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Life is Funny
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Life is Funny In a painful, ironic, "hahaha... all I can do is laugh" kind of way. My blue doumbek shipped... and was delivered... TODAY!! To somebody in Stafford, TX. Only 2100 miles away. Anybody familiar with international shipping? Is there some sort of huge USPS warehouse down there that receives international orders then forwards them "stateside" ? It's either that or I'm getting my money back soon. I already emailed the seller about it. Happy almost Wednesday, everybody! Hopefully this weekend will be nice and relaxing. We have "4 hours mandatory overtime" this week. Oddly enough the "mandatory OT" weeks are the ones I find it hardest to keep my butt at work (I normally average 4 - 10+ OT hours a week). I wonder if I could argue my way out of it for going above and beyond in prior weeks. |
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That's funny demonicsexkitten... years ago, I had to fill out gobs of paper work for a rush shipment we were doing to south America. the people in our shipping department were making me go thru hoops to make sure all the t's were crossed and the i's were dotted. Then, the package got shipped to Australia. They came to me and asked if I wouldn't mind hand delivering 6 boxes of stuff and paying the duty and freight on it, and taking the extra time thru customs. I agreed to do it, but, I was upset... Your story reminded me of that... Now, it wasn't something I was blogging about for weeks, but, it was the fact that I had so much paperwork to do to make it happen and it still got messed up, and, then I had to fix it... Still laughing as I am typing this out... As far as the OT, here is a song for you... oldie but goody!!! B.T.O. (BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE) - "Takin' Care Of Business" You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Work out If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar Chances are you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) We be been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime Mercy Whooooo All right [Instrumental Interlude] Take good care of my business When I'm away, every day Whoooo You get up every morning From your 'larm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I'll be Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I've been taking care of business (it's all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime [Brief Instrumental Interlude] Takin' care of business, whoo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business (every day) Takin' care of business (every way) Takin' care of business (it's all mine) Takin' care of business And working overtime Whoooo Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business We be Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business To leave private messages, please use my confidential mailbox at my blog: Good luck!!! 
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I don't know what happened to your drum shipment, but I do know it happens. The company I worked for had an excellent record for delivering on time and in pristine condition, but we still screwed up a lot of shipments. When you handle millions of pounds, you're gonna make mistakes. We got a memo one day from our barn in Gary, Indiana. "Has anybody seen a forklift?" They did a count that morning and were missing one. I'm certain that what happened is that some supervisor pissed off a driver so he parked a forklift in a wagon headed for some remote barn. I've seen it done. We got a shipment of new Ford tractors one day, and the next morning they were gone. Just gone, nobody knows where. So....there were times we couldn't even keep track of our own shit, let alone yours. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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demonicsexkitten replies on 4/15/2015 1:05 am: "Tractors disappearing... sounds like a Pixar short. Who says there's no such thing as aliens? Obviously they took them. Were they EVER found???" Maybe- but you can be sure if the dumb asses found them they weren't admitting what happened. It was company policy that management never admitted a mistake. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I had UPS deliver an empty box once. It had broken open in transit and the item fell out and got lost. How anybody could miss a 3 ft chunk of 1" dia metal rod is beyond me. But the funny part is that someone actually taped the box back up. AB No Bozos
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Curious...you ordered a drum and had it shipped. No Guitar Center or other music store close by? Everyone is on a different plane of intelligence. Some people's plane has not taken off yet!! 
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Clearly the doumbek gods want to make sure you don't take your drumming for granted... You will eventually have a fine story to go with your new toy. In the meantime, I hope you are channeling your frustration into something postiive. May I suggest drumming? Stop in, read, and offer comments at my "swinging as seen in the media" blog, "Confessions of a Lifestyle Man" humorlife, which is also the home of the monthly virtual symposium. New post: The Virtual Symposium Returns Lets Pick A Topic
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I'm impatiently awaiting my own package from Thailand. Evidently it's in NYC now. Good luck getting your drum to you! Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. For vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish. ~~ from Antony & Cleopatra
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4/16/2015 10:03 pm |
Sorry to hear about your issues with the shipment of your latest doumbek, but from someone who does a LOT of shopping online (Amazon is SO evil!!), I know just how frustrating it can be dealing with international shipping, but it sounds like you came through it okay. Good luck getting out of your "mandatory" OT!! Dennis (Idahonuke) To read about myongoing adventures and journey into the lifestyle: [blog Idahonuke]
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