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| Topic: | Characters we've known This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 05:05 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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We are such characters. And surely we've known some.
I have worked with a guy who will get a call from a salesperson and say he can't call, he's out of the country. This same guy will string along said salesperson by telling him he has a crew of 18 and he has to get back to the job. I was the only person working with him at that time.
A guy I'm working with right now told me he used to work with a guy named Frank. Frank always told his clients that they needed to have beer in the refrigerator for him to drink when he was on the job. They provided it.
Please fill the pages with the weirdos you've known or you've been.
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| Post 2 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 05:54 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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| Post 3 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 08:31 |
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On January 25, 2016 at 05:05, Ernie Gilman said...
We are such characters. And surely we've known some.
I have worked with a guy who will get a call from a salesperson and say he can't call, he's out of the country. This same guy will string along said salesperson by telling him he has a crew of 18 and he has to get back to the job. I was the only person working with him at that time.
A guy I'm working with right now told me he used to work with a guy named Frank. Frank always told his clients that they needed to have beer in the refrigerator for him to drink when he was on the job. They provided it.
Please fill the pages with the weirdos you've known or you've been. The first guy isn't a 'character', he sounds like a compulsive liar.
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| Post 4 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 10:36 |
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme Loyal Member |
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I worked with a guy for years that would ALWAYS say "I'm not doing that!", and then he would go ahead and do it.
I ask him to do something and he said that, I knew it would get done.
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| Post 5 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 22:25 |
Mr. Stanley Elite Member |
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Brian Bosworth when he first came to Seattle. He was actually very nice to us. When he first moved here, we set up a nice 2 channel system in the apartment he was renting. He asked my boss and I to go out and buy some "f*cking CD's". We left our wharehouse guy there with him. We came back about an hour later and there were about a dozen empty beer cans around them, and the wharehouse kid had a grin from ear to ear. Bosworth soon crashed and burned, but he was a big big deal back then.
We went on to do a nice house for him a couple a couple of years after that. Steroids ruined his body.
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
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| Post 6 made on Monday January 25, 2016 at 23:49 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Attempt to derail this thread deleted.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at 00:14 |
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Bob (Robert) Edgell, Wealthy American worth billions who started off as an electrician with nothing, was having a house built in Melbourne and i did all the A/V and automation but not the electricals. One day Bob requested something from the electrician and was told it couldn't be done for a few days as the electrician needed his sidekick who was busy elswhere. Bob wanted it done the next day, so he went down to the local hardware store and bought himself a tool belt and a bunch of new hand tools and spent the entire following day acting as the electricians sidekick. This was about 10 years ago now roughly, maybe a bit more. A couple of random pics of his house.   
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at 21:51 |
Mr. Stanley Elite Member |
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On January 25, 2016 at 23:49, Daniel Tonks said...
Attempt to derail this thread deleted. HUH?
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
Frank Lloyd Wright
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| OP | Post 9 made on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at 23:07 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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On January 26, 2016 at 21:51, Mr. Stanley said...
HUH? Come on, just let it be.
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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| Post 10 made on Tuesday January 26, 2016 at 23:09 |
Mr. Stanley Elite Member |
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On January 26, 2016 at 23:07, Ernie Gilman said...
Come on, just let it be. Did I say something to offend? I must have missed something today. I've been out and about.
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"If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger."
Frank Lloyd Wright
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday January 27, 2016 at 10:32 |
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On January 26, 2016 at 23:09, Mr. Stanley said...
Did I say something to offend? I must have missed something today. I've been out and about. its not rocket science. The mods deleted a post.
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| OP | Post 12 made on Wednesday January 27, 2016 at 23:46 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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On January 26, 2016 at 23:09, Mr. Stanley said...
Did I say something to offend? I must have missed something today. I've been out and about. And you don't remember whether you posted something that now is gone? Why are you asking the general public, all of us? Something was deleted. If you posted something and it's gone, we aren't going to know because it's gone. Only you and the mods will know the answer to that. It's not hard to contact Daniel for the answer. But: another thread derailed anyway. Now back to the topic, maybe?
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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