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Hi all,
So for anyone in NYC, these people come to your door and pretend to be with con ed electric or other electric companies but they are IDT, a company trying to get you to sign a paper claiming to lower your rates but it's a scam to get you to switch to IDT; they will eventually raise your electric! They're in every part of NYC so don't fall for it.
They may even come to your door in fake con ed uniforms as they did to me. They prey on elderly citizens and people who can't speak English.
I happen to live in a building with mostly elderly Chinese neighbors, many of which can't speak English very well thus many have been fooled.
I'm going to go around today with a bilingual neighbor to explain to them to cancel this fraudulent "service".
They only give you 3 days to cancel without penalty...
Please blow the whistle on this any way you can if you're in NYC, Jon
Last edited by Jon Kypros (2024-03-30 19:32:15)
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That's why guns are legal and cheap in America. Shoot 'em. In Australia it's hard to get guns and then even if you have one you're not supposed to use it on humans.
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Ho how long have I prayed for anybody of that type to come and knock at my door
Still waiting!!!
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Gishin wrote:
Ho how long have I prayed for anybody of that type to come and knock at my door
Still waiting!!!
What would you use? One of your swords? Is that illegal in Canada? Just imagine what your students would think during their lessons? "Gishin, do I use 2 or 3 to repeat re?" then a head gets lopped off and lands on the music stand. Oh dear!
I'm starting to be thankful I live in Tasmania where you can't do this stuff.
Hey Jon, since you live in Chinatown why don't you just hold them hostage? Then immerse them in one of those buckets full of live frogs or turtles? That'll teach them! While you're at it can you fax me some BBQ pork buns? I can't get good ones down here.
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Thos swords are too good forf such scum but my rusty lawnmower would do just fine
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Tairaku wrote:
While you're at it can you fax me some BBQ pork buns? I can't get good ones down here.
I know a good place in Wellington
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Pretty long swim to Wellington! I think I might know that place.
There's plenty of good Chinese in Oz, but Hobart is weak. There's one place that has Yum Cha on Sundays.
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You know about the buns! Those things are the best.
Actually, the reason I fell for the scam (besides the fake outfits) was the fact they were cute girls~
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Jon wrote:
You know about the buns! Those things are the best.
Actually, the reason I fell for the scam (besides the fake outfits) was the fact they were cute girls~
Are you talking about the pork buns?!?
Good work Jon,
Perry
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There's a group that comes to my office. They ask to take a look at your electric bill; they don't seem like the kind of people who could actually extract anything meaningful from a series of numbers, let alone understand the basic principles of any given episode of Sesame Street.
They want to show us how they can lock in our electric consumption price for the next two years because of possible “terrorist activity and the rising cost of oil”.
I keep telling them “We are an electrical design build company; we are fairly comfortable with our electric bill.”
“But I just want to see your bill…”
“Again, we’re comfortable with our current plan.” (We use electricity, we pay for it)
“I just need to see your bill for a minute, I’m sure you’ll be…”
“This is privileged information that is locked away in our accountants office.”
“Let me speak to your accountant…”
(So on, so forth. One time a guy forced his way into the office and demanded to speak to the accountant, I kept TELLING him to leave.)
Ugh. Anyways, I keep something like a rokkaku-bo by my door. It’s a stick with 5 sides (5/6 tapered together) meant to break bones. It also floats and has the fire rating of concrete. I don’t know how to use it, but I suspect it’s very point and click.
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Maybe you could take up martial arts and learn how to use that stick, in case you ever need it.
Didn't Watazumi do calesthenics with a jo to keep himself in shape?
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Vevolis wrote:
Anyways, I keep something like a rokkaku-bo by my door. It’s a stick with 5 sides (5/6 tapered together) meant to break bones. It also floats and has the fire rating of concrete. I don’t know how to use it, but I suspect it’s very point and click.
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Anyone can pick up a bat and try to smash someone... but then you go to jail. Instead, learning kansetsu waza (joint-locking techniques) allows one to apply excrutiating pain without lasting effects (if done properly). The great thing is, you can do it with a completely blank look on your face or slightly sadistic grin and that psychological effect is what you're probably looking for.
Zak
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I've trained with small dowelling of the same material, you roll it up their knuckles or stick it on their philtrum and roll it up their nose. The stick itself is more for jabbing armpits or stuffing up their jaw. By not being trained with the longer staff, I wouldn't use it to whack someone, because i'd either hurt them too much or myself in the process.
I only have it because we used to live in a pretty rough area where "solicitors" liked to force their way into your dwelling to get a good look, like "Direct Energy" representatives. I think they're on commission. So they would REALLY like to see your energy bill, RIGHT now.
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My solicitor-dissuader of choice:
Hurting them with it is completely optional, and they invariably depart when they
notice it, martial arts notwithstanding (no pun).
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It seems like the nobekan shakuhachi would be the weapon of choice for most forum members, but it is put to better use blowing Ro Buki.
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