I need some good back-up questions for the front page of the Herald-Mail site.
Submit suggestions here, if you have any!
Full Version: Poll question
Without taking the time to put these eloquently...
Does increasing computer advancements help or hurt your household?
Are today's kids really that different from kids of previous generations?
Should people come together to form a more tight knit neighborhood or should everyone stay to themselves and mind their own business?
Does increasing computer advancements help or hurt your household?
Are today's kids really that different from kids of previous generations?
Should people come together to form a more tight knit neighborhood or should everyone stay to themselves and mind their own business?
Should our local volunteer fire departments charge a fee for their services?
Who's hotter: Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson?
QUOTE (SMan @ Nov 8 2004, 01:05 PM)
Who's hotter: Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson?
How many of your neighbors have you met?
How many neighbors have you met, that you wished you hadn't? 
How does your household connect to the internet?
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Do you even celebrate christian holidays at all? 
Hey, some (or all) of these would make good topics for our forum. We could use some new discussions around here!
What? And stop beating a dead horse?
QUOTE (Heather @ Nov 9 2004, 09:23 AM)
What? And stop beating a dead horse?
Watch it!
PETA will be after you for that statement.
Next you'll be saying "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Then what's next?
Gerbil abuse?
QUOTE (Heather @ Nov 9 2004, 10:23 AM)
What? And stop beating a dead horse?
You can light a candle or just curse the darkness, Heather.
A poll question for the current season: "Do you or any of your family members go deer hunting?" Or maybe just "go hunting" period.
How about:
Have you ever seen a Snallygaster?
Have you ever seen a Snallygaster?
OH OH! I HAVE! I HAVE!
For those of you that don't know - I didn't:
The Snallygaster
From Ghosts and Legends of Frederick County by Timothy L. Cannon and Nancy F. Whitmore
Reports of a strange flying beast known as the Snallygaster first appeared in Frederick County in early February, 1909. The story was carried prominently in Middletown’s Valley Register, a weekly newspaper, for about a month, when the story mysteriously died.
In the early issues, the flying beast seemed to be everywhere at once: New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, and headed this way.
It was reported to have created quite a stir in New Jersey, where its footprints were first discovered in the snow.
The first person to see it, James Harding, described it as having enormous wings, a long sharp beak, claws like steel, and one eye in the middle of its forehead. He said it made shrill screeching noises and looked like a cross between a tiger and a vampire.
A vampire may have been a good description, for it was reported to have killed a colored man, Bill Gifferson, by piercing his neck with its sharp bill and slowly sucking his blood.
It was also seen in West Virginia, where it almost caught a woman near Scrabble, roosted in Alex Crow’s barn, and laid an egg near Sharpsburg, where it was reported some men had rigged up an incubator to try to hatch it.
T.C. Harbaugh, of Casstown, Ohio, wrote a letter to the Valley Register in early 1909, telling of a strange beast that flew over his area making terrible screeching noises. Harbaugh described it as having two huge wings, a large horny head, and a tail twenty feet long. He said it looked as though it was headed this way.
Sure enough, the Snallygaster was first sighted in Maryland by a colored man, who fired a brick-burning kiln near Cumberland. The strange beast was seen cooling its wings over the outlet of the kiln. When the beast’s sleep was disturbed by the man, it emitted a blood-curdling scream and angrily flew away.
It was also shot at near Hagerstown, sighted south of Middletown at Lover’s Leap, and seen flying over the mountains between Gapland and Burkittsville, where it was reported to have laid another egg – big enough to hatch an elephant.
Sightings of the Snallygaster were creating such a commotion that at one point it was reported that President Theodore Roosevelt might postpone a trip to Europe so that he could lead an expedition to capture it.
Apparently the Smithsonian Institute was also interested in the beast. From the description provided by engineer 83, at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, they determined the strange beast was either a bovalopus or a Snallygaster, since it had the characteristics of both. Further, its hide was so rare that it was worth $100,000 a square foot, as it was the only substance known to man that could polish punkle shells.
(Punkle shells, for those of you who don’t know, are used by the African tribes of Umbopeland for ornamentation.)
The last sighting in Frederick County in 1909 occurred near Emmitsburg in early March. Three men fought the terrible creature outside a railroad station for nearly an hour and a half before chasing it into the woods of Carroll County.
Twenty-three years passed before the Snallygaster appeared again in Frederick County.
First reports were received from just below South Mountain in Washington County. Eyewitness accounts claimed that it flew toward them from the Middletown Valley.
The beast was often seen floating back and forth over the area and was described as being as large as a dirigible, with arms resembling the tentacles of an octopus. The creature appeared to be able to change its size, shape, and color at will.
Although the creature made no attempt to harm any of the residents of the Valley, most people sought the safety of their homes as it flew overhead.
All descriptions seemed to indicate it was the Snallygaster, last reported in these parts on March 5, 1909. As the life expectancy of a Snallygaster is only about twenty years, the most logical explanation seemed to be that the latest sighting was the offspring of the 1909 creature, possibly hatched from one of the eggs laid near Burkittsville.
Since the Snallygaster appears so rarely, the Middletown Valley Register requested that local residents sighting the creature provide as accurate and detailed a description as possible for scientific purposes.
Two such residents, Charles F. Martin and Edward M. L. Lighter, were able to provide the necessary information. While driving a truck on the National Pike just east of Braddock Heights, they spotted the Snallygaster flying about twenty-five feet overhead. They thoroughly confirmed the descriptions published the previous week.
The Snallygaster finally met his end in a way some might envy. The creature was flying near Frog Hollow in Washington County when it was attracted by the aroma of a 2500-gallon vat of moonshine. As the beast flew overhead, it was overcome by the fumes and dropped into the boiling mash. A short time later, revenue agents George Dansforth and Charles Cushwa arrived on the scene. They had received information about the still, but were rather startled at the sight of the dead monster in the vat.
The two agents exploded five hundred pounds of dynamite under the still, destroying the remains of the Snallygaster and John Barleycorn’s workshop.
A great deal has been written about the Snallygaster since 1909. It has appeared in countless articles in the Middletown Valley Register, Frederick News Post, and other area newspapers. Is has also appeared in the Baltimore Sun, National Geographic, and Time Magazine.
In 1976, the Washington Post sponsored an unsuccessful search for the Snallygaster, as well as other strange Maryland creatures.
Frederick County is known for a great many things, but most will agree that none is as imaginative as the Snallygaster. Those of us who have been entertained by stories of the Snallygaster owe our thanks to the resourceful staff of the Middletown Valley Register, particularly George C. Rhoderick, Sr. and Ralph S. Wolfe, Sr., who in 1909 thought they would write a little nonsense to entertain the readers and boost circulation. Little did they realize that their imagination would continue to amuse for seventy years.
The Snallygaster
From Ghosts and Legends of Frederick County by Timothy L. Cannon and Nancy F. Whitmore
Reports of a strange flying beast known as the Snallygaster first appeared in Frederick County in early February, 1909. The story was carried prominently in Middletown’s Valley Register, a weekly newspaper, for about a month, when the story mysteriously died.
In the early issues, the flying beast seemed to be everywhere at once: New Jersey, West Virginia, Ohio, and headed this way.
It was reported to have created quite a stir in New Jersey, where its footprints were first discovered in the snow.
The first person to see it, James Harding, described it as having enormous wings, a long sharp beak, claws like steel, and one eye in the middle of its forehead. He said it made shrill screeching noises and looked like a cross between a tiger and a vampire.
A vampire may have been a good description, for it was reported to have killed a colored man, Bill Gifferson, by piercing his neck with its sharp bill and slowly sucking his blood.
It was also seen in West Virginia, where it almost caught a woman near Scrabble, roosted in Alex Crow’s barn, and laid an egg near Sharpsburg, where it was reported some men had rigged up an incubator to try to hatch it.
T.C. Harbaugh, of Casstown, Ohio, wrote a letter to the Valley Register in early 1909, telling of a strange beast that flew over his area making terrible screeching noises. Harbaugh described it as having two huge wings, a large horny head, and a tail twenty feet long. He said it looked as though it was headed this way.
Sure enough, the Snallygaster was first sighted in Maryland by a colored man, who fired a brick-burning kiln near Cumberland. The strange beast was seen cooling its wings over the outlet of the kiln. When the beast’s sleep was disturbed by the man, it emitted a blood-curdling scream and angrily flew away.
It was also shot at near Hagerstown, sighted south of Middletown at Lover’s Leap, and seen flying over the mountains between Gapland and Burkittsville, where it was reported to have laid another egg – big enough to hatch an elephant.
Sightings of the Snallygaster were creating such a commotion that at one point it was reported that President Theodore Roosevelt might postpone a trip to Europe so that he could lead an expedition to capture it.
Apparently the Smithsonian Institute was also interested in the beast. From the description provided by engineer 83, at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, they determined the strange beast was either a bovalopus or a Snallygaster, since it had the characteristics of both. Further, its hide was so rare that it was worth $100,000 a square foot, as it was the only substance known to man that could polish punkle shells.
(Punkle shells, for those of you who don’t know, are used by the African tribes of Umbopeland for ornamentation.)
The last sighting in Frederick County in 1909 occurred near Emmitsburg in early March. Three men fought the terrible creature outside a railroad station for nearly an hour and a half before chasing it into the woods of Carroll County.
Twenty-three years passed before the Snallygaster appeared again in Frederick County.
First reports were received from just below South Mountain in Washington County. Eyewitness accounts claimed that it flew toward them from the Middletown Valley.
The beast was often seen floating back and forth over the area and was described as being as large as a dirigible, with arms resembling the tentacles of an octopus. The creature appeared to be able to change its size, shape, and color at will.
Although the creature made no attempt to harm any of the residents of the Valley, most people sought the safety of their homes as it flew overhead.
All descriptions seemed to indicate it was the Snallygaster, last reported in these parts on March 5, 1909. As the life expectancy of a Snallygaster is only about twenty years, the most logical explanation seemed to be that the latest sighting was the offspring of the 1909 creature, possibly hatched from one of the eggs laid near Burkittsville.
Since the Snallygaster appears so rarely, the Middletown Valley Register requested that local residents sighting the creature provide as accurate and detailed a description as possible for scientific purposes.
Two such residents, Charles F. Martin and Edward M. L. Lighter, were able to provide the necessary information. While driving a truck on the National Pike just east of Braddock Heights, they spotted the Snallygaster flying about twenty-five feet overhead. They thoroughly confirmed the descriptions published the previous week.
The Snallygaster finally met his end in a way some might envy. The creature was flying near Frog Hollow in Washington County when it was attracted by the aroma of a 2500-gallon vat of moonshine. As the beast flew overhead, it was overcome by the fumes and dropped into the boiling mash. A short time later, revenue agents George Dansforth and Charles Cushwa arrived on the scene. They had received information about the still, but were rather startled at the sight of the dead monster in the vat.
The two agents exploded five hundred pounds of dynamite under the still, destroying the remains of the Snallygaster and John Barleycorn’s workshop.
A great deal has been written about the Snallygaster since 1909. It has appeared in countless articles in the Middletown Valley Register, Frederick News Post, and other area newspapers. Is has also appeared in the Baltimore Sun, National Geographic, and Time Magazine.
In 1976, the Washington Post sponsored an unsuccessful search for the Snallygaster, as well as other strange Maryland creatures.
Frederick County is known for a great many things, but most will agree that none is as imaginative as the Snallygaster. Those of us who have been entertained by stories of the Snallygaster owe our thanks to the resourceful staff of the Middletown Valley Register, particularly George C. Rhoderick, Sr. and Ralph S. Wolfe, Sr., who in 1909 thought they would write a little nonsense to entertain the readers and boost circulation. Little did they realize that their imagination would continue to amuse for seventy years.
Reminds me of the Jeepers Creepers monster.
Probably just one of Batboy's ancestors.
That's it Yoss! That's the same article I found about it. I just stumbled upon it one day when looking for local folklore, and thought the name was a KICK! Would make a great screen name.
I thought it would be really funny to call up Mail-Call and say "I think I spotted a Snallygaster on Rte. 491 between Smithsburg and Cascade. Has anybody else seen this? There have been a lot of small dogs gone missing up here. If you have seen this please call into Mail Call."
HAHAH I would LOVE to see what the response of some of the old timers around here would be.
I DARE one of you to call up, I'm too chicken! PLease please please someone call in!
I thought it would be really funny to call up Mail-Call and say "I think I spotted a Snallygaster on Rte. 491 between Smithsburg and Cascade. Has anybody else seen this? There have been a lot of small dogs gone missing up here. If you have seen this please call into Mail Call."
HAHAH I would LOVE to see what the response of some of the old timers around here would be.
I DARE one of you to call up, I'm too chicken! PLease please please someone call in!
Go ahead BKB - that'd be a hoot!
Come to think of it - I have seen a Snallygaster. And touched one, too! I'll bet Greedy has, too. 
Okay, before anyone (especially Greedy!) gets too off track with this, there is (or at least was) a fishing lure called the Snallygaster.
And touched one, too! I'll bet Greedy has, too. Okay, before anyone (especially Greedy!) gets too off track with this, there is (or at least was) a fishing lure called the Snallygaster.
Could this be the fearsome Snallygaster?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/09...f.ap/index.html
Ok, here's what I am gonna do, I will post the question on the mail call online, and you guys who work for the paper (which is probably alot of you) make sure it gets in Mail Call, k?
Then we can all sit back and laugh, instead of listening to those old folks whine about the Kerry/Bush signs that are still up. We'll really give something to talk about..
****snickers****
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/11/09...f.ap/index.html
Ok, here's what I am gonna do, I will post the question on the mail call online, and you guys who work for the paper (which is probably alot of you) make sure it gets in Mail Call, k?
Then we can all sit back and laugh, instead of listening to those old folks whine about the Kerry/Bush signs that are still up. We'll really give something to talk about..
****snickers****
QUOTE (BKB @ Nov 10 2004, 12:05 PM)
and you guys who work for the paper (which is probably alot of you) make sure it gets in Mail Call, k?
A lot of people that work for the paper are among us? I had no idea...WHO? WHO IS IT?
QUOTE (Heather @ Nov 10 2004, 12:25 PM)
A lot of people that work for the paper are among us? I had no idea...WHO? WHO IS IT?
webbie.
and I'm sure Tim's out there somewhere...
Just a hunch Heather, but don't know who!
I just hope whoever is charge of the Mail Call sees my post.
I just hope whoever is charge of the Mail Call sees my post.
Back to the original topic
Do you recycle?
If not, why?
What materials do you recycle?
Waht materials would you like to recycle, but there aren't facilities available?
(sorry, I'm in an environmental mode today after cleaning house and loading up the recycling bins all day yesterday)
Do you recycle?
If not, why?
What materials do you recycle?
Waht materials would you like to recycle, but there aren't facilities available?
(sorry, I'm in an environmental mode today after cleaning house and loading up the recycling bins all day yesterday)
That's ok Moms! Maybe the snallygaster will come and take your stuff to the recycling center for you...
How much time do you spend on the computer during the day? Not counting work hours, do you think it takes time away from your family or other activities?
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Nov 10 2004, 01:32 PM)
QUOTE (Heather @ Nov 10 2004, 12:25 PM)
A lot of people that work for the paper are among us? I had no idea...WHO? WHO IS IT?
webbie.
and I'm sure Tim's out there somewhere...
Yoss, he's not only a member he's the president!..Of the Tim Rowland fan club
The person named 'JNE' just irritates me to no end with their ignoramous comments.... ugh....
It all started when they said all kids that go to north high are snobs. so, so ignorant.
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ok, done venting.
It all started when they said all kids that go to north high are snobs. so, so ignorant.
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ok, done venting.
huh? Did I miss something, CMike?? 
QUOTE (momsapilot @ Nov 12 2004, 04:57 PM)
huh? Did I miss something, CMike??
oh... lol
Check out the HM Front Page poll... the poster's name is JNE.... she has a bad attitude.
QUOTE (Romulus @ Nov 8 2004, 03:23 PM)
How does your household connect to the internet?
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Congrats Rom! Looks like your suggestion was the first to make the cut!
can't vote.the front page headline is super-imposed over the poll question.it's the same thing on the community page.it's all overlapped at the top.
what browser are you using WVD?
Looks okay to me on Firefox, Opera and MS IE 6.
Looks okay to me on Firefox, Opera and MS IE 6.
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Nov 16 2004, 08:55 AM)
QUOTE (Romulus @ Nov 8 2004, 03:23 PM)
How does your household connect to the internet?
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Dial-up
Congrats Rom! Looks like your suggestion was the first to make the cut!
Do I get a "I love HM forums" shirt?
naw, I think the prize is an all expenses paid weekend at the Holiday Motel at Washington and Prospect Sts.
<clean sheets are extra>
<clean sheets are extra>
How about some market research...
Ask where the reader resides:
within Washington County
not in Wash County (but within Maryland)
in PA
in WV
Outside of the Tri-State area
Ask where the reader resides:
within Washington County
not in Wash County (but within Maryland)
in PA
in WV
Outside of the Tri-State area
Yo Rom', you are in trouble...
Here are some recent comments in the poll area...
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Posted By: DEB
Posted On: 1 hr, 9 min. ago
Views: 23
Dial - up
I just wish I lived in an area that you could get dsl or cable. In the country all you can get is dial up. It's so slow.
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Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum?
Here are some recent comments in the poll area...
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Post Info Comment
Posted By: DEB
Posted On: 1 hr, 9 min. ago
Views: 23
Dial - up
I just wish I lived in an area that you could get dsl or cable. In the country all you can get is dial up. It's so slow.
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Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum?
QUOTE (CommuterMike @ Nov 17 2004, 11:10 AM)
Yo Rom', you are in trouble...
Here are some recent comments in the poll area...
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Post Info Comment
Posted By: DEB
Posted On: 1 hr, 9 min. ago
Views: 23
Dial - up
I just wish I lived in an area that you could get dsl or cable. In the country all you can get is dial up. It's so slow.
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Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum?
Here are some recent comments in the poll area...
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Post Info Comment
Posted By: DEB
Posted On: 1 hr, 9 min. ago
Views: 23
Dial - up
I just wish I lived in an area that you could get dsl or cable. In the country all you can get is dial up. It's so slow.
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Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum?
Wow!
I'd have to say most of them need to get a life if all they have to do is complain about a poll question.
It's a valid and good one to boot. And Did the poll question say anything about Antietam?
Some people..........errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Nov 16 2004, 03:16 PM)
naw, I think the prize is an all expenses paid weekend at the Holiday Motel at Washington and Prospect Sts.
<clean sheets are extra>
<clean sheets are extra>
oh dang, I withdraw any suggestions I have ever made!!
lol
[quote]
Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum? [/quote]Wow![/quote]
Remind me to think of a smartass comment to post there later.
EDIT: Stupid quote brackets.
Posted By: JNE
Posted On: 2 hr, 13 min. ago
Views: 51
BCW
I agree with your point, you'd think if anything...they'd ask about Thanksgiving, our thoughts on hospital relocation...
I guess since so many discussions have gotten so heated in the past, they want to keep it as vanilla as possible!
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Posted By: BCW
Posted On: 4 hr, 26 min. ago
Views: 108
???????
Is Antietam Cable getting a free survey out of this. What is the community relavence to this forum? [/quote]Wow![/quote]
Remind me to think of a smartass comment to post there later.EDIT: Stupid quote brackets.
Boxers?
Briefs?
Bikini?
Thong?
Briefs?
Bikini?
Thong?
hey B, you forgot:
"Commando" (nothing)
"Commando" (nothing)
QUOTE (BMIC @ Nov 18 2004, 07:10 AM)
Boxers?
Briefs?
Bikini?
Thong?
Briefs?
Bikini?
Thong?
I suggested that one already. They wouldn't go for it!
I think we better stick with
"Have you ever seen a snallygaster?"
(I know I know, slap me)
"Have you ever seen a snallygaster?"
(I know I know, slap me)
I've got one I know they won't run! Why do you think my paper person only finds my mailbox 3 or 4 times a week and the other times I don't get one at all or they throw it in my driveway? And why when I call to tell distribution about the problem they tell me I live too far and they will have the distribution manager call me which he never does?
A) The guy doesn't like my mailbox or blue tube
B)He doesn't really give a rats $%# if I get my paper
C) He's just trying to p*%$ me off
D) He's mad because I only gave him $20 for xmas last year
E) JUST PLAIN LAZY!
Now I know they won't run this but maybe the phantom distribution manager (that NEVER calls back) will stumble across this and light a fire under my carrier!
A) The guy doesn't like my mailbox or blue tube
B)He doesn't really give a rats $%# if I get my paper
C) He's just trying to p*%$ me off
D) He's mad because I only gave him $20 for xmas last year
E) JUST PLAIN LAZY!
Now I know they won't run this but maybe the phantom distribution manager (that NEVER calls back) will stumble across this and light a fire under my carrier!
F: You live too far away for the carrier to really care.
Several years ago I had a heck of a time trying to get one of those blue paper boxes installed so the paper wouldn't end up a gooey mess in my driveway everytime it rains.
Several years ago I had a heck of a time trying to get one of those blue paper boxes installed so the paper wouldn't end up a gooey mess in my driveway everytime it rains.
samy0,
PM me with your name, address, etc.. I might be able to help you, but I can't make any promises! LOL
PM me with your name, address, etc.. I might be able to help you, but I can't make any promises! LOL
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