"The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished" - Benjamin Franklin

GaryKelly · Guru

RE: Useful Information

Beth54 · Guru

I learnt on the old clunkers at high school.

asdf;lkj was how we started.

Eventually we had to tie a fabric thing over the keyboard so we couldn't see the keys, and put our hands under it to type. Basically blind typing.

I could never get the speed required..from memory 30 words per minute by Grade 10.

So from me it's speed or accuracy, you can't get both. biggrin

And I do have to look at the keyboard. Maybe if I'd done typing when I entered the workforce, I'd have gotten better, but I went into retail.

Golddetectornomad · Senior Member

Fact: I had my greatest responses as a Bank Manager, when I simply sent letters.... Dear XXXXXX, When? Yours Faithfully, xxxxxxxx Manager. Many default clients who had not responded to long waffling requests for payments by previous Managers, actually contacted me out of morbid curiousity....as Mum always said..its not the length that counts son, it's how you use it that really counts.....Hoo Roo

GaryKelly · Guru

7 April 2013

Ref: When?

Mr Golddetectornomad
Manager
Woop Woop Bank
Woop Woop 0000
Astrayliya

Dear Sir,

Soon.

Yours faithfully
Gary Kelly
Woop Woop Heights

Sheba · Guru

Beth54 wrote:
Totally agree. I have trouble reading great blocks of text. And I don't mean offence either.
It's not really the length of the wording, it just needs to be broken into paragraphs a bit for poor old eyes to read clearly.

Same here Beth.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Golddetectornomad · Senior Member

Dear Mr Kelly,
You are indeed correct, 'soon' you will receive Notice to Vacate, Pursuant to our MortgageXXXXXX.
There will be no further Whoop Whoop in your Heights...
Upon checking our records I find we have indeed done more for you, than your own mother did, as we have carried you for some 15 months.
You may recall that when you first attended my office, which I prefer to call a Cathedral of Cash,that you asked how you would stand for a loan...
and I'm certain you remember my reply was 'you dont, you kneel'.
You will note your income is that amount of money you spend more than...
I realize money isn't everything and in your case it isn't enough.
I draw your attention to the Budget we jointly prepared, which I described as a form of worrying before you spend, rather than after.
As a Creditor always has a better memory than a Debtor, I must inform you that I am now the bearer of good and bad news, the good news is you must vacate
your beloved Whoop Whoop within 14 days,the bad news is since you took so long to respond to my 'when' request, I took action in your absence of reply, and
should have notified you some 13 days ago to vacate...
You will indeed be homeless 'soon', and no doubt totally whoopless, as your partying at our expense is now over..
Please give my regards to the Court Appointed Sherrif when he knocks on your abode at 8.00AM precisely to serve the necessary papers and also my friend the
the Locksmith who will change all your locks.....with you outside, and I also note the weather is predicted to be most inclement tomorrow....
Your Friend In Deed,

Larry XXXXXX
Mangler.

GaryKelly · Guru

We would have made a great pair, Mangler. Hehe.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

I want to know in which bank you learned those skills GDN?

Beth54 · Guru

I bet there were many many times when you would have loved to have written letters like that to people.

I used to work on the refund counter at Target, and I'd often have this dialogue going on in my head...'you want a refund on those socks that you've obviously been wearing day in day out for the last 6 six months? Seriously?'

Or if someone brought in an item of clothing that smelled of mothballs, I'd throw it to the far corner of my section and mutter, 'well that'll have to be hung for a few weeks before it can go back on the floor.' It may be a new item with tags and receipt, but it had been hung in a wardrobe with mothballs or napthalene. Hate the stuff!

Beth54 · Guru

And I was just about to apologise for participating in the thread going so far off topic.

But I'll say again, there was already a very handy Tips etc sticky under the General Forum, so maybe this is why your thread went adrift.

Maybe we're just too light hearted for you. biggrin

-- Edited by Beth54 on Monday 8th of April 2013 09:30:03 PM

Golddetectornomad · Senior Member

Humour is honey for the sole and keeps us all alive...of that I'm certain....the old cliche 'Health is your real Wealth' is spot on IMO.
Gerty, I was a Commercial Bank of Australia Manager before we were taken over..more like squashed.. by Bank of New South Wales so then I was a Westpac Manager...as a Country Bank Manager who still knew and cared about his clients, I told the new regime to stick it where the sun dont shine.....gone from bad to worse now IMO....if only Banks' were as good as their
Commercials/Advertising would have us believe....still.. if you were a Lady client with little principle I gave plenty of interest, plus I was known to issue promiscuity notes...Lol.....Hoo Roo

Grahame Readwin · Veteran Member

Having started this thread and followed it with interest I've come to the conlcusion this site is not for me. I was under the false impression it was caravanners and travellers. All I can see is a few people with little better to do than crack stupid jokes and try to compete with each other in an attempt to belittle people over unimportant issues like the length of a thread, how it should be composed and where it should be placed. As for the Just Joking section I'm just shocked at what some people find acceptable.

I realise no further contributions from me will not make a blind bit of difference, but I wish all serious contributers to the site well and thank all for the information that has been submitted in a serious effort to help others. It's just a shame that a few ambush the site for their personal gain at the expense of the majority.

Sheba · Guru

This thread is already one page back. A few more days, and nobody will be looking at it at all. The Hints and Tips Thread is front page all the time.

No-one has been attacking you. We've only been trying to help.

Cheers,

Sheba.

vk6tnc · Guru

Beth54 wrote:
And I was just about to apologise for participating in the thread going so far off topic.

Just remember "you can't please all the people all the time"

In a heavily moderated forum, Grahame's original post would have been moved to the "Hints and Tips" sticky. Thankfully this forum is not heavily moderated, as Sheba said, in a few days this topic would be lost to the search engine...We were just pointing him in the right direction.

Most subjects go off topic, but so do conversations in real life too... imagine sitting around a campfire and only being allowed to talk about one topic ????

This forum in its' infancy was nothing like it is today. It has evolved into a popular site with over 5000 members loosely linked under the Grey Nomad banner. Many similar forums have come and gone, but this one remains to flourish....We must all be doing something right

Beth54 · Guru

vk6tnc wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
And I was just about to apologise for participating in the thread going so far off topic.
Just remember "you can't please all the people all the time"
In a heavily moderated forum, Grahame's original post would have been moved to the "Hints and Tips" sticky. Thankfully this forum is not heavily moderated, as Sheba said, in a few days this topic would be lost to the search engine...We were just pointing him in the right direction.
Most subjects go off topic, but so do conversations in real life too... imagine sitting around a campfire and only being allowed to talk about one topic ????
This forum in its' infancy was nothing like it is today. It has evolved into a popular site with over 5000 members loosely linked under the Grey Nomad banner. Many similar forums have come and gone, but this one remains to flourish....We must all be doing something right

Spot on Chris. Gee, if I got offended every time I've had a thread go OT, I'd be long gone!

Golddetectornomad · Senior Member

Come on Grahame,...you started the thread with pouring water on your toilet casette to stop the smell and have ended it the same way....the majority of my posts have been about caravanning etc...and a couple of us introduce a bit of levity and you spit the dummy....I'm sorry I'm not apologising for having a bit of fun largely at my own expense and no-one elses'...your serious 'happy hour' story's must be a real hoot and a must to avoid.....how sad....I have also been under the belief that we are discussing our hopes,trials and travelling tribulations around a camp fire atmosphere.....I'm happy to go find another gregarious camp fire if I have offended not only yourself but other members......Hoo Roo.

chaslib · Senior Member

And here I was thinking I was the only person in the world who learnt to

type on the old manual typewriters. Not to mention the mental shield that stopped us looking at the keyboard.

Chaslib

Beth54 · Guru

chaslib wrote:
And here I was thinking I was the only person in the world who learnt to
type on the old manual typewriters. Not to mention the mental shield that stopped us looking at the keyboard.
Chaslib

biggrin Oh I'm sure there's a lot more than you and me chaslib.

BohemianGypsy · Guru

Beth54 wrote:
vk6tnc wrote:
Beth54 wrote:
And I was just about to apologise for participating in the thread going so far off topic.
Just remember "you can't please all the people all the time"
In a heavily moderated forum, Grahame's original post would have been moved to the "Hints and Tips" sticky. Thankfully this forum is not heavily moderated, as Sheba said, in a few days this topic would be lost to the search engine...We were just pointing him in the right direction.
Most subjects go off topic, but so do conversations in real life too... imagine sitting around a campfire and only being allowed to talk about one topic ????
This forum in its' infancy was nothing like it is today. It has evolved into a popular site with over 5000 members loosely linked under the Grey Nomad banner. Many similar forums have come and gone, but this one remains to flourish....We must all be doing something right
Spot on Chris. Gee, if I got offended every time I've had a thread go OT, I'd be long gone!

And we all know Beth that I am really good at going off topic hey? biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin wink

Michelle

Gerty Dancer · Guru

chaslib wrote:
And here I was thinking I was the only person in the world who learnt to
type on the old manual typewriters. Not to mention the mental shield that stopped us looking at the keyboard.
Chaslib

Love that mental shield Chaslib !!! biggrin biggrin biggrin

Beth54 · Guru

BohemianGypsy wrote:

And we all know Beth that I am really good at going off topic hey?
Michelle

Yes. You and your mates wombat, Doug and Dazren. I know exactly who the main culprits are! biggrin biggrin biggrin wink