SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

[facthunter]

The Belarus Tractors were often Called "Ivan the Terrible".  Nev

[old man emu]

My sister just got scammed in the purchase of hay for her horses. Went onto a website that claimed the feed was good for curing founder (a condition of the hooves resulting from too rich a diet). She paid the money and even spoke to someone about delivery. When it didn't come she phoned back and got all sort of runarounds. Luckily she was only buying a few bales, but the loss was pretty hard on a pensioner. She contacted her bank to report it, but didn't get any satisfaction. I think that she also contacted the police, but it would go into the insoluble cases file.

[facthunter]

Do you mean "Unsolvable"? Nev

[old man emu]

2 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Do you mean "Unsolvable"? Nev

And OME has been caught by the Grammar Police red handed in a spelling violation. "Insolvable" is the correct word.

 

Def'n: If a problem, difficulty, or mystery is insolvable, it is not possible to find a solution to it or the cause of it. :

[facthunter]

Maybe it was a Malapropism?   Nev

[old man emu]

4 hours ago, facthunter said:

Maybe it was a Malapropism?   Nev

No. To qualify the misuse would have to be for humerus effect.

[nomadpete]

5 minutes ago, old man emu said:

No. To qualify the misuse would have to be for humerus effect.

Humerous is on the end of my elbow.

[facthunter]

It wasn't Humorous when I ended  up dislocating my elbow.  Nev

[spacesailor]

Or my broken elbow.  Never be able to straitened the arm

Again .  Still learning to lift the arm above shoulder hight.

spacesailor

[pmccarthy]

Back on topic...The insurance assessor asks "how high could you lift the arm before?" and Spacey's arm shoots straight up.

[spacesailor]

I wish ! .

I use the weaker left arm for everything now .

I broke the skiny bone in the forearm,  the elbow & tore

the muscle/ tendons with the " rotator " something in the shoulder . All in one hit . ( into the prone position on the road ) .

spacesailor

[red750]

You have pretty much the same as me, Spacey. A number of years ago, I had a fall and tore two tendons from the bone on my right arm. and partly tore a third tendon. The sports medicine specialist who examined me said those injuries do not heal, and surgery would result in 3 months in a sling with no guarantee of success. The description you were looking for is rotator cuff syndrome. You can look it up on Google. When the pain gets bad, I need a steroid injection guided by ultrasond.

 

I can lift a half kilo dumbell 10 times slowly about 80% of the way to straight up, 20+ times quickly with my left. Getting dishes from the high shelves or putting them away can be quite painful. For hanging washing on the rotary clothes line requires that the line is just above my head. When my son or daughter use the line it is often left at full height and I have to wind it down 15 or 20 turns of the handle.

[facthunter]

Funt A steroid and asteroid make sense.  Nev

[red750]

13 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Funt A steroid and asteroid make sense.  Nev

I went back and added that sentence without proofreading it, left out a bloody space. Since corrected.

[spacesailor]

I tried those steroid injections, but they don't work for me . they tell me they're painful . But I hardly feel it going in, & I watch the procedure. 

Spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

I wasn't trying to pick on  you, red. Just commenting on a rare coincidence.. Nev

[spacesailor]

Red keep at it.

I'm up to 2 ks . So easy on that good arm , but oh so hard to keep pumping the crook arm .

Two or three times daily. 

When I started , I couldn't lift my empty hand , above my shoulder. Had to use the other hand to assist. 

spacesailor

Edited November 18 by spacesailor
Put brain into gear & sign off

[facthunter]

Steroid injections have to be done VERY slowly Don't have them IF you are diabetic.  Nev

[spacesailor]

why .

spacesailor

[spacesailor]

? .

No, ' why ' ,

Diabetics stick pins in their finger daily. 

spacesailor

 

[red750]

Steroid medications can increase blood glucose levels.

[spacesailor]

I see ! .

That makes sence,  but eating your meal will make the same glucose spike.

My mother was put on " minidiab " & " Diabex " .

One cancelled the other .

spacesailor

[Jerry_Atrick]

 

[onetrack]

And Meta care not one iota about scammers, because the owner is pretty much a scammer himself, stealing peoples data without telling them, and selling their personal information as well.

I've lost count of the number of scams and scammers I've reported to FB moderators, and each time the answer comes back - "We've investigated your report and see no reason to remove this item or profile". Even though the scammer clearly has stolen photos and stupid prices on sought-after items, and photos that do not even represent the location where the item is supposed to be located.

 

I had a ripper the other day, he had a 20 foot sea container for sale, for $1900, listed in Perth, W.A. The price is around $500 less than the going rate. I noted the photos background bore no resemblance to any Australian vegetation or buildings.

But I messaged him anyway and asked for the address. Surprisingly, he came back with a local address. I'll wager he stole the details off a real estate site. I checked the address with Google Maps and Google Street View and got a good handle on the house and yard area - which wasn't anything like the sellers photos - and there was little room to store a container on the property, and even less room to get one in there.

 

So I asked him how I could get the container out. Could I get a tilt tray in there, or would I need a crane? He came back with the answer, "You'll need a crane". But I knew it was impossible to get a crane in there, due to poor access and excessive levels of heavy vegetation.

Next thing, I get a message, "I have a huge amount of interest in this container, so if you want it, you need to put down a deposit urgently!" Yeah, right, I bet you want money before anyone does an actual inspection!! I told him in no uncertain terms what I thought of his scam behaviour, and reported him to FB. 

To my surprise, someone in FB was actually doing their job, as the ad and the scammer were promptly deleted - an all-time record for FB.

[facthunter]

You're on the Ball Mr Holmes.  Nev