This is not how you get my business

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 04/14/2020 at 19:43 • Filed to: work rant

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Hi Dr. Chariotoflove,

I hope my email finds you well during this time. This is Alice from RWD life science, I explored the web and learned that your research is also involved animal work, I guess you might be interested in some our products in the future since we provide instruments related research using animal model, free trial is welcome. If you have any questions please just feel free to contact us. Or reach out to us at 858-900-5879.

We provide products including Automated Paraffin Microtome, stereotaxic apparatus ($2150) , anesthesia system ( $1666),   spinal cord/Brian impactor , Laser Speckle Perfusion Imager , Ventilator ($2150), auto-microinjection pump, optogenetics system( optic fiber cannula $5/pc), fiber photometry , MCAO suture( $250/50pcs/box) , heating pad and so on. Most of our products can be provided free trial. Feel free to contact us if you are interested in any of them.

I got this in my inbox, one of too many solicitations that get past the university mail filters. Most of these things are legitimate businesses that do sell the products they advertise. But you will not earn my business if you are too lazy to use my language properly.

I work with companies run by or represented by Chinese and people of other Asian nationalities. Their English is flawless, so it’s not  an insurmountable obstacle. If I were selling in another country, I would feel an obligation to use the appropriate language just as well. It comes down to professionalism. If you cut corners on your presentation, then how am I to know you didn’t cut them in other areas of service?

Green RWD car for your time.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 19:49

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I wholeheartedly agree there, but at first I thought you were complaining about Toyota making a fun affordable RWD sportscar with green on g old wheels.

Is your username any relation to the S atellite of L ove? 

A Boy and His Longtail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/14/2020 at 19:56

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I hope those are related! I love  MST3K!

PowderHound > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 19:59

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oh how I wish I saved the spam email I got years ago where they were trying to sell me entire cargo ships. I get some interesting ones that say “we make such and such a product” but the entire cargo ship one just blew my mind

Chariotoflove > PowderHound 04/14/2020 at 20:04

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That indeed would have been a treat.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:05

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Curiosity demanded that I google what a spinal cord/brain impactor is. While I’ve learned something new, I must admit the reality isn’t quite as wild as my imagination hoped it would be.

Chariotoflove > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/14/2020 at 20:06

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Alas, no. It references a joke I made to my wife when we were dating.

The car I love.  Green makes all cars better.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > A Boy and His Longtail 04/14/2020 at 20:06

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Same! He might be a fan too!

It is always hard to talk about MST3k because there are so many episodes and not too much overlap between jokes except, well, you know: Torgo , “watch out for snakes,” and only  a few others.

Chariotoflove > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/14/2020 at 20:08

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It’s also not so much fu n to use, in my view, but it is useful for lab-simulated SCI models in rodents .

promoted by the color red > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/14/2020 at 20:12

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Do you not scream out the name of our lord and savior “CLU GULAGER!”?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:14

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“Brian impactor”? What did Brian do to deserve that?

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > promoted by the color red 04/14/2020 at 20:16

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No I would be much more likely to say something about  Tor Johnson or how you should watch out for snakes. What one was that?

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:16

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I got this in my inbox, one of too many solicitations that get past the university mail filters.

In the earlier days of campus email, the UT Music Department used Eudora, which had a filter that scanned emails and gave the message a rating of one, two, or three chili peppers if it thought there might be lewd content. One of the professors came to the computer lab where I worked and asked why he kept getting messages from one of his students that were marked with three chili peppers. It turned out that it was a Vietnamese student named Dong who was asking about an oral comprehensive  exam.

66P1800inpieces > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:22

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I occasionally deal with vendors in a similar space. If I get the feeling that something is off I will Google their location. One time I checked out a lab and they were located in a small business complex and their unit was really quite small. Every time I called someone sleepy would answer the phone and the actual contact wasn’t available. I wonder now if they were overnighting samples to another country for testing. 

promoted by the color red > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/14/2020 at 20:24

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It’s been too many years since I last watched it, but he shows up in a number of the made-for-TV fare that makes up MST3K’s material. Wiki tells me that the Crow goes on Clu Glulager watch in episode 908. Guess I gotta pick the old ones back up again. 

https://mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/MST3K_908_-_The_Touch_of_Satan

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > promoted by the color red 04/14/2020 at 20:27

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I actually did watch that one. The company that currently owns the property has some high quality scans on YouTube and the channel Comet sometimes plays them, which I record on YouTube TV.

My citroen won't start > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:35

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I’d like 3 Brian Impactors please. Thanks.

RallyWrench > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:36

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Laser Speckle Perfusion would be a great name for a funk band. Also, my local Toyota dealer had an 86 on the lot in that color scheme, and I had to roll my tongue up every time I drove by it. So good. 

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/14/2020 at 20:38

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He was just too damn cheer y in the break room.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/14/2020 at 20:40

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LOL! Nice.

I remember Eudora, but I never quite took to it.

Chariotoflove > 66P1800inpieces 04/14/2020 at 20:41

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Very likely, and that sounds like a shady enterprise for sure.

Chariotoflove > My citroen won't start 04/14/2020 at 20:42

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Best I can do in stock. Bottoms up.

Chariotoflove > RallyWrench 04/14/2020 at 20:43

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You’re right, that’s a good one.

I’m not normally an 86 fan, but this edition made me sit up and take notice.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:47

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Yeah, he deserves it then. Especially if he’s like that first thing in the morning. Smiles before 0900 on work days should be punishable by death. Let me get my coffee before I kill...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ttyymmnn 04/14/2020 at 20:51

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A local university has a professor named Long Wang.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 20:53

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I was a longtime user. It was the first program I ever used for email in about 1990, and I got to like it. It was a huge step for me move to Apple mail, which I’m to this day not thrilled with. 

PatBateman > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/14/2020 at 21:06

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That bastard knows what he did, and knows that he’ll deserve the impact. 

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/14/2020 at 21:08

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So sayeth  we all.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/14/2020 at 21:10

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I get that. A lot of people aren’t. The only place where it annoys me is its meager search capability.

Nothing wrong with Eudora specifically, but I was toggling between a number of computer at the time, and I much preferred IMAP clients. Michigan implemented Mulberry, which was simplistic, but also easy to use and bomb proof.

Thisismydisplayname > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 21:12

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No silly, he said Brian impactors, not brain impactors.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 21:19

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p, optogenetics system( optic fiber cannula $5/pc)

Cannula sounds like a piece of anatomy that I have never realized existed.

Chariotoflove > Thisismydisplayname 04/14/2020 at 21:24

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I know, but I already used my Eric Idle joke on Gran Fury. This ought to work though.

Chariotoflove > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/14/2020 at 21:28

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All it is is a tube you shove into  someone’s anatomy somewhere.

Greasyplease > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 21:51

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What sort of research are you involved in? I’m assuming it’s neuro related if they’re trying to sell you an opto rig... 

Chariotoflove > Greasyplease 04/14/2020 at 21:57

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Yeah, I used to do spinal cord injury research, and I published in that area.  It kind of dried up, but I hope to get back to it someday. Right now, I’m doing craniofacial development, specifically palate and bone.

A Boy and His Longtail > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 04/14/2020 at 22:11

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Wasn’t “Gotta get ready for some football!” a nother one? It could just be another one episode thing.

ttyymmnn > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 22:42

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I was a very late IMAP adopter, and I wonder now why I waited so long. The university dropped Eudora, but I was a bitter ender. I really dislike web-based email. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > A Boy and His Longtail 04/14/2020 at 22:47

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That’s exactly the problem with it, "Art."

Jim Spanfeller > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 04/14/2020 at 23:34

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Oh no... Somebody help that L abrador, he got his Cannula stuck in a fence!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Chariotoflove 04/14/2020 at 23:50

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Penis confirmation.

A Boy and His Longtail > promoted by the color red 04/15/2020 at 00:39

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I’m mad at myself for not remembering that line.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 04/15/2020 at 01:04

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Now my work email is on an Exchange server.  It works fine, I suppose. I don’t really get to choose.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Chariotoflove 04/15/2020 at 08:21

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Can you hook me up with one of those automated paraffin microtomes? :)

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Chariotoflove 04/15/2020 at 08:22

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You were at UM? When? 

haveacarortwoorthree2 > 66P1800inpieces 04/15/2020 at 08:25

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You always hate to be rejected because your unit is too small. Um, not that I would know anything about that. A friend told me. Yeah, that’s it - a friend told me. 

Chariotoflove > haveacarortwoorthree2 04/15/2020 at 12:03

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I don’t think it’s as exciting as you may be imagining. :)

Chariotoflove > haveacarortwoorthree2 04/15/2020 at 12:04

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‘92-2000. I did my grad school there.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Chariotoflove 04/15/2020 at 13:23

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We overlapped for a few months then. I graduated 12/92.

Chariotoflove > haveacarortwoorthree2 04/15/2020 at 14:25

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Go Blue!