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> Who wants glass for Christmas?
> A polymer clay gift?
> A knitted blankie?
> Something made of wood?
> A candle? Or candles?
> Something totally far out?

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> Dammit, mice, squeak up!!!!!!
>
> Or risk getting something so weird........

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> On 24 Oct 2005 08:17:18 GMT, Miracle wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Nothing can be as weird as dealing with engineers (isn't that right
> "ben"?)...:
> [snip]

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>Mr K wrote:
>
>*shudder*
>
>I think I prefer customers. Apart from the fact that I recently had an
>old bloke on the phone who followed nearly every sentence with something
>like "If I may just summarize in a single sentence, [repeat what I just
>said]".
>
>Also was one customer who had had a stroke, and who kept calling us that
>his cable installation wasn't done right and we should send another
>mechanic 'round. Except that, by that time, it *had* been done right by
>another mechanic.
>
>Then there's the people who seem to think that "wireless internet" is
>where you can just remove the UTP cable between the (wired) modem and
>the computer, and it'll work.
>
>Much more amusing this way, as these folks aren't being paid for their
>mad skillz.

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> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:58:19 +0200, Frank van Schie
> <frankNOSPAM@email.it> wrote:
>
>
> When I was doing the warranty support, which was really easy because
> we just had to prove it was actual hardware failure and not the user
> buggering things up, I had one lady that was adamant about NOT
> restoring her computer.
>
> After a barrage of profanity laden reasons as to why she didn't want
> to run the restore, I finally talked reason into her by letting her
> know that if we run the restore, it puts the software and drivers back
> to their original state, if the problem persists, we send a tech out
> to replace her failed component.
>
> She's screaming and yelling about her lost data, she doesn't back up,
> so she's going to lose everything. Then she says, fine... how long is
> this going to take. "About 45 minutes." Just before slamming down the
> phone she screams at peak volume:
>
> XXXX THAT SHIT! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS GODDAMN SHIT! I'VE GOT TO
> BE TO XXXXING CHURCH IN TEN MINUTES!
>

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>
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:thaql19e1rca15rsu4cdsvgg9gc5djq9qb@4ax.com...
>
>Haha.
>
>Was she hot?
>
>I mean. Did she have a hot voice?

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> Miracle wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Dammit, mice, squeak up!!!!!!
>
> Or risk getting something so weird........

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> On 24 Oct 2005 08:17:18 GMT, Miracle wrote:
>
>
> Nothing can be as weird as dealing with engineers (isn't that right
> "ben"?)...:
>
> Engineer (on the other end of the phone) - "There's a loose
> connection at the back of this PC. Do you know what it is?"
> Self (pause for question to sink in) - 'Now, how can I see what the
> connection is, when I'm on the other end of this phone, and you're
> located at the other end of the country?'
>
> Engineer (yup, same bright spark) - "Can you test the router?"
> Self (walking blindly into this one) - 'Yep, just give me a second,
> I'll give it a test (fires up hypertrm). What com port is the router
> connected to?'
> Eng - "Com 3"
> Self - 'Ok... er... nope, nothing. Com 3 you say?'
> Eng - "Aye. Oh, wait a minute, do you want me to plug it in to com 3?"
> <slight pause, brain kicks in and utters "What the??">
> Self - 'That would make things easier, wouldn't it?'
>
> Engineer (another wizkid) - "This job, it says 'Job cancelled', the
> reason being the job was completed. Is that right?"
> Self - 'It .... looks that way.'
> Eng - "It says that the job's completed. Why is that?"
> Self - 'Erm... sorry?'
> Eng - "Why is the job completed?"
> Self - 'Well... if the job's completed, it's ... completed.'
> Eng - "So, what do I do now?"
> Self - 'As the job's completed... well, what would you do?'
> Eng - "Oh, so the job's completed is it?"

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> When I was doing the warranty support, which was really easy because
> we just had to prove it was actual hardware failure and not the user
> buggering things up, I had one lady that was adamant about NOT
> restoring her computer.
>
> After a barrage of profanity laden reasons as to why she didn't want
> to run the restore, I finally talked reason into her by letting her
> know that if we run the restore, it puts the software and drivers back
> to their original state, if the problem persists, we send a tech out
> to replace her failed component.
>
> She's screaming and yelling about her lost data, she doesn't back up,
> so she's going to lose everything. Then she says, fine... how long is
> this going to take. "About 45 minutes." Just before slamming down the
> phone she screams at peak volume:
>
> XXXX THAT SHIT! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS GODDAMN SHIT! I'VE GOT TO
> BE TO XXXXING CHURCH IN TEN MINUTES!

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> Miracle wrote:
>
> A condom dispenser? [face_batting_eyes_innocently]

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> Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> ROFL This lady (using the term loosely) reminds me
> of the times I answer the phone in the morning and hear, "WHERE'S
> THE XXXXING TRUCK?!?!?!?"
> Well, good morning to you too, XXXXXXX...............

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> ROFL This lady (using the term loosely) reminds me
> of the times I answer the phone in the morning and hear, "WHERE'S
> THE XXXXING TRUCK?!?!?!?"
> Well, good morning to you too, XXXXXXX...............

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>On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:39:40 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
><spam.ng@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>
>If you find shrill screeching hot.

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> ROFL This lady (using the term loosely) reminds me
>of the times I answer the phone in the morning and hear, "WHERE'S
>THE XXXXING TRUCK?!?!?!?"
> Well, good morning to you too, XXXXXXX...............

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>On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:22:18 GMT, I heard the following crap spew
>forth from Smeghead <tribesfan@hotmail.com>:
>
>
>Sure do. Makes me feel married.