Progress & Fandom: TNG

Thursday, May. 22, 2008 - 1:07 a.m.

John fired up his new laptop himself, logged into AOL, opened iTunes, obtained the CD names, and imported them into his shuffle.

All without my assistance.

At the end of his shuffling around, he was disconnecting the shuffle dock and he turns to me and goes "This thing is so fragile; I'm afraid to break it! Where do I get to store this stuff?"

And I grinned and said "The joy of being a new ipod handler is figuring out that stuff for yourself! But if you get stuck, I guess you could place it back in the box it came in."

So, I think by the end of this weekend, he'll be up to speed.

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I've also been corresponding with a fellow I used to hang around with, Omaha Dave.

He's still on this side of the dirt, and is thrilled that one of his kids, the 14-y-o daughter actually discovered convention fandom without him leading the way, and figures it's genetic. She's heading to FanimeCon over the holiday weekend.

Nice to hear from him.

Although, now that I've done the math, methinks the kid may have had her ear to the wall when we asked Omaha Dave to be in charge of the Art Show at BayCon in 1994.

Hm.

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Dinner was simple but really delicious; a couple of giant hamburger patties with a side of cornbread.

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And finally, I got one of these chain letters worth sharing.

They are not usually worded so blatantly, and I have left all punctuation and capitalization as it was received.

This is working.
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is an attorney.

If she says that this will work - It will work. After all, what have you got to lose?

SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.

Dear Friends: Please do not take this for a junk letter.
Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent later.
Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

When you forward this e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (If you are a Microsoft Windows user) for a two week time period.

For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a check.

Regards. Charles S Bailey General Manager Field Operations

1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or 904-1085 or RNX 292-1085

Thought this was a scam myself, But two weeks after receiving this e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my address and within days, I received a check for $24, 800.00. You need to respond before the beta testing is over.

If anyone can afford this, Bill gates is the man.

It's all marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people as possible. You are bound to get at least $10, 000.00. We're not going to help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a little something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in on this a few months ago. When I went to visit him for the Baylor/UT game, she showed me her check. It was for the sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped 'Paid In Full'.

How many things can you find wrong with the aforementioned correspondence?

Share your findings in the comments section if you care to.

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That's it for today. Enjoy your Thursday!

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4 of my readers commented on this entry

chaos the javelina hunter - 2008-05-22 05:43:58
the biggest thing that's wrong with that one is that it went around a few years ago, and none of the people who sent it to me are now rich..
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art - 2008-05-22 07:37:27
i can see the nairobian accent in the letter!! hahah!!! i remember this scam, although i havent seen it since the late 1990's!!!
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Jamie - 2008-05-22 12:01:25
That's crazy talk! I got my check! It was cleverly disguised as some wacky "IRS Stimulus Rebate" thingeemajig. Hehehe
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requiel - 2008-05-22 14:24:14
So funny, I got this email a few months ago. I knew it was a scam from the beginning. When you cash a check they don't give it back to you stamped "paid in full" duh.
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