[Spoon Poetic]

Complaint: I've been growing out my hair for Locks of Love again, because I like to grow it out, then get a lot of it chopped off to donate. But I don't like it to be too short (I pretty much freaked out the last time it got cut to my shoulders), and you have to donate at least ten inches, so I grow it out REALLY long so that when it gets cut, it's still at least to the middle of my shoulderblades. Right now it's all the way to my waist, and pretty much bugging the hell out of me. But I've persevered, because I thought Locks of Love was a great organization, I was helping sick little bald kids. Then I found that above Wikipedia article, that makes Locks of Love out to be this horrible, greedy organization that just sells the donated hair for profit and none of it goes to the kids. And I can't find anything to dispute it.

Have I been growing my hair down to my ass for nothing???

It doesn't sound like much of a complaint, I know, but it frustrates me.

Hmm... How much do you think I could get for my hair on eBay?

[Chyld]

You'll notice, though, that they didn't cite a source for all the stats about the missing donations. You haven't found anything to dispute it, but have you found anything that agrees with it?

And even if they are a hiedious evil hair-stealing monster, you can't really say you've been playing silly buggers with your hair for nothing. Its hell more of a charitable thing to do than I tend to see on a day to day basis.

And I'm not sure you can sell hair on eBay, as only Platinum Reserve accounts get to sell body parts, and I'm assuming hair counts as a part of the body. You could make baskets out of it, or somesuch thing, and sell them. Maybe little dolls?

[StarWarsIsUs]

I used to hear voices. And pots and pans moving around in the kitchen; sometimes I thought my mom had come home early. But I went in the kitchen, and no one was there yet.

But then I started taking medicine. And it all went away.

[Slade]

Complaint: My crappy donated keyboard is on the fritz again.

[StarWarsIsUs]

I have a fancy keyboard that is divided into two sides. It is easier on the fingers, I guess. Not sure what the reason was splitting it into two seperate sides ... but sure it is beneficial somehow.

[Deepsycher]

I have so many keyboards to go round but not as fancy as the ones divided into two sides.
Every fancy keyboard I came across, I mean the cheap ones had problems and when I want to clean them most of them were not easy to put the caps back in.

I have some Cherry Acorn keyboards and they are quality. To open them up they have clips instead of screws. The keys fit on a stick and not a cap so they don't slide off. I like the smoothness of the keys for typing. I got them... free from a place I volunteered to work.

One of them was made in 1989 but this one I am using with no date looks older.
The numbers and letters has not worn off on either of them compared to some of my newer ones.


I was too ill go to a butstale today.

[Spoon Poetic]

At the risk of sounding ignorant...


What's a butstale?

[Deepsycher]

It was a joke for a second hand sale another name they call it is a bootsale.
I call it butsale because most of the stuff there might be broken. People do lie there allot.

I get some good second hand used stuff but electronics is very risky for me especially when there is someone there saying to me that every item on their stall is working but no proof. If I go I'll bring batteries incase I come across any useful goodies.

I got all my speakers from there and an old 1975 stereo amplifier that still works. These aren't the horrible plastic small ones but they are proper large speakers within their day.

This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 27 August 2006 - 11:55 AM

[StarWarsIsUs]

I GET IT!

Good one, Deep.

[Icey]

My keyboard and mouse are dead.
My head is threatening exploding.
Atleast I have many pieces of After Eights.

[Chyld]

I've got nothing to do for the next 24 days but somehow generate £200 for all the things I want to take back to uni (bass amp, furnishings, books, drugs...). This is on an income that almost doesn't exist, may I note. May I also mention the "Fuck All To Do" part again?

[StarWarsIsUs]

The best way to get money in a short amount of time, is to go out and collect aluminum cans.

[Jane Sherwood]

There's a drawer that's missing its handle in the desk I've been using for the past week, and - on a total whim - I just pried it open. Do you know what I found inside? Go on, guess.

...

Go on.

...

...

...Do you know what I found?

A DILDO!

Somebody left a fucking dildo in this desk in this dorm room. How can somebody forget something like that? Why would somebody bring something like that? "Let's see: books, ID, notes, pencils, dildo - I'm ready for class!" What the fuck, man?

There are some pretty cool Mardi Gras beads in there, too, but the dildo is sitting right on top of them - contaminating them so I can't plunder them!

Graaaa!

...

(*keeps opening the drawer and staring in mute disbelief, giggling, staring some more, then twitching; over and over*)

[StarWarsIsUs]

Maybe it was too small for her, so she ... or he ... decided to leave it behind for someone who saw that it was the right size for them.

"Pass it on" type of philosophy.

[Jane Sherwood]

It's disgusting, that's what it is.

Christ...I'd never even seen a real one before and now...its just, just sitting there in my desk. I-it's disturbing and highly upsetting!