tangledupinblue-i found your phone

[linza22]

i sent a text message to your phone 'please call linza at ####' and a cab driver called! i have his number for you to call him back...or you can try right now by calling your own phone. email me at hotmail and i'll give you his number.

[ibjamn]

i sent a text message to your phone 'please call linza at ####' and a cab driver called! i have his number for you to call him back...or you can try right now by calling your own phone. email me at hotmail and i'll give you his number.

ROFLMAO!!!!!! I just got a call from Rosetree who asked me to call Tangie (he didn't have her number) and ask her to call him. I texted Katy & sent Mark her number, then, I read this. So I called Mark back and told him Katy's phone was stolen/left in a cab & he's gonna keep an eye out for her. hehehehehe.......

[tangledupinblue]

That cabbie was such an idiot....
One problem is that I don't have a phone to call my phone or him!!!

Tell him to drop the damn thing at my house....
I emailed you my address.

[Rossvegas]

When you see him, ask him if he's seen my backpack. I left it in a cab at last year's fest....

[linza22]

That cabbie was such an idiot....
One problem is that I don't have a phone to call my phone or him!!!

Tell him to drop the damn thing at my house....
I emailed you my address.

he sounds like a really nice guy...and remember, he don't gotta do jack! i gave him your addy. i didn't know if you wanted to give that out. he's to call me if there are any complications. check your em. i just sent you details. carolina girls are the best PI's.

[tangledupinblue]

When you see him, ask him if he's seen my backpack. I left it in a cab at last year's fest....

I remember you doing that ROSS!!!! I think I was with you in that van with those guys who were hilarious....remember that?

It was right after Liuzza's....

[linza22]

When you see him, ask him if he's seen my backpack. I left it in a cab at last year's fest....


ha ha ha!

[tangledupinblue]

he sounds like a really nice guy...and remember, he don't gotta do jack! i gave him your addy. i didn't know if you wanted to give that out. he's to call me if there are any complications. check your em. i just sent you details. carolina girls are the best PI's.

You are baby....Michael was calling my phone all morning...guess the cabbie was asleep...

Sorry I had to miss you today Rosie...

[linza22]

You are baby....Michael was calling my phone all morning...guess the cabbie was asleep...

Sorry I had to miss you today Rosie...

i've had my phone off for most of the day...lucky i got his call. i've been watching all the 'Lost' episodes since last night.

[swag]

Last January, I left an LMF bag with over $100 worth of CD's in a cab.

Luckily, the cabbie was also a yoga instructor and gave my friends his yoga card. I called that the next day, and he brought them by the next time he came through the Quarter. :)

[tangledupinblue]

Last January, I left an LMF bag with over $100 worth of CD's in a cab.

Luckily, the cabbie was also a yoga instructor and gave my friends his yoga card. I called that the next day, and he brought them by the next time he came through the Quarter. :)

That is spectacular!

[linza22]

Last January, I left an LMF bag with over $100 worth of CD's in a cab.

Luckily, the cabbie was also a yoga instructor and gave my friends his yoga card. I called that the next day, and he brought them by the next time he came through the Quarter. :)

that's incredible. but the strange thing is, how many times i've called cab companies to get stuff i've left, and they have never been returned. it's nice to hear that it does happen.

[stlbarb]

Last January, I left an LMF bag with over $100 worth of CD's in a cab.

Luckily, the cabbie was also a yoga instructor and gave my friends his yoga card. I called that the next day, and he brought them by the next time he came through the Quarter. :)

ok, kids, time to label your things. most people will try to get your stuff back to you, if given information on how to do so. and if you misplace something at the fairgrounds, check lost and found. i've heard there are loads of cameras, keys, glasses, etc turned in every year - and not claimed.

put a luggage tag on your backpack. name, cell, alternate number (best friends's cell).
put your name & phone number on your camera. make a label, tape or paste it on.
do you have an ICE (in case of emergency) in your phone? i have the BF's cell phone number.
but if the phone is out of power, a external label would be helpful.

[saturn]

that's incredible. but the strange thing is, how many times i've called cab companies to get stuff i've left, and they have never been returned. it's nice to hear that it does happen.

I also had good luck during fest last year -- left my pack in the cab after fest. I rang my own phone (in the pack) and another passenger answered. The cabbie brought my pack back.

[Rossvegas]

ok, kids, time to label your things. most people will try to get your stuff back to you, if given information on how to do so. and if you misplace something at the fairgrounds, check lost and found. i've heard there are loads of cameras, keys, glasses, etc turned in every year - and not claimed.

put a luggage tag on your backpack. name, cell, alternate number (best friends's cell).
put your name & phone number on your camera. make a label, tape or paste it on.
do you have an ICE (in case of emergency) in your phone? i have the BF's cell phone number.
but if the phone is out of power, a external label would be helpful.


Thanks Mom! Say, when can you come over to sew some labels into my underwear?

[stlbarb]

Thanks Mom! Say, when can you come over to sew some labels into my underwear?

not necessary. you're the only one still wearing underoos!

[linza22]

I also had good luck during fest last year -- left my pack in the cab after fest. I rang my own phone (in the pack) and another passenger answered. The cabbie brought my pack back.

sounds like just the cabbies in charlotte suck.

[stlbarb]

Thanks Mom! Say, when can you come over to sew some labels into my underwear?

alternate reply:
why are you leaving your underwear in a cab?

[swag]

That is spectacular!

It was Karma.

I got my CD's back, and he got a very nice tip for returning them.

Me being a Threadhead, and him being a yoga instructor, no way Karma would not work that one out.

[Rossvegas]

alternate reply:
why are you leaving your underwear in a cab?

At least I went home from the Fest with the same underwear I was wearing on the way there - that's pretty good, no?

[stlbarb]

At least I went home from the Fest with the same underwear I was wearing on the way there - that's pretty good, no?

remind me to tell you my fest underwear story.
it has to be told in person - needs visual aids.

and no. its not like a story joePonyDancer would tell.

[mightyradgumbo]

sounds like just the cabbies in charlotte suck.

No, despite the attempt to civilize cab rides in Boston, you leave something of value in a cab in Boston you prolly have to bid on Ebay to get it back ;)

[linza22]

No, despite the attempt to civilize cab rides in Boston, you leave something of value in a cab in Boston you prolly have to bid on Ebay to get it back ;)

i really don't get that either. it's stealing plain and simple. when i get in a cab and the previous owner leaves a phone, i take it and turn it into the store.

[ScoopJohnD]

ok, kids, time to label your things. most people will try to get your stuff back to you

Now you tell me, I should've started labeling my brain cells YEARS ago!

[tangledupinblue]

Now you tell me, I should've started labeling my brain cells YEARS ago!

I am with you Scoop...somehow Frenchmen street makes me lose my brain...
BUT the cabbie did drive off forgetting to give my phone back...I almost had my arm ripped off!!

[linza22]

I am with you Scoop...somehow Frenchmen street makes me lose my brain...
BUT the cabbie did drive off forgetting to give my phone back...I almost had my arm ripped off!!

why did cabbie have your phone? he has his own...i'm so confused!

[ScoopJohnD]

I am with you Scoop...some how Frenchmen street makes me lose my brain...
BUT the cabbie did drive off forgetting to give my phone back...I almost had my arm ripped off!!

Now you're not saying those bad words you're not supposed to say, are you?

:)

[rosetree]

You are baby....Michael was calling my phone all morning...guess the cabbie was asleep...

Sorry I had to miss you today Rosie...

So we got stood up 'cause you lost your phone?? :confused: Too bad Baybee, it was a real nice day out there.... we'll get together soon OK??;) :D

[ibjamn]

I am with you Scoop...somehow Frenchmen street makes me lose my brain...
BUT the cabbie did drive off forgetting to give my phone back...I almost had my arm ripped off!!

Why was the cabbie using your phone?

[rosetree]

Why was the cabbie using your phone?

There seems to be parts missing to this 'splanation Lucy????

[Dixiegal]

There seems to be parts missing to this 'splanation Lucy????

This sounds like a good one - I'll just sit back and look forward to reading it.:D

[ibjamn]

This sounds like a good one - I'll just sit back and look forward to reading it.:D

Pull up a chair, I'm making popcorn....http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_8_5.gif

[rosetree]

http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/vitameatavegamin.jpg

[mightyradgumbo]

Why was the cabbie using your phone?

Dat's what I'm saying lol

[linza22]

Pull up a chair, I'm making popcorn....http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_8_5.gif


i just ordered a pizza.

[Dixiegal]

Pull up a chair, I'm making popcorn....http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_8_5.gif


LOL! Extra butter pleeze.http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/Hester_014/roflmao.gif

(where do you find those smilies? That one is too funny)

[rosetree]

Kettle corn for me! ---sweet tooth and crunchy.....mmmm, mmmm ;)

[mightyradgumbo]

i just ordered a pizza.

oooh pizza sounds good. I think I will order one right now.

[Zydekitten]

Welll, no wonder I didn't hear from you Tangie!!!! I'd been texting you all day today . . . and was beginning to get a complex (aw, who am I kidding - I've already got a complex . . . I was beginning to add rooms to the complex).

I'm glad they found your phone sugar - now, call me!!! :D

[marignygreg]

I'm on board for this one. Got an Icehouse.....

[rosetree]

Should we have a pool on when Tangie will get on????

[mightyradgumbo]

Welll, no wonder I didn't hear from you Tangie!!!! I'd been texting you all day today . . . and was beginning to get a complex (aw, who am I kidding - I've already got a complex . . . I was beginning to add rooms to the complex).

I'm glad they found your phone sugar - now, call me!!! :D

I don't think she got the thing back yet, Lis...he didn't call her back lol

[Dixiegal]

Welll, no wonder I didn't hear from you Tangie!!!! I'd been texting you all day today . . . and was beginning to get a complex (aw, who am I kidding - I've already got a complex . . . I was beginning to add rooms to the complex).

I'm glad they found your phone sugar - now, call me!!! :D

Don't we all have complexes? Some days I have a duplex, others the full multi-plex, but I'm always a -plexin'.:D

[Zydekitten]

I don't think she got the thing back yet, Lis...he didn't call her back lol
Damn!!! I'll just have to keep my therapist on call then. ;) :D

[stlbarb]

Welll, no wonder I didn't hear from you Tangie!!!! I'd been texting you all day today . . . and was beginning to get a complex (aw, who am I kidding - I've already got a complex . . . I was beginning to add rooms to the complex).

I'm glad they found your phone sugar - now, call me!!! :D

are the rooms insulated? can we stay there for fest? ;)

[Zydekitten]

are the rooms insulated? can we stay there for fest? ;)It's a very nice and comfy complex . . . all are welcome! ;)

[rosetree]

Kettle corn is done....Where's Tangie????:D

[stlbarb]

It's a very nice and comfy complex . . . all are welcome! ;)

are you sure, i mean i dont want to be a bother....
you're probably just being nice. i dont think you really want me as a guest....

i have a simple complex :p

[Zydekitten]

are you sure, i mean i dont want to be a bother....
you're probably just being nice. i dont think you really want me as a guest....

i have a simple complex :p
As long as it's not a herpes complex - you're welcome to visit mine!! ;) :D

[VWGal]

I remember you doing that ROSS!!!! I think I was with you in that van with those guys who were hilarious....remember that?

It was right after Liuzza's....

OMG, I remember that ride back to the Quarter -- it was illuminating! I was stuck up front, which is a good thing that I couldn't see either of your faces, or I'd have bust out laughing. They were hilarious!

[ScoopJohnD]

I'd like to pat myself on the back for the almost superhuman willpower I have used in avoiding any cheap comments on this thread about the ease and convienence cell phones bring to the world.

;)

[mightyradgumbo]

I lived in an apartment complex at one time and it was full of crazies

[stlbarb]

Kettle corn is done....Where's Tangie????:D

kettle korn? i can be there in 10 hours. will there be some left?

[rosetree]

kettle korn? i can be there in 10 hours. will there be some left?

I'm down to the unpopped kernels! :( Sorry Barb....I got more to pop when you get here at 6:30 am ;)

[tangledupinblue]

Boy is this thread nutty....

No phone as of yet and I am starting to get the shakes... SCOOP!

Kettle Corn....I love it. This guy best get his butt in gear and get my phone to me. I have a tip here for him but each hour it keeps going down a bit....LOL

[rosetree]

Boy is this thread nutty....

No phone as of yet and I am starting to get the shakes... SCOOP!

Kettle Corn....I love it. This guy best get his butt in gear and get my phone to me. I have a tip here for him but each hour it keeps going down a bit....LOL

TANGIE!!!!!

So what's the "real story"???

[stlbarb]

I'm down to the unpopped kernels! :( Sorry Barb....I got more to pop when you get here at 6:30 am ;)

its actually one of my fav breakfast food.

i'll bring the sarsaparilla.

[rosetree]

its actually one of my fav breakfast food.

i'll bring the sarsaparilla.

You're on!!!
I'll have micro-kettle corn at Rosetreefest for your breakfast!;) :D

[ScoopJohnD]

Boy is this thread nutty....

No phone as of yet and I am starting to get the shakes... SCOOP!

I'm here to get you through it Blue!

[Zydekitten]

Boy is this thread nutty....

No phone as of yet and I am starting to get the shakes... SCOOP!

Kettle Corn....I love it. This guy best get his butt in gear and get my phone to me. I have a tip here for him but each hour it keeps going down a bit....LOL
So . . .at what point after NOLA and I saw you last night on Frenchmen St. did you lose your phone chica?? :D

[Amyloves...]

Ok I just have to say that this thread is freaking hilarious. I love you people!!

[Rossvegas]

OMG, I remember that ride back to the Quarter -- it was illuminating! I was stuck up front, which is a good thing that I couldn't see either of your faces, or I'd have bust out laughing. They were hilarious!

I don't think I lost the backpack on that trip. It was one day when I was coming back to the Quarter with a bunch of real assholes from Boston. One guy in the back kept dogging me the whole trip about being Canadian, and by the time we got to the Quarter, I wasn't a very happy Ross. We stopped at the Sheraton, and the guy was on his back shortly thereafter...not a good day in Rossland! :>(

[funkkjunkie]

tangie, how about borrowing a neighbor's phone or getting to a place where you can use a pay phone or phone card? Get on it, gf. :D
Sitting back with milk and cookies, waiting for the next chapter...
:D

[tangledupinblue]

I took a cab home from Frenchmen.....he had to stop at the ATM for me and held my phone until I came back.
I paid him at my house and got out...then I reached into his window to get my phone and he sped off.

I am going nuts right now....still hasn't brought it to me. I am going to slap the shite out of him when he gets here....if he gets here....

[jolie]

Good Gawd whats happenin here... WTF??? You went to Frenchman?? My phone broke last night.. its out for the count!! How the hell did we manage before cell phones????

[tangledupinblue]

Good Gawd whats happenin here... WTF??? You went to Frenchman?? My phone broke last night.. its out for the count!! How the hell did we manage before cell phones????

Last I saw you ...you were destined to get your Andy Gator...LOL

What a freaking night....

This idiot better get here....will keep ya posted
Pretty soon I am going to post this guys number so everyone can keep calling him...LOL

[jolie]

Yeah gettin my Andy Gator and going home...
I thought you were doing the same...

Sending good phone Karma your way... hope it gets there soon!!!

[mamaroux]

remind me to tell you my fest underwear story.
it has to be told in person - needs visual aids.

and no. its not like a story joePonyDancer would tell.

I wanna know that story too!!! Ross and I will buy you a nice drinky poo and you can tell the both of us at once!

[mamaroux]

Last I saw you ...you were destined to get your Andy Gator...LOL

What a freaking night....

This idiot better get here....will keep ya posted
Pretty soon I am going to post this guys number so everyone can keep calling him...LOL

Still no phone, baby?? Wonder if he's using it? Can you check your minutes and stuff online?

[tangledupinblue]

Still no phone, baby?? Wonder if he's using it? Can you check your minutes and stuff online?

Linza has been in touch with him and I have his number so he is waiting on getting a car to start his shift. Heck I would have just met him at his house!!!

[Dixiegal]

Linza has been in touch with him and I have his number so he is waiting on getting a car to start his shift. Heck I would have just met him at his house!!!

If he works for United Cab and continues to stall, you can call one of the dispatchers and get them to embarass him over the radio.;)

[mamaroux]

Linza has been in touch with him and I have his number so he is waiting on getting a car to start his shift. Heck I would have just met him at his house!!!

OHHHh...okay... then I can go to bed now. Whew... seriously, it so sucks to lose your phone. All that info thats in there... ugh!! Glad to know you're really going to get it back, sweetie! love ya!

[ozzie]

Any pizza left?

[festbabe]

...I think we're just getting the crusts...

[mightyradgumbo]

I don't think I lost the backpack on that trip. It was one day when I was coming back to the Quarter with a bunch of real assholes from Boston. One guy in the back kept dogging me the whole trip about being Canadian, and by the time we got to the Quarter, I wasn't a very happy Ross. We stopped at the Sheraton, and the guy was on his back shortly thereafter...not a good day in Rossland! :>(

Sorry about that Ross..it was before we knew each other :p I really like Canajuns, I was just really slurged

[stlbarb]

Sorry about that Ross..it was before we knew each other :p I really like Canajuns, I was just really slurged

they talk kind of funny. no wait, i'm confused.
its the Bostonians that talk funny. ;)

the canajuns are the ones that sneak across our borders, steal our jobs, while being on welfare & medicaid. we wont even discuss what they (want to) do to the wimim folk. :rolleyes:

how can you be a culture if you dont have a cuisine?
mayo on everything is not a cuisine.
does anyone in the lower 48 have a Canadian Restaurant in their town?
so if its not a different culture, on what basis do you hate a whole country?

[Chicago Fest Fan]

they talk kind of funny. no wait, i'm confused.
its the Bostonians that talk funny. ;)

the canajuns are the ones that sneak across our borders, steal our jobs, while being on welfare & medicaid. we wont even discuss what they (want to) do to the wimim folk. :rolleyes:

how can you be a culture if you dont have a cuisine?
mayo on everything is not a cuisine.
does anyone in the lower 48 have a Canadian Restaurant in their town?
so if its not a different culture, on what basis do you hate a whole country?

Barb, you kill me. Thats so true but I have never thought about it. We have every kind of restaurant here in Chicago, Itallian, Indian, Mexican, brazillian, Irish, Chineese, japaneese, Polick, Slavic, pakastanian, Cajun, ect, ect, ect.
But where is a Canadian restaurant?
Maybe a new business venture. What do they eat in the great white north?

[stlbarb]

Barb, you kill me. Thats so true but I have never thought about it. We have every kind of restaurant here in Chicago, Itallian, Indian, Mexican, brazillian, Irish, Chineese, japaneese, Polick, Slavic, pakastanian, Cajun, ect, ect, ect.
But where is a Canadian restaurant?
Maybe a new business venture. What do they eat in the great white north?

not sure what they eat. i know they like to dink. ;)

[rosetree]

they talk kind of funny. no wait, i'm confused.
its the Bostonians that talk funny.

the canajuns are the ones that sneak across our borders, steal our jobs, while being on welfare & medicaid. we wont even discuss what they (want to) do to the wimim folk. :rolleyes:

how can you be a culture if you dont have a cuisine?
mayo on everything is not a cuisine.
does anyone in the lower 48 have a Canadian Restaurant in their town?
so if its not a different culture, on what basis do you hate a whole country?

Making lots of friends, huh Barb!;) :D ;)
(((muah))))!!!!!

[stlbarb]

Making lots of friends, huh Barb
(((muah))))!!!!!

i have plenty of friends. looking for some with money. :D

trying to make some laughs, at the expense of those who stereotype.
my relatives came here from somewhere else, but now lets slam the door on anyone else who dares to envision the american dream. :rolleyes:

but seriously, we want some 'canadian' recipes. :cool:

[ozzie]

eh?

[Michelino]

But where is a Canadian restaurant?
Maybe a new business venture.

We got those already, the chain: Tim Horton's. And you can get some poutine and even Montreal Smoked Meat around here. Canada also invented, I believe "Dill Pickle Flavored" Potato Chips (http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/4833733/) and dip!!. And, I think it has been brought up here, Clamato juice is some sort of obsession there.

Seriously, here in the east, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston among other places, have some very fine restaurants --- worth crossing the border alone just to get something to eat.

[tabasco]

A Canadian Restaurant in the US....http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/index.html

[mamaroux]

http://www.hillmanwonders.com/cuisines/canadian_cuisine.htm

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-1371/life_society/canadian_food/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Canada

... and they make CROWN ROYAL people!!! Don't forget Back Bacon AKA Canadian Bacon, Toques, great hockey, lots of comedians...for without Canada we would have never had Saturday Night Live and my favourite <note spelling> comedy show SCTV!

[swag]

Western Canada produces some damn fine brews.

[saturn]

http://www.hillmanwonders.com/cuisines/canadian_cuisine.htm

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-1371/life_society/canadian_food/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Canada

... and they make CROWN ROYAL people!!! Don't forget Back Bacon AKA Canadian Bacon, Toques, great hockey, lots of comedians...for without Canada we would have never had Saturday Night Live and my favourite <note spelling> comedy show SCTV!

And good beer! Moosehead, Sleemans, Keiths, etc.

[The Fosters at Fest is imported -- from Canada! ;)]

[Rossvegas]

You know, it's true that we don't have a lot in the way of "canadian cuisine", but we're a REALLY multi-cultural society and I've since come to recognize all kinds of foods as "Canadian foods", you know?

A few years ago, I went to an Afrofest deal here in Toronto, and there must have been 30,000 people there, most of them from Ethiopa, etc. One of the bands playing was an amazing group called "African Guitar Summit", a collection of people who had moved to Canada from all over Africa. At some point, I realized that these people had chosen to live here - out of all the countries in the planet they could have chosen - and they brought their music, culture and food with them. It made me so proud to be a Canadian, and the music was so ethereal, I actually started to cry. One of the organizers spotted me, asked me what was wrong and when I told him how grateful I was that everybody at the event had brought their special culture to us - by choice - he invited me on stage to tell the crowd how I felt. I thanked everyone for choosing Canada, and for all the fantastic things they've added to my everyday life...amazing music, their art, and their exotic cuisine.

And that folks is what "Canadian cuisine" is! :>)

[tangledupinblue]

Still NO freaking phone....this thread may get pretty nasty pretty darned soon. Cover your ears!!!

[mightyradgumbo]

A Canadian Restaurant in the US....http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/index.html

ahahahaha.....while Tim Horton's is not strictly a donut shop, I would say it is really pushing the definition to call it a restaurant. It is no more a restaurant than Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme. Sorry Tab, not witcha on that one.

[mightyradgumbo]

And good beer! Moosehead, Sleemans, Keiths, etc.

[The Fosters at Fest is imported -- from Canada! ;)]

Yes, Saturn VERY fine beers....Foster's its Canadian for beer :p

[Rossvegas]

ahahahaha.....while Tim Horton's is not strictly a donut shop, I would say it is really pushing the definition to call it a restaurant. It is no more a restaurant than Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme. Sorry Tab, not witcha on that one.

MR, I've never understood the fascination with Timmie's up here, but it truly has Starbucks-like cult status in the Great White North. People LIVE for their "double doubles", but I just don't get it.

The one thing that DOES seperate them from Krispy Kreme et al is that they do serve food other than donuts...lots of it. Again, it's nothing special, (correction: it's crap!) but Krispy Kreme got blown out of the box when they tried to expand up here because they just couldn't fill that niche. Even Starbucks is now looking to various foods to bolster their product line...it's the only thing that has allowed Tim's to flourish while the rest have failed.

[Michelino]

ahahahaha.....while Tim Horton's is not strictly a donut shop, I would say it is really pushing the definition to call it a restaurant. It is no more a restaurant than Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme. Sorry Tab, not witcha on that one.

Calling any chain eatery a restaurant is pushing the envelope, IMHO. But if McDonald's is an American Restaurant than surely Tim Horton's is a Canadian one.

It should be noted that Cajun cuisine has Canadian heritage and could not exist without it. I wish that on their trek south, some of those folks could have stopped here and taught a few people how to make a roux, among other culinary tips.

[papafrog]

You know, it's true that we don't have a lot in the way of "canadian cuisine", but we're a REALLY multi-cultural society and I've since come to recognize all kinds of foods as "Canadian foods", you know?

A few years ago, I went to an Afrofest deal here in Toronto, and there must have been 30,000 people there, most of them from Ethiopa, etc. One of the bands playing was an amazing group called "African Guitar Summit", a collection of people who had moved to Canada from all over Africa. At some point, I realized that these people had chosen to live here - out of all the countries in the planet they could have chosen - and they brought their music, culture and food with them. It made me so proud to be a Canadian, and the music was so ethereal, I actually started to cry. One of the organizers spotted me, asked me what was wrong and when I told him how grateful I was that everybody at the event had brought their special culture to us - by choice - he invited me on stage to tell the crowd how I felt. I thanked everyone for choosing Canada, and for all the fantastic things they've added to my everyday life...amazing music, their art, and their exotic cuisine.

And that folks is what "Canadian cuisine" is! :>)

that african festival in toronto looks really good, iread about it last year,
and i believe one day of it was available for viewing on the net...
id like to go one year..
and also toronto has a fairly sizeable caribbean population...
and they have an excellent caribbean carnival in toronto every year....

ive always had a blast in all my trips up there....
vancouver, quebec city, canadian rockies, vancouver island, hockey,
skiing at whistler, ....and the women were very easy going and relaxed..

[tangledupinblue]

hey jeff...you still coming here at 12:30 today? gotta be there at 1pm

[stlbarb]

as stated earlier. i know they dink. ;)

i'm just wondering, culturally, how much difference is there between average canadian & average american. i aint seen much, no more than exists between different regions in the US.
so how could some idiot blast someone for being from Canada? what's to blast (other than their sports teams)? :D

hey you, Canadian, you're just like us only further north! yeah, and your momma lives north too!

[stlbarb]

http://www.hillmanwonders.com/cuisines/canadian_cuisine.htm

http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-69-1371/life_society/canadian_food/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Canada

... and they make CROWN ROYAL people!!! Don't forget Back Bacon AKA Canadian Bacon, Toques, great hockey, lots of comedians...for without Canada we would have never had Saturday Night Live and my favourite <note spelling> comedy show SCTV!

found a list of Cahnadian foods on the wikipedia link. thanks.

this one is definitiely unique:
Flipper pie is a Canadian dish made from seal flippers. It is specific to Newfoundland and commonly eaten at Easter.

i think i stick with the beans & toast.

[Rossvegas]

Barb, he wasn't 'blasting' Canada; he was just a really obnoxious, drunk frat boy trying to be a smartass and impress his friends. I have no problem accepting jokes at our expense - we did give the world a lot of comedians after all - but this dude was definitely crossing the line, and then it got personal. I told his friends to tell him to shut up, but I guess since he was sitting three rows behind me he thought he could be a hero...

[Moon]

Ross: You guys just need to work on your speech patterns. It's about, not aboot. Also, Regina shouldn't rhyme with a part of the female anatomy.

[stlbarb]

Barb, he wasn't 'blasting' Canada; he was just a really obnoxious, drunk frat boy trying to be a smartass and impress his friends. I have no problem accepting jokes at our expense - we did give the world a lot of comedians after all - but this dude was definitely crossing the line, and then it got personal. I told his friends to tell him to shut up, but I guess since he was sitting three rows behind me he thought he could be a hero...

well i do have something Canadian to complain about this morning.
you can have your $%*&# attack geese back, and all their green slimy poop.

:rolleyes:

[Muffaletta Diver]

Tangie...I'm really rooting for the return of your phone here. I have as much to lose over those compromising photos of us stored in it as you do...:o

[mightyradgumbo]

MR, I've never understood the fascination with Timmie's up here, but it truly has Starbucks-like cult status in the Great White North. People LIVE for their "double doubles", but I just don't get it.

The one thing that DOES seperate them from Krispy Kreme et al is that they do serve food other than donuts...lots of it. Again, it's nothing special, (correction: it's crap!) but Krispy Kreme got blown out of the box when they tried to expand up here because they just couldn't fill that niche. Even Starbucks is now looking to various foods to bolster their product line...it's the only thing that has allowed Tim's to flourish while the rest have failed.

YYR, Ross...I work with some Canadian peeps who transferred down here from our Toronto office and they still order double doubles at Dunkin Donuts and they get looked at as if they have two heads or should I say double heads
that is true about the food (on both accounts) Dunkin Donuts does the same thing here-they have flatbread pizzas and sandwiches that I wouldn't feed to my dog (and I don't even have a dog).

[linza22]

Any pizza left?


man, that pie was good! onion and green pepper. well, last night, at 10:30 my time i spoke with Addia, my good friend the cab driver, and he was out with friends, but he would start work soon and would then drop off. he insisted on calling me when he was en-route...so all night, i waited for the phone to wake me up (6:45 am comes really early for work)...but no call. i called him again this morn, and begged him to meet her somewhere...no matter where, so she could get her phone. i said she had clients she needed to call.

[linza22]

I don't think I lost the backpack on that trip. It was one day when I was coming back to the Quarter with a bunch of real assholes from Boston. One guy in the back kept dogging me the whole trip about being Canadian, and by the time we got to the Quarter, I wasn't a very happy Ross. We stopped at the Sheraton, and the guy was on his back shortly thereafter...not a good day in Rossland! :>(

note to self: no speaking badly of Canadians in my sleep.....

[mightyradgumbo]

;) Calling any chain eatery a restaurant is pushing the envelope, IMHO. But if McDonald's is an American Restaurant than surely Tim Horton's is a Canadian one.

It should be noted that Cajun cuisine has Canadian heritage and could not exist without it. I wish that on their trek south, some of those folks could have stopped here and taught a few people how to make a roux, among other culinary tips.

But Mickey D's prime source of volume is still lunch menu foods as opposed to to Timmy's which is coffee and donuts...I agree on the overall statement Mich though...not a big chain restaurant person unless I am forced to eat there for lack of other establishments...another thing that is so great about NOLA, can get any type of food and don't have to go to a chain restaurant.
Which leads me to another totally off-topic route...besides Rotolo's where is there Pizza in NOLA...I never really look to eat Pizza there when I am visiting but since I will soon be a resident, I don't know if I can totally cut it out of my diet. ;) Any suggestions?
Maybe Tangie can call me with the answer when she gets her phone back, or what we could do is everyone that has her number call her one after another until the cabbie gets so sick of the thing going off, he is forced to return it before he goes crazy.

[Amyloves...]

Tangie...I'm really rooting for the return of your phone here. I have as much to lose over those compromising photos of us stored in it as you do...:o

Coffee on my monitor with that one....tff!

[ibjamn]

;)

But Mickey D's prime source of volume is still lunch menu foods as opposed to to Timmy's which is coffee and donuts...I agree on the overall statement Mich though...not a big chain restaurant person unless I am forced to eat there for lack of other establishments...another thing that is so great about NOLA, can get any type of food and don't have to go to a chain restaurant.
Which leads me to another totally off-topic route...besides Rotolo's where is there Pizza in NOLA...I never really look to eat Pizza there when I am visiting but since I will soon be a resident, I don't know if I can totally cut it out of my diet. ;) Any suggestions?


David makes fantastic pizza, so we almost never order it out. But we do like Slice on St. Charles.

[tangledupinblue]

ENOUGH talk about the PIZZA please. I wanted to order one so badly last night but had NO PHONE so I tried to order one online through those crappy chain ones and not ONE woud take an online order.

Michael was going to order one for me but I kept waiting for Mr. Cabbie to show up with my phone.

I went to bed with no pizza or phone...very sad evening.

AND Muff....my phone took such crappy pictures so I doubt anyone can even make us out in them....

[KateMW]

Tangie...I'm really rooting for the return of your phone here. I have as much to lose over those compromising photos of us stored in it as you do...:o
You dirty dirty boy...

[Corona]

lol Tangie....bummer on the phone..good luck getting it back chica! hope it's soon!

[tangledupinblue]

David makes fantastic pizza, so we almost never order it out. But we do like Slice on St. Charles.

HELP ME NOW....that is where I wanted my pizza from...LOL

[jonnygospeltent]

A guy was sitting in a bar in Winnipeg ,when a loud mouth drunk shouted out " The only people from Edmonton are hookers and hockey Players".The guy responded "Hey my mother is from Edmonton" to which the drunk responded "She was a goalie Eh."

Why do Canadians have sex doggy style?
So they can both watch the hockey game on TV.

[Rossvegas]

I've heard those - they're great!

The way I heard the Edmonton/Winnipeg one was the guy responds: "Really? What position did she play?" :>)

[jonnygospeltent]

A French guest who was staying in a hotel in Edmonton phoned room service for some pepper. "Black pepper, or white pepper?" asked the concierge.
"Toilette pepper!"


A Canadian bloke is walking down the street with a case of beer under his arm.

His friend Randy stops him and asks, "Hey Dave! Whatcha got that case of beer for?"

"Well, I got it for my wife, you see?" answers Dave.

"Wow," exclaims Randy, "Great trade."



An American, a Scot and a Canuk were in a terrible car accident. They were all brought to the same emergency room, but all three of them died before they arrived. Just as they were about to put the toe tag on the American, he stirred and opened his eyes. Astonished, the doctors and nurses present asked him what happened.

"Well," said the American, "I remember the crash, and then there was a beautiful light, and then the Canadian and the Scot and I were standing at the gates of heaven. St. Peter approached us and said that we were all too young to die, and that for a donation of $100, we could return to the earth."

He continued, " So of course, I pulled out my wallet and gave him the $100, and the next thing I knew I was back here."

"That's amazing!" said one of the doctors, "But what happened to the other two?"

"Last I saw them," replied the American, "the Scot was haggling over the price and the Canadian was waiting for the government to pay for his."













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[tabasco]

;)

Which leads me to another totally off-topic route...

Probably the funniest line in this whole thread! :D


Hey Tangie! The cab driver has been reading this thread and laughing his ass off! Unfortunately he's Canadian and has been calling all his friends and relatives in Canada to tell them about the silly American girl who left her phone in his cab. Those international calls could get quite expensive! :)

[stlbarb]

Probably the funniest line in this whole thread! :D


Hey Tangie! The cab driver has been reading this thread and laughing his ass off! Unfortunately he's Canadian and has been calling all his friends and relatives in Canada to tell them about the silly American girl who left her phone in his cab. Those international calls could get quite expensive! :)


if Tangie had lost/left her phone in the cab, i would be like, whenever is convenient for him to get it back would be cool.
but he took her phone as collateral for the ATM stop, he should have made it a point to hand it back. its now part of the business transaction and his responsibility. IMO.

[jolie]

;)


Which leads me to another totally off-topic route...besides Rotolo's where is there Pizza in NOLA...I never really look to eat Pizza there when I am visiting but since I will soon be a resident, I don't know if I can totally cut it out of my diet. ;) Any suggestions?
.


I don't eat Pizza out much either, but Angeli on Decatur makes a yummy pie and there's the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen by the Flea Market (havent been there in years)

Tangie this sucks... I really hope you get your phone back.

I lost mine in the FQ a few years ago, the next day I called it and the person answered and was very friendly and we were gonna meet up later so I could get it. Well he never answered it after that. No calls were ever made from it, but why the hell bother saying you gonna give it back????

[Muffaletta Diver]

I don't eat Pizza out much either, but Angeli on Decatur makes a yummy pie and there's the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen by the Flea Market (havent been there in years)

Tangie this sucks... I really hope you get your phone back.

I lost mine in the FQ a few years ago, the next day I called it and the person answered and was very friendly and we were gonna meet up later so I could get it. Well he never answered it after that. No calls were ever made from it, but why the hell bother saying you gonna give it back????

MMM...the Mystic pie from Angeli...do try it. However, be prepared for the gastric and breathular (word?) consequences.

[mamaroux]

You know, it's true that we don't have a lot in the way of "canadian cuisine", but we're a REALLY multi-cultural society and I've since come to recognize all kinds of foods as "Canadian foods", you know?

A few years ago, I went to an Afrofest deal here in Toronto, and there must have been 30,000 people there, most of them from Ethiopa, etc. One of the bands playing was an amazing group called "African Guitar Summit", a collection of people who had moved to Canada from all over Africa. At some point, I realized that these people had chosen to live here - out of all the countries in the planet they could have chosen - and they brought their music, culture and food with them. It made me so proud to be a Canadian, and the music was so ethereal, I actually started to cry. One of the organizers spotted me, asked me what was wrong and when I told him how grateful I was that everybody at the event had brought their special culture to us - by choice - he invited me on stage to tell the crowd how I felt. I thanked everyone for choosing Canada, and for all the fantastic things they've added to my everyday life...amazing music, their art, and their exotic cuisine.

And that folks is what "Canadian cuisine" is! :>)

what a beautiful sentiment, Ross!

[mamaroux]

as stated earlier. i know they dink. ;)

i'm just wondering, culturally, how much difference is there between average canadian & average american. i aint seen much, no more than exists between different regions in the US.
so how could some idiot blast someone for being from Canada? what's to blast (other than their sports teams)? :D

hey you, Canadian, you're just like us only further north! yeah, and your momma lives north too!

"The True North, Strong and Free" to quote their national anthem... or as the McKenzie Brothers always said "The Great White North."

... and please don't pick on my Jays! They have the cutest powder blue retro uniforms!

[mamaroux]

note to self: no speaking badly of Canadians in my sleep.....

Especially if you're sleeping next to one!!! YIKES! :eek:

[mamaroux]

;)

But Mickey D's prime source of volume is still lunch menu foods as opposed to to Timmy's which is coffee and donuts...I agree on the overall statement Mich though...not a big chain restaurant person unless I am forced to eat there for lack of other establishments...another thing that is so great about NOLA, can get any type of food and don't have to go to a chain restaurant.
Which leads me to another totally off-topic route...besides Rotolo's where is there Pizza in NOLA...I never really look to eat Pizza there when I am visiting but since I will soon be a resident, I don't know if I can totally cut it out of my diet. ;) Any suggestions?
Maybe Tangie can call me with the answer when she gets her phone back, or what we could do is everyone that has her number call her one after another until the cabbie gets so sick of the thing going off, he is forced to return it before he goes crazy.


Louisiana Pizza Kitchen! You can select artichokes... and more artichokes and even then some! Yummy Pizza! Reginelli's and New York Pizza are both on Magazine St, but have other locations, I think.

[denideadhead]

Tangie baby any LUCK yet??? if you have not gotten it back yet!
Then better than callin Tangie's phone we should be calling Mr Cabbies Phone and the cab co ! wouldn't that freak them out!!

[linza22]

Tangie baby any LUCK yet??? if you have not gotten it back yet!
Then better than callin Tangie's phone we should be calling Mr Cabbies Phone and the cab co ! wouldn't that freak them out!!

We're texting and calling all day. no response.

[tangledupinblue]

Tangie baby any LUCK yet??? if you have not gotten it back yet!
Then better than callin Tangie's phone we should be calling Mr Cabbies Phone and the cab co ! wouldn't that freak them out!!


I called him several times today and he has not returned any calls...

I was forced to turn on my old phone so I can get calls but I have no numbers in it and it is very old....ancient in fact! Can barely use it.

I am really suffering from this...this guy is screwing me royally! I don't get it...

[linza22]

I called him several times today and he has not returned any calls...

I was forced to turn on my old phone so I can get calls but I have no numbers in it and it is very old....ancient in fact! Can barely use it.

I am really suffering from this...this guy is screwing me royally! I don't get it...

what a liar. 10:30 last night 'oh yea, i'll call ya when im headed over, it will be in a little while...i'm with my friends'.....arse.

[sophisticated sissy]

well i do have something Canadian to complain about this morning.
you can have your $%*&# attack geese back, and all their green slimy poop.

:rolleyes:


Forgive me, I still think the Canada goose is a spectacle to behold. I love their cute chinstraps and the way they walk. They are amazing to watch in flight. I admire their parenting skills.

We shouldn't blame the geese for what is largely a problem caused by humans.

In the 1920s & 30s, it was legal in the U.S. to hunt geese with live decoys. Hunters trapped numbers of geese and clipped their wings to make them flightless and unable to migrate. The DNA of geese was investigated and guess what? Over 90% of the non-migratory Canada geese could be traced to these geese that were used as live decoys. After many generations of geese living here, they no longer have the ability to migrate. Poor things ... :(

[stlbarb]

Forgive me, I still think the Canada goose is a spectacle to behold. I love their cute chinstraps and the way they walk. They are amazing to watch in flight. I admire their parenting skills.

We shouldn't blame the geese for what is largely a problem caused by humans.

In the 1920s & 30s, it was legal in the U.S. to hunt geese with live decoys. Hunters trapped numbers of geese and clipped their wings to make them flightless and unable to migrate. The DNA of geese was investigated and guess what? Over 90% of the non-migratory Canada geese could be traced to these geese that were used as live decoys. After many generations of geese living here, they no longer have the ability to migrate. Poor things ... :(

these geese migrate. they winter here and raise some young (although eggacide is often performed on their nests by the officials), then fly north for the summer. usually, but i w*rk in one of the office areas with lakes, and sometimes idiots feed them. so a few may stick around for the soft life.

its mating season and they get aggressive. they attack people on the parking lots.

i like geese...usually roasted. wonder if you can deep fry them like a turkey. probably too much fat.

just dont ask Ross for a Canadian Goose.

[sophisticated sissy]

"The True North, Strong and Free" to quote their national anthem... or as the McKenzie Brothers always said "The Great White North."

... and please don't pick on my Jays! They have the cutest powder blue retro uniforms!



A guy I went to grade school with , B.B., pitched for the Jays for a few years. He was traded from Atlanta. He was my older brother's friend, so he was 2 years ahead of me in school, but at recess, all of the kids played baseball together at recess. The school was small & went from Grade 1-5.

Mr Perry's junkyard was adjacent to the ballfield at school. If a ball was hit into the junkyard, it qualified as an automatic homerun because no one wanted to tangle with Mr. Perry's pitbulls.

B.B. could smack a ball, too. If you were in the outfield when he came up at bat, you went deep outfield because all the little kids would start screaming, "JUNKYARD! JUNKYARD!", as soon as he stepped up to the plate.

I think he ended up at Seattle.

[sophisticated sissy]

just dont ask Ross for a Canadian Goose.



Never had a Canada goose, but a Parisian pinched me on the ass one time. Does that count?:)

[stlbarb]

Never had a Canada goose, but a Parisian pinched me on the ass one time. Does that count?:)

:D :D

[KateMW]

what a liar. 10:30 last night 'oh yea, i'll call ya when im headed over, it will be in a little while...i'm with my friends'.....arse.
What about requesting a cab and asking for him by name...then he'll come to your house. Then you can get the phone and kick his a$$!

[sophisticated sissy]

How about talking to a supervisor from the cab company & filing a report with the police dept? Your phone is probably worth at least $200.

Have you done this yet, tangie? It may produce some positive action.

[tangledupinblue]

How about talking to a supervisor from the cab company & filing a report with the police dept? Your phone is probably worth at least $200.

Have you done this yet, tangie? It may produce some positive action.

Well...here is the problem. I am not sure which company he is with. All I know is it could either be White Fleet or American...Called both...waiting to hear back.
I know now that it isn't United and that is who I always use except I got the cab on Frenchmen so I just waved him down....
BASTID!

You guys are all awesome, BTW!

I think I should post his number so the whole threadhead nation can begin calling is arse!

Just got lunch at SLICE so I finally got my pizza I wanted....
Thanks papafrog for helping me out today.

[Orleansnj]

Well...here is the problem. I am not sure which company he is with. All I know is it could either be White Fleet or American...Called both...waiting to hear back.
I know now that it isn't United and that is who I always use except I got the cab on Frenchmen so I just waved him down....
BASTID!

You guys are all awesome, BTW!

I think I should post his number so the whole threadhead nation can begin calling is arse!

Just got lunch at SLICE so I finally got my pizza I wanted....
Thanks papafrog for helping me out today.

You don't need to worry about which one - just make the report - because you have all the info you need- trust me - it is easy enough from there. they can trace him by his phone number.

[Corona]

I think I should post his number so the whole threadhead nation can begin calling is arse!

shit, why not girl? Bring it on!!

[Zydekitten]

Well...here is the problem. I am not sure which company he is with. All I know is it could either be White Fleet or American...Called both...waiting to hear back.
I know now that it isn't United and that is who I always use except I got the cab on Frenchmen so I just waved him down....
BASTID!

You guys are all awesome, BTW!

I think I should post his number so the whole threadhead nation can begin calling is arse!

Just got lunch at SLICE so I finally got my pizza I wanted....
Thanks papafrog for helping me out today.
I'm SO sorry to hear about your phone dilemna, chica!!! That totally bites! I'll think good thoughts that it will find its way home to you soon (Come Back, Little Samsung!) :(

I am happy to hear that you did get to get your SLICE pizza on though at least! :)

[tangledupinblue]

Thought about posting his number but I am just going to let it go.

Go back to the talk about music and good times! I am over it....

Who locally is heading to George Porter and Johnny V at ML on Thursday?
CSOUL is in town so we are there!

Good times for sure....

Hey at least I get a new phone....early birthday present for moi...
just sent out an email to you guys requesting your numbers. I will def. need them for JF time!!!

[Zydekitten]

Thought about posting his number but I am just going to let it go.

Go back to the talk about music and good times! I am over it....

Who locally is heading to George Porter and Johnny V at ML on Thursday?
CSOUL is in town so we are there!

Good times for sure....

Hey at least I get a new phone....early birthday present for moi...
just sent out an email to you guys requesting your numbers. I will def. need them for JF time!!!
Yay - new phone and Happy Early B-Day!!! Onward and upward . . . :D

I plan to be there at the Leaf witchu guys on Thursday! Once I get your e-mail, I'll send you my digits, baby.

[sophisticated sissy]

I think I should post his number so the whole threadhead nation can begin calling is arse!

shit, why not girl? Bring it on!!

Yeah, we could run his butt all over town!
"Can you pick me up at the airport @ 9:15?":D

[mightyradgumbo]

Thought about posting his number but I am just going to let it go.


A better person than I, Tangie...this is one time I don't know if I would take the high road. :)
Have fun at the Spleef

[tangledupinblue]

A better person than I, Tangie...this is one time I don't know if I would take the high road. :)
Have fun at the Spleef


Watching Family guy put me in a good mood so we will see....

Let's see what side of the bed I wake up on tomorrow...LOL
May just come down with tourettes and start cursing cabs out on the streets...

[ScoopJohnD]

Watching Family guy put me in a good mood so we will see....

Let's see what side of the bed I wake up on tomorrow...LOL
May just come down with tourettes and start cursing cabs out on the streets...

Tsk, tsk.....language, Blue.....language. :)

[Phatpapa]

Hey Tangie, just out of curiousity, did your phone have insurance against lost, theft, breakage? I have found it to be a good idea. I usually don't lose things but lost 2 phones only to have found them after I made a claim, in the past month and got new ones sent to me. However, I did have to pay the deductable twice, but it was still cheaper than a new one.

[mamaroux]

A guy I went to grade school with , B.B., pitched for the Jays for a few years. He was traded from Atlanta. He was my older brother's friend, so he was 2 years ahead of me in school, but at recess, all of the kids played baseball together at recess. The school was small & went from Grade 1-5.

Mr Perry's junkyard was adjacent to the ballfield at school. If a ball was hit into the junkyard, it qualified as an automatic homerun because no one wanted to tangle with Mr. Perry's pitbulls.

B.B. could smack a ball, too. If you were in the outfield when he came up at bat, you went deep outfield because all the little kids would start screaming, "JUNKYARD! JUNKYARD!", as soon as he stepped up to the plate.

I think he ended up at Seattle.

Wow, that's so cool! What's his last name? I don't know names to well... other than Matt Stairs, Alex Rios, Curtis Thigpen and Gregg Zahn...

[mamaroux]

Watching Family guy put me in a good mood so we will see....

Let's see what side of the bed I wake up on tomorrow...LOL
May just come down with tourettes and start cursing cabs out on the streets...

What carrier do you use? I just got a new one a couple months ago and would gladly send you my other one if you want it. No picture phone, but it's light pink and pretty sturdy.

[tangledupinblue]

What carrier do you use? I just got a new one a couple months ago and would gladly send you my other one if you want it. No picture phone, but it's light pink and pretty sturdy.

Pinky Tuscadero!!!

Well I am happy to say that this story has come to an end.
Linza just called to tell me at 1am EST that the cabbie's friend had my phone and would return it. Next thing ya know it is in my mailbox. Woke me out of a deep sleep but it was well worth it.

Thanks to all for your thoughts and help with this saga from hell.

Now I want a new phone!!!

[rosetree]

Pinky Tuscadero!!!

Well I am happy to say that this story has come to an end.
Linza just called to tell me at 1am EST that the cabbie's friend had my phone and would return it. Next thing ya know it is in my mailbox. Woke me out of a deep sleep but it was well worth it.

Thanks to all for your thoughts and help with this saga from hell.

Now I want a new phone!!!

Can you hear me now........Good!!!!:D

This was a classic Tangie, glad it ended well, :)
So did Linza make him an offer he couldn't refuse???

[tangledupinblue]

Can you hear me now........Good!!!!:D

This was a classic Tangie, glad it ended well, :)
So did Linza make him an offer he couldn't refuse???

All I know I know is that he never called my arse back because my last message was quite threatening....I acted as though I had his home address and that I had a cop friend in Nola....

Linza got woken up at 1am by this BS...thanks Linz.

Off to work...hope to see you soon Rosie...we will plan a dinner when you return after the week-end. Have a friend in town next week from NY and want to take him to your place to see your work...

Let's blow some glass baybee!

[tangledupinblue]

Please let's allow this thread to slowly die....I don't need the horrible reminder of this crap I went through.

[Priestboy]

Hey y'all - came across this story (first heard about it on NPR last weekend), thought it worth a read...

Tale of a Lost Cellphone, and Untold Static
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By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Published: June 21, 2006
Dirty Harry had his .44. Sherlock Holmes had his brain.

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Evan Guttman's quest to find a friend's lost cellphone resulted in the arrest of a 16-year-old.

Mr. Guttman's Sidekick Page Evan Guttman had his computer, the Web and a few thousand people he had never met. That was enough.

Three weeks ago, Mr. Guttman went on a quest to retrieve a friend's lost cellphone, a quest that has now ended with the arrest of a 16-year-old on charges of possessing the missing gadget, a Sidekick model with a built-in camera that sells for as much as $350. But before the teenager was arrested, she was humiliated by Mr. Guttman in front of untold thousands of people on the Web, an updated version of the elaborate public shamings common in centuries past.

The tale began when Mr. Guttman's best friend Ivanna left her cellphone in a taxicab, like thousands of others before her. After Ivanna got a new Sidekick, she logged on to her account — and was confronted by pictures of an unfamiliar young woman and her family, along with the young woman's America Online screen name.

The 16-year-old, Sasha Gomez, of Corona, Queens, had been using the Sidekick to take pictures and send instant messages. She apparently did not know that the company that provided the phone's service, T-Mobile, automatically backs up such information on its remote servers. So when Ivanna got back on, there was Sasha.

Using instant messages, Mr. Guttman tracked down Sasha and asked her to return it. "Basically, she told me to get lost," Mr. Guttman recalled. "That was it."

So he set up a no-frills Web page with a brief account of what happened, and posted the pictures of the girl and her family. Within hours of putting up the Web page, Mr. Guttman was fielding hundreds of e-mail messages from those nursing their own bitter memories of a lost cellphone, a BlackBerry or a digital camera that went unreturned.

There were links to the page on Digg and Gizmodo, two popular tech-oriented blogs, which helped drive more and more traffic. Eventually, hundreds of other Web sites posted links to his page. The hundreds of e-mail messages became thousands, from as far away as Africa and Asia. Mr. Guttman tried to answer them all, and barely slept. "A lot of people have been saying, 'I lost my phone, I wish I did this,' " he said.

Some readers also began visiting Sasha's MySpace page and bombarding her and her friends with e-mail messages. Others found her street address in Corona and drove by her family's apartment building, taking videos or shouting out "thief" in front of her neighbors.

Meanwhile, lawyers and police officers sent Mr. Guttman e-mail messages instructing him on the finer points of property law and advice on how to navigate the police bureaucracy. Some readers took to Internet forums, where they exchanged their own stories of lost phones and recalled the time last year when Paris Hilton's Sidekick was hacked, allowing millions of people to view her pictures and personal address book.

The site continued to draw e-mail messages and rack up visitors. When Mr. Guttman's Web server crashed with all of the traffic, several people offered free server space. A reader in Orlando, Fla., recorded a song about the missing Sidekick and posted it on a MySpace page. (Sample lyrics: "Materialistic-kleptomaniac/please just give her her Sidekick back.") Another, Mr. Guttman said, invited him to a party at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles. Still others located Mr. Guttman's personal site, which is not directly linked to the Sidekick page, and found photographs that he has taken of swimsuit models, some of them seminude. They accused him of an intricate scheme to sell pornography, which he laughed off.

Mr. Guttman also kept exchanging e-mail messages with Sasha and, eventually, her family. Then he heard from her older brother, Luis Pena, who said he was a military policeman and warned Mr. Guttman to let his sister alone.

Mr. Guttman posted the exchange.

Within days, he was contacted by dozens of active and retired soldiers. One said he had gone through basic training with Mr. Pena; several others told Mr. Guttman that making such a threat was a violation of military policy and promised to report Mr. Pena to his superior officers.

Mr. Guttman posted it all.

"I don't want people to be punished," he said last week. "I just want them to give the Sidekick back."

The girl's family was not pleased by the attention, especially the random visitors to their street. Though Sasha and Mr. Pena did not respond to instant messages and e-mail messages, their mother, Ivelisse Gomez, confirmed that her son was serving in the Army and had been in trouble with his superior officers after some of the visitors to Mr. Guttman's Web page called in to complain. She also said that Mr. Guttman's Web site amounted to harassment and said the family might sue him.

"They told him to come pick it up," said Ms. Gomez, speaking in the apartment of her building's superintendent last Thursday. She said she had bought the phone for $50 on a subway platform in Queens and had given it to her daughter. "We said he could have it if he gave the money we paid for it," she added.

Mr. Guttman, however, said that the offer to retrieve the phone was accompanied by a threat of physical injury. So after posting a warning that Sasha had one last chance to return the phone, he accompanied its actual owner, his friend Ivanna, to a Manhattan police station. Ivanna asked that her last name be kept private, as she was about to be married, and, she said, "I don't want to be famous for having lost my Sidekick."

"I was worried, because I had all this information on the phone — all these numbers and e-mails, personal and work," she said. "So I called Evan, because he's really good with computers."

People are not nice," she added, referring to Sasha. "Why?"

Last Thursday, the story of the lost Sidekick began meandering toward a conclusion. The police arrested Sasha and charged her with possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, a misdemeanor. (The police have possession of the Sidekick and plan to return it to Ivanna.) Sasha was released, but was not available to comment. Her mother offered a parting remark.

"I never in my life thought a phone was going to cause me so many problems," Ms. Gomez said.

[Priestboy]

Please let's allow this thread to slowly die....I don't need the horrible reminder of this crap I went through.

sorry, tangie...didn't read your post before I sent this forward!:o

[sophisticated sissy]

Interesting story, P.B. The entire saga could have been avoided if the parties involved had done the right thing. Similar to tangies' story.
Tangie, glad you got your property back!

[sophisticated sissy]

Wow, that's so cool! What's his last name? I don't know names to well... other than Matt Stairs, Alex Rios, Curtis Thigpen and Gregg Zahn...

Mamaroux, this has been a while back. He played for the Braves for a number of years before going to the Jays. I'm thinking it was mid to late '80s when he was at Toronto. He played for Seattle in the early '90s. His name is Bonnell.

[tangledupinblue]

sorry, tangie...didn't read your post before I sent this forward!:o

HA HA...no problem...I am still laughing about how many people made popcorn and ordered pizza...LOL

[mamaroux]

Pinky Tuscadero!!!

Well I am happy to say that this story has come to an end.
Linza just called to tell me at 1am EST that the cabbie's friend had my phone and would return it. Next thing ya know it is in my mailbox. Woke me out of a deep sleep but it was well worth it.

Thanks to all for your thoughts and help with this saga from hell.

Now I want a new phone!!!

Guess that mean he didn't get a good tip/reward, huh? ;)

Yeah, that's me Pinky Tuscadero! My favorite toy when I was little was my stuffed pink poodle... guess what I called it? Yup... Pinky. How very original for a 3 yr old, eh?