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Ahoy!

OK, so the other day I was checking my email and it said that I had one new message. Woohoo! Someone loves me! I open up my Inbox and I don’t see any new messages. Ok… I log out and back in again and I it still says that I have one new message. Bah! Yahoo! Mail is either lying to me or just being a real tease.

Then I realized that I had my Inbox sorted so that new messages are at the top. After sorting through a few pages of email, it was at the very bottom of the list. Make sure you pay attention to the send date of the email:

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 07:09:29 -0400
I don’t know if it’s Josh or Joshua but,

I have the distinct pleasure of working with your father in Thomasville.
My name is Tyler Elder and when I was there Monday he and yo mama showed me your site. I read several of your, shall we say, commentaries. After getting off the floor with tumultuous laughter I vowed to check your site out again while I was traveling. Well, here I am again needing another fix before hitting the road.
Keep up the work, I need the release!

In Christ,

Tyler Elder
Homes of Merit (Manufacturer of homes, not trailers)

P.S. In case you forgot, Your mom and dad are truly blessed by God and are encouragements in the Christian business world!!!!

Normally I can explain funky things that happen in the technical world. Heck, it’s part of my job. Even if I don’t really have a clue what’s going on, I can conjure up a BS storm to give an explanation. However, in this case, I got nothing. Not a dadgum thing. Personally, I’ve never heard of an email taking 8 months to arrive. Perhaps it got routed through China via a post in Antarctica. Better yet, maybe Yahoo! had a server crash in India and they had to restore from a tape backup…which had to be delivered by Sherpas on pack mules across Mt. Everest. Oh oh oh…maybe…you know, on second thought, it’s getting deep in here.

I don’t think my server can take this much BS in a post.

Tyler, I glad that my site can tickle your funny bone. I hope that you find it as amusing now as you did then. And yes, my parents rock n’roll for Jesus no matter where they are.

Until next time boys and girls, keep on trucking.

Oh, before I forget, if you want to be a guest poster on Thursday, please send me your post by tomorrow night.

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Driving Test.

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3 Comments

  1. Robot — May 17, 2005 #

    “Danger, Will Robinson!” Your e-mail is Lost in Cyber-Space.

  2. dustin — May 17, 2005 #

    Even if I don’t really have a clue what’s going on, I can conjure up a BS storm to give an explanation.

    I love that you posted that. There’s more truth in that statement than there was in the entire Clinton administration. I’ve always said, “The best computer technicians don’t fix problems, they’re just extremely good at explaining why a problem can’t be fixed.”

    -dustin thinks Tyler would be cooler if his last name were Durden

  3. big daddy C-14 — May 17, 2005 #

    tyler durden? i’ve been advised to not mention that…

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