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Buckethead...if they continue to bill you, tell them to shove it up their ass. They accepted your contract under the accepted conditions. If there is an error, it is typically weighted against the contract writer ( as they are expectd to know what they are doing ). If they continue to bill you, protest the billing with you credit card as fraud as they are billing you but not providing you with the agreed upon service. They broke the service agreement, not you. You simply acted as the agent required you to do so. If there is a flaw in the transaction, it is upon the 'agent' to correct the problem not you! This is law. If some slack-jawed piece of crap decides to push the issue, remind them of the Magnisun Loss Act in which case in which case all legal fees will be religated to the looser of the law suit as it is a 'specific performanance' loss. In a nutshell...If you buy a refrigerator, it is not unreaseonable ( sp? ) to expect it to behave as a refrigerator for a reasonable amount of time, reguardless of what the warranty states. Your contract was accepted by a recognised agent of the service provider and it woud be reasonable to expect that they hold up their end of the agreement as they are the professionals. They accepted your contract under the information supplied and in is reasonable to expect that their agent 'had a clue' as to what was required to fullfill the requirements, NOT YOU! They are the profionals ( WTF!!!! Sp? ) and and expected to know how to write a contract. One of the nice thing about the Magisun Loss Act is the legal fees are covered in the suit IF you win. Your legum will know this. If the maggots threaten to mark you credit with an unpaid contract agreement, tell them that you will will file against them with a 'Slander of Credit' with the Federal Trade Commission ( and be ready to do so.). It could get ugly at this point but contact me if you need to and I will let know how to do so as I am in the process of the with my daughter ( and you better believe I am a viscious, knife-in-the-ear, son-of-a-bitch where my daughter is concerned!!! ). Good advice for rattling someone on the phone. It won't work with some one on the other side who knows what they are doing. I've never heard of the Magisun Loss Act and a google turned up nada. The short answer is if the contract states "Thou shalt pay at least X$ no matter what" you really don't have a leg to stand on. However, US law will not help Krezack much I'm afraid, I believe he is in Austrailia. Krezack, I doubt they will continue to bill you. Most contracts have out clauses for both parties. If you wished to terminate a cell service contract early there is usually an agreed upon fee based on how long you have been in the contract spelled out. If the cell company subsidized a phone they would ask you to pay for it (pro-rated value). If THEY terminate it, as in your case, they will probably ask for the phone back. I would get your contract out and read it over and see exactly what their and your responsibilities are. Since the contact is not being terminated due to any faliure to comply with terms on your part (as in non-payment) you will probablt not have a very hard time with them.

I took off work early today and saw I Am Legend. Very well done, but could have been done a little better. It was obvious some things were cut out. I can't wait to see the Director's Cut. This was definitely the best of the three movie adaptations.

Dragon Age, Total War: Empires, more NWN2 goodness, Fallout 3. I think I'm good with 2008.

The restoration team has a restoration team?! This...this...madness must STOP! Good luck guys, I'm curious to see what you come up with.

Season 3 is not out in the US or UK or Europe and there is no idea when or if it ever will be. Fortunately there is such a thing a ebay. I shopped victoriously.

Oblivion again. New chartacter, concept and strategy. This time I will finish. Yes indeed. THIS time. I will get to the end. I won't get sick of it half way through. Yep, this is the run through I finally complete. Mhmmm. this it. yes I know I said that before, but this time...

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 Denver at Houston 8:15 p.m. TEXANS (Better defense with both teams about the sam otherwise) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 Cincinnati at San Francisco 8:15 p.m. BENGALS (It's the Futility Bowl!) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 Seattle at Carolina 1 p.m. SEAHAWKS (No strong feelings on this game but picking against Seattle has burned me before) Buffalo at Cleveland 1 p.m. BROWNS (Cleveland has the inside track to the last AFC wildcard) Tennessee at Kansas City 1 p.m. TITANS (KC is already planning for the draft) Baltimore at Miami 1 p.m. DOLPHINS (Relief at last!) NY Jets at New England 1 p.m. PATRIOTS (Not this week) Arizona at New Orleans 1 p.m. SAINTS (NO wants it more) Jacksonville at Pittsburgh 1 p.m. JAGS (Jags lock up at least a Wildcard with a win) Green Bay at St. Louis 1 p.m. PACKERS (Rams have no shot here) Atlanta at Tampa Bay 1 p.m. BUCCANEERS (Bucs win the division here, Atlants is in total disarray) Indianapolis at Oakland 4:05 p.m. RAIDERS (I've got a gut feeling about this one) Philadelphia at Dallas 4:15 p.m. COWBOYS (Philly is done) Detroit at San Diego 4:15 p.m. CHARGERS (The Lions may be out of contention before this game kicks off. Bolts clinch with a Denver loss) Washington at NY Giants 8:15 p.m. GIANTS (Giants are healthy again) MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 Chicago at Minnesota 8:30 p.m. VIKINGS (Bears are too banged up)

In South Florida we call that "Pulling a Saban".

I'm a little surprisd about Petrino. But it does fit the trend of the exodus of coaches who left college jobs for the NFL quitting to return to the college ranks.

From Dragonmount:

I'm reading two books right now. An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck. Very witty and insightful. Something all of you should read. Birthplace of the Winds by Jon Bowermaster. It's about Sea Kayaking in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. I'd move to Alaska tomorrow if I could find a job there.

It's a funny thing about BG, we know every line of every text, trigger, cutscene, etc. There is nothing we have not seen or done, and yet it never gets old almost 10 years later. Mods help keep it fresh too.

Torment and the BG series. I've never played another game that consumed all of my attention they way they did. Lately I spend more time with Rome TW and it's expansions than any other title.

I have the HK factory mod. It was moved out of it's original place in the story and it a little buggy. There are a number of bugs where doors are no longer selectable objects and you need to reload. There are also some triggers that do not change variables when you pass them so you might see the same cut scene more than once. It is playable for all of that. My advice is give it a look and save often and in different slots. They also created their own segue for the mod since it does not appear in it's original context. It doesn't really make sense but that is only a small detraction. Don't know about the droid planet though. You are on your own there.

Wow, thats three in a row for Volo now. You might have missed your calling.

Enoch please tell me you are not marrying a lawyer. No no no no, that is a mistake. You need to pick someone from a different profession, like a doctor or something. Two lawyers cancel each other out. It will ruin both your careers. Why just look at..... wait, he was elected President. But look at his wife she.... wait she might be President too. Nevermind. It sounded funnier in my head.

I KNEW it. This is not the kind of thing an adult does. It is EXACTLY what a teen age girl would do.

One nice thing about S. Florida, you can go skiing year round! Of course, you need a boat to pull you.

Ok, what do I know? I'll go sit down and shut up now.

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

OK. But as rare as this kind of thing is in the US today, it was just unheard of fifteen years ago. In the US at least.

Thursday, December 6 Chicago at Washington - REDSKINS (If the Skins fall apart this week they are done) Sunday, December 9 early games: Carolina at Jacksonville - JAGUARS (Big rebound from last week) Dallas at Detroit - LIONS (Dallas has clinched a playoff spot but the division is still up in the air. They have Philly next week. This game is a trap) Miami at Buffalo - BILLS (No end in sight for the Fins) NY Giants at Philadelphia - GIANTS (NY just has Philly's number) Oakland at Green Bay - PACKERS (Gonna be cold in Wisconson) San Diego at Tennessee - CHARGERS (This is a game between to schizo teams, who the heck knows which of each will show up) St. Louis at Cincinnati - BENGALS (Ugh, glad I don't have to watch this one) Tampa Bay at Houston - BUCCANEERS (Tampa clinches the NFC South with a win here) Sunday, December 9 late games: Pittsburgh at New England - STEELERS (Pats burned me last week but I can smell a loss coming) Arizona at Seattle - SEAHAWKS (Wouldn't it be frustrating to be a Cardinal fan?) Minnesota at San Francisco - 49ERS (Coin toss, it was tails) Cleveland at NY Jets - JETS (J-E-T-S Just End the Season) Kansas City at Denver - BRONCOS (If Denver loses, they are done. The Chiefs are already done) Indianapolis at Baltimore - COLTS (This one worries me a little) Monday, December 10: New Orleans at Atlanta - SAINTS(this is actually an important game for NO. Atlanta... not so much)

There is something wrong with the world today. It's not video games, they are a harmless past time to most. It's not guns, they have been around for five hundred years and they have never been harder to get (legally) than they are right now. I doubt seriously it's violence in movies or TV, that is not a new phenomenon either. There is something about humanity that is just broken. It's like human life has no value to anyone anymore.