welcome taylor piet...and give me my nano you idiots!

On Wednesday November 23 at 1:40 pm my good friend andy and his amazing wife, julie-also a good pal had a taylor piet. a good looking baby boy. i've said this about other people-who also are very nice- but andy and julie are two of the greatest people and deserve this great kid... based on his lineage he'll be good lookin' and very smart... i'm happy for them and expect a cigar and dinner at topanga to celebrate.
on another note, and you'll have to try and keep up on this one...because telus are idiots..surprise! anyhow. i was getting sick and tired of driving around town and seeing billboards declaring that if i was to sign up for telus high speed internet i could have an ipod nano as a gift. and months befroe it was a sony digital camera. and before that 6 months of uber cheap internet. well kids, i had had enough. i had never received a 'gift' for being a great customer. ever. so i e/mailed those loads and told them so. i told them i spend far too much money each year with them- cell phone, internet, home phone, etc... and i wanted a nano. truth was a could care less about a nano, i want a 30 gig thingy so i can use it in the car and at work etc...but it was the deal i wanted. so i wrote a polite e/mail and waited. a message came by way of voicemail that sadi no. i wasn't getting a nano. and the reason was this. when 'everyone' signs up for high speed internet they get a 'gift' or a promotional thing of some sort. ok. that's cool. but i never had. ever. in fact i had been paying a premium for too long. and until i had complained about paying too much, only then did i get a reduction in my monthly charge. so no initial gift for garn. ever. i e/mailed them again and told them this and it was cool. no big deal. i didn't need a gift because, thank god there were lots of rogers, shaws and fidos around. then...it came. the phone call. so now i have a nano on the way. i think i'm selling it but dn't know for sure yet...anyhow, if you are with telus, have never received a 'gift' or any sort of deal or promo, get them to give you a gift. they're idiots. they deserve to be called on this. i did.