just ignore and let this one die

DAMN YOU KYLIE!!!!!

A funny from my inbox that just reminded me so much of some of the antics of a few of our well loved co-posters (especially Trout, whom I miss here terribly):

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After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Target store.

Dear Mrs. Samsel,

Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and are now forced to ban both of you from our store. The complaints against your husband, Mr. Samsel, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.

1. June 15: Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away! This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.

5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.

6. August 14: Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.

8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called...

9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the 'Mission Impossible' theme.

12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'

14. October 21: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'
And last, but not least:

15. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of our clerks passed out.

With the deepest empathy,
Yours truly,
Courtney Spradley, Customer Services

/me waves to Mari



I finally got around to exploring a bit of Bay City and took a few piccies along the way...

Smith and me:

Today I bought a headset for use with Skype (for communicating with what's left of my very small family a thousand miles from me in one direction or another). I'm against the idea of voice in world as I thought it would break the 4th wall of immersion too much, but I wanted to see what it was really like.

On Ghosty's suggestion I went to Help Island Public and just sat and listened.

It was creepier even than I could imagine. I could not tell who was talking. One girl's voice absolutely made my skin crawl. There was something not right about it. I don't think it was a voice changer, but there was something sinister about it, unnervingly soft and obsequious, with absolutely perfect diction and no discernible accent of any kind. (Shudder!) It was just wrong in ways I have no writing skills to describe.

I think I'll stick with SL as I know it.

LOL, I don't know how I missed this one yesterday. Clever, and funny.

And, by the way...it's great to see you posting, Cody.

Angel Lehane and Rafe Zessinthal at Linden Labs and a couple of other shots.

More pats for the puppy - so sorry your voice experience sucked- gosh I just love voice! I love to hear the words, the tones - all of it- so melodious- hell - after sl got voice i developed a new appreciation for fones! - Anyone wants to talk-talk, look me up! I love people's voices

Howdy folks!!

I need to catch up, I'm way behind.

I do have a bit of gossip. Rumor has it that the Accidental Avatar clothing is expanding.

Stay tuned, news at eleven.

Yes Amar, but on a 1-to-1 basis right? With one specific person? Not that mumbo jumbo you can hear when everyone is talking at once. It's impossible to filter out.

A rock?

Ohhhh!!! When I was a kid we used to dreaming of someday living on a rock. There were 12 of us living in a cardboard box in the middle of the road.

And another alt pic for the heck of it... Here is AdAstra

Re Voice- Thanks Mo and @ Kylie- yes I suppose- to some degree- it can be a little annoying.. I do recall ages ago though- @ Shiraz there used to be talk in voice and chat in text and it was hysterical- sadly now, if one's mic is on, someone is bound and determined to point it out to you so you can 'fix' it!


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And another alt pic for the heck of it... Here is AdAstra

You'll love Damien's hospitality then.

Oh wow...I recognize that skin!

Very nice. Much different than most of your alts. I remember when I first met Hera, you were originally going to come on with AdAstra but switched to Hera at the last minute.

Oh I am not! I am an anarchist at heart- believe me - that still does not deny there is a definite need for more than one or two or three or more people around who go on targeted attacks of others to just stop- Just walk out of the thread right now and take a look - there is plenty of it going on as we speak -

awwww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo

/me passes out Pepto Bismal to everyone he made sick.

Hey, I was reading Mari's blog - entries about SLCC - and I wondered, what would stop someone from going there and saying they were me or you or any other user?

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Speak for yourself! Imagine the damage some lecherous, smooth-talking tramp pretending to be me could do to my sweet and innocent reputation! The thought...

Mmmm - @ the risk of being told to get a room.. you are always.. so, so good...

Would that be this sweet innocent image:




BTW - this is pretty close to how I my mind visualizes you - cute but with that little devious smirk as if you have just been trying to hide something or just been caught at something.

More than rumor. I sent Brenda pics with me wearing the newest item.