Shaun MacRae » Uncategorized http://blog.shaunmacrae.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Compiling http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2010/04/06/compiling/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2010/04/06/compiling/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:49:03 +0000 admin http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2010/04/06/compiling/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Compiling

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]]> http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2010/04/06/compiling/feed/ 0 Christmas Lights http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2009/11/12/christmas-light/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2009/11/12/christmas-light/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:15:55 +0000 admin http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/?p=522 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Colleague at work sent this through. Priceless…

ditto

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]]> http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2009/11/12/christmas-light/feed/ 0 Almost Scammed!!! http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/07/01/almost-scammed/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/07/01/almost-scammed/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:26:40 +0000 admin http://www.blog.shaunmacrae.com/?p=29 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> I’ve been back and forth with “anne” via email, regarding the sale of my beat-up 1993 Ford Mustang.

I posted my beater on Craig’s List for the super low price of $1500. Still, I was a little suspicious when I learned that she was willing to pay full price without even seeing the car. I didn’t want to jump to conclusions however so continued discussion with her.

The last note she sent me put everything into perspective:

“hello,
How are you doing.Hope everything is going fine on your side.As a matter
fact the deal is on and according to my secretary, i just knew When i
contacted my secretary to know what is going on , i got to know that there
was a misinterpretation while sending the cheque.According to the
instruction i gave him,he was suppose to have send you a cheque of $1500for
your money but in the process he made a mistake by sending along the shipper
fund with your money making the total to be $3400
He claimed that he thougth i said he should send you a cheque of $3400.But
i guess he didn’t get it straigth. But that should not disturb our own
transaction.the deal is on and we will get through it.what will happen is
that i hope you have got the the cheque now. so please deduct your own
amount which is $1500 and use $50 for
the packaging and also make the proforma invoice to the shipping company
will not have any problem with ford mustang lx while coming to my place . so
please forward the extra money directly to my shipper in cash immediately.
it can be sent via western union, we want to use the remain money to pay
the shipper and to also fix some other things personally.But since,its now
coming to you now,i guess i can be assured in you that you can handle it
with trust and have it sent to him.hope all is well.mail me back
immediately,to let me know that i can trust you to handle everything well.I
will be expecting your mail asap. so i will give you the email of the
shipping company below so that you can attend to there mail. the information
will be given to you by the shipping company. hope to read from you today
Thanks”

My response:

“Hello,

I’m sorry but I am not interested in proceeding with the deal.

This sounds like a scam and I have decided that I am only going to sell to someone willing to pick up the car in person and I will only accept cash in payment.

I have also reported you to Craig’s List’s recommended fraud investigation officials.”

I can’t believe that anyone actually falls for this stuff …

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]]> http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/07/01/almost-scammed/feed/ 0 Free for the Summer http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/18/free-for-the-summer/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/18/free-for-the-summer/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:23:39 +0000 admin http://www.blog.shaunmacrae.com/?p=27 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Well, I finally managed to get all of my side projects caught up to a point where I can take a few months off! As a result I’ve finally had some free time for – well – non-work-related activities.

Most recently, Jeremy treated Jared and I to the Stamps / Eskimos game this past Friday. We managed to not get rained on which was good, and better yet Calgary won 28-3.

Prior to that, Jared took me out for my first ever 18 holes of golf. I think I golfed a whopping 160! Thanks for the practice tips and patience Jared :)

Prior to that, Colin and I (and friends) hit up Calgary Beer Fest. It was a really cool and fun atmosphere and I plan on making it a yearly tradition for sure. I would also like to hit up WineFest in the fall as well.

Prior to that, Jeremy, Jared, and I took in the MMA Glory Fight that came to Calgary. We had a great time, and even though we didn’t get any blood on our clothes :( ,
it was well worth the cost of front row seats.

Prior to all of that, of course, was Albert’s BBQ Birthday Bash! Thanks Albs for a crazy good time and a chance to re-unite with a bunch of old high school friends. You sure now how to throw a party!

Plans for the rest of the summer include a Stampede Club Crawl with Kelly and some friends from OBS, a trip to Cali in July with Kelly to see my old buddy Gustavo Garza in Santa Monica (plan to head up the coast to San Fran as well), a trip to DC in August for Agile 2007 (thanks Online), and mostly just a whole lot of catching up on lost time with friends and family. O ya … possibly upgrading from our 1 bedroom shoebox apartment to a 2 bedroom shoebox apartment as well …

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]]> http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/18/free-for-the-summer/feed/ 0 Twin Comanche http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/05/twin-comanche/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/05/twin-comanche/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:02:30 +0000 admin http://www.blog.shaunmacrae.com/?p=25 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Went flying with Rex last week over Springbank in a twin engine Comanche.
Very cool …

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]]> http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/06/05/twin-comanche/feed/ 0 New Look http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/05/05/hello-world/ http://blog.shaunmacrae.com/2007/05/05/hello-world/#comments Sun, 06 May 2007 06:49:26 +0000 admin http://www.blog.shaunmacrae.com/?p=1 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Well, I decided since I have nothing better to do (like study for my exam on Monday), I should update my hideous homepage at long last. As a result, I seem to have entered the blog world, so now I get to bore you with text – on top of the hundreds of picture slide shows I used to bore you with (now found by clicking on the photos link at the top of this page).

Enjoy!

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