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Ladies, Stiletto Spy School Is Open for Business...
do they have a Live Web Cam? i think i have received spam email from this school
Seriously... a friend of mine got her certification as a PI and let it run out a few years ago because assignments are typically BOOOOORR-ing (sit in a car and wait for hours for subject to pass you on the road... and then follow them, go to dinner at a restaurant where they'll be and report what they're wearing, who they're with, go on the same flight as subject to destination and report who picks them up and if they talk to anyone on the plane, etc, etc). BUT, before it ran out, she'd recruit me to go on assignments with her - going out dinner mostly. She'd sit with her back to the person and write down the notes of what I'd report to her... stuff like "she's wearing a gaudy animal print hoochie top, her friend clearly has better taste than her - she's wearing all black, both look like they got their makeup and hair done at a salon - they're just talking... nothing to report there" and we'd eat at nice restaurant on the company's tab. She'd try to recruit me onto the plane trips with her and I'd considered it - heck, the money is GREAT, but the idea of sitting in the same place for hours, no bathroom breaks, no distractions (like books or naps or video games) and focusing on another person seemed a. unethical and b. out of my capacity of patience. 
she's wearing a gaudy animal print hoochie top, her friend clearly has better taste than her - she's wearing all black, both look like they got their makeup and hair done at a salon - they're just talking... nothing to report thereHa...this is awesome. I could totally see a USA/TNT type drama/comedy about Heidi tagging along with her friend the private investigator. Shenanigans would ensue. Heidi would fall in love with one of the people on whom they were supposed to spy, Russian hit men would get their targets switched, a cute kid would be in danger...season one would write itself, ladies and gentlemen...
People like Ellroy and Macdonald capture some of that PI boredom in their work, by the way...
I was really hoping we'd see something salacious, but it never happened.
Oh I would totally watch that show, RA. You had me at "Shenanigans would ensue." The best part is Heidi's bonus commentary on the scene (hoochie top...).
I took a PI certification course once, but like Heidi, I balked at the notion of endless hours of boredom. I was hoping I'd be like Magnum or Jim Rockford.
My friend was a stay-at-home mom. She would get paid $80/hr++ for her work, plus reimbursements, gas money, travel, and per diem.
would you have the Magnum PI mustache?
Gus already has a goatee.
"After engaging in a spirited bout of knife-fighting with her daughter..."There is something very wrong with that sentence.
you haven't been to the north side of kokomo. they do that at the dollar general store here while watching their tats heal
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You SO need a Hawaiian shirt, Melissa is right...on Burn Notice Bruce Campbell wears his all the time.
You couldn't pay me enough to wear a Hawaiian shirt.
can i change from a Ferrari to a cool motorcycle when i go on cases involving hot chicks and low danger crime?
i am in. we all send ours to RA and he photoshops us into a coherent group
At some point, Kevin, you'd have to do the thing where you slide your motorcycle under a semi at an intersection. All spy/motorcycle shows require that scene.
Yes. You get up after the explosion and walk slowly away with Angelina Jolie on your arm while dramatic music plays.
Of course. The customized pleather body suit, complete with helmet, saved your life.
ok, i am all in on this one. better cut some carbs if i am going to be in a fitted pleather suit. i think you have to baby powder your bod prior to being inserted into one of those suckersi am totally doing a picture of me on my bike in a Hawaiian shirt and posting it
I USED to own Hawaiian shirts. But nowadays it's t-shirts with goofy slogans and a pair of Chuck Taylors. I'd be the slacker PI.
i am with you gus. primarily tee shirts, jeans and work boots for me. i do have A Hawaiian shirt used for special occasions like some sort of island theme party or bowling. i historically do not wear many shirts with a collar and NEVER "golf" shirts
Golf shirts look stupid on me. I refuse to wear them.
(I knew that was coming, just so you know)
i refuse to also. the only shirt with a collar i will wear is a long sleeve button up. and even then it has to be something funky. no collars for me.
no collars for me.Especially not like this one, huh?
Randomanthony wrote: "(I knew that was coming, just so you know)"And you still walked right into it...
I just read Private Investigating for Dummies and curiously, the section about mustaches and Hawaiian shirts was absent? How could this be?
uh...melissa....i think that is in the "goes without saying" area
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "uh...melissa....i think that is in the "goes without saying" area"HAHAHAHAHA NICE!
Charlie's Angels are private investigator's.Just sayin'
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Oh, Rita, Sally corrected your grammar, don't worry, we all get busted for grammar issues around here. Sooner or later you will catch Sally and rub your palms together in glee:)In the meantime we all just inspect our posts for typos before posting:)
edit: Fixed typo after Jackie made me cry.
RA, you mean we inspect our posts for typos, plural. :)
I was just testing you!(No, I wasn't...)
No. I'd be a wuss if I drank appletinis.
Heh. I'm woman enough to drink an appletini and not care what anyone thinks.
It's not what anyone thinks...it's that drinking appletinis is for wussies.
Wussies who can handle stronger drinks than beer, you mean, RA?
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Please keep your newfound violent ways to a minimum at TC, ladies. Except for pillow fights. Those are ok.