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06/03/2008 23:49 #44537

It's here!!
This is a little late however after a very long wait I finally have my Verizon 8330 Curve Blackberry!!

Here it is in all its glory:

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I love ball for navigation as opposed to the wheel setup in the previous model. The body is slim and narrow also which is nice. Most of all it has a camera which I have been longing for. It's nice to have the option along with me now.

Here is a pic I took with the zoom on. Not to bad for situations when you want to buy a goat and don't want to forget the number.

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For the most part I am pleased with the 8330 so far. I do wish it had wifi though.
tinypliny - 06/04/08 11:54
OMG, I have always secretly wanted a pet goat of my very own!

Hmmm... if only I could figure out how to hide it in my flat without anyone noticing....
paul - 06/04/08 00:13
Its so cute. I would be all about the blackberry if it had a touch screen. I just can't imagine not having one since I left the sidekick 2 back in 05.

05/28/2008 12:26 #44473

Stressed..
This past month for me has been very stressful. Work has been the root of most of this stress as my team is understaffed and have so much to do. I have not even wanted to post to estrip at all lately. I will go to the site and close it knowing all my time needs to be spend elsewhere. Besides running on my lunch break I think I need to get that Allentown Athletix membership very soon. Hopefully they have a punching bag so I can take out some of my aggression. If not then just sweating a little might do the trick. Thanks for listening ;)
paul - 05/28/08 22:06
I know that feeling very well. I am also excited to join the gym to get some stress/aggression out.

05/14/2008 23:02 #44342

Preakness this weekend!!
This weekend I am going to the 133rd Running of the Preakness. I am so excited as this is a bachelor party. We all have tickets to the infield that is sure to be crazy. I have not been to an outside beer bash since the 10 Ugly Men festival in Rochester. I am sure I will have a lot of drunken pics to post when I get back. Doing a little bit of research tonight I have seen the shenanigans that go on there. Overweight men in speedos, people in horse costumes and afros etc etc. Has anyone ever been to this?
imk2 - 05/15/08 05:52
yeah, i used to live in baltimore. you might also see a lot of boobies. or maybe those were just my roommates.
vincent - 05/14/08 23:49
No, I just bet on it ;-)

Hopefully Big Brown wins & gives us a shot for a triple crown.

04/28/2008 14:52 #44170

Indoor Air Professionals
Today I took a day off of work to have someone clean my house...sounds great doesn't it?? We actually got our air ducts cleaned today which I wanted to do last year but didn't have the money to do it.

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The crew consisted of two guys. One of them worked in the basement on the main trunk lines and the other cleaned up all the registers. The trunk lines needed to have several holes cut out to get access. Here is a video from their website:



They taped off all of the vents in the house so dirt would not blow out all over the house.

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Look at all the junk they got out. The bottom two filters are from the cold air returns. The top one is from the supply lines. The filter that is blue was not used but put down for reference.
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After about 4 hours of cleaning they patched up the holds and pulled off all the tape.

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It feels good in here already. Not sure if that is all mental but I hope this does good for my wife's allergies also.


libertad - 04/28/08 22:08
I want that done!

mrdeadlier - 04/28/08 18:26
Thanks for the info. We're actually getting ours cleaned in a few weeks. I'll post the pics when they get done and we can talk smack over who had more/less filth in their ducts!
paul - 04/28/08 15:42
I had a mixed experience with them. Because our house had so many cats before we moved in, and because I am deathy allergic to cats I called them to do the ducts. They came and seriously they took out like 100x the junk you have collected as the pipes were huge old ones and totally clogged with 18 cats hairs. It was disgusting (e:paul,32742) .

However, when they were done, and because I am so anal about cat hair, I sent the web cams down the pipes attached to the laptop with USB extension cables and found lots of junk still down there. I sent them the pics and they came and "redid" it and gave us a discount for the next time. I still think it was kind of bullshit that they did not get it all the first time. Then again it was really like 100 years of animal hair and it was definately an industrial strength job.

Ironically, shortly thereafter we replaced the whole pipe system with a new one when we had the asbestos removed.

04/26/2008 11:51 #44153

Getting my hair cut
I love getting my hair cut by a barber but I feel like it's kind of a waste. I don't have to much hair but a 1.5 on the top and a 1 on the sides usually does the trick. I used to "bic" my head in college which was always a nice feeling. Everyone told me I looked mean though.
paul - 04/26/08 13:21
I can't imagine you looking mean, you smile too much.
tinypliny - 04/26/08 12:07
I have been trying for ages to look mean. I always get mistaken for a 15 year old instead. Maybe bic-ing it is the way to go... Hmmmm...