i will love to make an instant purchase

Put a couple of items up for sale on my local Craigslist tonight. It didn't take more than an hour to get this email:

"hi there is this item still available? my sister will be moving in to her new home and would love her to have this item besides her birthday is around the corner please get back at me about the price and let me know
God Bless

Well, that sounded fine, so I wrote back with the price and availability, including my phone number for contact. 30 minutes later I get this:

"Oh i see,well that is ok.Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant purchase,so pls do withdraw the advert from Craigs list,i dont mind adding an extra $50 for you to take the advert down from Criags list,i want to be rest assured that nobody else gets a hold of the item.I will also like you to know that i will be paying via company certified cashier check,and it will be over night payment due to the distance.i will take care of that.So i will need you to provide me with the following information to facilitate the mailing of the cheque
1.Your full name
2.Your mailing address
3.Your phone number.
I am located in WV . I
just want to purchase the item for her as a surprise birthday present as this day is around the corner. I would also like to pay a.s.a.p I will be sending my mover to come pick up the item. but i hope that it is still in a very good condition. Bye"

Oh, brother. This is like one of those "how many things can you find wrong with the picture" exercises. I feel just like Tootle - red flags waving at me from everywhere!

Shall we count them? Consider this an exercise in what not to fall for on Craigslist, if you've never experienced this kind of thing.

1) The English is hideous.
2) An offer to pay more than the advertised price.
3) Paying with "company certified cashier check"
4) Wants my personal information
5) Claims they need to take care of this by mail 'because of the distance' - "WV" is "West Valley", about 20 minutes from where I live.
6) Sending "my mover" to come pick up the item.
7) I had already provided my phone number.

This spells "N I G E R I A N" with a capital Moron. My response back was a one-liner: "Dem no born you reach." That's Nigerian pidgin for "Don't even think about it." I resisted the temptation to throw in various insults as well>

I iz protected

No worriez: From Turkey I gots nazar boncuğu over my door, I iz safe.

My Life According to Star Trek: The Next Generation

Gacked from from:bayliss

How to do this meme: Using only EPISODE names from ONE TV SHOW, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat an episode title. It’s a lot harder than you think! Repost as 'My life according to (show name)

My Life according to Jean-Luc Picard and the gang from TNG:

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Describe yourself: "Suddenly Human"

How do you feel: "The Schizoid Man"

Describe where you currently live: "Haven"

If you could go anywhere where would you go?: "We'll Always Have Paris"

Your favorite form of transportation: "Ship in a Bottle"

Your best friend is: "The Offspring"

What’s the weather like: "Too Short a Season"

Favorite time of day: "Night Terrors"

If your life was a TV show, it would be called: "Redemption"

What is life to you: "Second Chances"

Your fear: "Violations"

What is the best advice you have to give: "A Matter of Honor"

Thought for the Day: "Ethics"

How I would like to die: "Remember Me"

My soul’s present condition: "The Wounded"

My motto: "The Inner Light"

Writer's Block: On the Airwaves - Gacked from bayliss

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Stung again!

A TV station for me? Wow... le'me think here.

Monday: Vintage Science Fiction and B-Movies: Raumschiff Orion (with subtitles, of course); Terror From the Year 5,000; Twilight Zone; The Gojira franchise; The Day the Earth Stood Still; The Brain from Planet Arous; Attack of the 50-foot Woman - You get the drill.

Tuesday: The Doctor is In! St. Elsewhere; E.R.; M*A*S*H; Marcus Welby, M.D.; House; &c.

Wednesday: British Humor: Monty Python, Benny Hill, Are You Being Served, Mother & Son (yeah, yeah, I know it's from Oz); Black Adder; Fawlty Towers; &c.

Thursday: Science Day. Discovery Channel, Nova Science Now!, Naked Science, Known Universe, &c.

Friday: Vintage Dramas: Quincy, Cagney & Lacey, Knot's Landing, Dallas, Columbo, Kung Fu, The Prisoner, Airwolf, Dragnet, Perry Mason, Ironsides, Hawaii 5-0, Twelve O'Clock High, The Untouchables, &c.

Saturday: Potpourri: Mix of vintage comedies & dramas that don't fit anywhere else: Gilligan, Lost in Space, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Beverly Hillbillies, &c.

Sunday: Uplifting Family Programming. "The Ultimate Gift"; "The Peaceful Warrior"; "Little House on the Prairie"; "All Creatures Great and Small"; Disney programming (minus the Touchstone stuff); "Music and the Spoken Word"; &c.

I might actually put a TV in my house again if this were the lineup. On second thought, nah...

Forgot the picture

alaskawolf included a picture in the goodies he sent me - I stuck it in my scanner and forgot about it.



Made me laugh... I like Huskies even if they are crazy.