills, you forgot who you're talking too

Hi K..You're up early, I would have thought you'd sleep half the day

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Originally posted by member_8880:

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Would take too much work to look as good as that

I am speechless

Can it be possible??

Choo actually gave me a compliment??????

EDIT--Choo obviously you forgot to take your memory pills, you forgot who you're talking too

Hi K..You're up early, I would have thought you'd sleep half the day

Heh...well, I'm off for a nap here in a few minutes.
I forgot to mention, it was really really nice to meet Sus also.

Errm, what memory pills, nevermind those you sent me (with the little skull and crossbones label) cleared my blocked drain really well, mind you the explosion did frighten the neighbours cat

DOH!! You weren't supposed to put them in the drain, silly....But since you didn't swallow them, you forgot that

Explosion?? Would I really do that to you?? (I say this with my halo glowing)

K - If you have any pics you can post pls do (and send them to me too)

EDIT---If anyone wants to see the Ebay Live pics, they're on the previous page, 146.

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I say this with my halo glowing

But . . . glowing red

Yeah, like this......

C'mon, you know I'm really a good guy...I'm wearing white, doesn't that prove it?

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I'm really a good guy

Oh dear, now your secret is out, it's not just your lieutenants that are transvestites

edit :-

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C'mon, you know

No, I don't, what are you inferring

"Profanity is the language of the ignorant"
Unfortunately I am a touch ignorant
And endeavour to not let it happen in print even though I find it difficult verbally <<<<<<<


Found this on your other post...I bet I can Out-swear you But on the other hand, you have alot of words that aren't even in my language

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I bet I can Out-swear you

Now why doesn't that surprise me . . . coo, I can see your halo starting to wobble and turn red again

I've got nothing to say

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I've got nothing to say

Hasn't stopped you writing here before

Hi guys! Oh wow, I have been busy, but have been reading your posts as they come to my gmail. Just no time to get over here and post.
All these dang changes I'm about to go nuts!!!! I want one product with one description.....one price one shiping method before I go nuts!

I'm trying to keep up!

Great! YAY! I took time to look at your pics that is great! I have a pic of you now in my mind.....
I was gonna rush off, but glad I didn't. When I got the notifier email and you said something about posting pics, I thought they were the old gals again! I should've come to look!
Glad you had fun...all of yous!

What....
You don't like the old gals???
I think Choo is secretly in love with one of them

Just kiddin ya Choo
N, you are the busiest person I know

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I think Choo is secretly in love with one of them

So secret that even I didn't know it, yeeuck, just as well I know it's a figment of your warped imagination, but even so

You could here a pin drop around here if I could include a sound file

OOps...I meant to drop a pin but I dropped a grenade instead. Loud enough for ya??


BUSY busy, Choo, still trying to get rid of my inventory (boy I had alot of stuff!). Sales are already beginning to slow down...What's new with you?? Are you behaving yourself? (OH yeah right)

Bet your neighbours enjoyed the fireworks not that any will still be around to comment

Not much new here, trickle selling on Specialist Auctions site but probably more cost effective than GreedBay had become and being out of season too.

Behaving myself, hmmmm, have to ask around for comments, still at least I know when to drop a pin or what it came from

Greedbay is certainly driving sellers and buyers away, SpecialistAuctions is certainly picking up sellers and buyers fed up with Greedbay.

Two more sales today, most have now been new buyers registering the same day, so to greedbay.

That's excellent Choo
I wish I would have done well on the 2 other sites I tried but I barely even got any views

I can't believe how bad we're getting at posting here...Our goal should be to see if we can keep this thread alive till next Dec, make it a whole year. Kind of hard tho with just the 2 of us and the occasional Taz & N.

Choo, what did you do with the enforcers, I haven't seen them for awhile??

9 out of 10 big cats prefer 'enforcer' chunks in their own gravy, got any more, demand has outstripped supply

This thread will live on, it rests during the summer and blooms in the winter

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I tried but I barely even got any views

Unfortunately it really depends on your wares and customer age group, greedbay is universally known. Most of my light weight items are old timeless content, informative magazines full of information of interest to modellers.

I also believe this group of buyers are very club orientated so the next critical point is when word of mouth recommendation really takes off.

Listings need to be laid out in a way that can be searched easily and very many live at a time waiting for that individual who thinks that's just what I have been looking for.

This means a large quantity need to be available for buyers to peruse (auctions too expensive on greedbay and store format useless for some while now), bit like a library it reaches a critical mass when researchers/readers tell their friends its worth going there.

It is not only about price but accuracy of the descriptions and the service you provide with it, like speed of delivery, packing, and dealing with detailed enquiries which I expect you are well aware of. Overall I prefer to be seller than a buyer where my expectations over the years have dwindled to I might get what I believe to have paid for sometime and maybe even packed suitably.

So I aim to provide a superior service so that buyers can rely on getting what they want quickly so they can get on with what they enjoy most from their hobby, also that it is always worth buying from me even if I am not the cheapest.

You obviously have not found the right alternative site yet, it also seems to me that my sales are picking up albeit slowly faster now that I have stopped listing on greedbay.

It is useful when the alternative site allows at least a link to your greedbay feeback page as the SA site does because it does give some more comfort to a buyer and accepting PayPal for everything is also a necessity because it does make the buying more secure, I will always opt to buy via PayPal.

Ok, the time taken to process sales of low value items with a personal touch is time consuming but the brand loyalty effect is just as important to you and I as it is to a major corporation.

When you make a move for the next season make sure you mailshot you old customers (especially the repeat buyers), I certainly added signatures to my electronic dispatch notes telling buyers where I was going.

Sales may not improve much this year with a slowing global economy and greedbay going into a tizzy so I look more now to the direction I should be heading next year based on unusually for me 'optimism'. Many sellers will go to the wall but that when the economic state of the world picks up again I'll get in again quick, bit of dog eat dog, but before competition rises again get solidly established.

So global economic slowdown and greedbay are culling sellers, the strongest and the most determined will survive, easy days are over for now.

End of soapbox ramblings for now

Wow...how long did it take you to type that?

Still, for me, Ebay is still the only place where a used motorcycle shirt can sell for $97. (I actually got paid for it too)

Now back to our reqularly scheduled

Good rate for a shirt, did it have to smell of oil and sweat for authenticity

Time, a few minutes to type and same again to translate it into English

Ok, apa-loggys for such an off topic post

No apa-loggys necessary (whatever they are)

No, no oil/sweat smells...hopefully not even a smoke smell She left good FB so apparently everything was OK.

The lieutenants are MIA, shame on you Choo...I'm starting to believe foul play. You wouldn't have had anything to do with that would you???

As I said in the last page, 9 out of 10 big cats prefer . . . purrrrrr

Sounds like a fair weather biker bought the shirt if they wanted it without an authentic aroma, whereas a steam buff likes the aroma of oil and steam . . . aaaaah, bliss !

Well.....I guess I'll have to start looking for new lieutenants won't I?

Yep, I have hungry cats to feed here

Oh no ya don't...I'll never send them to England again

Apparently meeting you is a fate worse than death

Oh dear, I'd better come over there then

Oooo goodie...you can meet my MOM

She's worse than any enforcer....

And just think, girls grow up to look like their mum, just look at what you have to look forward to seeing in the mirror one cold Chicago morn', he he he

Hmmmmm....well I have yet to see an actual picture of YOU
Would it curl my hair? Would I go blind? (probably)

Well judging by your mum's picture your body will probably do all that in self defence

My picture, well I would not want to embaress you or upset the delicate and sensitive viewers of this thread, after all we do have standards to maintain even if they are not very high

That bad huh??

Go ahead and post it, our standards here are lower than dirt

Your standards may be that low (certainly judging by the choice of your first cat fodder lieutenants) but over this side of the pond we have appearances to maintain . . . pause for raucous laughter and rolling about the floor to subside.

Where was I, oh yes appearances . . . another pause . . ok, "titter, ye not", I would rather you speculate so I can have a laugh rather than the other way around

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ring, ring, ring, ...

er, what day is it, drat dropped the phone down the toilet, grunt, zzzzzzzzzzzzz


That was another exciting episode in the life of a greedbay customer service automaton, in the next episode they get their head stuck down the pan trying to make a call

I have an extra grenade if ya need it to unclog the toilet...

YES my standards are QUITE low (I'm talking to YOU aren't I? hehehe) Oh I'm gonna get it for that

I have a new lieutenant picked out, just for you...you'll understand why when you see her pic

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have an extra grenade if ya need it to unclog the toilet...

Ere !! . . . are you calling me a greedbay automaton

On the other hand if it's for the greedbay automaton, let it stay down there out of harms way.

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YES my standards are QUITE low (I'm talking to YOU aren't I? hehehe) Oh I'm gonna get it for that

, Yep.

Why do you think I prefer to be anonymous, so no one knows I talk with the likes of you

Knowing your tastes in colleagues I expect your new lieutenant is across between the hulk and a clogged sewer anyway

Not quite....

She looks like a sweet old lady doesn't she?

BUT...can you guess who she really is???
Do the letters BB ring any bells???

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Do the letters BB ring any bells???

Only a cracked bell, related to US president ?

How soon we forget

She's a Bin Bandit..I've got the whole gang of them here

(innocently) ...Now what was your ebay user ID???

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She's a Bin Bandit..I've got the whole gang of them here

H'mmm, I think a tip-off to the right authorities and greedbay will be the least of your problems

And finally an appropriate picture of myself and my missus which describes us rather well :-



I'm kinda cute with the orange highlights, eh, now you know why I'm not afraid of your genetically mutated lieutenants

Yikes!

What have you done to yourself?

Ok I'll admit you are kinda cute (I said KINDA) but now you'll have to change your 'name' to robot guy or something...

BTW, the missus is way too good for you

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What have you done to yourself?

Nothing, well except spruce myself up a bit with a touch of paint about 150 years ago, anyway don't need to change my name, everyone should have a hobby.

You see I am designed well for collecting up items to sell in a flea market like greedbay

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BTW, the missus is way too good for you

Too right, lucky me, don't know how she puts up with me so well especially when I get started on greedbay

At least it's better than Pete's teletubby, remember that?? Wonder where he's been anyway

You're up awfully early aren't you?
(oh yeah, I forgot...you old folks go to bed about 7 pm & sleep for 3-4 hours)

Yeah yeah I know, look who's talking

Well with such a damp, cloudy and dreary June onwards getting up at 6am in the morning is the best time to catch some sunlight before it rises above the cloud line.

I'd rather be up early in daylight than the darkness of late evening any day.

Just gone 7:35am here now, well Pete reckoned on being busy, anyway ol'gal isn't it about time you zimmered off to bed, heaven help your victims if you start jabbing them in the wrong places 'cause you are half asleep

Are you trying to get rid of me?

I already know the answer to that one
It's 1:45 am here and yes, it's almost time for some shuteye.

"""I'd rather be up early in daylight than the darkness of late evening any day"""

I'm just the opposite...LOVE the night, hate the mornings

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I'm just the opposite...LOVE the night, hate the mornings

Ah, yes you must have inherited that from your father, the Count, I forgot you are not called the FangMother without reason

Me try and get rid of you ? With who else could I have such an elequent and articulate discussion on world affairs as those I have with you

You're the only one that calls me FangMother
Yeah you'd miss me if I were gone wouldn't you...then you'd have no one to pick on
I'm going to bed, got work this weekend.
Try to behave yourself

Let me see the quick answers are no, maybe, zzzz, hee hee, why?

Good night and pleasant fang dreams

Wow, no posts for days. And I suppose you're going to blame me Just stopping in to say HI, going swimming now. This is one of the worst summers we've ever had, cloudy & cool.
Of course when I'm at work the weather is perfect

Are you behaving yourself Choo??

Of course I am, bad enough talking to myself without being here and typing to myself as well.

Oh well I'm just stopping by to say 'lo just like the weather all lows our second hot day in a month frequently cloudy and the perishing clouds leak as well.

So you are going swimming to be warm and dry then

Me missuses makes sure I behave myself in public, but not in private

You must really think I'm ignoring you

I've been doing some more listings and I actually got to swim 3 days in a row! Now it probably won't be nice out again for a month

Which is OK I guess, I start my new second job tomorrow (what in the world was I thinking)

You must really think I'm ignoring you

I haven't been doing some more listings, haven't been for a swim for 3 decades in a row and the weather has finally turned hot.

And I am not starting a new job any time soon, we have quite a lot in common it seems

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we have quite a lot in common it seems

You forgot one...you have cats & I have dogs. (Only my dogs don't eat people)

Really? No swimming in 3 decades????? I don't even know what to say to that