Text 37487, 95 rader
Skriven 2013-06-02 06:17:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Beg Weeks
=================
-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> Another one of my pet peeves is being on their sucker list
 DD> forevermore. I am still getting pleas for pesos from one of the PBS
 DD> TeeVee stations I used to support - back when I watched TeeVee. They
 DD> also have an AM and an FM radio station - which I can't receive
 DD> reliably here, nearly a hundred miles down the road. They could
 DD> probably save a fair whack in postage and printing if they would parse
 DD> their beg list for addresses which have not kicked into the pot for -
 DD> say - five years and counting. All those letters do here is to
 DD> contribute to my trash collector's incipient hernia.

 NB> You'd think.  But maybe they've had some sort of success with finally
 NB> guilting people to return... ;0  After my neighbor's death, with the

With many I suspect it's a case of arrested development. Whining and pestering
always got results from the parents - sometimes, though, that swat on the
fundament was not the desired result.

 NB> envelopes still arriving, I called our local station and informed them
 NB> that she was no longer around to respond.  I got condolences and
 NB> promises to remove her from the mailing list...   Maybe a call/letter
 NB> to the station in question, explaining that you are out of their radio
 NB> range, and no longer have a TV, would wise them up... or maybe they'll
 NB> just inform you that you could be listening to them streaming online...

Tried that with a fairly erudite e-mail -- twice. Yet, the plea letters
continue to arrive with regularity. It's like they refuse to believe that
anyone would turn them down, not be interested, or simply does not care a mouse
fart for their problems.
 
I did, however, manage to get off their e-mail list. I suspect that is because
it is run by a robot which understands "unsubscribe" and acts accordingly.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Robot Cake 
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts
      Yield: 16 servings

 18 1/4 oz Pkg (2-layer size) chocolate
           - cake mix; Drunken Hines or
           - Arrowhead Mills
      8 oz Tub Cool Whip Whipped
           - Topping; thawed, divided
      1 ts Blue food coloring
     12 lg Hard silver round candies
      2 tb Small hard silver round
           - candies
      8    Mini OREO Bite Size Cookies

  PREPARE cake batter and bake as directed on package for
  13" x 9" pan, lining pan with foil sprayed with cooking
  spray before adding batter. Cool cake in pan 15 min.;
  invert onto wire rack. Cool completely; cut into pieces
  and arrange on platter as shown in diagram, using
  toothpicks to attach the robot's hands and feet to top of
  cake. Discard cake trimmings or reserve for snacking.

  DECORATE chocolate cake circle and square as shown in
  photo. Carefully place on cake as shown in photo. Tint 2
  cups COOL WHIP with food coloring; spread onto top and
  sides of robot's body. Spread remaining COOL WHIP onto
  robot as shown in photo. *

  ADD remaining ingredients as shown in photo. Keep
  refrigerated.

  Tips: 

  Size-Wise: Sweets can be part of a special occasion but
  remember to keep tabs on portions.

  Note: Hard silver candies, called "dragees," can be found
  at most bulk food stores. Remove and discard them from
  cake, along with the toothpicks, before serving cake.

  Frankenstein Cake: Tint 1 cup COOL WHIP with green food
  coloring; spread onto hands, feet and head pieces. Tint
  remaining COOL WHIP with blue food coloring; spread onto
  body. Use brown decorating gel to add facial features and
  hair. Add Mini OREO Cookies on the side of head and on the
  shoulders for Frankenstein's electric bolts.

  * http://tinyurl.com/Robot-Cake

  From: http://www.kraftrecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

... "Are you hurt bad?"  "Ever hear of anybody hurt GOOD?"
--- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49
 * Origin: www.holo.homeip.net:   -telnet://holo.homeip.net (1:261/1381)