Where Are You, God?

An atheist professor was teaching a college class and he told the class that he was going to prove that there is no God.
He said, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!"
Ten minutes went by. He kept taunting God, saying, "Here I am, God. I'm still waiting."
He got down to the last couple of minutes and a Marine just released from active duty and newly registered in the class walked up to the professor, hit him full force in the face, and sent him flying from the platform.
The professor struggled up, obviously shaken and yelled, "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?"
The Marine replied, "God was busy; He sent me."
Thanks JokeADay.
And Jake! for posting it.

New Job, and Cheezy Thanks

Life has been kind of rough the past couple of month. Trying to find a job is a FULL time job and all the dismay of broken promises, got me down.

There is one thing that lead me to getting my new job and that was my references. I listed a few friends on a third page (that I was told not to include with my resume) and some former supervisors that have given me grand reviews on performance!

I would personally like to thank all of those that gave me such rave reports, think I am a god and have simply just spoke the truth!

As most of my readers know, I know am a "Computer Tech" for the local hospital. I really am not educated (formally) on networking, computer troubleshooting or even knowledgeable of the correct computing terminology, however, am a self taught individual. I was given a chance to take on the tremendous task of making sure a small towns hospital communication and technical systems stay up and going!

I am honored and scared at the same time. Our local hospital is undergoing some Major changes and the computer systems for the nurses facilities and radiology departments are a brand new (as my boss quotes) implement!

As of my second day, I believe I can, and will, be able to take on what comes before me. In turn, I must give thanks to those who have believed in me to do so.

As I have mentioned before... Breath deep... And Here I go!

...just one time... 

Almost Scamed

I almost got scammed!

A friend of mine asked if I would be willing to sell her car online for her.

See the car here!

She wanted me to sell it on Ebay, but thought I might try something a little different. I created a website featuring the car (which you can do for free here, and it was easy) and then placed an add on this, and this free classifieds website

Not 15 minutes later I got this responce:

Hello,
i just came across your Car advert,I am based in United Arab Emirates.[DUBAI]i offer $18,500.00 for the Car.i will also appreciate some photographs of the Car.i want to purchase this Car as a birthday Gift for me Son,Who will be turning 18 years old in some weeks from now.
I will have my accountant make out the payment to you by having a Certified Bank check sent to you on my American banking facility.I hope that will be convinient for you.To have this done,The following informations will be required to have the payment made without delay.Your Full name that you will want on the check payment,Your address where you will want the check payment sent,Your Contact phone number for verbal arrangements to be concluded with you.
I will instruct payment as soon as i have the above listed informations from you and Photos of the Car. After the payment has been recieved,i will have my pre-paid shipping agent [GLOBAL TRADE INC] contact you to make arrangements for the Car pick-up/shipping,for the Car to be picked up and shipped along with some other consignments from the US. I know you will need my informations to have the Car's titles and Bill Of Sale Newly addressed in my name.I will have the informations forwarded to you when the payment arrives to you.The titles on my name and the Bill of sale will be required to have the Car cleared with the U.S Customs at the point of Export and with the United Arab Emirates Customs at it's point of Entry into Dubai. i await your quick response.Thanks.
Regards
Salif Khaleed Omar.....

I got several more similar to the above. Then I got this one:

Dear Sir/Madam
I am Mr Gregory a sale agent located in Holland,i will like to purchase your i.e........................1967 Chevrolet Camaro , saw the advert and forwarded you advert information to a client who became interested,i will like to know if it still available.If it is,please be sure to provide us with the following informations.

:cost:Seller's full name:Seller's full contact address and phone number.:If a American Certified bank check is acceptable

We will be very hapy if you can provide us with the adove requested informations.We will also like to state here that you do not have to bother about the shipping,that would be handled by an appointed shipper in the netherlands. Thank you very much

Regards

Gregory.

Like a fool, I responded and to see if I could get more out of the car. I advised him that I was offered $28,000 but the guy backed out but would be willing to give it to him for $25,000. He immediately agreed.

Dear Scott Tollett,

Thanks for your mail,i am glad the "Vehicle"is still available i am sorry i do not speak too good english,but i would try my best to talk to you as soon as the payment is been sent to you, i hope this will not any way affect this transaction?what am saying is that i will get my client contacted to mail you the check immediately and for your notification my client would be sending you a check in the total amount of ($ 30,000) for the sales and that would cover the shipping fees for the 1967 Camero,what you to do is as soon as you receive the check and after check cleared you will deduct the cost for the 1967 Camero (25,000) and have the remaining balance of ($5,000)wired to my shipping agent for them to come and pick it up of the 1967 Camero at your location. Please let me know if that is ok by you if terms ok by you Please let me know if that is ok by you if terms ok by you let me have the payment details,name and address the check should be sent out to the reason why the payment have to fast in been sent out is because my client will be travelling on a business trip and he wants to make the payment before his trip.I hope to hear from you soon.My regards
Gregory.
Nb you can reach me Via Fax on 31-84-759-8309

With this being the first time to attempt to sell something online, I jumped on it. What a deal! Well, to make a long story short, I contacted my friend, they agreed to sale it to him and after letting him know he requested the address and name of my friend so he could send us the check. Waiting on this info from my friend, I received an odd email saying that someone overseas needed assistance with transfer of a large amount of money from one account to another offering me a percentage. I did a quick Google search and found it to be a scam (it called the 419 Scam and some people are having fun with it here.Long but funny!) but was curious if others have received this also. Anyway, just so happens that the very first search result came up with a site where the guy got a responce to his add similar to mine. Here is the site. (This is a reply to a reply to a reply, so scroll to the bottom of the page and read it from bottom to top.)

I could not believe it, and was all of a sudden scared because I had sent "Gregory" the bank info and routing number for my friend. Then I realized that there was no way to tie the routing number to my friends bank account. Whewwww! Close, too close. I emailed back and basically told him to F**** OFF, and then he had the balls to email back, and request more information about my freind. These people are horrible. But I caught it before we got slammed. So be safe and consider yourself warned, and be careful with a few tips here, and you can file a claim against these assholes here! I learned my lesson and hopefully my story will help others to be cautious about selling stuff (cars particularly) online!