Chris,

I have Vernon sign things for me all the time when stuff comes UPS. I also
sign for him, also. If you weren't available, as far as I know, your Dad
can sign for you. It's been done that way for ages.

Let this go, Chris. Give it to God and have peace about it, please for your
own good, and for the sake of an arguement with your parents. I know from
experience, don't get mad about everything like I use to do.

I'm praying for you, Chris.

May God give you peace and love.

Peace and Love,
Pat Ferguson



At 01:42 PM 11/19/03 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought that was what I did...
>
>I was supposed to get a package through UPS today...
>
>well, yeah, it came, and i'd told my dad that with my hearing loss, i
>couldn't hear the doorbell but yet I knew that he certainly could...
>
>he promised me, he'd watch out for me...
>
>Well, when they came, he purposely just sat there and ignored it...  he
>admitted he did that purposely...
>
>They left a note for quote: me:  Chris: Gilland:  not, Steve Gilland: but
>Chris Gilland:  to sign...  So, my dad tells me that he signed his name on
>the note...  he said as long as someone from the household signed, that was
>all that mattered...  Well, Firstly, I called UPS to confirm that...  Noper!
>Ain't true!  if the receiving party does not sign it his or herself, then,
>it can not, and will not be delivered...  The only exception they said, was
>if the receiving end is a minor:  then, a gardian has to sign for them...
>I'm no means a minor:  heck, 4 days left, and i'll be 22!
>
>Well, I had my suspicions about my dad signing still, so I called a
>neighbor, and said, don't ring the doorbell, don't make yourself known, but
>just please can you walk over and look at the note and see if it really is
>his named signed, or if it's mine instead?  They did, and then called me
>back, and told me Chris? your dad signed your name and not his...  So now:
>not only has he illegally signed for me when i'm not a minor:  OK, that's a
>felony right there...  Next, he forged my signature...  That is another
>felony...  i told him this was illegal, and that I was gonna take action,
>and at which point he challenged me to do so...  and tested my limits...
>
>
>Then about a half hr later, i called Timelife music, as I'd put a few CD's
>on order...  Well, they checked the status and said my card had been
>declined!  There was no reason for that, so I called the bank...  uh:
>mister Gilland?  uh:  Sir?  You've only got 2 bucks in your account...
>
>i had them read all statements to me of withdrawls in the past month...
>
>Well, turns out, I'm on a joined account with my folks, and they won't sign
>with me, thus meaning I can't close the account...  i could sign, but they'd
>have to to...  and they won't...  i do have a private account which is off
>limits to them, but it is a savings account so i can't use my card with
>it...  Anyway, From listening to the list, i could tell easily that my  dad
>had been taking out money, and not reimbursting me...
>
>
>So, wow!  let's see, sign for someone else? Forge a sig? steal money? 3
>Felonies right there in itself...  Hmm? hmm? Hmm!  W'w'w'wut doo'oo? ya
>know!  It's a boy!
>
>
>LOL!
>
>you're having tripplets, congrats.  LOL!
>
>So, i just don't know what I need to do.  I mean:  what physically and
>legally would you all do in this case if you all were in my shoes, and
>knowing he ain't sorry:  he's admitted he's not...  heck, he's not even
>willing to admit that he's in the wrong.
>
>I can't even talk to the man...
>
>
>Chris.