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| NurseJenny |
 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject: Why spammers won't win... |
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| dgolding |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
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Hmmm.....
I would advise caution on this one - at first glance the site seems legit, and if wasn't for the fact that I am extremely scared of heights I would dumped MQ and gone window-cleaning anyday  BUT:
it is a site dedicated to one thing, to get your credit-card number to pay for their software- and it seems you never get a chance to see what it is they're vending until you make the purchase;
Many spelling mistakes and grammatical errors;
Not a single contact number, address or anything - NEVER trust a site that does not have a verifiable physical address;
and lastly, lots of pious spouting of "Article 57 of 2003" - what does THAT mean?
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| tleichen |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: |
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If I could make even 2/3 of what I'm making now by doing anything else, I'd be gone too!
But, I haven't come across anything that would come even close. Even if I could train for 6 months to a year in another field, I would pay for the training myself. But most of those opportunities only wind up paying maybe around half of my current salary, at best. 
Still, it's kind of sad that we have to put up with this kind of forced trash advertising even on specialized forums like this.  |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| tleichen wrote: |
| Still, it's kind of sad that we have to put up with this kind of forced trash advertising even on specialized forums like this. |
No matter how hard you try, cockroaches can squeeze in. It's a natural law. 
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| bower5932 |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:37 am Post subject: |
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I already have a window cleaning business. I've got my kids employed to clean all of the windows in my house.  |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| bower5932 wrote: |
| I already have a window cleaning business. I've got my kids employed to clean all of the windows in my house. |
If they open a branch in the UK, let me know....... 
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:44 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
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| bower5932 wrote: |
| I already have a window cleaning business. I've got my kids employed to clean all of the windows in my house. |
So make sure your kids don't read this post. What they suggest is 63$/hour for window cleaning. I would do that!
I have btw replaced the links with www.google.com.
I was even thinking about deleting the whole post at the first place. But I found it is obscure enough to be funny. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| sebastianhirt wrote: |
| bower5932 wrote: |
| I already have a window cleaning business. I've got my kids employed to clean all of the windows in my house. |
So make sure your kids don't read this post. What they suggest is 63$/hour for window cleaning. I would do that!
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I'd pay that. I hate ladders........
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| I'd pay that. I hate ladders........ |
If I get a flight, free drinks in the evening and a place to sleep I'll do it for 45 |
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Being that you're German, I can see the free drinks eating up the difference...
Of course, I'd manage this problem by only buying Coors Light.
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| Vitor |
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The free drinks are the deal killer. Aside from the timing; free drinks before and there's the health and safety risks of the ladder (I own a 3 storey house), free drinks after & they'll never let you on the plane.
And of course you can't take booze with you in the current circumstances. Not allowed in the cabin, and it'll almost certainly be liberated by the baggage handlers. They need something to deal with the stress of 5 times as much hold baggage as normal....... 
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| Vitor |
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| jefflowrey wrote: |
Being that you're German, I can see the free drinks eating up the difference...
Of course, I'd manage this problem by only buying Coors Light. |
With most of the Germans I've met, this could cause a raft of other problems.... 
(No racial steriotyping seriously intended, nor any offence to the Coors company. Please feel free to respond with any English steriotype you feel is appropriate. Or even one that isn't.... )
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:02 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
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| jefflowrey wrote: |
Being that you're German, I can see the free drinks eating up the difference...
Of course, I'd manage this problem by only buying Coors Light. |
I might make Vitor a very poor man with very clean windows. I am exercising every weekend
Yeah there is this thing with American Beer. As Chris mentioned the other day. It is like having sex in a canoe.
Given that the venue would be in the UK. My voice goes to strongbow |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| sebastianhirt wrote: |
I might make Vitor a very poor man with very clean windows. I am exercising every weekend
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Then there's no chance of the Coors Light. Sir.
Another problem is I'd be able to see the duff neighbourhood I live in.
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
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| Vitor wrote: |
| jefflowrey wrote: |
Being that you're German, I can see the free drinks eating up the difference...
Of course, I'd manage this problem by only buying Coors Light. |
With most of the Germans I've met, this could cause a raft of other problems....
(No racial steriotyping seriously intended, nor any offence to the Coors company. Please feel free to respond with any English steriotype you feel is appropriate. Or even one that isn't.... ) |
So you haven't met me... Well... If you can live with the fact that I am producing a lot of really silly childish jokes whenever I am wasted, we can still go trinking. |
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