Recent content by maggie~hamilton

Another eBay Brain Surgeon... the blender seller's latest reply ... =-> Just wondering, do you sell things to? If you do then you would know that even if you do use the "shipping calculators" its not always exact! I use them everyday and with something that heavy it cost alittle extra then it...

Update Here's the reply from the seller, and my reply thereto: =-> Thanks for the update on the packaging, and i used what i had to work with, i could have waited a few more days to send it to you while i looked for a different box. Thanks for not leaving me bad feedback, and i would like to...

(Sorry, link was wrong in the first posting)

Ennio Marchetto THIS is amazing!!!!!!!!!!

THIS is amazing!!!!!!!!!! http://<www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFI1i5FIBc>

In general... I agree with you. But I am going to wait for the seller's response before taking any action. If I get a flip-off in reply then we'll see what happens.

We had an Osterizer Galaxie blender that we purchased new in 1985. It was a wonderful blender and served us faithfully all these many years; and would have continued to serve us had I not ruined it by accidentally getting water inside it when cleaning the housing. Water from the fawcett sprayed...

The vacuum repair guy: an endangered species After half a century of saving moms from Barbie clothes and carpet fringe, John Huling's fix-it shop bites the dust. By Sara Hoagland Hunter Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor March 4, 2008 Natick, Mass. -- We all have a vacuum cleaner...

POSTED IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE VARIOUS NEWS STORIES: 1- Mr Donahoe [eBay big mucky-muck] stated he wants to rid the site of the embarassing sellers of "flea market" items- otherwise known to buyers as unique vintage items and what a great many of us searched ebay for- in favor of large...

eBay's excuse in the past when shying away with helping you out with bad apples was "eBay is only a forum." e.g., we are here only to facilitate transactions and are not actually a part of the transaction. Looks like they're changing their stance. I also take great personal offense at their...

Some of us with a little mileage on us bitterly remember how readily politicians say one thing and conveniently do another thing after being elected. Especially regarding gay rights. When campaigning before his successful election in 1991, California Governor Pete Wilson garnered a lot of...

Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:51 pm (PST) Ric Weiland, who helped his friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft, was a quiet philanthropist. But his final gift has provided one of the most powerful financial boosts ever to the gay-rights movement. Weiland has left $65 million to the Pride...

I guess it's a good job she wasn't serving brownies with the tee-aaaaaugh!!!

(I assume this is a true story--) One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe one and a half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries. Someone had given me a...

No, no TV fetish here. It was just a jaw-dropping moment when I discovered that ultra-conservative Giuliani (albeit a multiple-divorcee) was apparently a cross-dresser.