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majroj
I think it would give me a whole new perspective on life as well. Good luck with the life you are embracing, majroj.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 12, 2007 at 12:21 PM
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McNabb, comes from a bad caase of "oldfartdontgiveashitosis"
Watching a rich man die in a gutter in front of his wife on his forty-somethingth birthday gave me a whole perspective on life I'm just really getting into.
posted by
majroj
on September 11, 2007 at 9:00 PM
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majroj.
There, there, majroj. Don't let it worry you. Not being able to see small details or differentiate between words comes to all of us with age - so I'm told.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 11, 2007 at 9:47 AM
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majroj
I'm really confused now. First of all, you remember Chamberlain and now you say that I am old enough to be your father???? Oh, I get it - you drove your De Lorean back to the future, didn't you. Naughty!
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 11, 2007 at 9:44 AM
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Ach, the spelling! Sorry, missed the point...again.
posted by
majroj
on September 10, 2007 at 9:01 PM
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You were young at the time, it's understandable
Well, then, you're almost old enough to be my dad. Happily you don't sound it!
Cheers, McNab!
posted by
majroj
on September 10, 2007 at 9:01 PM
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mneme
I'm well known in our bank as the customer who speaks excruciating Canadian English, and has to to be asked to repeat things. You can see them scanning the queue and when I come in they suddenly find a reason for putting up a 'closed' sign at their wicket.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 10, 2007 at 10:32 AM
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majroj
You missed out the 'cheeky' part, majroj. I take it you mean Neville Chamber
lain.....1869 - 1940??? Let me think.....mmm, I was 3 when he died - or so I've been told, so I don't really remember him, Auld Yin.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 10, 2007 at 10:27 AM
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johnmacnab
I used to think the bank tellers in my local branch were being friendly, when they used my name. Then I twigged that they were just reading it off the account transaction slip - whereas yours seemed to know you before you got to the counter. I don't find people talk much in queues either, unless it's to complain that they are going so slowly :)
posted by
mneme
on September 10, 2007 at 5:52 AM
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You young cub...
OK so I can't spell "Eisenhower". Neither could the guy at Ellis Island, who spelled it that way to begin with.
At least I don't remember Chamberlin, and I'm younger than Frank McCourt.
posted by
majroj
on September 9, 2007 at 10:28 PM
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majroj
Who?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 8, 2007 at 11:23 AM
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J McN, maybe closer to your age than you think.
I just remember Eisenhauer. And Winstoin Churchill and Charles DeGaul in power.
posted by
majroj
on September 8, 2007 at 8:54 AM
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majroj..
Join the club, young man.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 7, 2007 at 9:22 AM
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Sir...
I'm so confused!
posted by
majroj
on September 7, 2007 at 7:49 AM
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TAPS
LOL, TAPS. I bet all the witnesses would be able to describe the bird feather by feather, but would say that I was its perch.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 6, 2007 at 3:42 PM
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Johnmacnab
That would make a really neat witness composit, a drawing of you with a cockatoo on your shoulder, as described by the other people in the queue.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 6, 2007 at 1:50 PM
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SoulBuilder
Thank you, SoulBuilder. I'm glad you liked it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 6, 2007 at 5:27 AM
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Whacky
No he didn't, Whacky. He was refused an account because TD Bank thought he was a flight risk.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 6, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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Johnmacnab
This was very good reading!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on September 5, 2007 at 9:20 PM
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Sounds like you got the bird. Did he have an account?
Roses
from me and Bo =^..^= the wonder dog!
posted by
Whacky
on September 5, 2007 at 8:25 PM
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majroj
Me? Get the math wrong? That's no surprise. It is more of a Yes/No situation than pie chart. Yes if I could work a scam I'd be sane - No if I was crazy I couldn't ( I know there's a major flaw in that reasoning, but being completely abnormal it's the best I can do).
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 5, 2007 at 6:42 PM
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Sheilah
As long as nobody parrots the event, Sheilah.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 5, 2007 at 6:32 PM
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No No No you have the math all wrong
Probability 25% scam, 25% crazy (including crazy scam artists), 50% on the up-and-up. 100% abnormal.
Maybe more Boolean presentation than pie chart?
posted by
majroj
on September 5, 2007 at 6:17 PM
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Re: hahahahhaa... as a matter of fact, no.
...but you have to admit it was a unique experience! LOL
posted by
Sheilah
on September 5, 2007 at 5:46 PM
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Pat
Now there's an idea, Pat. If you took the bird in often enough, people would get so used to it, and it would grab all the attention as you grab all the money.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 5, 2007 at 2:32 PM
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Sheilah
Ah, so it is normal in Portugal to be attended to in a bank with a strange cockatoo on your head and have the staff accept it as normal? Intrude all you like, stranger.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 5, 2007 at 2:28 PM
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majroj
Mmm? I'm not running a scam therefore I am crazy? It sounds quite logical to me, majroj.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 5, 2007 at 2:11 PM
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I've had jobs where I was supposed to talk to strangers. Put 'em at ease.
Find out what they needed from the office, or where they needed to be sent if they happened to pop in the wrong door. I've learned to chat happily with strangers about absolutely nothing, but I never stood in line with a cockatoo. Sounds like it would make a neat scene if the bird were the mastermind planning a bank robbery, scouting out the cameras, alarms, etc...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 5, 2007 at 1:42 PM
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I don't think I understood your point?
Are you saying that it's bizzare to be nice to people you don't know, to smile to strangers (well that could be somewhat dangerous) but bizzare? ... Well, you better not come to Portugal. LOL
Sorry for intruding stranger 
posted by
Sheilah
on September 5, 2007 at 1:01 PM
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Where do I sign up?
The converse in the vein about "When I Rome..." is that, where most people don't normally interact, those of us who do (therefore, "abnormal") are about as likely to be crazy, or running a scam, as not.
posted by
majroj
on September 5, 2007 at 12:45 PM
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