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 2013-12-19 3:03 PM in reply to: cgregg |
 Alpharetta, Georgia |  Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN applesOriginally posted by cgregg Originally posted by pitt83 Originally posted by lisac957 Do NOT quit the Z-pack early! Any bacteria which remain are the strongest. If you quit early, they'll propagate and make you sick as ever. Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week.
Never quit ANY antibiotic early, unless directed to do so. Oooh I know. I will definitely finish it. |
| 2013-12-19 3:07 PM in reply to: lisac957 |
Elite  5145   Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by cgregg Originally posted by pitt83 Originally posted by lisac957 Do NOT quit the Z-pack early! Any bacteria which remain are the strongest. If you quit early, they'll propagate and make you sick as ever. Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week.
Never quit ANY antibiotic early, unless directed to do so. Oooh I know. I will definitely finish it.
Licking errbodies dessert spoons, for the win!!
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| 2013-12-19 3:11 PM in reply to: cgregg |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by cgregg Originally posted by lisac957 Originally posted by cgregg Originally posted by pitt83 Originally posted by lisac957 Do NOT quit the Z-pack early! Any bacteria which remain are the strongest. If you quit early, they'll propagate and make you sick as ever. Back from the doc. No additional meds were given. I am to continue Nyquil and Dayquil and the admittedly completely unnecessary Z-Pak they prescribed earlier this week.
Never quit ANY antibiotic early, unless directed to do so. Oooh I know. I will definitely finish it.
Licking errbodies dessert spoons, for the win!!
Best advice I've seen all day! |
| 2013-12-20 9:01 AM in reply to: ratherbeswimming |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples |
| 2013-12-20 9:05 AM in reply to: cgregg |
Champion 14571  the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by cgregg Happy Friday, TAN!!!
And Happy Last Day in the Office for 2013!!!!!!!
WHEEEEEEEE |
| 2013-12-20 9:12 AM in reply to: mehaner |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples What a day yesterday. Mine was SO out of the ordinary from my typical hum drum routine. It's weird how there are weird/benchmark days in your life when not only ONE event happens that on a given day would stand out, but how many things culminate into on moment/day. I may have a LOT to think about this holiday break. How was the TAN world? Slow due to the holidays? |
| 2013-12-20 9:14 AM in reply to: mr2tony |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes.
right! We both said at the very beginning WE ARE NOT BUYING ANYTHING and said it over and over. They completely ignored us. When they got to the part when they started to tie it around our wrists we yanked our hands away. THEN they got all huffy at us.. Fuggers. |
| 2013-12-20 9:23 AM in reply to: Kido |
Regular 1023 Madrid | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by Kido What a day yesterday. Mine was SO out of the ordinary from my typical hum drum routine. It's weird how there are weird/benchmark days in your life when not only ONE event happens that on a given day would stand out, but how many things culminate into on moment/day. I may have a LOT to think about this holiday break. How was the TAN world? Slow due to the holidays? Yesterday was the lunch with the ex boss day, no ? |
| 2013-12-20 9:28 AM in reply to: 0 |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by KSH Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. All right... now we need the details! Help the rest of us not get scammed!
For a quick summary... Girls will come up with a petition against drugs or some other powerful humanitarian thing and say they just want a signature. You figure, why not and print your name, sign, say your country of origin, then the LAST item is how much you want to contribute and they get huffy if you don't. There dozens of them like ants scurrying around the landmarks hitting up only English speaking tourists. The bracelet things was a bit more involved. They have a loop with string hanging down and they ask you to put out your finger and they proceed to weave a friendship bracelet on the spot. Only takes 30 seconds. rub the blood back into your finger then try to tie it around your wrist and don't say no. The ENTIRE TIME they were doing it I was saying, go ahead and do this, but I'm not buying it... over and over and they still tried it. In Rome, an indian guy will come up to your lady and try and give them a flower. The wife said no, no, no. And they will say it's just for luck and they don't want any money. They will insist over and over that this time they REALLY mean it and don't want money and convince you. (meanwhile they talk about how kind and generous I look...). When you FINALLY take the flower, they suddenly want a "donation". Not a purchase. We even gave them 1 Euro to get rid of him and know what he said? IT WAS NOT ENOUGH... Whisky Tango Foxtrot! They would try over and over again and each would say I'm not like the other guys, I don't want money. The Ring scam is when someone will fake "find" a ring and try to act like they thought you dropped it and give it back to you. I guess the idea is to think that you will like it and then give them a reward? If you say it's not yours, they will try to give it to you anyway and say finding something lost is good luck and again, want a reward. After a while you just ignore them or shoo them away like flies. It's all you can do.
ETA: Don't be shocked if you get suckered at least once. I knew it was coming and it's STILL got suckered. I never paid anyone (except the flower guy) and refused at the last second. They are kind of convincing. It's just not human nature to not take a "gift" or take something handed to you - that's who they hand out the naked lady cards on the Las Vegas Strip and people just keep grabbing them. People try to listen to people trying to talk to you and they use that to box you into a corner and the only way out is to be rude, which is uncomfortable for many people. They use that psychology against you! Edited by Kido 2013-12-20 9:32 AM |
| 2013-12-20 9:37 AM in reply to: gr33n |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by gr33n Originally posted by Kido Yesterday was the lunch with the ex boss day, no ? What a day yesterday. Mine was SO out of the ordinary from my typical hum drum routine. It's weird how there are weird/benchmark days in your life when not only ONE event happens that on a given day would stand out, but how many things culminate into on moment/day. I may have a LOT to think about this holiday break. How was the TAN world? Slow due to the holidays? That happens today or Monday. It was interesting that my ex boss called me 2-3 times, and when I didn't get back right away, the owner of the company ALSO called me wanting to talk. Must be important! On the same token, I saved the day (again, the sky was falling) on my current job and after being away for a couple weeks MY company realizes how important I was. Got a decent bonus, and spend the day with the boss handing out $200 bottles of scotch and steak dinners to important clients. He wanted ME to go with him. Then tied one on with the boss and some other key players last night... We had a company lunch and got the state of the company which gave me food for thought... Just tons of stuff that could result in a life change... Again, crazy it was all on one day. |
| 2013-12-20 9:39 AM in reply to: Kido |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Post 3 in a row and 5 out of 6... Body clock is still wacked. Beat down tired at 8 or 9 and up with the sun at 5 or 6 (actually before the sun). Been to work at 7am every day. LOVE IT. No traffic, office is quiet for an hour or so... Plus I have still been staying to 4:30 or 5:00, so technically can leave at 1pm today if I so wished...
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| 2013-12-20 9:41 AM in reply to: Kido |
Regular 1023 Madrid | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples I start to get nervous when too many things start to go right at the same time. Just a question of time before the law of averages kicks in life starts to mean revert. |
| 2013-12-20 9:42 AM in reply to: gr33n |
Regular 1023 Madrid | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Sorry. I'm way interuptin the mojo here. |
| 2013-12-20 10:05 AM in reply to: gr33n |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples I'm thinking I'll be out of here by 1 pm. It's warm today and going to be warmer tomorrow. So I'm going to go boating tomorrow, holla! Maybe I should run instead? |
| 2013-12-20 10:13 AM in reply to: mehaner |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples We got a cold snap last night. It was 60+ degrees here yesterday, 18 now. 5 inches of snow tomorrow. Maybe a white Christmas? |
| 2013-12-20 10:13 AM in reply to: gr33n |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by gr33n I start to get nervous when too many things start to go right at the same time. Just a question of time before the law of averages kicks in life starts to mean revert. At least you can still have healthy food in Spain. With all the refined sugars were eating, Americans are experiencing a virtual epidemic of juvenile diabetes. |
| 2013-12-20 10:26 AM in reply to: mr2tony |
Regular 1023 Madrid | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by gr33n I start to get nervous when too many things start to go right at the same time. Just a question of time before the law of averages kicks in life starts to mean revert. At least you can still have healthy food in Spain. With all the refined sugars were eating, Americans are experiencing a virtual epidemic of juvenile diabetes. For sure. There are benefits to living here. Food is one. Weather is definately another. The women while attractive tend to be high maintenance but are ok at a safe distance. The wine is excellent and its pretty reasonably priced. The best though are the labor laws. To get fired here comes with a payout of 45 days pay for every year with the institution.... Disadvantages we can cover next week. |
| 2013-12-20 10:59 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by lisac957 We got a cold snap last night. It was 60+ degrees here yesterday, 18 now. 5 inches of snow tomorrow. Maybe a white Christmas? No white Christmas for me in Philly... ...but, there's snow in the mountains surrounding Tucson, so I get to look at how pretty it is, while it's in the 50s and rainy in town.
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| 2013-12-20 11:06 AM in reply to: 0 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by Kido Originally posted by KSH Originally posted by mr2tony Originally posted by Kido The friendship bracelet thing got us. And we kind of prided ourselves on not being street-hustled, so it was especially painful. One thing I found annoying on the travels is the way street peddlers and scam artists worked their tricks. Even got me a couple times... In France it's the girls looking for petition signatures scam, the ring scam, and the Jamaicans doing the friendship bracelet scam. It Rome it was the free flowers, or the "I'll take your picture" scam (along with pushy peddlers with their just take one second to look scam)... In Turkey it was every shop vender trying to pull you in their shop then pull out every piece of inventory if you just even the SLIGHEST interest in something (In the Grand Bazar with something like 6000 shops? That's a lot of hustling). Soon we learned several key techniques. 1. NO EYE CONTACT 2. KEEP FEET MOVING! If you stop to look at anything for half a second? It's like sharks with blood in the water. 3. DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING! Keep hand in pocket. 4. Easiest yet? Ignore them completely. Pretend they are not there. To ME, ignoring someone's existence is rude, but seriously, it's the only way to get out with your sanity. You can't even have a private conversation without them butting in. If you give them even a second of time out of courtesy, you have them for the next 5 minutes. All right... now we need the details! Help the rest of us not get scammed!
For a quick summary... Girls will come up with a petition against drugs or some other powerful humanitarian thing and say they just want a signature. You figure, why not and print your name, sign, say your country of origin, then the LAST item is how much you want to contribute and they get huffy if you don't. There dozens of them like ants scurrying around the landmarks hitting up only English speaking tourists. The bracelet things was a bit more involved. They have a loop with string hanging down and they ask you to put out your finger and they proceed to weave a friendship bracelet on the spot. Only takes 30 seconds. rub the blood back into your finger then try to tie it around your wrist and don't say no. The ENTIRE TIME they were doing it I was saying, go ahead and do this, but I'm not buying it... over and over and they still tried it. In Rome, an indian guy will come up to your lady and try and give them a flower. The wife said no, no, no. And they will say it's just for luck and they don't want any money. They will insist over and over that this time they REALLY mean it and don't want money and convince you. (meanwhile they talk about how kind and generous I look...). When you FINALLY take the flower, they suddenly want a "donation". Not a purchase. We even gave them 1 Euro to get rid of him and know what he said? IT WAS NOT ENOUGH... Whisky Tango Foxtrot! They would try over and over again and each would say I'm not like the other guys, I don't want money. The Ring scam is when someone will fake "find" a ring and try to act like they thought you dropped it and give it back to you. I guess the idea is to think that you will like it and then give them a reward? If you say it's not yours, they will try to give it to you anyway and say finding something lost is good luck and again, want a reward. After a while you just ignore them or shoo them away like flies. It's all you can do.
ETA: Don't be shocked if you get suckered at least once. I knew it was coming and it's STILL got suckered. I never paid anyone (except the flower guy) and refused at the last second. They are kind of convincing. It's just not human nature to not take a "gift" or take something handed to you - that's who they hand out the naked lady cards on the Las Vegas Strip and people just keep grabbing them. People try to listen to people trying to talk to you and they use that to box you into a corner and the only way out is to be rude, which is uncomfortable for many people. They use that psychology against you!
Good information. I was lucky to not get scammed in France. In Mexico, we were informed to watch for a certain cab/vehicle that would take us back to our hotel once we returned from our 1/2 day fishing trip. Yep, I was suckered by a fast-talker to take a cab that wasn't ours (because ours wasn't there or I didn't see it). Luckily, we were driven back to the right place and weren't charged more than the "normal" price. As a side note, I sometimes wonder why Americans are called impolite. Well, here are some of those reasons. Edited by 1stTimeTri 2013-12-20 11:08 AM |
| 2013-12-20 11:10 AM in reply to: 1stTimeTri |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Happy Holidays, TAN, and have yourselves a merry little Christmas. |
| 2013-12-20 11:31 AM in reply to: mehaner |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by mehaner I'm thinking I'll be out of here by 1 pm. It's warm today and going to be warmer tomorrow. So I'm going to go boating tomorrow, holla! Maybe I should run instead? My plan is to leave at 2 and enjoy the weather. I'm going to hit balls tomorrow and dust the bike off and try to get a couple hours in. I'm excited because the tri bug is biting again. I'm going to start swim instruction in Jan from my coworker who coaches a group. No cost except for pool time. YAY! |
| 2013-12-20 11:44 AM in reply to: 1stTimeTri |
Sensei Sin City | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by 1stTimeTri
Good information. I was lucky to not get scammed in France. In Mexico, we were informed to watch for a certain cab/vehicle that would take us back to our hotel once we returned from our 1/2 day fishing trip. Yep, I was suckered by a fast-talker to take a cab that wasn't ours (because ours wasn't there or I didn't see it). Luckily, we were driven back to the right place and weren't charged more than the "normal" price. As a side note, I sometimes wonder why Americans are called impolite. Well, here are some of those reasons. I thought about that as well. Honestly, I see Americans and Canadians being OVERLY nice. But when you get hassled and bothered and picked on constantly, you get stand offish. We were trying to enjoy a nice romantic dinner and wine at a table in the piazza right next to the Pantheon. You know, candle light, chianti, pasta, historical site, music. And peddler after peddle would stop at the table and try to sell us stuff and would only go away after saying "no" a half dozen times. The staff would try to shoo them away, but as soon as the staff went inside, they would rush back to try and sell us garbage made in China. It's hard to keep that romantic moment going through all of that... Oh well. Everyone has to make a living/hustle, I suppose. |
| 2013-12-20 11:46 AM in reply to: Kido |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by Kido Originally posted by mehaner I'm thinking I'll be out of here by 1 pm. It's warm today and going to be warmer tomorrow. So I'm going to go boating tomorrow, holla! Maybe I should run instead? My plan is to leave at 2 and enjoy the weather. I'm going to hit balls tomorrow and dust the bike off and try to get a couple hours in. I'm excited because the tri bug is biting again. I'm going to start swim instruction in Jan from my coworker who coaches a group. No cost except for pool time. YAY! biking....didn't even THINK of that. good idea! |
| 2013-12-20 12:27 PM in reply to: mehaner |
Elite 5145 Cleveland | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Does anybody else just randomly have the Ferris Bueller version of "Danke Shoen" run through your head?
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| 2013-12-20 12:51 PM in reply to: cgregg |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: TAN 202: A bunch of rotTAN apples Originally posted by cgregg Does anybody else just randomly have the Ferris Bueller version of "Danke Shoen" run through your head?
Well NOW it's running through my head. |
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