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Sociology > Depression |
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"Virgo Cluster" |
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04 Feb 2004 01:59:40 PM |
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Re: Lonliness Hotline |
wrote in message
news:<b5ae9d68.0402030419.5d0dab30@posting.google.com>...
Hi, if there is anyone out there who is lonely, depressed, or even
simply shy, there is a new hotline where a live person will talk to
you for free and try to help you sort through your problems.
212-479-7990 (New York)
310-217-7638 (Los Angeles)
It's a toll-free call (only long distance charges will apply if you
are not in the area code you call the number to).
[Reply cross-posted to other groups
where a version of this post was made.]
Why not just talk to telemarkers when they call you?
*** excerpt from my 2003-09-12 post at <http://tinyurl.com/ow0v> ***
My wife doesn't like talking to strangers on the phone, so she hardly
ever answers the phone until the answering machine picks up, while
I'm the kind of person who'll talk to a tele-marketer until they tell
me they need to go. I talked with a Gateway computer guy on the
phone several years ago for about 40 minutes. I called to get some
information about laptop computers, current prices, and some other
things but I wasn't ready to order at that time. After about 15
minutes I asked him if he got any commission on sales and he said
yes, so I told him that I wasn't ready to buy something yet but
when I was I would get it through him if he had a way for me to
get back to him. He gave me his extension number, and I called
him about a year later when I was ready to get a second computer.
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Virgo Cluster
"[10 Members of the Animal Kingdom Least Likely to Star in a
Disney Cartoon Film] (#1) The candiru is a tiny catfish which
lives as a parasite in bigger fish in the Amazon, and is
attracted to the smell of human urine in water. Unfortunately,
it often mistakes male humans for big fish, and it will enter
the swimmer's body through his anal passage, burrow its way into
the penis and stick out a set of spikes. The pain is excruciating:
the victim is best advised to get to a hospital quickly, before
the bladder bursts, and ask a surgeon to cut off his penis."
<< Karl Shaw, "The Mammoth Book of Tasteless
Lists", Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998, p. 423 >>
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| User: "BGumm" |
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| Title: Re: Lonliness Hotline |
04 Feb 2004 11:11:44 PM |
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I thought I was the only person that didn't answer the phone until the
answering maching picked up and I knew who it was on the other end. WOW it is
nice to know I am not alone in this. I even have my husband doing it now. I
don't even answer the door unless I know who it is without a doubt---something
that has gotten me into alot of trouble over the years----like cable
disconnected and lights disconnected....oh yeah.....I hate it.....I have gotten
alittle better....like checking out across the street for the cable truck.....I
will answer the door now....I hate being without cable for 3 or 4 days....and
lights---WOW that is WORSE.....YUCK...but I am terrible. If you don't yell
into the phone BECKY ANSWER THE PHONE....I will not answer it. Terrible.....
Becky.....who hides under the couch
"I have seen the sea when it is stormy and wild;
when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and
moody. And in all its moods, I see myself."
-Martin Buxbaum
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| User: "MadHatter" |
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| Title: Re: Lonliness Hotline |
04 Feb 2004 03:07:11 PM |
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Virgo Cluster wrote:
j2696@boardermail.com wrote in message
news:<b5ae9d68.0402030419.5d0dab30@posting.google.com>...
Hi, if there is anyone out there who is lonely, depressed, or even
simply shy, there is a new hotline where a live person will talk to
you for free and try to help you sort through your problems.
....or you can find a nice escort in the yellow pages. at least she'll
be honest. dont ever EVER post this on ASH! PLONK
212-479-7990 (New York)
310-217-7638 (Los Angeles)
It's a toll-free call (only long distance charges will apply if you
are not in the area code you call the number to).
[Reply cross-posted to other groups
where a version of this post was made.]
Why not just talk to telemarkers when they call you?
*** excerpt from my 2003-09-12 post at <http://tinyurl.com/ow0v> ***
My wife doesn't like talking to strangers on the phone, so she hardly
ever answers the phone until the answering machine picks up, while
I'm the kind of person who'll talk to a tele-marketer until they tell
me they need to go. I talked with a Gateway computer guy on the
phone several years ago for about 40 minutes. I called to get some
information about laptop computers, current prices, and some other
things but I wasn't ready to order at that time. After about 15
minutes I asked him if he got any commission on sales and he said
yes, so I told him that I wasn't ready to buy something yet but
when I was I would get it through him if he had a way for me to
get back to him. He gave me his extension number, and I called
him about a year later when I was ready to get a second computer.
**************************
Virgo Cluster
"[10 Members of the Animal Kingdom Least Likely to Star in a
Disney Cartoon Film] (#1) The candiru is a tiny catfish which
lives as a parasite in bigger fish in the Amazon, and is
attracted to the smell of human urine in water. Unfortunately,
it often mistakes male humans for big fish, and it will enter
the swimmer's body through his anal passage, burrow its way into
the penis and stick out a set of spikes. The pain is excruciating:
the victim is best advised to get to a hospital quickly, before
the bladder bursts, and ask a surgeon to cut off his penis."
<< Karl Shaw, "The Mammoth Book of Tasteless
Lists", Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998, p. 423 >>
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