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Post by crazilyz on May 18, 2007 14:22:18 GMT -5
So we continue driving around in circles until we finally decide to ask for directions, and we make it to Rte 380 to Rte 80. Isn't that what we did Al?Oh crap, reading that reminded me of European Vacation "honey, there's Big Ben again."
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Post by Chrissy on May 18, 2007 14:25:12 GMT -5
Kind of, except our version was a LOT less funny.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 18, 2007 14:43:29 GMT -5
I never saw "European Vacation."
Actually, never saw any of the Vacation movies. Doesnt sound like I am missing much.
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Post by 9 on May 18, 2007 15:13:38 GMT -5
Only the sheer comedic genius of Chevy Chase.
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Post by IronHorse4 on May 18, 2007 15:26:31 GMT -5
I have yet to see Christmas Vacation, which I understand may be the funniest of the lot.
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Post by dabadguy on May 18, 2007 15:53:18 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation is one of the funniest movies ever!
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Post by Jackass on May 18, 2007 20:06:28 GMT -5
Christmas Vacation is quite funny, but the original is still number one.
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Post by Jason Giambi on May 18, 2007 22:21:34 GMT -5
Wally World Dad?
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Post by BigAl115 on May 19, 2007 9:36:17 GMT -5
There is no question that the original is the best by far ...Christmas was the next funniest and the other 2 sucked balls
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Post by yankeesgal on May 19, 2007 21:11:46 GMT -5
"Poor little guy... probably kept up with you for a mile or so..." LMAO
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Post by crazilyz on May 20, 2007 11:22:47 GMT -5
Last night, I was looking for the Olive Garden in Westbury. I got the address from Mobile Web on my phone and the map placed it on Old Country Road near the Wantagh Parkway. My mom was driving and we got off the Wantagh and took OCR west. We're cuising along OCR and made it to Post Avenue while noticing the building numbers are getting smaller (we're supposed to be at 1246 OCR) so we made a u-turn and headed back in the other direction. We get over the Wantagh and see that we're in Hicksville...now a call needs to be made.
I call the Olive Garden and a guy answers the phone and the conversation went a little like this: OG: Good evening, Olive Garden. Me: Hi, where are you located? OG: Westbury. Me: I know that but what's your street address? OG: Uh...hold on. I'm put on hold and he comes back with "1246 Old County Road" and I told him that I was looking for that address and that I was driving between the Wantagh Parkway and Post Avenue and couldn't find it. OG: I don't know where you are. Me: How do you get to work? I'm trying to find the restaurant and this isn't happening. OG: Uh...uh...I don't know. Me: Can you put somebody on that knows? OG: OK.
He puts somebody else on and I told her the whole thing about cruising up and down OCR. So she tells me where to find the restaurant.
It turns out that geographically, the Olive Garden is actually in Carle Place but these dumb schmucks don't know that.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 21, 2007 10:16:32 GMT -5
Liz, I hope you waved as you cruised by the Harvest Diner on Old Country. We live on the offshoot block there.
As to me, I am a grumpy Gus today. I am in an otherwise peaceful Long Island office (the indirect sales team that usually works out of here is off today), but some schmoe on the other side of the office has a conference call, a training session, on really LOUD. I mean, loud enough that I can not even hear my radio over it, and I am playing it at a louder than negligible volume. Its not my "home office" so its not really my right to go over there and tell them to lower it.
I have no idea why someone would have a speaker phone call on that loud in the first place. Its mind-boggling to me.
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Post by Chrissy on May 21, 2007 11:32:51 GMT -5
I am posting on behalf of my beloved, he is VERY angry right now. He has a flat tire.
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Post by Chrissy on May 21, 2007 16:03:09 GMT -5
I was helping a blind guy cross two streets, first we crossed 60th, then Lex. He was going to catch the 6 train, so when we got to the top of the stairs, I asked him if he needed help getting down the stairs, and he said no. And before I could make sure he was ok, a mob of people came rushing toward the subway, and I got pushed out of the way, and he was still trying to manage the first step and grab on to the railing. No one stopped to help him or even tried to be careful not to knock him down. Everyone just rushed through him, as if the last subway of the day was coming.
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Post by elliejay21 on May 21, 2007 17:24:32 GMT -5
People are assholes.
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Post by Chrissy on May 22, 2007 11:20:52 GMT -5
They sure are. And I'm STILL upset about it (which is why I am back in the "Angry" thread).
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Post by elliejay21 on May 22, 2007 19:11:24 GMT -5
Why the fuck do people post apartment listings on craigslist without a location, or if they do, they list the location as "Main St." or "Long Island" Seriously, there is a Main Street, like EVERYWHERE ouside of Manhattan, and if I'm looking on craigslist Long Island... NO FUCKING SHIT, I'm looking for something on Long Island, but this fucking piece of glacier shit is 118 miles long, so YOU WANT TO BE A LITTLE MORE FUCKING SPECIFIC??? Fucking idiots. Also, people who describe their rentals as "mint", "diamond", "gorgeous" or "won't last!" should be kicked in the head. I am so glad you are really impressed with what you have to offer, but if it is so fucking special, then why am I reading the same ad, reposted twice a week, for the past 2 months??? I'm also fed up with the "cute", "adorable", and "cozy" adjectives. Enough. Just write SMALL AND OVERPRICED. AND no more "spacious." If the place is spacious, I want pictures and square footage, otherwise shut up, especially if the next line describing your spacious 2BR apartment is "suitable for one," or "this is a basement and you might have to stoop over if you are taller than 6"1"". Other pet peeves in the apartment search include phrases like "$1600/mo includes all except electric, cable, phone, heating oil and water bill." ummm... so what is included in the "ALL" "Sunny basement!" Yeah, right, because YOUR basement doesn't have a house on top of it. "Full bath with shower!" Because there is a kind of full bathroom without a shower? Because someone would actually rent an apartment without a shower? "New clean bathroom!" and this is a selling point? People are willing to rent a place with a nasty-ass filthy bathroom??? "$1300 / 2br - Lovely Apartment in Safe Neighborhood" ...because I don't know that if I'm dumb enough to click on that one that the apartment will be in Wyandanch, Amityville, Baldwin or Brentwood. By safe, they mean they have the bars installed over the windows. PPL WHO TYPE TEH ENTIRE APT AD IN ALL CAPS WITH ABBR. THAT DON'T ALL MAKE SENSE, LIKE CLOSE TO LIRR, SPMKT, SOB, SS, SH, SD#28, REST, DC, LAUND! MINT APT!!!@*@&&& THESE ARE THE JAKASSEZ WHO PUT ALL STUPD SYMBOLS IN THE TITLE LIKE @*@**@((MUST SEE!!!!))*@&@&@&@ AND THEY CN'T EVEN SPELL THE NAME OF THEIR OWN TOWN, LIKE BAYSHURE OR NRTH BABALONE AND the brokers who post under "No Fee Apartments by Owner" and try to slide their fee by, as if I'm not going to notice: "1st month rent + 1.5 months security deposit + 1 month non-returnable security to agent." Finding a place to live is ALL dealing with people who are shady, morons or BOTH.
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Post by Chris on May 22, 2007 19:22:56 GMT -5
On a similar note, I sigend up for house rentals and/or the rare lease w/option to buy notices from Rent.com .... and I get bombarded with daily emails from apartment complexes urging to to "Check out this property."
I don't wanna check out your apartment community...I am specifically interested in HOMES.
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Post by elliejay21 on May 22, 2007 19:40:04 GMT -5
OK, it just got worse... "$1550 / 2br - 420 FRIENDLY APARTMENT, may be credit check "
Are you fucking kidding me? I'm looking for an apartment, not a fraternity house. You want to check my credit, if you aren't too stoned to remember?
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Post by Jackass on May 22, 2007 20:00:52 GMT -5
Renting is for sucks.
I had to get up at 4:00am today, and it put me in an angry state of mind the entire day. I lost my patience with a job applicant that would not directly answer a question I posed and told him that I was sorry to have wasted his time.
Dope.
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Post by dabadguy on May 22, 2007 21:07:25 GMT -5
Just saw a commerical for some verizon phone. Now you can watch your favorite FOX shows on your cell. This is exactly what we needed. More idiots walking around looking at thier phone and knocking into people so they don't miss a minute of Prison Break or House!
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Post by BigAl115 on May 22, 2007 22:18:35 GMT -5
Laura ...what areas did you settle on ...I know of a nice apt complex in massapequa and also on in Babylon...
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Post by elliejay21 on May 22, 2007 22:45:19 GMT -5
I looking in Massapequa, Wantagh & Seaford... possibly Bellmore or Merrick for the right place. South of the Southern State, but I'm hearing I do not want to be south of Sunrise or I could be annoyed by flooding & closed roads every time it rains... I'd prefer being within a few blocks of the train station, but the right living space is more important.
I was looking at the Southpoint in Massapequa, but they are pretty overpriced and the don't look that nice...
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Post by BigAl115 on May 22, 2007 23:10:24 GMT -5
Where did you hear that there is flooding when it rains ....that actually doesn't happen especially i those areas. The only pron is that there are not alot of apt buildings in those areas either
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Post by Chrissy on May 23, 2007 9:30:46 GMT -5
My Aunt lived in Southpoint for a while, very nice apartments.
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Post by Chris on Jun 6, 2007 16:50:36 GMT -5
A lady in front of me at the checkout line of Wal Mart, who was purchasing probably 30-40 glass candle holder and about 30-40 black plastic 8X10 picture frames, wrote a personal check to pay.
I saw her open her wallet, and in her wallet I saw the EXACT SAME ATM card that I have - the familiar yellow school bus ATM card issued by the Orange County Teacher's Federal Credit Union.
I've commented on this before, but I will repeat myself: it is my opinion that, in this day and age of point-of-sale technology and ATM cards, the ONLY people who pay at stores with a personal check are people who don't have the funds in their account and are trying to buy time before payday or before they can borrow the cash from someone.
If you don't have the cash, don't be buyin' shit you can't afford!!!
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Post by violenta79 on Jun 6, 2007 17:05:16 GMT -5
I'm with Cho on this one. I fucking hate people who come in and ask me if they can postdate a check. I'm like no, retards... if you are not paid by the 5th you get a late fee. If i have the check in my hand that doesn't mean shit... it has to be applied.
Anyway, onto my own rant here...
Tonight i run out to get some tasty dinner at McDonald's since i got stuck working all day cuz someone got sick and i have school tonight.
I get back with my dinner and 3 people are waiting for me. One stupid question. One payment. And the kicker... someone is stuck in the elevator, because she is a moron who touched the on/off button in between floors.
So i fix the problem and now i get to come back and eat my cold food. Yay. I sat here and did nothing all day and all you assholes come in when im trying to enjoy my dinner.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOU!!
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Post by MSBNYY on Jun 6, 2007 20:22:26 GMT -5
Depends on the nature of the business. Sometimes, it's better to have that post dated check in hand, than to have to hound.
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Post by elliejay21 on Jun 6, 2007 22:41:40 GMT -5
A lady in front of me at the checkout line of Wal Mart, who was purchasing probably 30-40 glass candle holder and about 30-40 black plastic 8X10 picture frames, wrote a personal check to pay.
I saw her open her wallet, and in her wallet I saw the EXACT SAME ATM card that I have - the familiar yellow school bus ATM card issued by the Orange County Teacher's Federal Credit Union.
Sounds like this may be materials for some sort of project and perhaps the check is not hers, but rather an organization or school club account? As an employee of a non-profit organization, occasionally we need to make purchases with a company check...
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Post by Domi on Jun 6, 2007 22:50:37 GMT -5
Why not a company credit card?
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