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Sept 28, 2007 8:54:03 GMT -6
Post by Irish Stu on Sept 28, 2007 8:54:03 GMT -6
A couple of months ago I took one of my daughters to see a specialist at a clinic about a problem she has. A week later, after consulting with a colleague, the specialist called me and said he believed he could help her and told me four dates in October that he would like to see her on. I didn't make a note of them as he said he would put them in writing to me.
So a week later I got a generic letter from them telling me that they are moving, and a map showing me where the new clinic is... about five minutes walk from my office. But no letter with the dates of the appointments has ever arrived, and as October starts on Monday and I can't remember when the first appointment is I thought I better call and find out. I've tried several times today and finally gave up because nobody ever answered, so eventually decided to walk down to the new clinic to ask in person.
I arrive there, spoke to the receptionist, she printed a copy of the letter I should have received, put it in an envelope for me, then asked if I needed a map showing me where the clinic is!! To which I of course said "No thank you, I don't need one... I'm HERE!!"
Simon
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Sept 28, 2007 8:58:25 GMT -6
Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 28, 2007 8:58:25 GMT -6
... then asked if I needed a map showing me where the clinic is!! Alternate response: "No, do you?"
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Sept 28, 2007 9:01:50 GMT -6
Post by Irish Stu on Sept 28, 2007 9:01:50 GMT -6
... then asked if I needed a map showing me where the clinic is!! Alternate response: "No, do you?" Maybe I'll draw her one showing her where the phone is for next time someone calls them... Simon
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Sept 28, 2007 9:16:47 GMT -6
Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 28, 2007 9:16:47 GMT -6
This incident might also explain why you never received the letter you were supposed to get.
=== Edited to add: I bet this woman drives a blue Fiat.
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Sept 28, 2007 9:22:36 GMT -6
Post by Irish Stu on Sept 28, 2007 9:22:36 GMT -6
I wonder if she'll be able to find her way home tonight...
Simon
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Sept 28, 2007 9:26:27 GMT -6
Post by Irish Stu on Sept 28, 2007 9:26:27 GMT -6
Edited to add: I bet this woman drives a blue Fiat That wouldn't surprise me... she's probably looking for her map right now to find where she parked it this morning. Simon
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Sept 28, 2007 9:47:11 GMT -6
Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 28, 2007 9:47:11 GMT -6
Reminds me of an old family story... my mother went to get her hair done, there was a new woman working there who suddenly realized that she had gotten a map from her husband to go to work, but she didnt think to get a map to go home. That MIGHT have been intentional.
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Sept 28, 2007 9:57:29 GMT -6
Post by Irish Stu on Sept 28, 2007 9:57:29 GMT -6
Ah that old trick!! Kinda like the one someone I knew fell for many years ago when he was still living at home with his parents... he went to work one morning, and when he came home that night he found they'd moved. They'd managed to sell the house without him knowing, then the moment he was out he front door that morning they packed everything at the speed of light ready for the removal guys to take to their new house. When he got home he let himself in, and found new furniture and different people waiting for him... and his parents had even asked them not to give him their new address!!
Simon
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Sept 28, 2007 10:09:17 GMT -6
Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Sept 28, 2007 10:09:17 GMT -6
Funny -- I didn't remember telling you that story.
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Sept 28, 2007 10:59:05 GMT -6
Post by Tex on Sept 28, 2007 10:59:05 GMT -6
I was in the last generation here to have a mammy when I was a tyke. We lived in Austin at the time and she rode the bus to the corner of Sixth and Congress, changed buses and rode to the end of our block. My dad really liked her and bought her a used straight 8 Buick and taught her to drive. A few weeks later, she was complaining about how much gas the car was using. My dad asked if she was going on trips or joy riding a lot. She said no, just to work and a few errands. My dad had bought the car from his aunt and it didn't have many miles on it, but he had his mechanic look at it thinking there might have been a carburetor problem, etc. He said it was in perfect tune. My mammy commented that it had taken her nearly an hour to get to work (a ten minute trip). She was following the bus route to Sixth and Congress, then the other bus route through the University of Texas and eventually to our neighborhood.
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Sept 29, 2007 8:28:10 GMT -6
Post by Harrybutt on Sept 29, 2007 8:28:10 GMT -6
She taught you well!
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Sept 30, 2007 22:01:30 GMT -6
Post by Christinko on Sept 30, 2007 22:01:30 GMT -6
If it's any consolation...I had a big doh moment on Friday. I'm installing curtain rods for my sis-in-law. I climb up on the little ladder and drill holes and put in the anchors etc.
But the bed was blocking where the last set of holes needed to go. I asked my sis in law to help me move the bed so I could put my ladder there to drill.
She asked me why I didn't just stand on the bed. A truly DOH moment for yours truly. These moments are happening more often these days. Frightening!
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Oct 1, 2007 9:18:09 GMT -6
Post by wareagle on Oct 1, 2007 9:18:09 GMT -6
If it's any consolation...I had a big doh moment on Friday. I'm installing curtain rods for my sis-in-law. I climb up on the little ladder and drill holes and put in the anchors etc. But the bed was blocking where the last set of holes needed to go. I asked my sis in law to help me move the bed so I could put my ladder there to drill. She asked me why I didn't just stand on the bed. A truly DOH moment for yours truly. These moments are happening more often these days. Frightening! I'm having one of those great moments with my imagination about Chris, hopefully wearing a skirt, climbing a ladder, with a bed near by and drilling is involved.
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Oct 1, 2007 12:02:26 GMT -6
Post by Christinko on Oct 1, 2007 12:02:26 GMT -6
I was wearing a skirt!
Steve, you are a hoot even if I disagree with your politics. [grin!]
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Oct 1, 2007 12:25:41 GMT -6
Post by wareagle on Oct 1, 2007 12:25:41 GMT -6
I was wearing a skirt! Steve, you are a hoot even if I disagree with your politics. [grin!] We met down at HEDO a year or so ago and I don't remember politics ever coming up. Something came up, but it wasn't politics, southern belle laughed at me the whole time.
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