You were missed, Ann. Even by those of us who don’t have time to read all of the list. And thanks for the BD message on Facebook. I wanted to comment, but it had gone into the BD message hopper by the time I got to it. Busy week.
Paul On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:02 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > On 3/26/2014 11:35, Jack Davis wrote: >> Damn, what a hellish winter. Wondered about your absence from the list. > glad to know I was missed.. >> On top of the "endless winter" you had to experience HSBC. Must be a really >> swell >> organization. Just to put the whole thing in proper context, the flu had to >> find you. > >> S'pose you can be thankful it wasn't that "other" version. > Yes, well I get my shot for that one every year.. ain't no shots for the 24 > hour hell. > >> Glad you've come out the other end pretty much intact. ;-) > Ohoh, pun alert! > >> Spring will happen! > Promise? >> >> Jack >> > ann > >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Cc: >> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:12 AM >> Subject: Fwd: OT_ If it's not one thing.. (off again, and back again) >> >> You can see I wrote this a few days ago.. >> Thunderbird says I sent it, but it never bounced into my PDML folder nor >> did anyone respond - and I got a message when I finished writing it that >> I timed out. So I thought I lost it and was about to re-write >> the thing essentially so you would know why I've ben silent. >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: OT_ If it's not one thing.. (off again, and back again) >> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:08:31 -0400 >> From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> >> February and early March has been a bit too eventful here, not so much >> in a good way - but all resolved. >> >> On the health scene, nothing life threatening or severe, just yukky. >> A good two week bout with a cold - intense for the first few days. >> Then MOnday night - well, Tuesday very early am, the common intestinal >> virus struck (first you think you're afraid you'll die, then your afraid >> you won't) - which I haven't had since 1989 . 1989 in Seward >> Alaska. Barfing being so upsetting to me that I can remember every >> event since I was 15. Happily, there were only 5, maybe 6 times. So >> I'm lucky as all get out. >> >> My neighbors got me gingerale and apple juice and left it by my door. >> NOt being sure if I had the most contageous form, but two of my friend >> Kate's shop girls had it one before mine and one after - so the east >> village seems to have been hit. >> >> Now I'm FINE - just very tired still. >> >> On the NON-health scene, my two checking and one savings account at >> HSBC were closed at the end of February, by the bank! Fortunately, >> with almost a month's warning. Totally baffling. HAving been at the >> bank for more than 30 years (that is at banks they took over) I had to >> think this was some sort of glitch - or , at the very least, possibly >> conencted to my debit card being compromised at a Atm back in JUne last >> year... and still "must be a mistake" was my thought. >> >> So after phone calls on Saturday the 8th of Feb.(when bank was closed) >> and a visit to bank on MOnday it seemed to be true and absolutely NO >> reason was given - to me or the bank officer locally that I've known a >> while and was trying to help. The only thing anyone said was "you >> aren't the only one." And it was suggested I go immediately and get a >> bank account somewhere else (which I did) but which bank I'll stay quiet >> about publicly. Interestingly, HSBC did NOT cancel the small limit >> credit card I had recently gotten. >> >> ON the "not the only one" clue, I went to the web. Found any number of >> horror stories about HSBC customers, with lots more money than moi, >> suddenly finding themselves with declined transactions, etc. Mostly, >> small business clients. >> >> MY suspicion is that I"m simply too poor for them, but they can't say >> that. >> >> It's all taken care of now, I'm quite happy with new bank and the one >> thing I worried most about was whether my ss check would be in my NEW >> bank account yesterday - and it was. PHEW! >> >> I didnt' want to bitch and moan about this stuff in the midst of it >> to you guys because there was not much I could do about any of it. >> >> (that, and the cold and the gutwrenching malady and the endless winter..) >> >> Ebay sales picked up in the last weeks so that helped my spirits a lot, >> but February had been dismal in that regard. >> >> I was actually tempted to go to the media about HSBC but couldn't face >> it and am well rid of them. It is terribly scary that they can get >> away with it with absolutely no reason given to me or the local bank >> staff. >> >> So I'm officially de-lurked - will try to keep up with stuff - more than >> making an occasional "like" to those of you are friends with me on >> FB. >> >> Oh yeah, I also finally switched over to NEW smugmug.. so after getting >> it kinda close to the old look that I liked I "published" it... >> >> If any of you are on smugmug and set up in NEW aside from Don and George >> (and Cory?) I'd like to know. The link below, of course, shows my >> landing page. >> >> One good thing is, I was able to add code easily to separate the >> thumbnails that come up if you do a search by subject on my site >> so they aren't all smashed together as in the default.. >> >> Finally - I did another little bit of design work for T shirts and such >> on cafe press - which see here: >> http://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/i-hwp4pr5/A >> >> >> ann >> annsan.smugmug.com >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
