#47: That's not just any man... That's OUR man! You're a GOOD MAN, Clay Aiken!

[canfly172]

I guess I should have chatted up the folks at our Coral Gables office a teensy bit more the last time I was there... some are Kravitz members (should have asked about Mirasol too) *sigh*

ETA: merrieeee, if you're spilling anything it should be down the pants. "Just take them off and hand those to me quickly, Mr. Aiken. I'll have them dried in a jiffy!".... "and cut up into 1-inch pieces and posted on e-Bay"...

:lmaosmiley-1:

[Couch Tomato]

I actually like Claymate. Doesn't bother me. I know it does a lot of people. I don't call myself one but I don't cringe at the term either.

[muskifest]

I guess I should have chatted up the folks at our Coral Gables office a teensy bit more the last time I was there... some are Kravitz members (should have asked about Mirasol too) *sigh*

ETA: merrieeee, if you're spilling anything it should be down the pants. "Just take them off and hand those to me quickly, Mr. Aiken. I'll have them dried in a jiffy!".... "and cut up into 1-inch pieces and posted on e-Bay"...

:lmaosmiley-1:

But....if you have him take his pants off, he might be naked! I mean...we've conjectured before that he might go commando from time to time ....and if he chose this night to do without, that would be so embarrassing for him ....and...

Wait.

Never mind.

[canfly172]

Speaking of Claymates, does anyone else dislike that nickname?

:pickme:

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I.am.not.a.claymate.demmit!!! :rant:

Clayfan yes. Claymate no.

I guess I should have chatted up the folks at our Coral Gables office a teensy bit more the last time I was there... some are Kravitz members (should have asked about Mirasol too) *sigh*

ETA: merrieeee, if you're spilling anything it should be down the pants. "Just take them off and hand those to me quickly, Mr. Aiken. I'll have them dried in a jiffy!".... "and cut up into 1-inch pieces and posted on e-Bay"...

:lmaosmiley-1:

But....if you have him take his pants off, he might be naked! I mean...we've conjectured before that he might go commando from time to time ....and if he chose this night to do without, that would be so embarrassing for him ....and...

Wait.

Never mind.

[wandacleo]

I've gotten fond of the term Claymate since Clay uses it.

I don't really care what I'm called as long as "bitch" isn't attached to it. LOL.

[cindilu2]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

I've gotten fond of the term Claymate since Clay uses it.

I don't really care what I'm called as long as "bitch" isn't attached to it. LOL.

Heh, I'll take that, as long as 'Clay's' is in front of it.

[Clayzy]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

Sorry. I actually did miss 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and most of 8).

[cindilu2]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

Sorry. I actually did miss 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and most of 8).

Some of it was worth missing ;-)

[Clayzy]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

Sorry. I actually did miss 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and most of 8).

Some of it was worth missing ;-)

Ha. But I thought bad times just made you appreciate the good ones more!

[cindilu2]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

Sorry. I actually did miss 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and most of 8).

Some of it was worth missing ;-)

Ha. But I thought bad times just made you appreciate the good ones more!

Nope.

[Couch Tomato]

I think there are some conversations that will be perpetual infinitum ad naseum forever

some are good though... like...

he's so CUTE.

[Clayzy]

I think there are some conversations that will be perpetual infinitum ad naseum forever

some are good though... like...

he's so CUTE.

Especially with stubble! (And really tight pants!)

*giggles snickers*

I hope that was appropriate.

[cha cha trusty]

We're here!!!!

Clay is here too and going to do a mini private concert at Mirasol tonight. We can't go cos we are not members......anyone got a few thousand bucks to spare*g*

How much IS it to be a member? Can we take up a collection to get Scarlett in?

cf - the click here button doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clayzy]

Hmmm. Is a mini concert defined by the number of people allowed to attend or the number of songs sung?

[annabear]

just wanted to see them again without searching.

New page & all...

[canfly172]

Oooh, the Claymate discussion. Yippy. I was missing 2003 (and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8)

I've gotten fond of the term Claymate since Clay uses it.

I don't really care what I'm called as long as "bitch" isn't attached to it. LOL.

Heh, I'll take that, as long as 'Clay's' is in front of it.

[canfly172]

We're here!!!!

Clay is here too and going to do a mini private concert at Mirasol tonight. We can't go cos we are not members......anyone got a few thousand bucks to spare*g*

How much IS it to be a member? Can we take up a collection to get Scarlett in?

cf - the click here button doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This ain't Yuku, so it's a PB image, so... D101

Hands up ----> :pickme: if you tried clicking where it says "click here".

[Claymatron]

Proud Claymateron here. I always thought I was a little too old to be a Claymate, so I chose Claymatron as my board name on all boards. I have since realized that I am one of the younger thinkers, comparatively speaking, but it's mine, so I'll keep it!

[jamar1700]

Proud Claymateron here. I always thought I was a little too old to be a Claymate, so I chose Claymatron as my board name on all boards. I have since realized that I am one of the younger thinkers, comparatively speaking, but it's mine, so i'll keep it!

Oh...Clay Matron. Yes. That does make more sense.

I was saying it clayMAtron. Like some cyborg/robot/thingy.

Sorry.

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Claymate never bothered me.

Good thing. I don't think it's ever going away.

[Clayzy]

Proud Claymateron here. I always thought I was a little too old to be a Claymate, so I chose Claymatron as my board name on all boards. I have since realized that I am one of the younger thinkers, comparatively speaking, but it's mine, so i'll keep it!

Oh...Clay Matron. Yes. That does make more sense.

-->I was saying it clayMAtron. Like some cyborg/robot/thingy.

Sorry.

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Claymate never bothered me.

Good thing. I don't think it's ever going away.

Bold arrow was my addition.

You know, for being a gay man, Clay sure is frisky with the womenfolk, isn't he? Gives us prurient types something to cling to.

[Couch Tomato]

Oh...Clay Matron. Yes. That does make more sense.

I was saying it clayMAtron. Like some cyborg/robot/thingy.

Sorry.

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me too!! lol

[smittenwithclay]

that picture where he is holding merle's hand is sure cute...he's a handsome guy, I dont even mind the clothes..

raise your hand if that surprises anyone lol

[ncgurrl]

We're all family here...right? The real life shi...stuff is so unbelievable that I really don't know what to do. I apologize for this being long and convoluted but it is very complicated. I'm feeling rather desperate and am hoping someone here might have wisdom or experience to share.

My mother, sister and I live together in a town home which my mom and sister co-own. Since September we have had worrisome things happening. A few of you have been privy to bits of this. Money borrowed and not repaid, which evolved into huge sums of money disappearing, and much to our dismay, discovering that mortgage and other bills had not been paid for several months, despite the fact that the money was gone and checking accounts were even in arrears.

It's been really strange. My sister was unemployed last year until September, so we had been using a lot of our savings to pay bills, but when she started working again, at that point we assumed she would be able to resume her responsibilities, and financially things should have been back on an even keel. But she never deposited any money into the household account...yet never had any money either. It got so bad, she was begging for $20 from my 91 year old great aunt who stays with us from time to time. Try as we might, we could not see where the money could possibly be being spent. My sister, like my father, is bi-polar, and we are used to ups and downs, but the past few months have been hell. There is no other word for it. Any attempt to confront her turned into a screaming match. And ended with no answers. We'd begun to suspect drugs. Or gambling. Neither of which appeared to fit...but how else could huge sums of money disappear?

Finally, Thursday evening, the truth was revealed. A man who works with my sister has been physically forcing her to take money out of her account/our accounts and hand it over to him. Extortion. He's 6'6" and huge-think Jerome sized. You should see the bruises all over my sister. Other than her first 2 paychecks back in September, she has not been allowed to keep a dime of her money. And there's more. He forced her to buy a computer on our joint Dell account, and to pawn her $10,000 engagement ring from her former marriage, among other things. Her job involves driving, so they are required to have a cell phone-and she told him last month that her phone was turned off because he had taken all of her money- so he gave her a phone that was supposedly an extra. Ummmm...NO. We have discovered that he set up an account in her name with her information, and she now owes T-Mobile over $200. This is on top of the money she already owes for her own Verizon account. How could this happen? And if he did all of this...what else has he done in my sister's name? Apparently he obtained her personal info from computers in their office.

The man has already used violence against her and has threatened her life....and our lives as well. We would not let her go into work yesterday, so she called in sick. Well, it was pay day...and he tried calling our home over 30 times. You can guess what he wanted. She is petrified. And I am scared, too. We are trying to get her to go to the police but she is so afraid. There IS some possibility that he has mafia ties. Obviously this cannot go on. She wants to just tell him "NO MORE" but I am afraid that without an official record of some sort, my sister is in even more danger. I don't know. It's bad enough that thousands of dollars are missing and we may lose our home....I don't want something far worse to happen. She's talking about quitting her job, although she loves the work, other than this man who is abusing her, and in this economy she could remain jobless for some time. I think her employer needs to be informed of the situation. This goes beyond my sister, and he may well have a history of things like this in his past and/or may target someone else at the same company in future. She is afraid he will be fired-and yes, I would think so-and that he might then retaliate against her or us, if that happens. She is so traumatized that she wasn't able to tell anyone what was happening until this week, when it all finally spilled out.

The past few months my mother and I have scrambled to set up protected accounts, find some way to avoid losing our home (although with no financial assistance from my sister, a solution seemed impossible.) All the while trying to make sense of what was happening. I have been frantically worried about the affect the stress is having on my mother, who is 77, and has serious health issues, including two prior strokes. And, as most of you know, I am disabled myself, with my own health issues.

So has anyone here ever dealt with extortion? Or has anyone here ever heard of anything like this before? She has to go to the police, right? There's more risk if she doesn't, isn't there? Advice? If you know something and feel more comfortable sharing by PM, I'd welcome that. This really does seem like a bad Lifetime movie, but it's not. It is very real.

Obviously prayers are welcome, too.

You have received some good advice. The reality is that you have to report this. The problems are not going to go away on their own. Start with your neighbor but be prepared to be told to file a police report. Go to a safe place if you feel you are in personal danger.

Be prepared for the possibility that the story you are hearing from your sister is not quite as it seems. Your sister may have gotten herself into a situation about which she is ashamed and unable to get out of on her own. It may have an element of physical or mental illness. Whatever the situation she needs help and your family needs help. DO NOT try to handle this on your own. Get help. Laws have been broken and people are in danger. Take care of yourself.

[Claymatron]

Oh...Clay Matron. Yes. That does make more sense.

I was saying it clayMAtron. Like some cyborg/robot/thingy.

Sorry.

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me too!! lol

Hmmm....and I thought Claymatron was such a clever play on words, but alas... you guys are not alone. Many people have looked at me blankly when I said my name, and then you could see "the penny drop". I guess I never thought of that when I chose the name. But to me a Claymatron could be a huge machine...just producing perfect clones of the man. Of course, I would have to keep the original as a pattern...at least that's the way I figure it...if you know what I mean, and I think you do!

[tribeca]

We're here!!!!

Clay is here too and going to do a mini private concert at Mirasol tonight. We can't go cos we are not members......anyone got a few thousand bucks to spare*g*

sure I wire you the money