the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[SunMo]

[mussa]

i shat in a 5 gallon bucket over the weekend

[rjs246]

To the shock of no one.

[SunMo]

less of a shock is that he used the contents of said bucket to spackle his living room

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Everyone except you is making sacrifices to live green and reuse Earth's valuable resources like fresh-grown spackle.

[SunMo]

oh, i'm using fresh-grown spackle...the only difference is that i groan when i make mine, not grunt

[Dillen]

you all got rickroll'd.

Was it the one where the lyrics pop up every time you hit close? I've done that to myself on purpose many times. Can't get enough Rick.

I also enjoy the black bartender jumping on the fence.

[mussa]

To the shock of no one.

ha

[Seabiscuit36]

So i got a new blackberry Pearl back at the end of February.  only 99 bucks, really didnt intend on using/paying for internet access at this time.  Just liked the phone/price.  I just got my first bill, and verizon dropped an extra 44.99 on it for blackberry service. 

Aparently thru all the online paperwork, they never disclosed that RIM requires blackberry service charges in addition to regular service charges.  I called and got some rude customer service rep saying that im past 30days with the phone, so im stuck with it, i calmly explained that it takes longer than 30 days to get the bill, and i got the oh well more or less.  I cant wait to go home to have a keeping it real session with verizon. 

It was never disclosed that there was this fee, i cant wait to see how they try to put this, because it has Reg Z (deceptive billing practices) written all over it. 

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/486209.html

8 Club Mansion workers held in beatings
Posted on Mon, Apr. 07, 2008Digg del.icio.us AIM reprint print email
BY ADAM H. BEASLEY
abeasley@MiamiHerald.com

PEDRO PORTAL / EL NUEVO HERALD
The crowd enjoys the night and scene at Mansion night club on South Beach.Nearly a dozen bouncers inside South Beach's Club Mansion viciously beat three University of Delaware students over a disputed bill early Friday, according to Miami Beach police.

Fort Lauderdale lawyer Kevin ''Bo'' Dennis plans to file a lawsuit this week on the three men's behalf, claiming that they were bloodied in a back room of Club Mansion, 1235 Washington Ave. The young men had cuts and black eyes.

Miami Beach police arrived just as the three men were able to escape through a side door, and took as many as 11 employees into custody.

Sean Sweeney, Trevor Costello and John Merryman, who were in South Florida on spring break, were ''knocked to the ground and struck upon the head and body with closed fists, kicked via feet and held down,'' according to a police report.

According to the report, bouncer Jex Fontaine threw the first blow, sparking a large physical fight that lasted some time.

Fontaine, who was charged with battery in 2002 but never prosecuted, faces felony battery charges for the Mansion melee.

Also charged for playing roles in the fight: Anthony Batts, Miami Beach; Matthew Pichardo, Hollywood; Eric DaSilva, Aventura; Diego Bustos, Miami; Corey Andre Robinson, Miami Beach; Juan Pagan-Soto, Miami; and Manuel Gaston, North Bay Village.

The report named the following men as suspects in the beating, although it is not known if they were charged: Antonio Marshall, Miami Beach; Jason Nieves, West Palm Beach; and Orlando Hernandez, Miami Beach.

According to the report, the entire episode was captured on surveillance video.

Monday afternoon, The Opium Group released the following statement: ``We are continuing to work closely with the police regarding these unsubstantiated claims, and cannot comment further as the police have not concluded their investigation.''

Here's Dennis' account of the night's events:

The evening began innocently enough hours earlier when the three men decided to spend Thursday night at Mansion, where Merryman once worked.

They asked to sit in the VIP section and bought a bottle of alcohol as required.

After about two hours, Dennis said, a waitress told the three men they had to give up their table for other patrons.

Then they were told their tab was $700. Surprised by the amount, Sweeney, Costello and Merryman asked to see a bill. The waitress refused.

A bouncer then came over to the table and asked if there was a problem.

Again, they asked for a written copy of their bill. Again, they were denied.

At this point, a third person came over to the table and asked the students to come into an office in the back, which was filled with roughly 10 bouncers. When the young men again refused to pay without seeing a tab, employees of the club turned physical.

''They started pounding on the boys,'' Dennis said.

Sweeney, who is over six feet tall and 200 pounds, was taken to the floor with a choke-hold. After taking a few kicks, he passed out. The bouncers also went to work on Merryman and Costello.

The students then agreed to pay the $700 with a credit card and were told that Costello and Sweeney could go. But the bouncers said they weren't through with Merryman, according to Dennis.

''We're going to teach you a lesson,'' one told Merryman, said Dennis, who did not know what was meant by that.

Sweeney and Costello refused to leave without their friend, and all three took another round of blows. Finally, Merryman was able to barge past two bouncers and out a side door, where he was met by Miami Beach police, who were headed in the other direction.

A Mansion employee apparently tipped the cops off about the fight. There were squad cars outside of the club when Merryman barged out the door. The other two students were also able to escape the building. Police took the entire group of bouncers away.

The victims were treated for their injuries at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Dennis plans to sue Mansion Club and its parent company, The Opium Group.
 

I know the Trevor kid, he's boys with my brother.  I saw him after he got back saturday.  Lip busted open, story was exactly the same.  Apparently the bouncers are all MMA dudes, crazy shtein, and you know they pull this stunt on people all the time.  There are already 3 other cases pending against the Mansion for the same stuff. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So i got a new blackberry Pearl back at the end of February.  only 99 bucks, really didnt intend on using/paying for internet access at this time.  Just liked the phone/price.  I just got my first bill, and verizon dropped an extra 44.99 on it for blackberry service. 

Aparently thru all the online paperwork, they never disclosed that RIM requires blackberry service charges in addition to regular service charges.  I called and got some rude customer service rep saying that im past 30days with the phone, so im stuck with it, i calmly explained that it takes longer than 30 days to get the bill, and i got the oh well more or less.  I cant wait to go home to have a keeping it real session with verizon. 

It was never disclosed that there was this fee, i cant wait to see how they try to put this, because it has Reg Z (deceptive billing practices) written all over it. 

Sadly, you could have found this out if you asked .  Why do you think RIM is turning great profits?  They not only sell the devices, but they continue to receive a cut of the data plans.

Sprint now has a $99.99 monthly plan that includes unlimited everything, unless you want to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server function to connect to your work email.  This, however, IS optional... and there is a BlackBerry Internet Server option that is part of the $99.99 price.

Verizon might be persuaded to give you a rate similar to that, but they probably wouldn't this early in the contract.  I would be on the lookout for new plans, though.  They are offering more and more cheap deals on BlackBerry service.

Don't fight it.  You'll lose.

[Seabiscuit36]

I signed up for the phone thru my works discount site with Verizon.  Basically all it had me do was pick out a phone and pay for it.  I'm fighting. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You didn't read the fine print.  You electronically signed something that owns your ass.

[Rome]

You didn't read the fine print.  You electronically signed something that owns your ass.

He signed his wife?

Kinky.

[SunMo]

You didn't read the fine print.  You electronically signed something that owns your ass.

He signed his wife?

Kinky.