Jazmee27 
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Morning, Daymare.
I said much the same thing to Mom the other day:
"Aren't relatives fun?"
Today it becomes "aren't families fun?"
Heavy on the sarcasm
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Reply #1241. Sep 29 11, 9:12 AM
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Jazmee27
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| I couldn't agree more, Postal |
Reply #1242. Sep 29 11, 9:14 AM
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| tiepolo
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"Oops hope you realised I meant DISagreements! *blush*"
Discombobulated, Lesley? Were you thinking of Jaymee's "good sailor"? :-)
(Hope I spelled your name right, J.!)
Reply #1243. Sep 29 11, 10:26 AM
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Jazmee27
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Good one, tiepolo-and, yes.
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Reply #1244. Sep 29 11, 12:21 PM
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Jazmee27
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Let the Cable wars begin!
After learning what the “limited basic” was, I thought, ‘boring.’ (I actually had a friend who had that)
Today I spoke to a sales rep named Saul. He has the triple play service himself and uses exfinity (funny the things you learn about people). At first, I was only interested in Cable service—but standard is $64.45, and combined with the $29.95 installation fee and who knows what all, my first bill would have been $93. Besides, almost $65 for TV service! Yikes-no wonder Mom switched to Direct (unfortunately, I can’t get that here). With the triple play, however, I’d get a discounted rate (about $99 for all three). First month, $49.95 for installation, $7 for modem, and $29.95 for activation of phone service. About $106 for the first month, then it would drop. (Unfortunately, when I was doing the electronic verification, the woman couldn’t hear me-and I could just barely understand her. She put my name down for a call-back. If I don’t hear from them by tomorrow, I may have to call them again.)
If everything goes according to plan, installation will occur next Thursday between 12:30 and 3:30.
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Reply #1245. Sep 29 11, 12:34 PM
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Jazmee27
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Once the TV's mounted on the wall and the Cable installed, I'll have to buy some DVDs.
All my old VHS are at the old place(AKA Mom's)
And due to problems with current CD player, some of my CDs are scratched (and I misplaced others a long time ago)
Started a new book, "Cursed," last night
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Reply #1246. Sep 29 11, 3:09 PM
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Jazmee27
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Aggressive techniques of sales rep = intimidated = talked to Mom = reconsidered =calling Comcast tomorrow-interested in Digital Basic, not Tripple Play
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Reply #1247. Sep 29 11, 6:54 PM
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| lesley153
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Sounds like a good idea, talking to a few people. If the little voice inside your head feels uncomfortable, listen to it. One thing that makes me run away is the special offer that expires today. I will not be rushed. if the best offer in the world expires tonight, there will still be a better one tomorrow.
Reply #1248. Sep 29 11, 8:45 PM
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Jazmee27
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Mom dropped off more food, as she's leaving town for the weekend
She also bought me a pair of gloves with shea butter inside (from Kohl's-they're so soft!)
I moved five containers to the freezer (the olderstuff, as I figured I wasn't eating it fast enough)
I have a fresh turkey pinwheel, an omelet, some sausage, and a few containers whose contents I can't think of offhand (oh, and I have two small ones of pineapple, and I had an apple dumpling)
I told Mom about what Grandma said this morning about Michelle. She was shocked, and hopes that stops (Grandma had much the same language in June, but it didn't offend me the way it did today, maybe because I was in a more loyal mood, or maybe because... **I can't believe I'm making *excuses!)
Time to call it a night :)
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Reply #1249. Sep 29 11, 8:47 PM
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Jazmee27
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Good advice, Lesley. Unfortunately, I seem to have had this lesson before and get in over my head. Thank goodness Mom's there to keep it above water!
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Reply #1250. Sep 29 11, 8:49 PM
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Jazmee27
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'Morning'
It's raining off and on again
I'm almost done with "Cursed"
The one wheel of my walker seems to be stuck, so the leg needs to be switched
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Reply #1251. Sep 30 11, 6:03 AM
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Jazmee27
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Digital StarterPackage = online order only
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Reply #1252. Sep 30 11, 7:12 AM
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Jazmee27
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Time to think over options
Sales rep this time named Leslie
"We won't do anything until you make up your mind"
Good
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Reply #1253. Sep 30 11, 7:15 AM
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Jazmee27
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Most complete story to date is one in the "dumb criminals" folder under "The Empress"
Working on "part 1, The Surgeon's Assistant"
Last night, got a scare when Mom noticed one of the folder names and asked what it was
I didn't want her to read it, as part of me gets self-conscious about the stories while I'm yet writing them (mostly, though, the problem is that I'm afraid she'll criticize my work)
- Mom: Are they pretend friend stories?
- Me: I knew you'd say something like that.
- Mom (puts a comforting hand on my shoulder): It's OK; you can write about whatever you want.
I don't remember her telling me that before. I'm sorry if she felt hurt (which, she most certainly did). Later, I offered to let her see a finished copy. (and we talked at length about the "pretend friend" thing. Understandably, she got upset because I spent so much time in Fantasyland rather than in the "real world" doing homework and suff I knew I had to do. I suggested that maybe I was dealing with stuff I couldn't really deal with, and she said that was news to her-which was when I commented that we had a communication misunderstanding, or put another way a "failure to communicate")
I did tell her there is a lot of graphic violence in my writing, which she wanted to know where it came from. As I'm not really aware myself, how can I possibly explain?
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Reply #1254. Sep 30 11, 7:29 AM
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| lesley153
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"Are they pretend friend stories?"
And there's me thinking you were all grown up!
A rep who doesn't try to push you is the sort of rep we want.
Reply #1255. Sep 30 11, 8:29 AM
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daymare
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Jazmee, if we could go back in time, imagine what the families or friends of various authors could have said to them....
Charles Dickens - why are you writing about Christmas? It's the middle of summer. A Christmas Carol? So, it's about music then?
Edgar Allan Poe - you're writing a book about what? A heart? A tell-tale heart? You should be writing about something else. What? I don't know...you're the author.
William Shakespeare - a story about romance? In today's era? You should be writing about something important. Perhaps something about the plague would make for good reading.
As for you, Samuel Pepys...a diary? Diaries are for young, love-struck girls. What do you mean it's an accounting of history? No one will be interested in that!
So, Jazmee, write away. If the masses don't understand, it is all part of being creative.
Morning, Jazmee. I hope your day is excellent!
Reply #1256. Sep 30 11, 8:53 AM
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Jazmee27
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"And there's me thinking you were all grown up!"
I'm not sure how to take that, Lesley.
The names used in the stories are just names, and while I may have had "pretend friends" in the past, if I have any internal dialogue now it's different than it was then ('sometimes, talking to yourself is the only thing that keeps us sane.)'
I'm still adding to that folder, as previous stories I've made now seem more logically to fit better under the name of the villain involved
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Reply #1257. Sep 30 11, 8:58 AM
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Jazmee27
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Hi, Daymare, same to you.
One of these days, maybe I'll feel comfortable letting Mom read something I wrote--I know I used to, back when I was yet in public school: I believe it was called "The Promise".
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Reply #1258. Sep 30 11, 9:02 AM
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Jazmee27
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Stephanie called to let me know she and Mom are on their way to their destination.
Mom's driving Steph's car.
She seems to be as upset about this Digital Starter being only an online offer only (while I was on the phone with Steph she yelled, "Do you want my business or not?")
I don't understand why their "online promotional offer" is $29.95 for 12 months, but it's $64.45 if you call for the other package (which, unless I'm mistaken, contains less channels-either that, or they're the same, which is doubtful. "Did somebody say highway robbery?")
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Reply #1259. Sep 30 11, 9:09 AM
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Jazmee27
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 http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200701/the-art-negotiation.
- “The word "negotiation" may conjure thoughts of hostage standoffs and high-stakes labor
disputes, but there's a more quotidian brand of conflict resolution that enters daily life at nearly every turn.”
- “Mary P. Rowe, an ombudsman at MIT, encourages people to think of negotiation as "all interactions between two or more points of view; it's possible to negotiate
with yourself.”
- “vGranted, forging a compromise over which DVD to watch isn't the same as signing the Camp David Accords, but regular human beings can benefit from the same
skills world leaders use to solve problems.”
- “Principled negotiation is a strategy that seeks to move both parties away from polarizing and usually entrenched positions, and into the realm of interests.”
- “Negotiating well means neither party need feel cheated,
- manipulated, or taken advantage of.”
- “"There's a saying among negotiators that whoever talks the most during a negotiation loses," says Bobby Covic, author of Everything's Negotiable!”
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/02/art-of-negotiation-fifteen-steps-to.html.
- ““Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.” -- Karl Albrecht, co-founder of Aldi.”
- “Know what you want.”
- “Find out what’s available.”
- “Re-evaluate your goals”
- “‘Arm’ yourself. Knowledge is power”
- “Remember who’s the customer.”
- “Show what you know.”
- “Admit what you don’t know.”
- “Don’t let them ‘blind you with science’. Any specialist can use technical terms to gloss over drawbacks – or to sell ‘benefits’ you don’t really want or need.”
- “Give and take.”
- “Don’t be rushed into anything.”
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