tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post5371944924470705042..comments2024-02-22T10:59:34.564-05:00Comments on Always Home and Uncool.: GreenbacksKevin McKeeverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10673014424525900380noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-7222985959453492072008-09-24T23:30:00.000-04:002008-09-24T23:30:00.000-04:00Man, you brought back some memories with those Gre...Man, you brought back some memories with those Green Stamps. My Mom was ruthlessly frugal and would put us to work cutting coupons and licking and sticking those damn stamps. I can't remember a damn thing we got with them, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-88134382444527592162008-09-24T17:32:00.000-04:002008-09-24T17:32:00.000-04:00First of all I LOVE freaking Randy Newman. Second...First of all I LOVE freaking Randy Newman. Secondly, I've decided that YOU are ADD - just like me. ALthough I'm not a doctor, my BAZILLION years in kindergarten have given me the uncanny ability to spot these things a MILE away. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, I'm glad you are finally back on my bookmarks bar. I must have deleted you by accident in drunken stupor one night. ooops.Vodka Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04734323418017847775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-45940306146367470692008-09-24T10:57:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:57:00.000-04:00I hate Skank of America and I refuse to bank with ...I hate Skank of America and I refuse to bank with them!! Hate!HeatherPridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860275128883460043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-18723975565484802212008-09-24T10:34:00.000-04:002008-09-24T10:34:00.000-04:00I hate that Banks make money on transactions, you ...I hate that Banks make money on transactions, you think they would get enough w/ interest. <BR/><BR/>I hate banks...<BR/><BR/>I used to love putting the stamps in the books! I'd lick them til my tongue was numb..then I would use the spongue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-73232209637188391622008-09-24T02:27:00.000-04:002008-09-24T02:27:00.000-04:00"it's only $7 up the street."Awesome. I never hav..."it's only $7 up the street."<BR/><BR/>Awesome. I never have a good comeback inside a bank, partly because I think the bank is like the airport: no joking allowed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-32428883572714177392008-09-24T01:33:00.000-04:002008-09-24T01:33:00.000-04:00Kudos to the scoring higher on your math than verb...Kudos to the scoring higher on your math than verbal on SATs. Ditto to that one for me, Miss-Double-Major-in-Creative-Writing-and-Journalism-and-doesn't-have-to-take-any-math-classes-in-college-ever. Write on, dude! :)Leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485050569738849754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-47821471528981132812008-09-23T20:17:00.000-04:002008-09-23T20:17:00.000-04:00I don't know how many times I have had to remind b...I don't know <I>how</I> many times I have had to remind band tellers, doctors and other such folks that <I>they</I> work for <I>me</I>! In the immortal words of Hunter S. Thompson, "Don't take any guff from those swine!"Jon Daytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249074125721849866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-16572719379391160212008-09-23T20:02:00.000-04:002008-09-23T20:02:00.000-04:00Well you are a very good story teller! I can't th...Well you are a very good story teller! I can't think of the last time I needed a bank check, I think it was when we bought our house 7 years ago, but that $10 sounds like a lot even taking into account the time.Alex Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08567976812466320977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-12968791515074927792008-09-23T16:04:00.000-04:002008-09-23T16:04:00.000-04:00My mother was thrilled by the most hideous set of ...My mother was thrilled by the most hideous set of plates EVER from a bank. She's easily amused. <BR/><BR/>Should you have to go back to said bank, feel free to make checks out to ANISSA MAYHEW. Anytime.Anissa Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637783862251849189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-9409044034442407612008-09-23T15:13:00.000-04:002008-09-23T15:13:00.000-04:00i don't have time to read all these comments, but ...i don't have time to read all these comments, but i'm sure someone already touched on the cargo shorts part. that's the best. and i gave you a little shout out today on my blog .. fyi.meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13600919360725317457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-85712149511509984212008-09-23T14:01:00.000-04:002008-09-23T14:01:00.000-04:00I remember helping my mom paste those damn little ...I remember helping my mom paste those damn little stamps in books. I think it would have been cheaper to buy the damn toaster after all the hours of labor were tallied.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873541253069090821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-55556194335555028232008-09-23T13:27:00.000-04:002008-09-23T13:27:00.000-04:00I'm not allowed to handle Money @ Home, Inc. I ju...I'm not allowed to handle Money @ Home, Inc. I just brew the Beer. Speaking of....I'm gonna have to put the ESB in a Secondary. It's way too cloudy. I can see "chill-haze" and I won't stand for that. <BR/>Soon.cIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758912891421225305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-38466008695432096942008-09-23T11:57:00.000-04:002008-09-23T11:57:00.000-04:00I love your stories. So glad you decided to forego...I love your stories. So glad you decided to forego the accounting business. My husband is an accountant, and for good reason. He wouldn't be able to spin a yarn that good if he had a loom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-42079426469182629822008-09-23T11:39:00.000-04:002008-09-23T11:39:00.000-04:00I remember going to cash in green stamps with my m...I remember going to cash in green stamps with my mother. Great memories indeed.<BR/><BR/>Hope you got your money!~Swankymamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297775214113910370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-80733963487058815252008-09-23T09:59:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:59:00.000-04:00AMR - I got some pink/purple crockware once for op...AMR - I got some pink/purple crockware once for opening an account. Still defrost my frozen veggie in them.<BR/><BR/>SERIOUSLY - I stand corrected.<BR/><BR/>MARYO - The checks should at least have Smurfs printed on them.<BR/><BR/>SHANIA - My first job was sorting the bottles people brought back to the grocery store. I hope you rinsed well.<BR/><BR/>FADKOG - My masculinity does get called into question at times ... but never in certain venues, my dearest.<BR/><BR/>JENNY - The way banks keep changing names/being bought, I'm not surprised it happened.<BR/><BR/>KYD/NATALIE - Stamp glue actually comes from the same plant source as tapioca pudding, so if you are starving you can subsistant on it until your tongue becomes permanantly affixed to the roof of your mouth.<BR/><BR/>LITERALDAN - I can't do the cargo pants, though. They make me look to hippy.<BR/><BR/>MANAGER MILF - Let me see ... crap! They did!<BR/><BR/>MAW - I need to hear the Randy Newman story in detail. He is truly cooly uncool.<BR/><BR/>ELLIE - Genius.<BR/><BR/>MOM o' 2 - We also spent a lot of time picking stuff up we ordered from the Sears catalog. Now that blew.<BR/><BR/>LEX - I've worked in your company before, haven't I?Kevin McKeeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673014424525900380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-72989935333369930582008-09-23T09:41:00.001-04:002008-09-23T09:41:00.001-04:00I sucked at math all the way up to college. Probab...I sucked at math all the way up to college. Probably why I work in accounting now. Although really, I love wearing my IT hat more. There's something to be said for being the network admin. *cough* randomly kicking people I don't like off the server *cough*Lex Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04913165199017718669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-5438535272030116402008-09-23T09:41:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:41:00.000-04:00Ahhh, S&H Green Stamps. I still remember watc...Ahhh, S&H Green Stamps. I still remember watching the conveyor belt bring out the card table and chairs. It was so exciting! (Of course, this was before "Pong")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-55306003518465995182008-09-23T09:27:00.000-04:002008-09-23T09:27:00.000-04:00My father-in-law would get the banks -- who were g...My father-in-law would get the banks -- who were giving away prizes to NEW customers -- to give HIM the prize. He figured he earned it. You should have had HIM (rest his soul) with you yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-25136794491316967092008-09-23T07:08:00.000-04:002008-09-23T07:08:00.000-04:00Seriously Mama is right about Cheboygan. You are v...Seriously Mama is right about Cheboygan. You are very funny. Randy Newman = coolest guy in the world. Really. I've met him and spent some time with the dude. Buy his stuff.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-86608190042233840042008-09-23T06:45:00.000-04:002008-09-23T06:45:00.000-04:00I'm surprised that they didn't tack on an extra ch...I'm surprised that they didn't tack on an extra charge for making you be insulted by an actual person instead of over the phone.Manager Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648981937075813835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-59910444608376537552008-09-23T02:30:00.000-04:002008-09-23T02:30:00.000-04:00I like that you were off to get your cargo shorts-...I like that you were off to get your cargo shorts-- you are I are the same kind of practical.<BR/><BR/>Cargo shorts/pants = A man's purseLiteralDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704368269389527451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-42528095368488132112008-09-23T01:59:00.000-04:002008-09-23T01:59:00.000-04:00my grandmother was an avid greenstamp collector. ...my grandmother was an avid greenstamp collector. she would save them until i came to visit and we would fill up her books. i think my tongue tasted like the back of those stamps the whole time i was at her house. i don't ever remember what she redeemed them for...just the licking and sticking part. yum!Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01225456755011937217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-51079864269188990932008-09-23T00:32:00.000-04:002008-09-23T00:32:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness, I remember those stamp books! I u...Oh my goodness, I remember those stamp books! I used to be the one who got to stick them into the booklet, and it was such a treat. Yeah, sad. I have no recollection of what we redeemed them for, but I'm sure it was a banner day for me (I was an easily amused child).<BR/><BR/>Banks are a pain in the keister (kiester? keester?) - they don't provide service with a smile any more - now it's service with a fee. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Heh...I would have liked to see the expression on that teller's face...<BR/><BR/>Shade and Sweetwater,<BR/>KKyddrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668797984157146798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-26140264984504212832008-09-22T22:28:00.000-04:002008-09-22T22:28:00.000-04:00This had me laughing out loud! Bank people are a ...This had me laughing out loud! Bank people are a different breed. I guess callousness helps them deal with the crazies that walk in. I once nearly broke down, baby on hip and toddler in tow, because the account number I was giving them wasn't working... Figured out 30 seconds later - in front of the additional staff members called over to help solve this problem that I was in the WRONG bank...Biscuithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734442724927468901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478885332727102848.post-88973407914342439492008-09-22T21:46:00.000-04:002008-09-22T21:46:00.000-04:00I mean, I'd still go with you and whatever, but th...I mean, I'd still go with you and whatever, but the making out would probably be considerably shorter.<BR/><BR/>:)for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.com