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Is this guy for real?? That's creepy Eek

I actually have a indian stone I believe is cursed .....never thought of selling it on ebay. I'm afraid to touch it!!! Why do I keep it? Well, I found it over 35 years ago.....and like I said now I'm afraid to touch it!! Maybe I could advertise it and they had to come and get it. heh If they ship that board and doll will they be freaking out the shippers!! Woah, I can see the mailman with the box in back talking to him!! Eek Eek

The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
I have never been into things that are cursed... I am more into things that have been or are known to be blessed.

I have a small Baby blanket that has a 100 year history of good deeds and healing.

My mother said it was not just "Mind Over Matter" and entrusted me to provide for its safe keeping. Which I have done.
Cool auction, Lexie! Big Grin Now that you've finally found a seller who'd be willing to ship a haunted widget to you, are you going to bid on it? I can just see Tyler following you around the house dragging a haunted doll.... Razz

If you don't bid on it, maybe I should. I could put it in the yard to see if it scares off the neighbor's cats. I've been trying to find something that'll do that for years. (I'd still like to try one of those Tasmanian devils. I wonder how big of a fit the folks at the airport would throw if I tried to import a few?)

Have you seen the movie Dogma? One of the characters is a fallen angel named Bartelby who thinks he's found a legal loophole to get into heaven. I saw it the other week and noticed the name. Big Grin

They say that bad luck is supposed to happen to people who steal petrified wood from the petrified forest. The only way to stop all the bad luck is to return it. There's lots of petrified wood around and I have a big chunk of it (not stolen!) but haven't noticed anything. Maybe it has to be stolen to work. Eek

--Christine

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I dont think Tyler's Dad would be comfortable with Tyler dragging around a haunted Doll. Confused Its not the Haunted part that would bother him, its the DOLL part. Razz

Oh a little Tazzie Devil would sure fix up all the cats in the neighborhood. Your post*person* would get the fright of his life too.... "Thats one strange dog you have there lady!"

Pity you dont have kids, they could take him to school for *show n tell* - do you guys have that??

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Have you seen the movie Dogma?

Wink Thats where my Bartelby comes from.

I havent heard the thing about petrified wood. My boss has some on his desk, maybe thats what his problem is.

He will be unbearable after this week, he is away Rallying (Racing) his Porsche and is the Outright Winner so far.

Lexie
Your boss owns a Porsche? Hey, if he's that rich, he should give you a HUGE raise!!!

Most young kids will pick up and drag anything around...but I see your point about your husband. Boys play with dolls, too, but you're supposed to call them action figures to be politically correct. I think it's a male thing.
Roll Eyes

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that...imagine those Tasmanian devils trying to eat the poor guy who's bringing those eBay widgets I sniped.... But maybe they won't be hungry by the time he makes his rounds. Not with all these cats. Oh, well. The dog barks at him. What's a few more?

They do have show and tell around here, but I don't have kids. The school might get a little cranky about a pet Tasmanian devil in class, but then, show and tell is supposed to be about seeing new things, so they'd have nothing to complain about. Cool Besides, the little critters are kind of cute.

I hope we figure out why. I don't want to use the downstairs until we do. It doesn't make sense tho. When it rained 12 inches last year the neighbors all had wet basements. Well, not all of them but several. But we were absolutley dry. Last night it rained only a couple inches and we are the ones with water!! We live in the country with our own well and septic. This water had to come up from the drain the goes under and around the house and then out to the road. ????? any body out there know? The clean up guy said something about the ground still being frozen except for just next to the house so the water all ran down next to the foundation. We have extra wide overhang and rain gutters so the water wasn't running off the roof. But that doesn't explain why the drain suddenly opened up and the water drained in a matter of minutes. Frown

The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
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Think of a rock cliff and a waterfall..kind of what sounds like happened. The water was on the frozen ground with no place to go except toward the house and the thawed ground and then down. It probably built up fast around the foundation and with nowhere for it to drain off, it seeped inside probably through the floor drain. We had it happen one time and it forced it's way in through the basement shower drain! We ended up plugging it!

I never know what to think of things like that. I find myself feeling sorry for her, even though I have never really cared for her.

Apparently, by acting on a tip from an insider with prior knowledge, she defrauded the other investors. If that is theft, she ought to make restitution, certainly. No one is above the law. Yet I do think the law is often applied inequitably.

I also think there is a difference between crimes against property and crimes against persons. It's when the REAL bad guys get off easy that I become upset. A murderer should get more than a few years prison sentence.
...faith in the US injustice system! Since all the principles in Enron have NOT had as severe an outcome to their misdeeds as Martha, it is a total miscarriage of justice! In my opinion, the prosecutor wasn't out for justice -- just out to make a name for himself! Makes me sick to think about!

Jabbergah                                                  
I agree that everyone would have been better off if Martha Stewart had only had to make restitution, i.e., repay her ill-gotten gain from the trade, plus fines and penalties. She'd have been financially punished for a financial misdeed, but not put in the stocks for public amusement. The other investors would actually have gotten money to replace what she supposedly took from them,and the taxpayers would not have spent a bundle on a lengthy trial and then prison.

Hey, I'm going to be supporting Martha Stewart! That's just not right!

Anyway, it reminds me of the French Revolution (only without blood). The Have-Nots can get really gleefully ugly when the chance finally comes to get revenge on the Haves. Martha Stewart was the epitome of rich white aristocracy, and they dragged her to the guillotine in the town square.

I was born a Have-Not and followed in my family's footsteps for many years before I figured out that we do not live in a feudal system, that somebody having theirs doesn't mean I can't have mine, and that if I don't have a big enough piece of pie, I can bake my own! It is not a zero-sum game! I finally fought my way out of poverty into solid middle class (maybe upper-middle if I stay off ebay and keep my own money), and I say Good Going! to Martha or anybody else who makes a success of it. Her being rich never made me poor.

Our legal system doesn't seem to treat people at either extreme of the socio-economic spectrum very justly.

Ooops. I'm rambling again. Please, Somebody! Stop me before I write again!
...of "ill-gotten gain"!?! Yeah, that's what all this crap was about! She had 3900 shares of that pharmaceutical stock. She sold it at $58/share supposedly on inside information. The next day the bad info on the company came out and the stock opened at $45. So if she would have sold the stock the same day everyone else was dumping the stock, she would have received $51,000 LESS. Wowee!! What a criminal! And for this she should get jail time??!? Give me a break!

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...for $34 with no bids in last few minutes. I guess the snipers on this forum don't go for that kind of stuff, huh? Wink Doll goes in next 10 minutes. If you check out the seller's other items, he now has a magic wand & necklace up for bid! He also has some clothing available which have NO magic in them! Confused

Jabbergah                                                  
Hey, I have an idea! Maybe Martha Stewart could just do community service -- at my house. She could do time by doing $51,000 of cooking and decorating around here. My family would enjoy some gourmet fare and beautiful ice sculpture centerpieces.

Well, actually, my kids would probably just hack the ice sculptures up to put in their iced tea, and I don't think I can find space for all her staff and film crew.

Still - it's a thought!
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...for $27 w/no bids in last 3 minutes of auction. Lexie didn't get there in time. I think the doll is crying again because she went so cheap! Roll Eyes

I think I'll list a "haunted head"! Yeah, I'll get one of those styrofoam heads women have for wigs. Then I'll get one of those long vibrators, turn it on, and stick it inside the head. The tricky part will be fixing (or un-fixing!) the vibrator so that the battery connection is poor so it will turn itself on/off on a random basis! Big Grin LOL! Another tricky thing will be shipping it without it being pulled and blown up by a bomb squad! Roll Eyes Razz

Jabbergah                                                  
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And just how do you know about such things Jabber?
They're in this "Dr.Leonard's" mail order catalog I get. Don't know how I got on the mail list. This catalog has all sorts of stuff including "waterproof incontinence pants" and shoes with velcro closures instead of laces! They even have accordion wallets too, but too pricey. Wink

Jabbergah                                                  
...Great story, littlebit! Big Grin Did things get sorted out and your sister get calmed before the security did something dumb? Luggage and packages with buzzing devices inside HAVE been blown up by bomb squads. "OVERREACTION" seems to be the rule of thumb in these post 9-11 days. Roll Eyes

Jabbergah                                                  
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....Funnier still was the fact that the elder gentleman who found it picked it up and was examining it as he didnt know what it was.
I'm sure his co-workers educated him on the item, accompanied with much laughter! Roll Eyes Wonder if that thing looks like a stick of dynamite in the x-ray machine?

Jabbergah                                                  
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I'm sure his co-workers educated him on the item, accompanied with much laughter! Wonder if that thing looks like a stick of dynamite in the x-ray machine?

Yes apparently the young fella working with him nearly pee'd his pants he was laughing so hard. When the identity was whispered in his ear, the ole bloke dropped it like a hot cake. I have no clue what it looks like on the xray machine.

This is the same girl who had the *hair* problem Jabber.

Lexie
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PS - I know I'll be sorry I asked, but what is this accordian thing?
Actually sort of a long story, but I'll try to give a readers digest version. Lexie might get mad at me sharing a private joke of sorts.

I was looking for <<THIS>>

I found LOTS of <<THESE>>

Oddly enough, a few things like <<THIS>>
and <<THIS>>

popped up, which I had never hear of. The last seller had some rather curious listings with <<THIS ONE>> really striking Lexie & me funny/creepy!!

Thus our strange obsession with "accordion" talk & "hands"! Eek Roll Eyes

It might be one of those "you had to have been there" things! Roll Eyes

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I find this kind of stuff being sold on ebay as really weird!! I was checking the feedback of the original item in this thread which led me to this buyer. Check out the prices these things are getting!!!! Eek
auction # 2986752184

I don't want to mention the "thing" again and get it mad, but with my ruptured disc and flooded basement since the last time I did......maybe I'll sell that thing on ebay real fast!!!! Eek Eek Eek

The best things in life are furry....and flowers!
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...this item? <<MAGIC WAND>>

Well I sent an e-mail to the WINNING bidder, and even got a reply!?! Eek

I sent: "Hi! Saw you won the 'magic wand'. Did you get any tingles or warmth up your arm from it? - g"

Reply: "It has vibrations. I have a cystal cat that you can really feel the energy."

Takes all kinds! Buyer seems happy with purchase!

Jabbergah                                                  
...I read the description of the doll from the cemetary shed. Wow! Can you imagine finding an old doll in a shed, dusting it off, and getting several $100 for it?!? Eek Doesn't sound very UNLUCKY to me! Roll Eyes

You need to write up an imaginative description for your item! Who knows how many $100's it will bring!? Eek

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