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T-Mobile to increase per minute overage charge
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15 Comments
posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:43
1. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
This is not unreasonable... inflation, employee salary increases, cost of living increases, etc. Why is it everytime a wireless company says that costs are increasing people freak out and say it is because they are greedy bastards... Stupid people want everything and they want it for nearly nothing, and how dare it inconvenience them. Granted technology progressively improves and subsequently the infrastructure is cheaper, but labor will always increase with inflation. If you have a problem with the increase in per minute fees... i have a brilliant idea for you... CHANGE YOUR PLAN TO AVOID YOUR OVERAGE!!!!! MORON!!!! Every carrier provides at least 3 ways to check you minutes, and change your plan accordingly... If you are the sole user, you know when/if you use your phone more than normal... if you have a family with stupid teenagers who don't keep track of their minutes, or are just mindless users who don't care how much they use... IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT! THEY LEARNED THAT BEHAVIOR FROM YOU THE PARENT!!!!! NOT FROM TV OR RADIO!!!! Teach them responsibility, get some of your own, and own up to the problem and blame that ugly face you see in the mirror every morning. Good for you T-Mobile
posted on 31 Jul 2009, 07:27
4. Fair&Balanced (Posts: 31; Member since: 29 Jul 2009)
So why not explain why it is NOT GREEDY for a company to require you to have a plan, where you may waste a hundred minutes a month unused? And then charge you a FORTUNE if you use 50 minutes too many every six months? Face it, the plans are required becasue companies know their service sucks so bad they cant keep customers any other way, and this goes for satellite TV, any company that requires you to get locked in so you can't escape. NO REASON AT ALL to milk you more than the per minute rate of your plan for overages, now, is there? Damn stupid employees.
posted on 31 Jul 2009, 10:02
5. theman10 (Posts: 93; Member since: 16 May 2009)
Whoa, good parenting...psycho.
posted on 31 Jul 2009, 14:59
6. j.naueattrep (Posts: 24; Member since: 19 Jul 2009)
Switch to at&t and keep 'em.
posted on 31 Jul 2009, 18:56
7. Kiltlifter (Posts: 742; Member since: 11 Dec 2008)
Changing up and down is cheaper... it just requires a little extra attention... like say 20 minutes a month to check your account 3 days before your cycle closes, "Oh Look, I went over, let me change my plan for 5 minutes... DONE!!! and have Customer Service change your plan back starting the next month.. DONE!!!" WOW i am sooo exhausted for taking all that time and effor... i think i will take a nap.
posted on 01 Aug 2009, 09:36
8. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
Wow, you're not overreacting. Just one of the typical consumers who thinks that companies shouldn't make a profit, all organizations should be charities, so you can save a couple dimes a month. If you don't like the contracts or the minute overages, quit signing contracts saying that you're okay with them. Ever heard of a thing called prepay? Or, you can buy a full retail priced phone (I'm sure someone like you would enjoy paying $300 for a new phone instead of the free ones), and you're not locked in! I'm sure you're the type of person that goes into a wireless store, and thinks you should get a free phone whenever you want, because of course, it doesn't cost anything to manufacture these phones. Yeah, we give free phones without contracts, because that's a real smart business move. Wireless companies have contracts because of phone subsidies, do some research before you call yourself, "fair and balanced."
posted on 02 Aug 2009, 08:19
9. Fair&Balanced (Posts: 31; Member since: 29 Jul 2009)
Well, WKlingbeil, you show yourself to be an idiot! A complete, laughingstock moron! How, you ask? You say that you "are SURE that (I) am the type of person that goes into a wireless store and thinks (I) should get a free phone..." Well, little mind with probably even lower income and social standing, I have a fully paid for Nokia, not offered by any carrier in the US. So now that you have proven you have no concept of who you are speaking with, or what the heck you are talking about, explain once and for all why it is fair to not pay a contract holder 40 cents for each minute he does not use, but it is fair to charge him 40 cents for extra minutes? And why it would not be more fair just to charge him his per minute rate for overage minutes, if it is not greed. And thank your lucky stars there are jobs like cell agents that can handle uneducated, unthinking persons like yourself. Even if the jobs don't pay enough to let you buy a car and house or rise into a decent social position. Also, be aware that some day you will grow up and realize your dedication to an employer is going to be repaid by a layoff or other type of separation that will reveal your youthful foolishness.
posted on 05 Aug 2009, 15:16
10. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
I'm not sure why I am continuing this, you are most certainly beneath me, but I suppose I will divulge your idiocy. Now that YOU have proven you have no concept of who you are speaking with, as I don't work for TMobile, i work for Verizon, and not for much longer at that. I'm sure you feel that you're successful in life, spending your free time on a frivolous forum about cell phones, spreading your socialist cry baby attitude about how companies are allowed to make profits, basing your life's standings on money, and I am truly happy to see people such as yourself losing your homes, your jobs, and your families during times like these. I am actually finishing school right now working for VZW, and since you want to talk about "social standing," I suppose you consider yourself a "cool" guy spending your free time on this, again, frivolous forum. I get on while at work during down time, because I do enjoy laughing at complete idiots such as yourself. Greedy? Cry me a river, it's called free enterprise, and as I told your dumb ass, if you don't like it, don't get postpay. Get your cheap ass a prepay phone like every 80 year old whiner, so companies don't have to hear your complaining about "greediness." How hysterical is it, that as you're basing your life on income and money, you complain that companies base their success on money. You are the exact same as these companies, but you're a FAILURE at what you consider success, because the wireless companies are actually good at making money. How many millions do you make? Oh, maybe I should be asking thousands. There are so many hypocrisies in your statement, that it's sickening, and perhaps you may want to get an edumacation before calling people idiots. Oh, and by the way, yes I am youthful, I'm 22. What does that say for you? 35 years old, no wife, sitting on a cell phone forum with all of your "social position" and "income." You make me sick.
posted on 05 Aug 2009, 15:24
11. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
Oh, one last little statement before I call it a day. Isn't it quite interesting how you were presented with facts, and you responded with the typical pseudo-intellectual attempt to offend with personal attacks. You have no base for your opinion, simply a cry baby attitude that companies shouldn't be allowed to make profits, and we should run our country like any nancy-boy nation in Europe. If you don't like free-enterprise, go to Canada, I'm sure they'd love your educated opinions that you can't defend.
posted on 08 Aug 2009, 09:17
12. Fair&Balanced (Posts: 31; Member since: 29 Jul 2009)
So you are saying you can't defend your assertion that charging more for overage minutes than in your plan minutes is not greed? I guessed as much.
posted on 08 Aug 2009, 16:30
13. WKlingbeil (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Dec 2008)
I personally don't care if it's greed or not. You can't defend that your beliefs are the typical crybaby socialist beliefs that thinks morons that can't conduct business in a successful manner should be equal to those who know what they're doing. It's called business, which is why I'm sure you're not a CEO, or any position of any regard period, because you clearly don't understand the principle of business. Your definition of greed is ridiculous, because it is a synonym for profitability. Guess what? 200+ million customers understand that minute overages are profitability, and are simply a fact of the wireless industry. I'm sure you also think that retail markup for products is greed too then, because you can pay 2x the amount of the exact same product at Publix or Randall's as compared to Wal-Mart. Perhaps you missed freshman economics, so I'll forgive you, but the most basic principle of a business is................. PROFITS! Amazing isn't it? Money actually keeps businesses afloat? Greed is a bank that finances these ridiculous loans that people shouldn't have that blow up in their face. Greed is Bernard Madoff or any other scheme that CHEATS people out of money. A cellular company has minute allowances for a reason, because they can't handle the bandwidth of a landline carrier. If there were no overage charges, no plan allowances, people would BLOW UP their cell phones, and the networks would crash, because they're getting cheap, almost unlimited calls. You clearly have no understanding of the wireless industry, which is obvious through your comments. So, for example, your idea of charging customers' per minute rates over their allowance: the lowest plan VZW has available is 450 minutes @ 39.99, it's standard overage rate is $.45/min. Well, on your math, that's $.09/min, 5x less than the standard overage. So that gives people 5x the capacity for going over and paying just as much. Let's say... 50% of the customer base uses that, we'll say 40 million people. Do you know what 40 million*5 is? 200 million more of even just 1 minute is still 200 million minutes. As I said, do your research before you call yourself, "Fair & Balanced." Consider instead, uneducated and big mouthed. And again, you make me sick.
posted on 02 Apr 2011, 02:13
15. Frazzled (unregistered)
To the person who thinks its fair, fine and dandy for people to have to pay per minute overage but NOT have their bill reduced when under or at the very least have roll over minutes -get real. I understand businesses are in business to make money and I don't object to that -when it is done FAIRLY. But phone plans are designed to benefit the company more than the consumer and it isn't a fair deal. The proof of that are these plans that do not allow roll over minutes or reduce in the bill for any unused minutes yet they charge a small fortune for going over. And the person who thinks you can change your plan for a few days at the end of the billing cycle and then change it back again -WRONG. Any changes to your plan do not go into effect until the NEXT billing cycle so if you see you are coming up short on minutes and still have a few days left to go -TOUGH LUCK, you are going to get screwed big time if you need your phone during that time. Your only option is to QUIT and go with a new company to avoid racking up any more minutes.


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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Hamburger Buns and Cinnamon Rolls
You can use any bread recipe to make these two items, but the one above is my favorite. You start by bringing the oats, water and butter to a boil..
After it comes to a boil pour the mixture into your mixer. Now wait for it to cool down. If you don't wait, the mixture will be too hot and kill your yeast.
It takes about 10 to 15 minutes.. once it has cooled down add the yeast, sweetener and whole wheat flour. The recipe calls for Sucanat but you can sub brown sugar if you don't have the Sucanat..
Mix it all up..
Now add the white flour. You may need to add more than the 2 cups called for. Add flour until the dough does not stick to the sides of mixer and it is not sticky feeling. Knead for about 5 minutes, longer if you have Kitchen Aid…
Let the dough rise until doubled, about 30 to 45 minutes. I just leave the dough in the mixer. When the rise time is done, I turn the mixer on to punch it down. Then take the dough out of the mixer and divide it into two balls…
With the first one we will make the hamburger buns. Divide the dough into 8 pieces. Spray an 11x15 pan with some non-stick spray…
Roll the dough pieces into a round ball and then flatten them slightly and put them in the pan..
Now let them rise until doubled in size. While they are rising take the second piece of dough and roll it out into a rectangle about 12x18 inches..
Spread it with lots of butter and sprinkle Sucanat or brown sugar and cinnamon over the top…
Roll it up from the longest side
I use scissors to cut the dough into pieces..
Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick spray and lay the cinnamon rolls in the pan. Let them rise until they are about double in size.
By this time it is time to bake the hamburger buns. Bake them at 350 for 25 minutes..
Pull them out of the oven when they are done…
When the cinnamon rolls have finished rising, put them into the oven to bake. Same temp and bake for about 25 minutes. While they are baking you can make some frosting. I made a half batch of the frosting recipe that I have posted at the end of this blog..
When they come out of the oven frost them immediately….
Cut the hamburger buns in half and use them to make a delicious burger!
Cinnamon Roll Frosting (I made a half batch of this)
Crystal Miller
4 oz butter (1 stick), softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
3 T coffee**
1 T milk
1 t maple extract or flavoring
Using a mixer combine butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar, coffee, milk and maple flavoring. Mix well. The frosting will be somewhat thin and pourable. You can pour and spread this on the cinnamon rolls when the come out of the oven.
**note: The coffee in this recipe adds a little color to the frosting to match the slight maple taste. If you don't want to use this you can substitute all milk instead.
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Hello, greetings from down under in New Zealand.
I love reading your blog and finding out about your lives in the frosty United States. It is the middle of summer here.
Just have a quick question about one of the ingredients in the Cinnamon Roll Frosting...can you describe the powdered sugar to me? it's maybe something we call icing sugar here. We use this when icing cakes and such like as it is extemely fine. Sometimes called confectioners sugar.
Funnily enough, we too are having hamburgers tonight with homemade buns.
Kind Regards and Blessings
Lee-AnneOh, this is AWESOME!!!! So cool....I found an organic hamburger bun at the store. They're fantastic...and this is better, because now I can make them myself at home!!! How easy is it to just bake half of that recipe, then freeze the rest for baking later? Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 7:33 PM
so glad u can use brown sugar i have put off some recipes bc i didnt have sucanat, on cinnamon rolls it doesnt matter but other recipes is the measurment the same for brown sugar as for sucanat? thanks
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:57 AM
Thanks for sharing the recipes. How would I go about freezing the dough to use for the cinnamon rolls in the morning for breakfast or later use. Also do you have any tips on how to make this dough by hand? I dont have a stand mixer.
God bless Anonymous.. you can cover them and put them in the fridge till morning.. they will continue to rise some. In the morning let them warm up on the counter and continue rising if they need to and then bake.
I have instructions on making bread by hand here: http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/breadmaking101.htm you can follow the basic directions using this recipe..Sunday night I looked in my freezer for hamburger buns and didn't find any....it's so nice to be a reader of a blog that gives women the idea that they can MAKE their own buns. I whipped up a batch of buns in no time. They were yummy and I felt so good about making something that in times past I would have gone to the store and come home with $20 worth of stuff that I didn't really need!
Thanks again!
Sheri- AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I just made your buns and Cinnamon Rolls (Yumm!) and my buns came out too dense... I'm wondering if it's an altitude issue (Denver-mile high) or if it was because I kept squishing them to make them look more like hamburger bun shape. Ideas?
Heather Q Heather Q, Could very well be the squishing.. you just roll them into a ball and gently flatten a little.. not much.. not enough rise time will also do it.. they need to rise until doubled in size, be patient if it is taking awhile. If it is not rising well then it could be the temp of your water or the temp of the kitchen.. if it is too cool and/or drafty, it won't rise well and they will be dense..


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Barbecued Shrimp with Cheese Grits
By happy accident, Amber Huffman combined leftovers of two low-country staples—barbecue and cheddar cheese grits—for a quick Southern fusion meal. It became a Jess Jackson favorite. Here, Huffman tops her grits with grilled shrimp slicked with a tangy, bourbon-based barbecue sauce. "I seriously have received three marriage proposals over a bowl of my cheese grits," says Huffman. "I've accepted none so far."
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- Servings: 6
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 small onion, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 2 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons Tabasco
- 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds peeled and deveined large shrimp
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Cheese Grits, for serving
How to make this recipe
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the ketchup, bourbon, cider vinegar, molasses, honey, Tabasco, thyme and cayenne. Simmer over low heat, until thickened, about 40 minutes.
Transfer the barbecue sauce to a blender and puree until smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Pour 1/3 cup of the sauce into a small bowl and reserve the rest.
Preheat a grill pan. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper and brush on both sides with the 1/3 cup of barbecue sauce. Grease the grill pan with the oil. Grill the shrimp over moderate heat, turning once, until cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer to plates and serve with cheese grits and the remaining barbecue sauce.
Make Ahead
The barbecue sauce can be refrigerated for up to a week.
Suggested Pairing
Huffman's rich cheese grits need a wine with some substance, but one that isn't so tannic and massive that it will overwhelm the sweet shrimpin other words, Pinot Noir.


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How to disable / turn off Verizon Backup Assistant without a factory reset (and Use gmail contacts sync only - recommended!) Also in post #3 below: How to Sync Contacts with Gmail and Change Contact type from Phone to Google Disabling Backup Assistant on the HTC Droid Incredible There may be other ways to disable backup assistant, but follow these steps to remove duplicate contacts and backup assistant without having to factory reset. Please be aware that I just tinkered around until I got the desired result. I'm no expert and I have no idea if this effects the phone in any other way. I did this over the weekend and everything is working perfectly on my phone. So proceed at your own risk, I don't want to get any pm's about how your phone blew up. I'm just trying to help out here. 1) Be sure to have all your contacts backed up to your Gmail account. Check online before proceeding to step 2. 2) Log into your My Verizon account. Go to the contacts tab, sort by list view and select all contacts. Delete the entire list. There's a deleted contacts tab as well. Select that and delete anything that's in there. 3) Go into your Incredible settings tab, select applications, manage applications. Do not sort or filter, allow list to populate. Select Sync Service, (icon resembles backup assistant icon) select clear data. 4) Also in manage applications scroll down to backup assistant, select clear data. This should do it. 5) To verify backup assistant is now disabled, select settings, accounts and sync, then under manage accounts, select backup assistant. You should be looking at a license agreement screen. No more backup assistant, no factory reset. Courtesy of Luke McCoy The Android Blog Source: Disabling Backup Assistant on the HTC Droid Incredible] ALSO - If you're rooted, you can use the free "Titanium Backup" to uninstall Backup Assistant. Be sure to back it up in Titanium backup before uninstalling it. After you uninstall, it will no longer appear at all in Accounts and Sync.
OK...I did as you suggested...now how do I make my Inc back up contacts automatically to my gmail contacts and how do I restore from there if I have to do so?
How to Sync Contacts with Gmail: On your phone goto: Menu, Settings, Accounts and Sync, Put a checkmark in Background data and Auto-sync. THEN, Select your google account at the bottom (under Manage Accounts), put a checkmark in Sync Contacts and the other boxes (as desired). You probably should select to sync them all (contacts, gmail and calendar). If you account does not appear, you will need to click Add Account and use the same account information as you use online at www.gmail.com People App Settings: On the phone, open People App and select Menu, View. Put a Checkmark in Google and Phone. The others are optional. This will also show you how many contacts are marked as Phone and how many are marked as Google. All but 1 or 2 should be marked as Google. If not, you will need to change the contact type to Google for each of your contacts. When you first create a contact, you given the choice of a google contact or a phone contact. If you selected phone contact, it's not easy to change it to a google contact. I've found an app on the market that claims to convert phone contacts to google contacts. I have NOT tested it. Here it is: ContactSync http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/contactsync_batb.html One user posted on the forum that it worked for him. However, I also found another solution which I think is more reliable and is recommended. See below "Change Contact type from Phone to Google" How to Backup Contacts from Gmail: All contacts should be at www.gmail.com While at www.gmail.com using your PC, go to Contacts and be sure to export your contacts to a file as a backup: More Actions, Export, All Contacts, Google CSV format. Save the file on your PC and be sure to date the file for future reference. How to Backup Contacts to SDCard: Open People App, Menu, Import/Export, Export to SD Card. Select your google account to backup all contacts. You can also backup "phone" contacts (you shouldn't have more than a couple - like your personal contact card). Change Contact type from Phone to Google. If all your contacts are PHONE contacts and not gmail contacts, you can convert them to gmail contacts as follows. You can also try the app mentioned above, or this procedure which is recommended and tested by others. But I have not tested this personally. Note: You can easily see which contacts are phone and which are google by opening the People App, selecting Menu, View and select only google. Go back to people and take a look at your contacts - these are google contacts. Now, do the same thing but only select Phone. Go back to people and take a look at your contacts - now these are only PHONE contacts. First, turn off auto sync. Turn it back on when you're done. See above for directions. 1. Export all PHONE contacts in the phone to the SD card using Export Contacts (see above for instructions). Make a note of the backup vCard NAME! 2. Now that the Phone contacts have been exported in step 1, DELETE all PHONE contacts from the people app (otherwise you will have duplicates!). Be sure to change the view settings to Phone contacts only first (see Note above) so you know you're only deleting phone contacts. 3. Now, Select Import, choose your google account to import to, and then select Import one vCard File. From the list, Select the vCard file you created in Step 1. 4. All Phone contacts should now be imported as gmail contacts. Don't forget to turn sync back on.
also and possibly the easiest way is NOT TO LOG IN ANYWAY problem solved. if you didnt set it up to begin with it wont be ON
Is there a way that I will never have to choose "Google" or "Phone"? I want to disable that option because sometimes I forget. I want all new contacts to immediately be a google contact. Thanks
It's much easier and faster to enter your contacts using your PC at www.gmail.com. To add additional contacts from the phone, you'll have to remember to change the type to google unfortunately. Just make it the first thing you do after tapping new contact.
Has anyone figured out a way to change the downsized pictures for contacts after being synced to google? I was hoping google would have fixed this by now... If you set contacts pictures at someting over 96x96 google auto resizes them after sync and they look like garbage... Anyone got a fix?
I followed the tutorial, and I do get the license agreement, but the sync icon next to backup assistant is still green. Does that mean it's still trying to sync and using my battery?
That's "normal". No, it's not trying to sync. It's green due to a bug. As a side note, the only way to turn the green off is to do a factory reset or if you use a custom ROM, reinstall the ROM. Otherwise, just ignore it.


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NHL's top rookies (six of whom are teenagers) in a 12-minute game – as part of the Dodge/NHL SuperSkills Competition scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26. Landel will help the East team, while Faddies will assist the West.
"I'm very excited," said Landel, a fourth-grader and huge fan of his hometown Sabres. "I never expected to win, but I'm really glad I did."
To enter the contest, collectors needed to be 17 or under and register alphanumeric codes found on the back of various Upper Deck rookie cards from two of the company's 2007-08 hockey products (Victory and MVP) at www.upperdeckkids.com. For every 2007-08 Victory and MVP rookie card they registered, the entrants received an entry into the sweepstakes. The more codes entered, the better their odds of winning. The sweepstakes ran from August 8 through December 18, 2007.
Cory will bring along his mom, Tina, for the weekend hockey extravaganza. It was she, in fact, who typed in most of Cory's
alphanumeric codes. "I was mostly supervising, just to make sure we typed in the right combinations," she said. "We must have entered at least a hundred different codes. He loves hockey, and we love Upper Deck trading cards."
Faddies, a high school sophomore from Sault Ste. Marie, guessed he typed in as many as 200 different alphanumeric codes he found on Upper Deck rookie cards. "It was worth it. This is gonna be cool," he said.
And even though the Maple Leafs represent the closet team geographically to Faddies, he prefers cheering for the Dallas Stars. "[Stars goalie] Marty Turco is my favorite player. I like him because he's from my hometown."
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Lot 657: A George III mahogany secretaire chest, circa 1770
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October 26, 2016
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Description: A George III mahogany secretaire chest, circa 1770, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the secretaire drawer enclosing a central cupboard surrounded by an arrangement of drawers and pigeonholes, 113cm high, 95cm wide, 50cm deep


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This customer has been riding the same road bike since the late 80's. I guess he thought it was time to retire the old ride and get some stout steel as a replacement. This one is very typical of what I build except for the headtube collars-a nod to the 80's bike building aesthetic.
I put tome very subtle bends in the seat stays this time. Since it is a road bike there's no need for width for cantilever bosses or big tires. This frame has my very last set of Salsa dropouts-looks like they are going the way of the Dodo , just like some of my favorite frame building materials , unfortunately.
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Since its opening, Ommegang has grown rapidly in early 2005, its owner said they have been unable to meet demand for their ales and as a result would add 40 percent to their production capacity over the next year. Don Feinberg sold Ommegang in 2003 to Belgian brewer Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, brewers of the world-renowned Duvel Golden Ale. As a result, Ommegang Ales are made both in Belgium and in Cooperstown, New York. It should be noted that Duvel Moortgat brewed limited amounts of beer for Brewery Ommegang in 2006 to help meet demand, but has not brewed any since then. Each summer, the brewery hosts a large beer-tasting event, known as Belgium Comes to Cooperstown. The event, which occurs on a Saturday in July, includes four hours of unlimited beer sampling of over 200 Belgian and Belgian-style beers, followed by food, live music, and a bonfire. The 2007 version of the event added a Friday night beer dinner for 250 people, with 7 courses and 14 beers to pair with them.
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There is one election issue that is neglected by all the parties, but which I'm sure would win votes. It's a simple new law that could make a huge difference to so many lives. It would regulate the behaviour of businesses and can best be illustrated using the examples below.
When a voter (aka a customer) walks into Upper Crust of a morning and politely asks for a small latte, the law would state that a small latte and only a small latte is exactly what should be provided. The customer is a grown-up and knows what she wants (the law would explain). She does not secretly want a medium latte but is too shy to ask, even if it is "only 40p more". She would not like to choose from the range of tasty sandwiches – and look, that's her train coming in 57 seconds so it's the coffee or nothing, and quick. No no no, Mrs Doyle, she will not be tempted into plumping for a muffin, no matter how many times she has one helpfully and slooooowly described to her. Can she just have the coffee, please? No? Then that's an automatic fine. Three strikes and the management will be immersed in blueberries until they are sick.
The same citizens' charter could apply to banking, which screws up our daily lives as much by the little things it does as by the big things, like causing a global meltdown, for example. If a customer wants a loan or a credit card or a lovely little chat with an adviser (Lloyds TSB would be told), she will know where to come. If she didn't want a loan when they sent her that junk mail about it two days ago, chances are that she still won't want it if they send exactly the same junk mail today. So that will be banned. Under the new system, it will also be illegal for our banks to phone us needily on our mobiles when we're busy at work or out with friends or in bed, because they want to talk.
Picture this brave new world: we will have the right to phone them. When we're ready. The law would force them to give us their direct line, so that we can contact them, at a time of our choosing, and not have to push a single button or ever sob into the phone, "Adviser. ADVISER! Pleeeeeease!" How hard can it be to oblige a bank to provide banking services, rather than a stalker?
Once everybody starts to feel the benefit of these laws, they can be rolled out across the retail sector. A rule will ban staff in Jigsaw from maundering beside the entrance, asking everyone if they're "OK there", and then following them around demanding to "help". It ain't rocket science, ladies; it's just shopping – we can manage it all by ourselves. The new law – it's so simple! - will put all those spare staff on the till so that we can actually find someone to take our money when we do want them.
Similarly, a Karen Millen clause will enshrine it in our constitution that we do not need assistance to carry our selections from the shop floor to the fitting room. All we want is to buy stuff. All we expect them to do is to sell it to us.
Will anyone take this on and offer it as a policy? Or do I have to do it myself? Your vote is up to you, of course, but if you want me, I'll be the Leaving People Be Party. And I won't be putting any leaflets through your door.
In the bunker: Elin neither stands by her man nor ditches her Tiger
Amid all of the gossip about Elin (wife of Tiger) Woods – the did-she-or-didn't-she rumours, the should-she-or-shouldn't-she debate, the have-the-environmentalists- seen-how-many-times-she-puts-gas-in-that-huge-SUV debacle – it's reassuring to hear the voice of the Swedish lobby, who stand by their woman with admirable good sense.
"Our Swedish hearts are brimming with pride," wrote Britta Svensson in the Swedish tabloid Expressen, back in December, when it was still received wisdom that Elin had put a golf club through Tiger's windscreen. But commentators on last week's Daily Beast website (which refers to the Tigress as "the Swedish cipher") have been much more rational.
An article had bemoaned Mrs Woods's "revolutionary [approach] for a jilted high-profile spouse: neither stand by your man nor ditch him". But, to Swedish readers, it seemed obvious. "Her behaviour is anything BUT abnormal for a person born and raised in Sweden," wrote one.
Another pointed out: "Maybe she is just acting the way any sane person would that may not make the decision to either fix or end a marriage in the blink of an eye just so the stupid media can have an ending to their soap opera."
Since everyone in the world is officially in the market for giving Mrs Woods their advice, then, may I add my two kronor? The people (mostly men) who say that she is "playing a blinder" and that she should stay married to him, for now, for money – they're wrong.
Elin Woods must feel pretty humiliated already. Imagine how she'd feel if she allowed herself to become some sort of concubine.
And the Swedes would never forgive her.
Another heated debate
Interesting that Channel 4 is choosing to show a Members of Parliament Come Dine With Me special on election night.
True aficionados caught on to the show's voyeuristic Schadenfreude and the genius of Dave Lamb's waspish voice-overs before it came over all famous with celebrity specials such as the one with the Lesley Joseph, Abi Titmuss and leg of lamb incident. But those of us who have stuck with it since the More 4 days are aware of the roles each week's dinner party hosts tend to fill.
Generally, there's a posh one nobody likes, an organic vegan who means well but who's got no chance, an underdog who may surprise, and one whose wife secretly does all the hard work and nobody votes for as a result. Not much like the political wannabe hosts on the other channels at all, then.
Listening to patients is a virtue
I am reluctant to write about GPs. The last time I did, dozens of them sent me the most abusive, personal and upsetting post bag I have ever received, including one call for my imminent and painful death. But the shocking story of David Gray, who died because of his locum doctor's poor standard of English, raises important points.
MPs, to their credit, are acting swiftly to address doctors' language skills – but that is not enough. The last GP I visited spent seven minutes tutting at me for wasting her time, interrupting me and refusing to let me speak. Only when I finally shoved my last prescription under her nose did she see that I had been given the wrong medication all along, and that the drug she had just prescribed would have been a dangerous combination.
She did speak English; but she didn't listen. Or didn't have time to. What are MPs doing about that?
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Testing the NSE threw up a couple of curious issues. Our sample was supplied with BIOS 0305 and Asus sent through version 0403 as an update but neither the Windows-based Asus Update utility nor the updater in the BIOS would accept the file. The update failed with a message that 'the file wasn't recognised for this model.' We've had similar problems with two other Nvidia chipped Asus boards in recent months so there appears to be a common theme developing. Rather than booting into DOS and forcing the issue - with the very real possibility of bricking the NSE - we played safe and stuck with BIOS 0305.
The other issue was our power supply which is an Enermax Galaxy 850W. We were testing with a single GeForce 8800GT and the system refused to start until we changed to a tiddly Antec 550W PSU. We've had similar trouble in the past with AMD motherboards from Sapphire but these tended to be low or mid-range models that have a low power draw. It was a real surprise that the NSE didn't have enough of a kick to spur the Enermax into life.
We tested with a Core 2 Extreme QX9650, rather than a QX9770, as we doubt that many members of the buying public will splash out £900 for the privilege of a 1,600MHz front side bus.
The Asus BIOS has a colossal list of options but despite that the layout is clear and logical. We knew our Kingston KHX13000 memory would require extra voltage so we used the hardware monitor feature to check the default voltages and then got busy overclocking. We raised the CPU voltage from 1.28V to 1.45V, RAM voltage from 1.64V to 1.9V and the Northbridge MCH voltage from 1.31V to 1.56V.
We had no trouble raising the clock multiplier from 9x to 11.5x on the stock 333MHz front side bus which raised the CPU speed from 3.0GHz to 3.83GHz. Naturally that increased performance handsomely but we were unable to raise the front side bus by any useful amount and still complete PCMark Vantage.
So far we had kept the RAM speed at 1,066MHz but we needed to look at memory speed to see whether the NSE could match the Striker II Extreme. Raising the memory speed to 1,333MHz was easy enough but couldn't maintain the same memory timings. We had to slow the settings from 7-7-7-20 to 8-9-9-26 which resulted in lower performance than running the memory at 1,066MHz with tighter latencies. Going for broke we bumped up the memory to 1,600MHz and had to slow the latencies ever further to 8-11-11-30. This lowered performance even further and convinced us that memory speed is pretty much irrelevant on a standard front side bus.
Based on our results you'd be well advised to buy the NSE rather than the more expensive Extreme but you're still spending a small fortune for the privilege of running SLI.
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I'm guessing NSE stands for "Not So Extreme"...
LMAO, NSE "not so extreme"that was crazy funny, and what about those latencies they absolutely sucks
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Out of the Past:"Artisans and Traders"(60 min., 1993, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia CC165 .O97 1993b DVD Disc 2) Also in the Out of the Past series:
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Seventy-two lookalikes of local and international celebrities will come together and battle in the grandest and brightest tournament of Kalokalikes in ABS-CBN's noontime show "It's Showtime" beginning Monday (August 26).
"Kalokalike Level Up Face 2" features the contestants at their best, wildest, and most improved impersonation of stars, and will be held over a course of four weeks from August 26 to September 20.
Each day, a group of Kalokalikes will face off to get a slot in the much-awaited grand finals on September 28 and will have the chance to be crowned as the Ultimate Kalokalike to win P300,000.
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Each customer can only use a coupon once and usually the coupons have a spending cap. For example the mineral coupon only allowed me to get the 70% off up to $100 (before the discount). Since my order went over, don't tell but I opened a second account with a different e-mail address. Then I ordered the rest of the stuff so I could still get the coupon prices.
I watched a bunch of reviews for these products on You Tube to make sure they were good quality and one thing everyone raved about was how quickly they got their orders. I was not so lucky! On the website they ask for 3-7 days to "Process" the order and then 5-7 days to "Ship." Everyone on You Tube received their orders within 3 days… I ordered my stuff on 11/27and got them today… So it's been 13 days…
Also my order was slightly messed up. There were 4 products I ordered (1 lip-gloss and 3 lipsticks) and didn't receive. They are listed on my order confirmation, but ELF sent me different, duplicate products. Luckily the error is listed wrong on the packing sheet. I called them about the error and they are going to send me the correct items at no cost to me.
The E.L.F.'s Came Early!
Recently I discovered the most amazing makeup line. Every beauty blog I follow has really positive things to say about it. The best part is EVERYTHING ONLY COSTS $1.00!!! I'm not kidding, $1.00. Well that statement isn't entirely true. EyesLipsFace.com has four makeup lines, their regular line, a Mineral line, a Studio line and a Sugar Kiss line (for tweens). Everything in the Mineral and Studio lines costs $3.00 not $1.00 and in the Sugar Kiss line most things are $1.00 but there are two products in the package.
The second best thing about this company is that they have sales all the time! I signed up for their newsletter and I get a different coupon code almost daily. These coupons aren't your typical "free shipping" or "20% off." About two days after I registered I received a coupon code for B1G1 on all tools and lashes, and the next day I got another one for 70% off the entire Mineral line!!!! Since I wear Bear Minerals make up, I skipped the foundations and powders and just went for color stuff… I ordered just about everything.
5 Blushes
11 Lipies (Technically I ordered 14*)
3 Lipliners and 2 Eyeliners
6 Lip Glosses (Technically I ordered 7*)
12 Makeup Brushes
20 Eyeshadows
Some lashes, Shine Erasers and an Eyelash Curler
And here is one of my receipts. It is for the Eyeshadows, Blushes, Glosses, Eye and Lip Liners, and 5 of the lipsticks (I can't find the one for the extras, or the other lipsticks which were seperate orders (see reason below) however both those receipts together cost me around $9 plus the $6.95 shipping.
I LOVE THIS! I got everything shown above for just over $50.00!
You're probably wondering what's the catch, right? Well so far I have found a few problems…
So this is where the Give Away comes in. Because of the nature of make-up products most places don't let you return something once bought. So, I have 3 lipsticks and one blush to give away!!!
The blush is in Rose and is the second to last one in the picture above and it is on the left in the swatch below. It looks bright orange in the jar but comes off really pretty. It's perfect for a pinky winter glow against pale winter skin. I also have 2 lipsticks in Royal Red. It is the second to last lipstick in the picture and top right below. It is photographing really brown to me, but it's actually a pretty wine red, it will be great for Christmas parties... Lastly is the Barely Bitten Lipstick. It is 4th in the picture above and bottom right in the swatch below. This lipstick has an appropriate name for Twilight fans. :o) I will wear often because it's a nice pinky pink with some shimmer.
Please excuse the deformed looking hand.
Here's how the Give Away will work. If you want something first, you must be a follower of my blog. That means, when I open my dashboard, your name should be there showing you follow me. Secondly leave a comment in this post (include your e-mail address)! I am giving away each item separately, so I will be doing 4 different drawings from Randomizer.org. If you only want one of the items, specify that in your comment and you're name will only be in the drawing for that item. But, if you don't care what you get just leave a comment and I'll enter you all 4 times. If you're the only one to enter (which is how my give aways seem to go), then you get everything! I will draw on December 19 and notify the winners on a blog post and by e-mail.
Just after I made this ELF order, I received a coupon for 75% off the entire Studio line, so I ordered everything from that line too… I'm leaving this contest up for just over a week because hopefully my Studio line will be here by then. That way if I get any duplicates in the Studio order, I can give those away too.
What a great way to start the holidays!!!
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Virginia, episode 16
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Virginia finally cums my way.....
At a time when my friend Virginia and I were both on the outs with our husbands, we decided to take a weekend off and drive over the hill from Sacramento to Lake Tahoe for a little diversion.
Our plan was to get some sun, lay by the pool, gamble and pamper ourselves. The drive up the mountainous Highway 50 was uneventful. The topic of conversation was mostly what miserable bastards our men were. We had made a great choice in our getaway, especially without the men. We could both feel the tension lifting as we saw the late evening casino lights as we made our way downhill from the summit.
There was some sort of convention in town and Tahoe was in full swing. We checked into our room at Harvey's and thought nothing of taking the only available single bed accommodation available. I knew that spending the weekend with Virginia would be fun, but the thought of sleeping in the same bed with her was giving me all sorts of horny ideas. However, we decided not to spend much time time in the room, so we quickly made our way downstairs again to one of the popular casino clubs for a couple of drinks to loosen up and play the machines at the bar.
I had always thought Virginia was hot. I had been with a few other women before I met Virginia and I had always been curious about her, but until now, I never seriously thought about hitting on her because she seemed very straight. But we had a lot of fun together, and also we were co-workers. What she didn't know at the time was that I had fucked her husband before she met him. It was just coincidence that my husband, Ted, and I met Hank at a swingers party and went home with him and his girlfriend, Lois, at the time and had a good time with them. Several years later Virginia introduced us to Hank, the new man in her life. We kept that information from her hoping that sooner or later we could swing openly with them. I wanted to eat her cunt. I imagined her full, and voluptuous curves beside me in bed that night and felt a torrid rush of excitement about the upcoming evening.
That night, we danced to the beat in the lounge, mostly together...drank, gambled, and generally had a blast. We forgot all about our men at home, and finally went back up to the room a little drunk and exhausted. We held onto each other as we went into the elevator. Virginia was on the verge of passing out on me.
"Lean on me, babe." I put my right arm around her waist and she draped her left arm around my neck. I pulled her close and felt her hip rub against my pubic bone. The elevator lurched to a halt when we reached our floor and her knees buckled. To keep from falling she turned facing me and her right arm also went around my neck as she tried to stay on her feet. With both my arms around her waist I pulled her tightly to me and felt her pelvis against mine. She was too drunk to think much of it at all but I thoroughly enjoyed holding her buttocks with my hands momentarily. We made it to the room, but Virginia was barely able to walk without my help. I was all to happy to help with my arm around her waist, sometimes brushing her breasts. Be she hardly noticed. I walked her to the bed and she collapsed, fully clothed.
"Virginia!" I tried to wake her. Virginia, get undressed. Get in bed, babe." I went into the bathroom to undress and pee. When I came out she was on her feet, leaning against the courtesy bar holding a miniature bottle of gin to her mouth.
She turned to look at me, "I was thirsty."
"I don't think you needed that, Virginia. You're drunk enough already!" It was too late. She drank the last of the gin and started to undress. She didn't get very far. She sat on the edge of the bed and fell back unconscious. I realized that I had to undress her before putting her under the blankets. I held her arms and standing in front of her I pulled her into an upright sitting position. She wrapped her arms around my waist and leaned her head heavily against my stomach. I managed to pull her blouse off. In doing so a breast popped out of her bra. By now I was horny as hell and I wanted to suck on her nipple. Her hands slid down to my ass and unconsciously she hugged my buttocks tightly. She pressed her cheek to my belly like a pillow and moaned softly. Laying flat on her back it was easy to pull her skirt down her legs. She was an inviting scene with her breasts exposed, bra hanging loosely, her panty wedged up between her legs. I could see her labia plainly exposed. I stood next to the bed and looked at her.
"Virginia! Virginia, get under the blankets." I did not expect much of a response. I just wanted to see if she was awake at all. She wasn't. I sat next to her and unable to resist I put my hand on her belly just above her panty and stroked lightly. No response at all...even when I reached for her breast and cupped it gently. I undressed and after turning the room lights off climbed in next to her and covered us with the blanket. I needed to touch myself. I wanted to touch her while I was fingering myself. Snuggling close to her I turned on my left side and placed my right hand on her right leg just above her knee. I rubbed her inner thigh reaching ever higher till my fingers brushed her pussy. She didn't feel a thing so with thumb and forefinger I gently pinched her clit between her pussy lips. I really wanted to get my mouth on her. I slid down so I could take a nipple in my mouth as I continued to finger her cunt. i rested my cheek against her right breast and flicked my tongue over it till I sucked it to my hungry tongue. She moaned softly again and twisting slightly, she squeezed her thighs together. I let go of her nipple and pulled my fingers away fearful that she would wake.
I whispered to her, "Virginia, honey. Virginia?" She was still asleep, but she turned on her right side facing me and to my surprise she lifted her left leg and draped it over my right hip. I stretched my left arm under her head and she rested there. My right hand was free to explore Virginia. I knew that our friendship would be over if she woke up and rejected my attention. My need to touch her and my overwhelming lust overcame any fear of the consequences and I threw all caution to the wind. At first I rubbed her hip, buttocks and down the back of her leg. I did this for a few minutes before my fingers ventured down the crack of her ass. She sifted again and her leg seemed to hug me closer to her. My cunt was throbbing with want of attention. I couldn't reach it with my left arm trapped under her cheek and her left leg wrapped over my hips. My fingers slipped past her pucker ring down to her pussy from behind. As gently as my lust allowed, I again felt her labia between my fingers. With my forefinger I found her slit damp and without difficulty inserted it into her up to the first knuckle. My finger tip was warm and wet inside her and I felt her arch her back, her leg pulling me closer to her. She moaned again and her cheek on my arm turned and her mouth opened on the crook of my elbow and like she was kissing someone on the lips.
I heard her mumble, "Mmmmm, Hank." i stopped momentarily. She began to suck on my arm, then softly, "Fuck me, honey." She didn't know where she was or who she was with. I pushed my finger deeper into her and explored her warm hole. She continued to moan softly as she sucked on the inside of my arm. Her left arm wrapped itself around my neck. I knew she was dreaming she was home in bed with Hank, her husband. i fingered her till I felt her juices flowing then I added another finger and slowly churned her dripping cunt. She hugged me tightly and her mouth found my neck where she continued to suck. She humped her mound into my hip. I had two fingers in her with my thumb teasing her nether hole. I pushed my fingers in to the second knuckle and slowly twisted them inside her. My fingers were soaked with her juices so I started thrusting a little faster really enjoying the sensation of fucking her with my hand. My pussy throbbed and I thought of all the things I wanted to do to her.
She started to make breathy sounds, and as she came in a long series of contractions around my fingers. She made a series of suppressed grunts of pleasure, which gradually became sighs as her orgasm faded away. As she came her legs twisted and jumped and her belly muscles contacted, jerking her hips upward. I knew she was awake as she climbed on top of me. Our legs scissored as she mashed her cunt against mine. I orgasmed immediately and pulled her ass to me as she ground herself into me. Her mouth found my aching breast and she sucked my hard nipples.
"Ohhhhh, Dot!" Yeah, she was awake now. "Dot, honey, don't stop. Please, don't stop!" The blankets were pushed far down at the foot of the bed. She found my open mouth and our tongues wrestled hotly.
"Are you Okay," I asked.
"More than Okay, babe. You don't know how long I've wanted this. And, to wake up with you like this is heaven. Did you lick my pussy while I was out? Did I miss that?"
"No, baby. I was going to get to that.
"Let's do that, Dot. I want to do that." Quickly she lifted herself up and turned around into a sixty-nine. Her mouth closed over my cunt entirely and I wondered if she had ever done this before. With her knees on either side of my head I held her ass-cheeks and pulled her cunt down to my face. i felt her tongue hot and lapping on my labia. i had another orgasm within seconds and I felt her cunt pulsate around my nose as i sucked on her clit.
Her lips moved on my pussy, "Dot, baby. Put your fingers in my again. I would love getting fucked while you eat me."
I asked her, "Do you miss his cock, sweetheart. Are you thinking about Hank's cock, honey?"
"Actually, babe, I was thinking about Ted's cock."
"Really? Would you like to have Ted's cock to play with while I eat you?"
"Oh yeah! i know you two swing and I've always wondered how it would be in a threesome with you."
"Well! I think my husband would be more than happy to oblige. I know he thinks you're hot. i've seen you dance with him. You get real cozy with him, don't you?"
"Yes, I love to make him hard. I've felt it rubbing on me a couple of times. i guess now's a good a time to tell you that I know you fucked Hank when he was swinging with Lois. That's how i got hot thinking about swinging with you and Ted. He confessed to me the night of our wedding reception. He knew we were good friends and he said he would rather I hear it from him."
"I guess you're not angry with me?"
"Oh, no. It's Okay really," she answered. She caressed my breasts and suckled a nipple and said, "That was before I met him and I know you didn't want to hurt me. Besides," she said, "He wants to swing again. I told him I didn't want to do that."
"And now you want to?" I had to find out where conversation this was going, but it was sounding better and better and was rubbing her pussy palm down as she spoke.
"Of course! Now I want to. I thought about it a lot but I could never do that with anyone else but you and Ted." We talked ourselves into another round of orgasms and eventually fell asleep, arms and legs wrapped around each other.
As the sun crept through the curtains the next morning, we still horny as hell. We were both feeling a little self-conscious about being naked in front of each other in the light of day, but as we came together under the water, I saw her beautiful tits and I couldn't keep my hands and mouth off off them. I always thought big nipples were sexy, and she had huge, brown nipples that I found so appealing I wanted to touch them.
"Virginia, but your breasts are gorgeous!"
She didn't seem to give it a thought, and said, "Yours are not so bad either" I saw her eyes look me up and down, stopping for what seemed like a long time at my pussy.
"I've never seen you naked before, Dot. I mean, last night I felt you all over," and she palmed my pussy slipping a single finger between my labia.
She asked how long I have been shaving, and I said, "Never, the hair down there is too sparse and blond to see." She said she had always wanted to shave, but was afraid to cut herself. The thought of shaving her bush turned me on a little, so I suggested that she try it, and to my surprise, she asked me to help.
I didn't need to wonder if she could possibly be as turned on as I was.
She slipped out of the shower to find a hotel razor. She sat on the tub rim and spread her legs, "Lets do it!" I stared at her pussy so long she said, "Dot. Are you going to stare at it all day or are you going to shave me?"
It was not hairy at all, just a small patch of hair, and it was light in color. I felt my nipples harden and my pussy getting wet. Standing in front of her naked felt good. I wanted her to make her cum again like I did last night.
She asked if I had ever been with many other women. I said, "Yes, many times." There was a long moment of silence as we both looked at each other's naked bodies.
I told her that I started liking girls since I was a teenager, but that I also liked men. "Ted knows about it and we've been swinging ever since we got married. Our first threesome was with our maid-of-honor. Have you ever done it."
She replied, "Yeah, a couple of times. I never would have started anything, but Sue wanted to, I gave in to her and she did me good. We did it a few times after that when we were drunk. You remember Sue?"
I picked up the razor and neared her beautiful pussy. "Yes, isn't she renting your old apartment?"
I got some shaving cream and handed it to her, and she said, "Yes she's my renter. Do it, Dot." I didn't
hesitate for a second. I put some of the cream in my hand and started to apply it on her pussy. I massage it, onto her clit. I slid my finger inside her and sucked on those big, brown nipples. "Oh baby, that's feels so good!"
Before I could pick up the razor, she took some of the shaving cream and reached out and put some on my breast. I was ready to come...just the brush of her hand on my tit sent shivers down my spine. I was ready to go for it...there was no turning back now. I continued to rub the creme on her pussy, massaging sensually, feeling her clit, and exploring her lips. She began touching my tits, and my nipples got hard. As I rubbed, she bent down and started to suck on my tit. I was ready to taste her pussy now. I smeared the creme off with a towel and got on my knees and spread her pussy lips apart, and started sucking. I stuck my tongue way up inside her and sucked at her juices. She moaned for me. I was enjoying it so much, I almost came myself. I sucked her clit, and flicked it with my tongue. She started to talk dirty and that really turned me on.
She was saying, "Eat my pussy, Dot." I fucked her with my finger while I sucked her clit. She pinched her nipples and arched backwards against the tile wall. I didn't want her to come...I wanted to eat her pussy forever. She told me what she wanted and I obeyed each direction.
"Suck it hard," and I did...."Lick my clit," and I did, "Put your fingers in my pussy, Dot." I fingered her while sucking her wet pussy until she came.
She lay still against the wall for a minute, and told me, "You have given me some of the best orgasms I've had in a long time, Dot. Better than my husband has ever given me."
After a few minutes, I started to think that she might not reciprocate since it was her first time. I was so horny, I started to play with myself, standing there in front of her, rubbing my clit, pinching my nipples, finger-fucking myself. Then she got up and said, "Let's get on the bed".
I went to the bed and sat down on the edge. She knelt on the carpet and spread my legs, my pussy throbbing and soaking wet. She lifted my ass, and put a pillow under me. She started to tease me with
her fingers, but I was so horny, I just came out and said, "Please eat me Ginny!" She told me I had to beg, which I did. "Please! Please eat my pussy!"
She replied, "My, what a juicy cunt you have" and began to devour me. She sucked and licked, and drove me crazy for what seemed like a long time. I came twice, and she still wanted to suck my pussy.
She lifted my legs up, then mounted me and rubbed her wet pussy all over mine, leaving her juice all over my crotch. She straddled my head and told me to suck her again. We moved around to a 69 position and licked each other's pussies until we were fully satisfied.
We kissed and played for hours. That night, when we went out again, neither of us wore panties, and every time we had a chance, we played with each other's pussy. I never did get to shave her, but I like it that way anyway. We ate each other out in the ladies room of the club that night after I told her how a girlfriend and I used to do it in a stall all the time. I still get wet when I think about it, or when I walk up behind her chair grab a quick feel of her lovely breasts in our cubicle at work.
It didn't take long to get together with our husbands for a foursome.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A survey of women undergoing routine screening mammography found that many of them would be interested in pursuing additional screening tests if notified they had dense breast tissue, despite the possibility of false positives, invasive procedures, and out-of-pocket costs, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
"Our study highlights the need for patient education regarding breast density," said Jafi Lipson, M.D., assistant professor of radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif.
Recent studies have found that dense breast tissue is a strong independent risk factor for breast cancer. Breasts are composed of fat and fibroglandular tissue. Dense breast fibroglandular tissue appears white on a mammogram. Abnormalities and tumors also appear white on mammograms, causing them to be difficult to spot in dense breasts until the cancers are much larger and possibly in advanced stages.
"We hope this study raises awareness that dense breast tissue is a risk factor for breast cancer and that alternative technologies, including automated whole-breast ultrasound and contrast-enhanced mammography, are available to aid in screening women with dense breasts," said Haatal B. Dave, M.D., M.S., resident physician at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.
For the study, Drs. Lipson and Dave surveyed 105 women undergoing routine screening mammography at an outpatient radiology clinic. The women were asked if they knew their breast density and were informed about the association between higher breast density and increased risk of breast cancer. Women were then asked a set of questions about whether or not they would be interested in additional screening tests, such as automated whole-breast ultrasound or contrast-enhanced mammography, if they found out that they had dense breasts.
Of the 105 women surveyed, 76 percent were unaware of their breast density. Forty-two percent of the women had dense or extremely dense breast tissue. A majority of the surveyed women showed interest in the additional screening, despite the chance of increased false positives, invasive biopsy procedures and potential out-of-pocket expense.
Dr. Dave noted that educating the general public about the association between breast density and breast cancer risk is important, but that supplemental screenings are a matter of some debate in the medical and political realms. She added that many states do not require insurance companies to cover the cost for supplemental tests due to the lack of evidence of their mortality benefit.
Currently five states, including Connecticut, New York, Texas, California and Virginia, have passed bills that require radiologists to inform women of their breast density if they are found to have dense breast tissue. In 2011, a similar bill was introduced on a national level, and more than 10 other states have legislation pending. Only Connecticut and New York require health insurance companies to cover the cost of supplemental screening exams for women with dense breast tissue.
Note: Copies of RSNA 2012 news releases and electronic images will be available online at RSNA.org/press12 beginning Monday, Nov. 26.
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- A survey of women undergoing routine annual screening mammography found that most women with dense breast tissue are interested in supplemental breast cancer screening exams.
- Dense breast tissue is a strong independent risk factor for breast cancer.
- Seventy-six percent of women surveyed were unaware of their breast density.
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Life after Woodford: Five of the best income funds and investment trusts to build your wealth
The news that veteran fund manager Neil Woodford will leave Invesco Perpetual next year has left his fans among analysts and investors reeling as they consider whether it is time to move their money.
A fund manager leaving a fund is not necessarily a sell-sign, but when that manager has been in the post for 25 years and built a reputation for strong returns, questions will be asked. Analysts such as Morningstar have already put their ratings for Mr Woodford's funds on hold.
We pick five alternative income funds and investment trusts worth a look.
End of an era: Neil Woodford will leave Invesco Perpetual next year, we highlight five alternative funds
What's so good about Woodford?
Mr Woodford currently controls around £30billion of
investor money when the Income and High Income funds and his other
investing interests are added together.
His funds also feature in the company pension portfolios of millions of workers.
The Invesco Perpetual Income fund has returned 87.7 per cent over five years, compared with 86.8 per cent in the Equity Income sector.
The High Income fund has returned 87.9 per cent, compared with an 86.8 per cent from the Equity Income sector.
But it's over the longer term that Woodford has really shone. From February 1988 to October 2013, the High Income fund rocketed by more than 2,200 per cent, turning £1,000 into £23,265. Over the past ten years, Mr Woodford has grown savers' money in the income funds by 215 per cent, while the average fund grew by 129 per cent.
Invesco has immediately outlined a succession plan for the many funds that Mr Woodford manages.
Darius McDermott, managing director of Chelsea Financial Services described the move as 'probably the biggest news we've ever had in asset management', but Brian Dennehy, managing director at FundExpert.co.uk, says these will not become bad funds overnight.
He said: 'If an investors holds no more than 10 per cent of their portfolio value in Woodford funds, there is no need to panic.
'If more than 10 per cent is held, alternatives should be considered.'
Five of the best income funds and investment trusts
For those looking for a Woodford alternative, we have chosen five stand-out funds and investments trusts for income.
We have scoured our experts' recommendations, the top performers, the most consistent income payers and the lists that pick the cream of the crop.
Tell us in reader comments if you have any others that you believe deserve a mention and why.
Best overall returns
Unicorn UK Income fund
One year performance: 39.04 per cent
Five-year performance: 199.45 per cent
Yield: 3.1%
Ongoing charges: 1.59 per cent
The Unicorn UK Income fund aims to deliver both sustainable dividends and growth from a diversified portfolio tilted towards smaller companies.
Unicorn's UK income fund differs from the sector norm because it focuses on mid-cap and small-cap companies
It has outperformed the UK Equity Income sector, which has returned 82.61 per cent over five years and is the top performer in its sector over five and three years and second-placed over one year.
Explaining his approach, fund manager John McClure told This is Money last year, that a 'whittling down' process is carried out on stocks that fit the basic criteria for an income fund.
Mr McClure looks at the whole 'population' of stocks that qualify and then discards the loss-makers, the 'blue sky-type companies', those which fail his 'business that we understand' test, the ones in declining sectors and the firms he knows well of old and doesn't expect to perform.
When it comes to positive qualifications, he seeks companies that generate earnings overseas and have low gearing - a small amount of debt in proportion to assets.
'We are not in favour of highly-geared companies at the moment,' says Mr McClure, 'We like businesses that are pretty predictable, soundly financed, with products we understand.'
If you wanted to get into this fund, Jason Hollands, managing director of Bestinvest, believes you should act fast.
He explains: 'This fund provides a very different approach to sector peers, with an almost exclusive focus on smaller companies. Performance has been stellar. Mere crumbs off the Woodford table could make the fund a candidate for soft closure in our view, so investors inclined to take a different approach to equity income might consider acting sooner rather than later.'
The dividend hero trust
City of London Investment Trust
One-year performance: 20.5 per cent
Five-year performance: 112.9 per cent
Yield: 4%
Ongoing charges: 0.44 per cent
The City of London Investment Trust invests in large and medium-sized UK-listed companies but can also invest overseas.
The City of London Investment Trust is hailed as dividend hero and has the longest record of raising dividends among investment trusts
It came top of the Association of Investment Companies' dividend heroes list having made payouts for 46 consecutive years.
It is included in the Investors Chronicle Top 100 funds, which described it as 'good for those wanting predictability of income and returns.'
Investors will also be attracted by its low charges, a benefit of which is that they will eat into the all important dividend yield less.
The low risk fund
Artemis Income
One-year performance: 20.39 per cent
Five-year performance: 87.56
Yield: 3.7 per cent
Ongoing charges: 1.54 per cent
The Artemis Income Fund seeks income combined with capital growth from a portfolio primarily made up of investments in the UK.
The fund's
process focuses on a company's ability to generate free cash flow. Of
particular interest are business models where cashflow is sustainable
and growing. In addition, the team uses their deep experience to make a
qualitative judgement on the management team.
The Artemis Income Fund was highlighted as a pick by Fidelity for those wanting to take low risks in their investments. It has a low standard deviation of 10.51 and still manages to outperform the UK All Companies sector.
Mr Hollands says this fund is a 'natural choice' for investors seeking alternatives to Mr Woodford..
He explains: 'With £5.9billion under management and a veteran manager in Adrian Frost, this fund which holds a five star rating from Bestinvest is the natural choice to receive the baton from those investors determined to have their money managed by a big beast manager.
The investment trust opportunity
JP Morgan Claverhouse
Five-year performance: 107.5 per cent
One year performance: 36.43 per cent
Yield: 3.7 per cent
Ongoing charges: 0.75 per cent
The JP Morgan Claverhouse investment trust aims for capital and income growth from a portfolio of UK investments consisting mostly of leading companies.
The trust invests in 60 to 80 individual stocks and has increased the total dividend paid to shareholders every year for the past 40 years.
This investment was highlighted by Mick Gilligan, head of research at Killik, as a top trust for income.
Most income investment trusts currently trade very close to net asset value or at a premium, however, the Claverhouse trust can be bought at a 5 per cent discount by investors.
Best for small cap dividends
PFS Chelverton UK Equity Income
One-year performance: 42.91 per cent
Five-year performance: 161.18 per cent
Yield: 4.25 per cent
Ongoing charges: 1.88 per cent
The PFS Chelverton UK Equity Income fund invests primarily in a portfolio of fully listed and Alternative Investment Market traded UK equities.
It is the second best performing UK equity income fund over three years and five years, according to FE Trustnet, and the top performer over the past year.
It stands out from the crowd as most income funds tend to invest in big FTSE 100 firms and will be skewed towards the powerhouses that pay out the bulk of Britain's dividends.
Investors need to be aware that while smaller companies have great potential for bumper returns they can also suffer more when times are tough, this puts this fund towards the riskier end of the income scale. It has a high yield but also high charges.
It was added to Sanlam Private Investments White List of income funds this year, in eighth place. This list singles out equity income funds that have established their ability to produce superior total returns - a rising level of income, alongside capital growth - over five years.
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The Government just let out the news, this morning! They ARE using our money (taxpayers) to bail out those mammoth lending institutions. We're stuck with the bill. I would say we'll "own" those institutions…but – Oh, NO! That would be something that a "dangerous" Socialist like Hugo Chavez would do; he would NATIONALIZE the lending industry and all the citizens would OWN these huge outfits! Oh, my GOD! Can you imagine, for example: ALL the people of a country owning ALL the oil beneath it? Crazy, right Cornservatives?
Our "leaders" would never perform such a sacreligious deed at the altar of unimpeachable Capitalism. No! Would they "let" the people, the whole Nation, OWN that "mighty" industry even though they PAY for it? Never! That way lies madness to the McCains of this cockeyed "Conservative" Coup. They, after all, want Government to stay out of Business's business. Yeah, while the money's pouring IN. But when the greedy, dishonest "entrepreneurs" screw up…."HELP!" They whine. "Where's our enormous Welfare check?"
The Lending Clusterfuck: Of course, it's okay for us to PAY for it. We can "bail it out" – again! – we can "buy" it, basically – we just can't HAVE it.
The balls of The Right Wing in The US have now, in my estimation, officially eclipsed the Planet. They HATE, above all, to PAY taxes and they act like anyone who dreams of raising them is a dangerous heretic. But they sure love to spend them, don't they?
Good Luck from Johnny, Citizens!