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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Fuck' date=' that really sucks. Hope you or the police will find him.[/quote'] Well I may be able to get the money back through my bank but since the funds went to Rome, Milan and Athens it's unlikely the culprit will be caught. If I am fortunate enough to locate this insect however I shall take extreme pleasure in breaking every bone in their body one by one.
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Well I may be able to get the money back through my bank but since the funds went to Rome' date=' Milan and Athens it's unlikely the culprit will be caught. If I am fortunate enough to locate this insect however I shall take extreme pleasure in breaking every bone in their body one by one.[/quote'] I hope you can get your money back, it's at least something :)
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On my mind? thoughts of finding' date=' torturing and killing the parasite/s who somehow got hold of my bank details and siphoned funds from it.[/quote'] I feel for ya. This happened to me couple month ago. My account was taken for $500+ but luckily the bank investigated and concluded that it was fraud so I got my money back. Now I have become more diligent (or obsessive) with checking my account several times a day. Hope it all works out and your money is recovered.
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I'm out $1000 because of thise/these scumbags. I will be getting the money back from the bank but that's not good enough. The bank should have realised this was happening and put a stop to it weeks ago and it's only because I wondered why the amount of money in my account didn't match up to the amount I spent.

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Oh man, that sucks!!! I said exactly the same thing to the bank manager about their neglegance of not taking notice of abnormal activity on my account. I'm pretty much a creature of habit with my spending activity and was puzzled why nothing was flagged when this happened. The fun part was filling out papers for each charge (34 of them) because they were treated as individual cases. The plus side was they were pretty prompt on recovering my money within a couple days.

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Oh man, that sucks!!! I said exactly the same thing to the bank manager about their neglegance of not taking notice of abnormal activity on my account. I'm pretty much a creature of habit with my spending activity and was puzzled why nothing was flagged when this happened. The fun part was filling out papers for each charge (34 of them) because they were treated as individual cases. The plus side was they were pretty prompt on recovering my money within a couple days.
My bank told me today "We'll investigate it and you should get back the money but there's a chance you won't. Either way you won't know for 45 days" So I won't know whether I get back this money, which has been used to pay for cheap airline tickets in Rome, Milan and Athens incurring hefty international transaction fees until some time next month. It's times like these I wish I had a punching bag.
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Next show: fridaynight Cliteater (goregrind) and Korpse (slam death metal). Great bands and really looking forward to see Korpse. Never seen them before. (new band too, they just released their debut album) Saturday night a birthday party of a few friends of mine. It's held in a pub with a 'beer and tits' theme. Must be good.

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My bank told me today "We'll investigate it and you should get back the money but there's a chance you won't. Either way you won't know for 45 days" So I won't know whether I get back this money' date=' which has been used to pay for cheap airline tickets in Rome, Milan and Athens incurring hefty international transaction fees until some time next month. It's times like these I wish I had a punching bag.[/quote'] Wha?? 45 days!?!? That's bullshit! My bank told me the same thing about there being a chance of not getting my money back. In my case, someone had purchased Starbucks reloadable gift cards. I even contacted Starbucks headquarters and told them what was going on and apparently mine was not the onlyincidence and that I should be refunded my money. I asked the bank manager if she was going to pursue who committed these frauds, told me its next to impossible to do. It's very unnerving to know that anyone can steal from you and a banks hands are tied from letting it happen.
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Had a long, but great day :D Met a good friend in the train on my way to school, school was really short and after that, I had a drink with some other nice people from my class. I seem getting more and more along with some people from class, and that's pretty cool. And last, but not least, we won from the number one in the standings with table tennis :D

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Had a long, but great day :D Met a good friend in the train on my way to school, school was really short and after that, I had a drink with some other nice people from my class. I seem getting more and more along with some people from class, and that's pretty cool. And last, but not least, we won from the number one in the standings with table tennis :D
Wow, you're a serious competitor, huh?
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Wow' date=' you're a serious competitor, huh?[/quote'] Well, serious... Yes, I want to win every match I can, but we don't play that high (4th class; highest one is 'first class' n the form I play). So yeah, my skills are above average and I hope I can still get better, since I'm pretty young. But mostly I play just for fun :)
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You play two against two; everyone plays against each other and there is one double :D So in total there are five points to divide :) But I don't play the regular form. The regular form is three against three and one double, so there are ten points to divide. But I like two against two (called "duo competition") more, because the regular form takes really long. And with duo competition, you can have drink afterwards with your opponent and it's more relaxing :)

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You play two against two; everyone plays against each other and there is one double :D So in total there are five points to divide :) But I don't play the regular form. The regular form is three against three and one double' date=' so there are ten points to divide. But I like two against two (called "duo competition") more, because the regular form takes really long. And with duo competition, you can have drink afterwards with your opponent and it's more relaxing :)[/quote'] Ouch, this is getting a little complex for me. I think I'll kick back with Kant's Metaphysics and come back when I'm mentally relaxed.
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