[pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts

aw, Janet, you are a sweet woman!

On 10/29/07, Janet Cull <jcull@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bob,  I haven't followed all this, so don't know what Becky said about her
> name... but my married name is Cull.  You can see where that goes.  (I tried
> to get him to take mine - Gable ;o)
>
>  When we moved to NC from Florida, my new neighbor brought me a flat of
> eggs from the chicken house where she worked.  She said, "they're just
> culls, but you can eat'm".  I (naively) laughed and said, "oh my goodness,
> that's my name.  Cull.  Did you know that?"
>
> She just dryly said, "uh huh".
>
>
> When we went to the elementary school to meet the principal he took us
> around to meet a few teachers.  He said, "these are the culls.  I mean, not
> really, but..."
>
>
> hm.
>
>
> My husband used to say, "cull is a process".  I guess that sounded better
> to hiim.  Anyway he's too good a man for me to make a real issue over this
> last name he's been handed.  He's a *real* keeper!
>
>
> Janet CULL, with a smile
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  On Oct 29, 2007, at 10:20 AM, BOB KISS wrote:
>
>  *DEAR BECKY,*
> *            Further OT.*
> *            You speak more truth than you know.  When I was an adolescent
> my last name was a serious liability.  In the boys locker room it was "Kiss
> my (fill in the blank).  I definitely learned "fight or flight" depending on
> how many of them there were.  By the time I was 13 I hit 6' 4" and at 14 my
> brother had me working out on a speed bag and heavy bag.  It only took one
> or two more confrontations to make things quiet down.  As I also began
> fencing at 13, I adopted the same attitude as Cyrano (paraphrasing), "The
> reason I will run you through is not that you have disparaged my nose but
> that you did it with neither grace nor originality!"  I always enjoy a good
> joke at my expense…as long as it is original.*
> *            Also, at about 14 my name became an asset in my meetings with
> lovely young women.  A smile always closely followed an introduction where
> my last name was mentioned and it was a great way to broach the subject.
> Sooooooooooooo, my "boy named Sue" syndrome paid off!  It also didn't hurt
> when I worked as a fashion photographer…catchy name.  There is one other
> profession where my name might have been even more appropriate but THAT I
> will tell you if you contact me off list! *
> *                        CHEERS!*
> *                                    BOB*
> * *
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
> mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ] *On Behalf Of *B P
> *Sent:* Monday, October 29, 2007 2:45 AM
> *To:* pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts
>
>  ew... I'm telling! You boys are talking about ISP carriers, taxes and
> other things that are not darkroom related! TROUBLE... you are all going to
> be in... t r o u b l e !   Just as soon as I figure out who to tell.
>
>  Since we are off topic anyway, can I just say that I love your name, Bob
> Kiss. How cool that when we get emails from you, we can all say that we've
> been "Kissed"!  Today I was "Kissed" a lot! Bob Kissed, that is.
>
>  Yours, closer to having the darkroom up and running,
>
>  Becky Lynn, the Peeper.
>
>  geez, I must be overly tired tonight to actually be sending this
> email..... but here goes.
>
>
>
>
>  On 10/28/07, *BOB KISS* <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> DEAR RICHARD,
>        You are absolutely right...with modern tech there is no reason for
> long distance to cost more than local but, as I said, our telecom
> carrier/ISP is simply raping us because it is not traditional in this
> culture to have a consumer revolution or even an organized protest.  As
> previously mentioned, the telecom carrier/ISP brags that the highly
> profitable Caribbean is underwriting all of their other less profitable
> regions.  That is what I call arrogance but we live with it every day.
>        A good friend of mine was head of the local International
> Development Bank and he stated that he found it very difficult to attract
> some new businesses and investments to Barbados because of the outrageous
> cost of telecom which plays such an enormous part in the profitability of
> some businesses.
>        Soooooooooooooo, this isn't just my griping...it is the reality
> ("What a concept!" Robin Williams)
>                CHEERS?
>                        BOB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  <pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Knoppow
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:01 PM
> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:36 PM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: TESTING; no posts
>
>
> > DEAR JEFFREY,
> > We used to pay $3 per minute and now, due to competition,
> > they
> > charge us $1.90 per minute for overseas calls.  Try to
> > justify that in any
> > way except consumer rape!  They have had the
> > infrastructure in place for
> > decades.  Yes, they, like everyone else have had to
> > upgrade their technology
> > but why am I paying nearly 5 times what you are?  C'mon.
> > Admit it.  Our
> > local carrier who is also our ISP is a Pirate of the
> > Caribbean!  Still wear
> > earrings but carry valises instead of sabers!
> > CHEERS!
> > BOB
> >
>   With satellite at least there really is no reason for
> international calls to cost more than local calls. The
> current international telephone network operates very much
> like the internet, that is, its a spider web network
> operating on a kind of packet basis that's there all the
> time.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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