Pumping Gas Alert

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
  A friend stopped at a pay-at-the-pump gas station to get gas. Once she filled her gas tank and after paying at the pump and starting to leave, the voice of the attendant inside came over the speaker.. He told her that something happened with her card and that she needed to come inside to pay. ...The lady was confused because the transaction showed complete and approved. She relayed that to him and was getting ready to leave but the attendant, once again, urged her to come in to pay or there'd be trouble. She proceeded to go inside and started arguing with the attendant about his threat. He told her to calm down and listen carefully:
He said that while she was pumping gas, a guy slipped into the back seat of her car on the other side and the attendant had already called the police.
   She became frightened and looked out in time to see her car door open and the guy slip out. The report is that the new gang initiation thing is to bring back a woman and/or her car. One way they are doing this is crawling under women's cars while they're pumping gas or at grocery stores in the nighttime. The other way is slipping into unattended cars and kidnapping the women.
   Please pass this on to other women, young and old alike. Be extra careful going to and from your car at night. If at all possible, don't go alone!
  This is real!!
  
 The message:
   1. ALWAYS lock your car doors, even if you're gone for just a second!
   2. Check underneath your car when approaching it for reentry, and check in the back before getting in.
   3. Always be aware of your surroundings and of other individuals in your general vicinity, particularly at night!
   
 Send this to everyone so your friends can take precaution.
   AND GUYS...YOU TELL ANY WOMEN YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS Thanks. 

  Barbara Baker, Secretary Directorate of Training U.S. Army Military Police School

Positive Thoughts!

Isn't this adorable? I actually got this idea off of another site where I get other marvelous ideas! Such as fashion ideas, food & drink ideas and the occasional game! You start this in the beginning of the year, right on the very first of January! When ever something positive happens to you, or when you hear something positive aimed your way, you write it down and toss it in the jar! Then on the last day of the year, December 31st, you open it up and read them all! When ever you're down just take a look at the jar and remember that it is full of POSITIVE things that have happened in your life so far this year! Keep Smiling! ☺

Laundry

I'm going to be crass here ladies and gentlemen and talk about my closet. Well, that is nothing new, but I'm talking about a particular drawer in my closet... my drawer of well, 'unmentionables.' To be more specific, my lingerie drawer. To break it down further... MY BRAS. Alright, gentlemen, you can take off now, have a nice day! 
I have always had the problem of not being able to fit into my bras and so lingerie shopping is a bit of a problem for me. I'll try on a few and buy the one that fits the best that particular day and for the rest of the month suffer with the new bra until it is broken in. In this way I also have a tendency to buy the wrong size and I'll suffer because I have no idea what size I really am.

SOLUTION #1: Go to your nearest lingerie store and get your size done! I am aware that JC Penny has the occasional 'bra sizing day' which is convenient. Check the days, or call ahead, the girls at the desk might be more aware of it then I am! The other option that I know does it every day is Victoria's Secret at the mall, particular outlets or maybe there is a size chart on their website! At least once a year I go there and check it out and see whats on sale too!

SOLUTION #2: Buy that absolute perfect size that you know will fit you from now until you decide to stop wearing bras! (Which I think can be at any point in time...) Now take this size and write it on a card and stick it in your purse. Not a bad plan right? Just remember to move that card from purse to purse and you're all set! ALSO with this plan when you get sized at your linguine store use that card that you got from them and stick that in your purse too! 

SOLUTION #3: You have bought your absolute favorite bra and you are all sized and you have your favorite size etc etc ... and now you wear it every day and you sash it everyday. Awesome! One light issue...  you forget what size it is and oh crap... the tag is gone. You no longer know the size of your favorite bra/size because the tag is gone. In my case usually this is because I've washed it so many times and it's now no longer legible. It happens. My solution? I take a sharpie and write in the strap write the size! Brilliant! Now it can't wash off and when it starts to get a little faded  I just touch it up! And now when I go shopping its there and ready for me and I don't need to search my purse again to look for that damn receipt!

Recipts Warning

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR RECEIPTS - THIS IS IMPORTANT

 

 

W ITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG!!!!!

CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE LEAVING   ANY   CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!

THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

It happened at Wal-Mart (Supercenter Store #1279),

10411 N Freeway 45, Houston, TX 77037 a month ago.

I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the bags. I saw a cash-back of $40. I told her I didn't   request a cash back & to delete it.

She said I'd have to take the $40   because she couldn't delete it. I told her to call a supervisor.

Supervisor came & said I'd have to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 would be a cash advance against my Discover & I wasn't paying interest on a cash advance!!!!! If they couldn't delete it then they would have to delete the whole order.

So the supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order & re-scan everything!

The second time I looked at the electronic pad before I signed & a cash-back of $20 popped up. At that point I told the cashier & she deleted it.  

The total came out right. The cashier agreed that the electronic pad must be defective. (yeah, right!)

Obviously the cashier knew the electronic pad wasn't defective because she NEVER offered me the $40 at the beginning.  

Can you imagine how many people went through before me & at the end of her shift how much money she pocketed?

Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to Milford , DE Wal-Mart last week.  

She had her items rung up by the cashier. The cashier hurried her along and didn't give her a receipt.  

She asked the cashier for a receipt and the cashier was annoyed and gave it to her.

My coworker didn't look at her receipt until later that night. The receipt showed that she asked for $20 cash back. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH BACK!

My coworker called Wal-Mart who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket the money. She then called her niece who works for the bank and her niece   told her This is a new scam.   The cashier will key in that you asked for cash back and then hand it to her friend who is the next person in line.

Please, please, please check your receipts right away when using credit or debit cards!  

This is NOT limited to Wal-Mart, although they are the largest retailer so they have the most incidents.

I am adding to this....My husband and I were in Wal-Mart North Salisbury and paying with a credit card. When my husband went to sign the credit card signer, he just happened to notice there was a $20 cash back added. He told the cashier that he did not ask nor want cash back and she said this machine has been messing up and she canceled it.

We didn't think anything of it until we read this message that has been going around.

I wonder how many "seniors" have been, or will be, "stung" by this one????

THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!

BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!

CHECK YOUR RECEIPT

BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I'LL START!

PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES

Hot Pad!

Crack your back if you're having a bad day! Yea... I thought I'd hear a few *Cracks* out there. Well, finally I decided to do something about my back, besides have someone else keep an eye on it for me. At my current job I have to lift a few heavy things above my head, walk thirty feet and put it down again lower than my waist. Well after about three trips, that starts to hurt my shoulder! A friend of mine helped me out and sent me on my way to make my own 30 second hot pad that I can lay on my shoulder at night.

You Need:

- A rectangle piece of cloth about 1 ft x 1.5 ft
- Thread
- Funnel
- 2- 3 cups of raw rice

Directions:
1. With the right sides of the cloth facing IN sew the cloth into a rectangle but only on three sides. On the fourth side leave an opening big enough for the funnel to fit into and turn the bag right side out
2. Place the funnel in the opening that you left there and pour in the rice. When as much rice will fit in there comfortably (Leave Some Room) sew the last corner together.
3. You have just made your own personal hot pad!

Best methods of use:
☺ Heat for 1:30 minutes before you go to bed and sleep with a warm compress on your aching body
☺ Heat for 30 seconds for your on again off again sports injuries
☺ Heat for 30 seconds and it will be cool enough to place on your head for headaches
☺ Really awesome for those cramps... ladies. Heat for 2 minuets and lay it on your tummy.

Warnings:
♠ You WILL smell like cooked rice after using this
♠ Your bed WILL smell like cooked rice in the morning
♠ IT IS REALLY HOT!  

Ruthie's Scarf

I know I know, it's ANOTHER scarf! Well I had fun doing this one so *blows raspberry*. My girlfriend of 5 years just graduated from college (Go Ruthie!) So as a present I decided to make her a scarf! She picked out a few of the colors, green and blue, but when I got to the store, the green she wanted wasn't available! So I had to go to the next best thing, dark blue!
In total I have twelve light blue granny squares (the easiest thing next to regular rows!) and I tied them all together using the inside row of the square. Confused? If you look close you can see the neat stitching I created when doing so. I also did the same pattern with the dark blue.
Usually I just put edge for the sides, but I decided this time to put a double edge on the scarf, and wouldn't you know it Ruthie loved my prototype! And the best part was, she already had a jacket that matched it perfectly! I love happy endings. ♥
Congrats again Ruthie!

She drove me to drink...

I used to be like this...

Then I met a girl...

 

She was like this...

 

 Together we were like this...

 I gave her gifts like this...

 When she accepted my proposal 

I was like this...

 I used to talk to her all night like this...

 And at the office I used to do this...

 When my friends saw my girlfriend

they stared like this...

 And I used to react like this...

 But on Valentines Day she recieved

a red rose from some one else like this...

 And she was like this...

 And I was like this...

 Which later led to this...

 And this...

 I felt like doing this...

 So I started doing this...

 NOW look at me...

 DAMN Girls!

God is Never Wrong

GOD IS NEVER WRONG!

A king who did not believe in the goodness of God, had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: My king, do not be discouraged, because everything God does is perfect, no mistakes!

One day they went hunting and along the way a wild animal attacked the king. His slave managed to kill the animal, but could not prevent his majesty losing a finger. Furious and without showing his gratitude for being saved, the nobleman said "Is God good? If He was good, I would not have been attacked and lose my finger." The slave replied: "My king, despite all these things, I can only tell you that God is good, and he knows the "why" of all these things.

What God does is perfect. He is never wrong!" 

Outraged by the response, the king ordered the arrest of his slave. Later, he left for another hunting trip and was captured by savages who made human sacrifices. On the altar, ready to sacrifice the nobleman, the savages found that the victim had not one of his fingers, so he was released.

According to them, he was not so complete to be offered to the gods. Upon his return to the palace, he authorized the release of his slave whom he received very affectionately. "My dear, God was really good to me! I was almost killed by the wild men, but for the lack of a single finger, I was let go! But I have a question: if God is so good, why did he allow me to put you in jail?"

"My King, if I had gone with you in this hunt, I would have been sacrificed for you, because I have no missing finger, therefore, remember everything God does is perfect. He is never wrong." Often we complain about life, and negative things that happen to us,
forgetting that nothing is random and that everything has a purpose.

Every morning, offer your day to God, don't be in a rush. Ask God to inspire your thoughts, guide your actions, and ease your feelings. And do not be afraid. God is never wrong! You know why this message is for you? I do not know, but God knows, because he never makes mistakes.......

The path of God and his word is perfect, without impurities. He is the way of all those who trust in Him, as he says in 2 Samuel  22: 31.  "God's way is unerring; the promise of the LORD is fire-tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him."  

What you do with this message is up to you. May God put in your heart the desire to send it to someone. God knows why He chose you to receive this message. Please bless someone with it. God is never wrong!

Police Report

Subject: This is a Police Report - Very Important


PLEASE READ THIS, IT’S VERY VERY IMPORTANT

Not just for girls. The moral of this story is "DO NOT" take anything from strangers, not even if think you'll throw it away.
This is an actual email from the POLICE
Police Warning (Send to Everyone)
Ladies:
Pass this to friends and daughters! snopes verified. scary stuff.
Police Warning
(Send to Everyone)
People are R E A L L Y crazy! If you are a female, take heed! If you are male and have a significant female in your life who you care about, whether it's your wife, your girlfriend, your daughter, your sister, your niece, your cousin, your next door neighbor; whomever pass this along!
Always,
"Better safe than sorry!"

A man came over and offered his services as a painter to a female putting gas in her car and left his card. She said no, but accepted his card out of courtesy and got in her car. The man then got into a car driven by another gentleman.

As the lady left the service station, she saw the men following her out of the station at the same time. Almost immediately, she started to feel dizzy and could not catch her breath.

She tried to open the window and realized that the odor was on her hand; the same hand which accepted the card from the gentleman at the gas station.

She then noticed the men were immediately behind her and she felt she needed to do something at that moment.

She drove into the first driveway and began to honk her horn repeatedly to ask for help. The men drove away but the lady still felt pretty bad for several minutes after she could finally catch her breath.

Apparently, there was a substance on the card that could have seriously injured her.

This drug is called 'BURUNDANGA' and it is used by people who wish to incapacitate a victim in order to steal from or take advantage of them.

This drug is four times more dangerous than the date rape drug and is transferable on simple cards. So take heed and make sure you don't accept cards at any given time you are alone or from someone on the streets. This applies to those making house calls and slipping you a card when they offer their services'

PLEASE SEND THIS E-MAIL ALERT TO EVERY FEMALE/MALE YOU KNOW!!!!

Sgt. Gregory L. Joyner

Internal Affairs Unit


Louisville Metro Department of Corrections


400 South 6th Street

Louisville , Ky 40202


Office: (502) 574-7213

SNOPES, BELOW



1. snopes.com: Burundanga Business Card ....
Are criminals in the U.S. using burundanga-soaked business cardsto incapacitate their victims?
...Burundanga Claim: Criminals in the U.S. are using burundanga-soaked business cards to incapacitate their victims. Examples: [Collected via e-mail,...

...Jaime checked the Internet and there is a drug called "Burundanga" that is used by some people to incapacitate a victim in order to steal or take...

....on the card and could have seriously injured her. The drug is called 'BURUNDANGA' and it is used by people who wish to incapacitate a victim in order to...

Driving In The Rain

Driving in the rain-- this may save your life



GOOD VISION IN A DOWNPOUR

How to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour.

We are not sure why it is so effective; just try this method when it rains heavily. This method was given me by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. It is useful....even driving at night. One method used by Canadian Military Drivers for years.

Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibility in front of the windshield is still bad......

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES (any model will do), and miracle! All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windshield is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.

Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving him this idea..

Try it yourself and share it with your friends! Amazing, you still see the drops on the windshield, but not the sheet of rain falling.

You can see where the rain bounces off the road. It works to eliminate the "blindness" from passing semi's spraying you too.

Or the "kickup" if you are following a semi or car in the rain. They ought to teach that little tip in driver's training. It really does work...

This next warning is a another good one! I wonder how many people know about this:

A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kinburn , Ontario was traveling between Kinburn & Ottawa. It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air.. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!

When she explained to the OPP Officer what had happened he told her something that every driver should know - NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON . She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the Officer told her that if the cruise control is on when your car begins to hydro-plane and your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an airplane. She told the OPP Officer that was exactly what had occurred.

The Officer said this warning should be listed, on the driver's seat Sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed - but we don't tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry.

The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (besides the officer), was a man who had a similar accident, totalled his car and sustained severe injuries.

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on. If you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn't know about this, then it was all worth it. You might have saved a life.

Cell Phone Numbers

To All:

All Cell Phone numbers go public this month.

National Do Not Call List: Per CT.GOV

888-382-1222

Call from the phone your concerned about....takes about 20 sec. of your time.

DO ITTTTT. Even if you're only doing it for the cute puppy with the glasses! ♥

Maxine Muses

Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?

If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?

Why do croutons come in airtight packages?
Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

If people from Poland are called Poles,
then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?

If it's true that we are here to help others,

then what exactly are the others here for?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked,

then doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted,

 musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,

models deposed, tree surgeons debarked,

and dry cleaners depressed?

If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ?

Do Lipton Tea employees take 'coffee breaks?'

What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist,
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks?

Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office?

 What are we supposed to do, write to them?

Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen

can look for them while they deliver the mail?

Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?

Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

Now, stop laughing long enough to forward this onto somebody else who could also use a good chuckle!!

A Good Person

A GOOD Friend
    Would offer you a tissue and some chocolates
    When your day is going badly.
A BEST Friend
    Would sit on you sharing a tub of ice cream
    And ask who you wished that you could have bunted across the room.

A GOOD Date
    Would offer to pay
    And be a gentelman all night
A BEST Date
    Would ask what you like to do
    And mix what he likes to do and what you like to do into a fun night

A GOOD Girlfriend
    Would plan a girl's night out
    With booze and distractions
A BEST Girlfriend
    Would plan a girl's night in
    With fattening foods and corny movies

GOOD Makeup
     Lasts through the day
     And only needs to be touched up once
GREAT Makeup
     Doesn't streak when crying
     And know exactly when to look sexy

Father and Daughter

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very Liberal 

Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in Favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other Words redistribution of wealth. 

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the Lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his. 

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school. 

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that She was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people She knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends, because she spent all her time studying. 

Her father listened and then asked, 'How is your friend Audrey doing?' She replied, ' Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are Easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She Is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over.' 

Her wise father asked his daughter, 'Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA, and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.' The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, 'That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!' 

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, 'Welcome to the conservative philosophy'. 

If anyone has a better explanation of the difference between Conservative and Liberal I'm all ears.  And, if you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test! 

If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down. 

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless it's a foreign religion, of course!) 

If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh. A liberal will delete it because he's "offended". 

Well, I forwarded it to you. 

REMEMBER: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public This Month

REMINDER..... all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls. 

YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS

*To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: **

**888-382-1222**

 

*It is the National DO NOT CALL list It will only take a minute of your time.. It blocks your number for five (5) years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked. You cannot call from a different phone number.

HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON .. It takes about 20 seconds. ****

*https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx*

  *Please forward to family and friends. I registered my phone today 20 seconds.*****

For the Ladies

When a boy looks at you with eyes full of questions;

He is wondering how long you will be around.

When a boy answers,''I'm fine'' after a few seconds;

He is not at all fine.

When a boy stares at you;

He is wondering why you are lying.

When a boy lets you lay on his chest;

He is wishing for you to be his forever.

When a boy wants to see you everyday;

He wants to be yours forever.

When a boy says,''I love you'';

He means it.

When a boy says,''I miss you'';

No one in this world can miss you more than that.

Life only comes around once,

So make sure you spend it with the right person.

Find a guy who calls you,''beautiful'';

Instead of,''hot''.

Who calls you back when you hang up on him;

Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep;

Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead;

 Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats;

Who holds your hand in front of his friends;

Who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and

How lucky he is to have you;

 Who turns to his friends and says,'' That's her!'';

 If you read this you have to re post it,
guy or girl, please!

Or, as a favor to me and the other young women out there who know young ladies;

Please pass this on to the girls so they know where their Prince Charming's are almost here.

A Small Request

In memory of our moms, dads, brothers and sisters, friends and loved ones of whom there are so many..and those fighting it today... This year has been one with too many diagnoses too close to home.  For all the friends, family, loved ones, and those we don't even know... Friday is world cancer day - I'd appreciate it if you will forward this request    93% won't forward   A small request... Just one line.   Dear God, I pray for a cure for cancer.  Amen All you are asked to do is keep this circulating, even if it's only to one more person. In memory of anyone you know who has been struck down by cancer or is still living with it.   A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle..   Please Keep This Candle Going