Ay, Que Tonterias!

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:46:28 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
>urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
>driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays. I guess these
>geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
>the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.
>
>With brilliant leadership like this, it looks like we won't have to
>worry about Aztlan being "retaken" anytime soon...
>

You somehow expected Mexicans to be smarter than everyone else?

How very racist of you. :-)

>--
>Friends don't let friends shop at Best Buy *or* become Verizon customers.

What did Verizon do to you?

They are the best wireless carrier I've had (which isn't saying much,
since the others suck so much).

And here's what I really like about Verizon:

http://tinyurl.com/4latu

Verizon: Reject directory

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dec 11, 2004


Verizon Wireless, the nation's second-largest cell-phone company, is
asking other wireless providers to stop pushing for a wireless
directory.

A national survey of wireless phone users, sponsored by a nonprofit
online privacy group, has shown that only one in 10 mobile-phone users
would want to be listed in a directory and only three in 10 would
support creating such a directory, Verizon Wireless said.

Verizon Wireless has decided not to publish a wireless directory or to
make its 42 million customers' phone numbers available for a
directory.

Verizon bases that decision, which is being reflected in customer
contracts, on privacy considerations.

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:46:28 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:

>Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
>urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
>driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays. I guess these
>geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
>the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.
>
>With brilliant leadership like this, it looks like we won't have to
>worry about Aztlan being "retaken" anytime soon...
>

You somehow expected Mexicans to be smarter than everyone else?

How very racist of you. :-)

>--
>Friends don't let friends shop at Best Buy *or* become Verizon customers.

What did Verizon do to you?

They are the best wireless carrier I've had (which isn't saying much,
since the others suck so much).

And here's what I really like about Verizon:

http://tinyurl.com/4latu

Verizon: Reject directory

Richmond Times-Dispatch Dec 11, 2004


Verizon Wireless, the nation's second-largest cell-phone company, is
asking other wireless providers to stop pushing for a wireless
directory.

A national survey of wireless phone users, sponsored by a nonprofit
online privacy group, has shown that only one in 10 mobile-phone users
would want to be listed in a directory and only three in 10 would
support creating such a directory, Verizon Wireless said.

Verizon Wireless has decided not to publish a wireless directory or to
make its 42 million customers' phone numbers available for a
directory.

Verizon bases that decision, which is being reflected in customer
contracts, on privacy considerations.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:22:13 -0700, Olaf Gustafson >
> wrote:
>
> >What did Verizon do to you?
> >
> >They are the best wireless carrier I've had (which isn't saying much,
> >since the others suck so much).
>
> They all pretty much suck, but Verizon blows dead bears. In a
> nutshell, they extended my contract without telling me, and then
> charged me an early termination fee when I dumped them afer my
> original contract expired (but still within the term of the extended
> contract which I didn't find out was extended until I got the enormous
> final bill). Although this new extended "contract" would never hold
> up in court, Verizon knows that it's not worth the time and
> aggravation for people to sue them over it, which is precisely how
> they get away with it.

Ever consider contacting the folks that run a consumer show or segment of
the news? They love these stories and they're usually good at bringing a
quick easy conclusion to these things.

Most of the time I find tearing a strip off the company works, but YMMV.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:22:13 -0700, Olaf Gustafson >
> wrote:
>
> >What did Verizon do to you?
> >
> >They are the best wireless carrier I've had (which isn't saying much,
> >since the others suck so much).
>
> They all pretty much suck, but Verizon blows dead bears. In a
> nutshell, they extended my contract without telling me, and then
> charged me an early termination fee when I dumped them afer my
> original contract expired (but still within the term of the extended
> contract which I didn't find out was extended until I got the enormous
> final bill). Although this new extended "contract" would never hold
> up in court, Verizon knows that it's not worth the time and
> aggravation for people to sue them over it, which is precisely how
> they get away with it.

Ever consider contacting the folks that run a consumer show or segment of
the news? They love these stories and they're usually good at bringing a
quick easy conclusion to these things.

Most of the time I find tearing a strip off the company works, but YMMV.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
> urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
> driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays. I guess these
> geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
> the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.
>
> With brilliant leadership like this, it looks like we won't have to
> worry about Aztlan being "retaken" anytime soon...

People on my local newsgroup want to try these stupid oneday gas outs all
the time because they think it will somehow bring down the cost of gas in
our tiny little market.

They think that iff everyone buys from one gas station, all the other
stations will lower the price to attract customers. Either that or they
think "We will buy gas from station A on Monday, station B on Tuesday, etc"

They think:

a) Enough people will follow that it will have a detectable change in gas
sales.

b) It will somehow impact the cost of gas.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
> urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
> driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays. I guess these
> geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
> the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.
>
> With brilliant leadership like this, it looks like we won't have to
> worry about Aztlan being "retaken" anytime soon...

People on my local newsgroup want to try these stupid oneday gas outs all
the time because they think it will somehow bring down the cost of gas in
our tiny little market.

They think that iff everyone buys from one gas station, all the other
stations will lower the price to attract customers. Either that or they
think "We will buy gas from station A on Monday, station B on Tuesday, etc"

They think:

a) Enough people will follow that it will have a detectable change in gas
sales.

b) It will somehow impact the cost of gas.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:34:31 GMT, "Bill 2" > wrote:
>
> >People on my local newsgroup want to try these stupid oneday gas outs
all
> >the time because they think it will somehow bring down the cost of gas in
> >our tiny little market.
> >
> >They think that iff everyone buys from one gas station, all the other
> >stations will lower the price to attract customers. Either that or they
> >think "We will buy gas from station A on Monday, station B on Tuesday,
etc"
>
> I suppose these little boycotts do have one useful purpose: they keep
> the mental midgets occupied and possibly out of REAL trouble...

Except they will drive in the left lane to get there, possibly taking
station off someone's port-bow.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:34:31 GMT, "Bill 2" > wrote:
>
> >People on my local newsgroup want to try these stupid oneday gas outs
all
> >the time because they think it will somehow bring down the cost of gas in
> >our tiny little market.
> >
> >They think that iff everyone buys from one gas station, all the other
> >stations will lower the price to attract customers. Either that or they
> >think "We will buy gas from station A on Monday, station B on Tuesday,
etc"
>
> I suppose these little boycotts do have one useful purpose: they keep
> the mental midgets occupied and possibly out of REAL trouble...

Except they will drive in the left lane to get there, possibly taking
station off someone's port-bow.

On 12/13/2004 6:46 AM, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
> urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
> driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays.

What on Earth does not buying gas on Mondays have to do with the
licensing of illegal aliens??

> I guess these
> geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
> the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.

"Never has, never will" is right. Snopes has a good explanation as to why:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm

Anyone want to forward those URLs to the advocacy group in question?


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On 12/13/2004 6:46 AM, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> Just reported by the KTLA Morning News: a Mexican advocacy group is
> urging people who support allowing illegal aliens to obtain California
> driver's licenses to stop buying gasoline on Mondays.

What on Earth does not buying gas on Mondays have to do with the
licensing of illegal aliens??

> I guess these
> geniuses never noticed that one-day "gas outs" have never worked in
> the past, nor can they possibly work in the future.

"Never has, never will" is right. Snopes has a good explanation as to why:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm

Anyone want to forward those URLs to the advocacy group in question?


--
~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie.
Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave.
******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
for secure mail info) --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)