On Jul 16, 11:24*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:48:36 -0500, Vic Smith

wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:49:51 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

You've really put your finger on the problem..... I've been a teacher
for 36 years and I have YET to figure out how to teach common sense.
You just can't fix stupid.
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=121349

LOL
Hmmm. *Reminds me of blonde jokes, but new to me.

I don't know *- a couple of those are a little suspicious - actually
most of them except for the car key one.

But, having said that, I had this happen to me. Neighbor knocks on my
door and asks if he can use the phone. *Sure - what's up?

He says he changed all his phones over to wireless and they didn't
work. So I'm thinking - hmmmm...

Tell you what, let's go look at it.

Sure enough - the phones weren't connected to the phone lines and the
power cords were still in the box. So I connected the lines, plugged
in the power and the phones work.

Guys looks at me and says he's going to take the phones back. *

Why?

They are supposed to be wireless.

I swear that is absolutely true. *:)

I put up with stuff like that daily!

I ahd a guy bring a starter to me, and I inspected it and it was fine.
I told him he needed a battery. So int he afternoon he brought the
starter back and I looked it over again just to make sure it was fine.
It wasn't new but far from bad.
He did bring his new battery for me to test,a nd when he set it on my
bench it said 2003 and had "Parke Avenue" written in yellow junk yard
ink.

I said. "this battery is scrap, It won't even hold 7 volts. why didn't
you get a new one?"

He looked at me and said; "Well, it's new to me..."

"Why didn't you get a BRAND NEW battery!"

"Why, those cost about $65.00 and this one was only $25.00 down at
Mikes Salvage...!!!"

yeah, and now it's going to cost you about $90.00 because you already
blew $25 on a junk one.

He left disgruntled, but.....

Yeah, I put up with it daily...