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Jul. 17th, 2003 10:57 amвычистил default view, а френд-лента всё равно слишком длинная. а остались там только те, кого выкинуть уж никак невозможно. поэтому буду теперь читать ленту бегло, по диагонали... :-)
Jul. 17th, 2003
Bank Error In My Favor: Collect $95,000
Jul. 17th, 2003 12:03 pmwarning: начинайте читать только если ближайшие два часа у вас свободны, потому что оторваться вы не сможете.
http://users.rcn.com/pcombs/95c1.html
http://users.rcn.com/pcombs/95c1.html
Bank Error In My Favor: Collect $95,000
Jul. 17th, 2003 01:12 pmпродолжаю читать. вот это великолепно:
Besides e-mail, snail mail was the only thing left I had to check daily. While I waited on the Journal, I checked my small, black mailbox everyday, hoping not to find a letter from my bank, but one day I did. A cream-colored, standard-sized envelope with the orange and black First Interstate logo was hidden behind my phone bill. I sat down on the bottom step of the stoop and opened the letter, dreading what I might find. It was a single page on linen stationery, tri-folded. My fingers were already damp as I began to read.
Dear Patrick Combs:
We would like to thank you for maintaining your account here at First Interstate Bank of California. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to serve you. I trust that we are providing the services you need and adding to your financial security as well.
To express our appreciation, we have arranged to provide a new benefit for all eligible checking account customers -- $1,000 of Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance. There is NO COST to you at any time. We pay the premiums.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Johnson, Senior Vice President
I laughed myself into the house over the form letter. Mr. Johnson was seriously out of the loop about my account, or seriously on my side. Maybe I would write him back. "Dr. Mr. Johnson, Thank you for your nice note. Indeed, First Interstate is adding to my financial security, and I'll take the accidental death and dismemberment insurance, if you feel I need it. Long live First Interstate." Or maybe just, "Dear Mr. Johnson, Are you threatening me?"
Besides e-mail, snail mail was the only thing left I had to check daily. While I waited on the Journal, I checked my small, black mailbox everyday, hoping not to find a letter from my bank, but one day I did. A cream-colored, standard-sized envelope with the orange and black First Interstate logo was hidden behind my phone bill. I sat down on the bottom step of the stoop and opened the letter, dreading what I might find. It was a single page on linen stationery, tri-folded. My fingers were already damp as I began to read.
Dear Patrick Combs:
We would like to thank you for maintaining your account here at First Interstate Bank of California. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to serve you. I trust that we are providing the services you need and adding to your financial security as well.
To express our appreciation, we have arranged to provide a new benefit for all eligible checking account customers -- $1,000 of Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance. There is NO COST to you at any time. We pay the premiums.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Johnson, Senior Vice President
I laughed myself into the house over the form letter. Mr. Johnson was seriously out of the loop about my account, or seriously on my side. Maybe I would write him back. "Dr. Mr. Johnson, Thank you for your nice note. Indeed, First Interstate is adding to my financial security, and I'll take the accidental death and dismemberment insurance, if you feel I need it. Long live First Interstate." Or maybe just, "Dear Mr. Johnson, Are you threatening me?"