Thankfully this is only once a year... :-) Kudos to you fir pulling it off so well!
Rene Sent from my iPhone 4 On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: > If Grant himself had not written to offer a full refund, I would have > let the gag go a bit longer. I actually felt bad when it seemed I may > have triggered an unwarranted chain of events particularly at the > expense of the UPS. Once I had to let him know it was all a ruse, I > figured I better let the Bunch in on it too. Rene - was I early this > year? I thought once the clock hit midnight I was good to go. > > On Apr 1, 7:42 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Rene >> >> I do not appreciate retaliatory April Fools Jokes. My favorite uncle >> lost his life in an uncontrolled escalation of retaliatory April Fools >> Jokes. Somebody gave him a crankset fashioned from billet marzipan, >> and he rode it on his favorite trail. The cranks failed (being made >> of marzipan) and he plummeted to his early demise. I am scarred to >> this day. Strangely, I still like marzipan just fine. >> >> William >> >> On Apr 1, 4:25 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Marty, >> >>> You got what you deserved! Happy April's Fools Day! >> >>> I'll be on the lookout for next year's gag... You were early this year! >> >>> Happy Friday as well! >> >>> René >> >>> PS: I don't work for UPS either, but love to see their trucks drop >>> packages for me. >> >>> Sent from my iPhone 4 >> >>> On Apr 1, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Marty <mgie...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>>> Apologies to those who took it too seriously, and to anyone who may >>>> have a personal connection to UPS - unless of course your own comments >>>> were thinly veiled April Fools jokes themselves? I did not set the >>>> hook too deeply, and fessed up after only a couple comments. Just >>>> goes to show how often this group is visited! I rely on the men and >>>> women in brown on a regular basis, and have a great relationship with >>>> my local UPS store. A lost crankset was reimbursed quickly recently, >>>> and the folks with UPS were very accomodating. >> >>>> With respect to the fine people in the Bunch, I'll think long and hard >>>> about whether to summon up the courage to post another gag next year. >>>> Until then, stay tuned for more relevant and picturesque postings, >>>> beginnning with the Bombadil delivery next week. >> >>>> Marty >> >>>> On Apr 1, 6:18 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 15:17 -0700, Rene Sterental wrote: >>>>>> I work for UPS and didn't think it was funny at all!!! I started >>>>>> trying to locate it for you as a fellow Rivendeller only to have to >>>>>> apologize to everyone I started pushing to find out what had happened. >> >>>>>> I guess you are laughing now, but don't expect any further sympathy >>>>>> from me and my co-workers. >> >>>>> No, not funny at all. >> >>>>> On the other hand, the Alexandria Library System computer decided to >>>>> pull an April Fool prank on library patrons this morning, when it sent >>>>> overdue notices to everyone who had library materials out due in October >>>>> and November 2009... >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text >>>> - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
