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Olton Hall Feb 25, 2009 8:51 am

Note to self. From now on fully inspect all future junk mail from Chase/CO MC. When dealing with recycling this morning it appeared to be the normal junk mail until the CO Currency Coupon fell out. ^

photog72 Feb 25, 2009 8:51 am


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11319412)
They've been trying to change the name for the last 10 years, they got denied last your for copyright reasons or something like that...

I thought they change the name of the town for a week in June, to celebrate Dr. Pepper's B-day or something like that. Right?

fozz Feb 25, 2009 8:53 am


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11319358)
I love driving, will you be coming near to dublin, tx?

I will be around randomly if your nearby we could have a microDO and go out to eat or something....

Definitely. I'm driving the other car from SAN to AUS and then spending a few days there for SxSW. Then after that I'm headed up to NJ.


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 11319384)
If you use your Presidential Plus Card on all expenses to work toward flexible EQMs, I think this behavior could be acceptable.

I think the last thing I need is flexible EQMs on CO. Can I use my Amex and rack the MR points so I can transfer them into ANA and VS?


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11319387)
My RJ whore status my be reduced this year, as work is going to have me on far more routes where I'm on mainline equipment the entire way. Kind of hard to do ATL-LAX all on RJs.

Fair enough. But who will help populate the Box's FM with all those outlying airports!?!?

It's a pity they dropped the IAH-PSP flights, you could have kept up your RJ status. :D

fozz Feb 25, 2009 8:55 am


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11319440)
Note to self. From now on fully inspect all future junk mail from Chase/CO MC. When dealing with recycling this morning it appeared to be the normal junk mail until the CO Currency Coupon fell out. ^

I almost did the same thing and when I opened it, found a free companion ticket coupon. After having the card since they launched it in '98, it's the first time i've gotten anything from them without having to harass them for it.

icurhere2 Feb 25, 2009 8:57 am


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11319440)
Note to self. From now on fully inspect all future junk mail from Chase/CO MC. When dealing with recycling this morning it appeared to be the normal junk mail until the CO Currency Coupon fell out. ^

If it's a company I do business with, I always open the mail. Some of the recent items I've received but would have never expected:

* Great coupons for products produced by company whose stock I own within Annual Reports,
* A continuing car insurance (8%) discount from another stock,
* A free DVD player,
* A free portable DVD player,
* Less expensive earthquake insurance coverage (close enough to New Madrid),
* Four coffees / donuts for 7-Eleven (one for each of four credit card statements), and
* Eight McDonald's chicken sandwiches (two for each of four credit card statements)

Steph3n Feb 25, 2009 9:01 am


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 11319444)
I thought they change the name of the town for a week in June, to celebrate Dr. Pepper's B-day or something like that. Right?

Oh they call it Dr pepperville....but they have been trying to officially change the name for real, not as a 1 week stunt :)

baglady Feb 25, 2009 9:02 am


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11319440)
Note to self. From now on fully inspect all future junk mail from Chase/CO MC. When dealing with recycling this morning it appeared to be the normal junk mail until the CO Currency Coupon fell out. ^


Hmmm. Hope I didn't throw one out!

Steph3n Feb 25, 2009 9:04 am


Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11319521)
Hmmm. Hope I didn't throw one out!

They have been including a lot of goodies in them of late, I have a small horde of drink coupons that are cobranded Chase/CO

ConciergeMike Feb 25, 2009 9:06 am

I have three drink coupons left - seeing as how I have to get off my IAH-SEA flight and drive 45 minutes, I don't think they're put to good use there. Maybe on Sunday morning when we fly SEA-EWR at something like 7:40am Pacific...give the fiancee a couple of coupons and get her to go back to sleep.

Olton Hall Feb 25, 2009 9:06 am


Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11319521)
Hmmm. Hope I didn't throw one out!

It was the pre-anniversary letter thanking me for being a card member.:rolleyes: Now where are my PC passes?

Olton Hall Feb 25, 2009 9:08 am


Originally Posted by Steph3n (Post 11319534)
They have been including a lot of goodies in them of late, I have a small horde of drink coupons that are cobranded Chase/CO

This one isn't cobranded. It's one of the older ones with no expiration date and the box for the head phone purchase.

ConciergeMike Feb 25, 2009 9:09 am


Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 11319546)
Now where are my PC passes?

baglady is wondering the same thing, along with her 27 drink vouchers. I wonder if she had gone 5/5 at the matching game...how do you give the prize for the correct one-way fare IAH-PHX? Give it as a cert?

baglady Feb 25, 2009 9:13 am


Originally Posted by ssullivan (Post 11318983)
:rolleyes: of the morning goes to the project manager at my company who I was scheduled for a conference call at 9:00 AM with. In her e-mail to set up the call, she said we'd use our internal conferencing system, and in the e-mail she gave me the number for that system and her ID. So I called it, not realizing it was the wrong number. Instead of the usual recording I'm used to hearing that welcomes me to our conference call system I get a message in a seductive female voice welcoming me to the "premiere adult chat line of the Northeast" :eek: and followed by information on how to enter my credit card :eek:. So I hung up and dialed again, thinking I misdialed. Same thing. At this point I pulled up my e-mail information for my own conferencing account to check the number, and the actual number for our system isn't even close to what she sent me. So I dialed it, and entered the ID she gave me, which of course wasn't recognized. Then I realized our system uses 6 digit IDs, and she gave me an 8 digit ID.

At that point I called her cell phone, which she answered. I told her I couldn't get to her on the conferencing system with the number she gave me, and she pulled up the e-mail she sent me. After a pause, she said "Oh, oh no. I copy and pasted the wrong information in the e-mail to you. That was supposed to go to someone else." :rolleyes:

Note to all: When sending out conference call information to people in your company for a business call, don't copy and paste the information for your account on an adult phone chat service that charges $9.99 plus $0.99/minute. :eek:


I don't have to watch comedy, I can just read your posts. LOL!!!!:D:D

ConciergeMike Feb 25, 2009 9:20 am

After some of his recent posts, I think ssullivan and Dilbert might be distant cousins.

AMF in NJ Feb 25, 2009 9:22 am

Caught up, and now for all my out of date replies! :rolleyes::D:rolleyes:


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11316186)
I do, too, at a barber shop on 7th avenue. I've been going to the same guy for 7 years now and I'm pretty sure that he still doesn't know my name. The price has gone up over the years, from $11.50 to $13.50 to the current $15, but still a bargain. When I'm feeling particularly indulgent I'll get a shave, too. That's a nice touch. Maybe tomorrow. :cool:

My guy charges me $15, and I give a $5 tip. Sounds excessive, but when the posted price for a men's haircut is $25, I don't mind.


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 11316454)
My boss scheduled a meeting tomorrow during the Yankees first spring training game!

Yankees? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11316457)
I'm giving up buying shoes, clothes, and accessories for Lent.

I give it 10 days! :eek::o:D

Oddly, I just got some shoes from endless.com. Ordered Monday night before 10PM EST and received them the next day with their free overnight shipping. Zappos has competition!


Originally Posted by rolov (Post 11316546)
I could skip corned beef :p

:eek::eek::eek::rolleyes:


Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 11316550)
My takeaways from the speech:

First time in a long time that the president hasn't said "The state of the union is strong."

I don't know if it counts as an "official" state of the union address.


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 11316609)
PS3^ I love mine. I use it mainly as a BR player. I bought one game for $5, that's it.

PS3? Yawn. 36:D!


Originally Posted by baglady (Post 11316637)
Start with swedish but tell the massage therapist where you are really sore and they may do deep tissue or trigger point in that area. Massage keeps me as normal as I'm ever going to get.

I had the oddest massage in Japan. It wasn't in an airport though, but when we were out in the country. A little old gentleman dressed completely in white came to our room and gave my wife an I (I presume) an eastern style massage. No oil, just pressure and rubbing. The odd part was he had a little towel that he use as a barrier when he was giving you the massage (and we had one layer of clothes on), and he made this very weird noise when breathing that made it next to impossible to relax.


Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 11317289)
COLPUCKS longest tra in ride was HAM-MUC on the ICE about 7 hrs. That train ride started an epic story that will passed down generations. The second longest train ride was VLC-MAD on a took regional train that 6.5 hrs.

Longest train ride was the Japan Shinkansen from Kyoto to Tokyo at about 3 hours. Think of it as riding in 3x2 E++ (which I thought was odd since the Japanese are short).


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 11317352)
I am worried that is what I will be saying 4 hours into my NRT trip in two weeks!

:eek::eek::eek: Why? It's awesome (note the little a)!


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