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Got this yesterday and you may find it amusing or helpful!

 

REVENGE ON THE TELEMARKETER

Three Little Words That Work!!

(1) The three little words: 'Hold On, Please....'
Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear BT's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset....you have efficiently completed your task..
These three little words could help eliminate telephone soliciting.

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and record's the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is then used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' salesperson to call back and get someone at home.
What you can do after answering: If you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialled the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!

(3) When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.

Most of these come with postage-prepaid return envelopes, right?
It costs them more than the regular postage 'IF' and when they are returned. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-prepaid return envelopes.

Send an advert for your local chimney sweeper to American Express... they might need one!
Send a pizza coupon to HSBC... in case their canteen packs up. You get the idea.
If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them back their blank application form... after all, it is their form!

If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you return.

You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them, and it is their envelope after all… you are just returning it!!!!

The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the post, but folks....we need to OVERWHELM them, in order to stop them.

Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!

Let's help keep Royal Mail busy. Since the Royal Mail is saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, let's help them so they will not need to increase postage costs again.. You get the idea!

If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- maybe you'll get very little junk mail from then on.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan election officials declared Hamid Karzai president for another five-year term after scrapping a planned election run-off following the withdrawal of his only rival, Abdullah Abdullah.

 

Am I the only one wondering if Abdullah Abdullah was intimidated into withdrawing  by the American and British Governments as Karzai is the only one who will listen and do whatever they tell him to ?

The whole thing stinks of corruption and coercion.

I personally wouldnt trust Karzai with both hands tied behind his back as his body language betrays his obvious motives. I feel sorry for the average Afghani who wants peace and for the turmoil to disappear.   IT wont happen.

Drugs have been with us since time began except of course it wasnt a crime then to have it.

Cocaine for instance was the choice of the rich and well shod and was trendy to have in all the parties of the the 1930's all to the way up to the 1950's before it became a crime to possess it.  Plenty of songs from those days were littered with reference to it......listen to that old ditty  ' Lets face the Music and Dance'  etc with Fred Astaire  dancing his legs all over the place and you will see what I mean.   It didn't t cause much harm and no one died from it.   Of course it was not available for the common man in the street until the late 60's and then laws were introduced to control the 'rabble'  from indulging and bringing it into disrepute.  The dealer was born.      Its only recently that Dentists have stopped giving you an injection of it, using Cocaine as an anaesthetic.
Most analgesics you buy from the chemists still have a smattering of Cocaine in it.......not enough to make you high..but it does sometimes work with that headache you want to get rid of. For instance...Lidocaine..Novocaine etc.    Most problems with this drug is not the drug itself  but the greed of the dealer who 'cuts' it with substances that make it a lethal combination. Pure Cocaine  (NOT Crack ! Which IS harmful)  is the only drug that replaces all the vitamins you need before leaving your system.

Cannabis or otherwise called hashish, Ganja,Marijuana, draw, blow weed,grass, dope is freely available on most streets in the UK and if you want it ..you can get it.   A  man was once prescribed Cannabis by a doctor  for him ' to relieve the paranoia that overcame him  at the thought of being busted for possession of illegal dope' !   IT can be eaten in a cake, drunk as a tea or the most popular is to smoke it.   In Holland, where they have a far more adult response to its demand, there are 'Brown ' Cafes where you can choose the strength of the type you want and can sit down and smoke it without fear of being arrested and have a criminal record as in the UK.   Most cannabis in the UK comes from the African Continent and also from Jamaica and there are a lot of  'home grown'  products  on the street now.
Due to the effects of the drug, which is longer lasting and more 'controlling' of feelings than 'Coke'.....it is not a good idea to get in that car and drive!    In a percentage of resistant individuals cannabis has no effect on them at all, some feel nausea and some cant control their bladder.
Coleridge and  De Quincey werent above sampling a pellet of  hashish in their day, however the popularity of the drug soared in the early 70's  with the hippy trail and the songs of the time advocating its exhilarating effects.
The 'Legalise cannabis campaign' traces the origins of British control back to 1912..........so this is not a new demand !

However a lot of time, expense, manpower is wasted by the Police in its endeavour to 'hold up' the Law.
Last week, two teams of 12  Police raided two houses in the early hours..battering down the doors on both houses.......and what for ?  £5 worth of cannabis resin!

So why all the excitement ?  Do these two drugs really warrant the extreme reputation and repulsion that accompanies every mention of it ?   The short answer is that what applies to every drug........it is not the potency or the toxicity but the measure of economic, political and social pressures for or against it.

In my own opinion drugs should be legalised and controlled by the Government and sold through Government outlets only to anyone over 21 and legally.  Its their choice...and the death of the dealer will also lessen the deaths of those who were served up lethal concoctions by them in their greed to make more profit.  The Police resources would be  able to deal with the rising violent crime that we endure on our streets at night rather than waste time on something that will never ever be able to be controlled by punishing those that indulge and get caught. There would be no drug trafficking, no gangs, and as all trendy things....once legal the trend for having them will wear off.........

The two most dangerous drugs that kill millions every year is not Cocaine or cannabis  (or ecxtasy or amphetamines or even heroin).......are legally and freely available........ALCOHOL and TOBACCO.

As it is VERY profitable for the Government......... it is legal..................Thats OK then!

Having just watched the much publicised 'Question Time' I have come away a little confused.

I was expecting a loud mouthed shouting utter racist in the form of Nick Griffin to find that on some points I actually agreed with him. I wonder how many others thought that too ? Here was a much more polished and careful with his answers Griffin that appeared to be a changed man. Like all politicians, he has also tailored his answers to what may bring him some votes from a wider threshhold, and he appeared to have sold out his former alarmist viewpoints and seemed to be towing a more agreeable one.

The BNP is still a loathsome party but to see someone holding his own , being attacked by all the other panellists, the presenter, and a mainly ethnic Minority audience ( Naughty BBC) will almost certainly bring him some more fans and crucially more votes.

Instead of following the usual format, Question Time devoted 90% of the programme to attacking Griffin which I found rather boring and tedious and when they eventually got onto another topic - about Stephen Gateleys death and the reporting thereafter, it got a little more interesting. However even that was hijacked by militant gays who tried to quash and shout down anything they didnt agree with.
I would have preferred the usual format of Question Time as it would have brought out what Griffin really thought about current events rather than the tailored racism rants that emanated.

Isnt it amazing how Politicians change after they have been elected ? The Programme just after Question Time had the revolting Dianne Abbot- a prime example of just how status and money corrupts. Before she was elected , she used to shout about private schools and that they should be abolished etc ...and what does she do once she was elected ? Her kids are in a very expensive private school.

I am certainly NOT a supporter of the BNP......but I fear that Nick Griffin has a lot more supporters after being featured in his own show in the form of 'Question Time'.

A boring and disappointing programme that reduced itself to base questions and sometime uncontrolled blatant hysterics to pander to what it thought its viewers wanted.....and got it drastically wrong.

Although I have English Parents, I was born in India and came to England when I was 5 years old. I was a Catholic ( Now an atheist) and went to a Catholic School in Sheffield run by Nuns. Because my skin was a little browner than most as I had been in India with a hot sun, and a slightly tainted accent, I was a johnny Foreigner to the Nuns and was treated as such.
I remember how, with some glee on the nuns faces, how I was singled out for anything that happened that didnt agree with them, even if I was in another room at the time. How happy they were when they admonished me for someone elses crime and made me stand up on the desk with my short pants on and then whipped me with their thick belts , just behind the knee. They were one or two nuns who were nice, especially sister Cecilia, but most of them were cruel, wanton and enjoyed any form of physical punishment.

My experience with nuns has left me with complete distrust for these species who, like priests, are spongers of God in my eye. When have you seen a poor priest in England? My local chap across the road has a house and a new car every year, this years model is a brand new Audi, parked in his detached 4 bedroomed house. He doesnt pay for anything. Because the Church is a very rich employer. In fact the richest Employer in the land. The Catholic Church is the richest in the World.....after all they have trillions of taken in fools, donating money on a daily basis to 'cleanse' their souls. Money buys anything!

Talking to first hand individuals who came into contact with Mother Teresa, they have no good things to say about her. She was very cruel, turned on the charm if cameras were in sight, and was a formidable money grabber. Out of hours she turned anyone in trouble away from her doors and wouldnt help them, she re-used needles countless number of times on different patients and I am sure a lot died of diseases she gave them by being this mean, despite having millions in the bank.
And when she was ill she went to the best clinics in Switzerland to heal herself, all on the donations given by well meaning kind hearted benefactors.

Although I never met her, one cant ignore all the proof circulating about her, there is no flames without a formidable fire. I am sure she also did good as some carefully selected patients in her clinic benefitted, but it was very selective and if you didnt fit in with her ideals, you were out.

In this day and age, shouldnt we give up this ridiculous idea of sainthood ? Its something that was invented by man to increase the profitability from easily taken in fools and the extremely gullible.

Leave the woman in peace now, she is dead and thats that and if Albania want her body back, let them have it. She was not an Indian and if anything took full advantage of her foreign status to elevate herself beyond what she could have in her native country.

Perhaps all the millions that were donated can now be used to bring the clinic to a modern upto date one and actually take all that come there and not selectively.

I know what I have written wont appeal to a lot of people, however it is based on my own experiences and viewpoints and I dont want to offend the good people who need religion and the beliefs it teaches you, which in some instances are excellent. There is no other medium that teaches morals on a superior basis as religion.....but not all of them.

Is it just me that doesnt give a damn about what 'Jordan' and Peter Andre do with their lives ? I hate the sight of both of them whinging constantly. And dont really care what they or their kids are doing...so why so much media attention ? Are they short of interesting and intelligent tales to tell? Perhaps they should go on the Internet and see 'Jordans' porn site ? Yuk!

Also the blubbing like little girls of male contestants on third rate talent shows like X Factor......a vehicle to eek out the next person to make millions for Simon Cowell and nothing to do with talent. As can be seen with the current load of wannabees.
However the performance of Alexandra Burke did merit some attention as she appears to have moved up a peg or two since her last TV appearance. Did anyone else notice how high as a kite Robbie Williams was ? Eye eye !! what a giveaway! lol

Glad to see Linda Bellingham booted off Strictly as she looked hideous in that dress which made her look like the dancing Hippo from 'Fantasia'. And as for 'Anton' De-Beke calling the P word to his beautiful Pakistani co-dancer, I know a lot of 'P' people who call each other that name anyway as a matter of course. About the same as a lot of black people I know who are constantly using the 'N' word to each other.
It appears its only a bad taste word if used by anyone other than that particular ethnic group...Crazy! For the record I dont like either word but as long as its being used by their own communities...then it will survive amongst others too.
If anyone saw 'Anton' on the Matthew Wright Show...you would have seen what a stern unforgiving bigot he can be on anyone who has strayed from the 'correct' path and how vicious his form of justice would have been. The Hypocrisy is worse than his utterance.

I dont watch either Strictly or X factor programme regularly and what I did see wont change my habits lol.

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.
His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.

As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on his window.

I love it,' he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just
been presented with a new puppy.

Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait.'

'That doesn't have anything to do with it,' he replied.

Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.
Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is
arranged .. it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it.
'It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice;
I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the
parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful
for the ones that do.

Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day
and all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this time in my life..

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.
So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
account of memories!

Thank you for your part in filling my Memory Bank ..
I am still depositing.

'Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2.. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

Have a nice day, unless you already have other plans !

Subject: FW: History of UK Maths teaching

1. Teaching Maths In 1970

A forester sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
What is his profit?

2. Teaching Maths In 1980

A forester sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is 80% of the price.
What is his profit?

3. Teaching Maths In 1990

A forester sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is £80.
How much was his profit?

4. Teaching Maths In 2000

A forester sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20.
Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

5. Teaching Maths In 2005

A forester cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the preservation
of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might
feel as the forester cut down their homes just for a measly profit of £20.

6. Teaching Maths In 2009

A forester is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be
offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not consulted in the felling
licence. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach of Health and
Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous and could cut something He has
used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however he does not
have the correct certificate of competence and is therefore considered to be
a recidivist and habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details
circulated throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken to
court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When he is
released he returns to find Gypsies have cut down half his wood to build a
camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for
harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a further £100.

While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down the rest of his wood and sell it on
the black market for £100 cash. They also have a leaving BBQ of squirrel and
pheasant and depart leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos
sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly
tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and
is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced
£12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated government
contractor.

Your assignment: How many times is the forester going to have to be arrested
and fined before he realises that he is never going to make £20 profit by
hard work and may as well give up, sign onto the dole and live off the state
for the rest of his life?

7. Teaching Maths In 2010

A forester doesn’t sell a lorry load of timber because he can’t get a loan
to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a
derivative of securitised debt related to sub- prime mortgages in Alabama
and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million
pound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the biggest
losses.

The forester struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry however,
as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations
and he is forced to scrap it. Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the
scrap merchant and put it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price
for haulage and send their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for
themselves and their relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it
is easier to deport them at the governments expense. Following their holiday
back home they return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and
start again. The forester protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and
as his name is on the side of his old lorry, he is forced to pay £1,500
registration fees as a gang master.

The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as bonuses are
not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim the
difference on expenses and allowances.
You do the maths.

8. Teaching Maths 2017

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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of  natural causes.     There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.     Life is sexually transmitted.     Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.   The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.     Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.     Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?    Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.    All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.     In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.  Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal..    How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?    Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things and drink whatever comes out?' If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?    Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?     If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?  If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?     Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?      Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?    Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Oner of my readers sent me this......Beware!

 

The new telephone 'scam' has arrived. I received a call from a 'representative' of BT, informing me that he was dis-connecting me because of an unpaid bill. He demanded payment immediately of £31.00, or it would be £ 118.00 to re-connect at a later date. The guy wasn't even fazed when I told him I was with Virgin Media, allegedly VM have to pay BT a percentage for line rental! I asked the guy's name - the very 'English' John Peacock with a very 'African' accent - & phone number - 0800 0800 152.

Obviously the fella realized I wasn't believing his story, so offered to demonstrate that he was from BT. I asked how & he told me to hang up & try phoning someone - he would dis-connect my phone to prevent this. AND HE DID !! My phone was dead - no engaged tone, nothing - until he phoned me again.
Very pleased with hi mself, he asked if that was enough proof that he was with BT. I asked how the payment was to be made & he said credit card, there & then. I said that I didn't know how he'd done it, but I had absolutely no intention of paying him, I didn't believe his name or that he worked for BT. He hung up.

Did 1471 & phoned his fictitious 0800 number - not recognised. I phoned the police to let them know , I wasn't the first! It's only just started apparently but it is escalating. Their advice was to let as many people know by word of mouth of this scam. The fact that the phone does go off would probably convince some people it's real, so please let as many friends & family be aware of this.
This is good but not that clever. He gave the wrong number - it should have been 0800 800152 which takes you through to BT Business. The cutting off of the line is very simple , he stays on the line with the mute button on and you can't dial out - but he can hear you trying (This is because the person who initiates a call is the one to terminate it). When you stop trying he cuts off and immediately calls back. You could almost be convinced! The sad thing is that it is so simple that it will certainly fool the elderly and vulnerable. Obviously, if this scam is real, once they have your credit /debit card details, there is nothing to stop them cleaning out your account.