Having escaped from Space Station Thailand (extreme long-term air pollution, extreme long-term heat), I rode a bicycle again for the first time in months. It was glorious!!!
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Southern Indiana hills, Ohio River.
Highway 37, take me home.
Note:
One spends a lot less time online when living in nature. Such a long time I was on that space station!!! Ouch!!!
Sentinel Tree at Sunset Park |
Blackberry (I think) |
The sweet smell of honeysuckle!!! |
Mulberries |
This is what Southern Indiana thunderstorms do to trees. |
Tell City Riverwalk |
My first deer sighting (Windy Creek Trail) |
They did a great job on the water towers. |
Just about dawn over Mom's (previous) house. |
Photo of the tree before it got a couple of its limbs snapped off by a powerful thunderstorm. |
Disclaimer:
The title of this post could instead be: Why did you forget to disconnect your VPN, dumbass?
I apologize for falsely accusing Walmart of dumbassery, when it was, as usual, my own dumbassery that was the problem. Because of NBA League Pass requirements, I had my VPN connected to another country, and of course Walmart.com developers were correct in flagging my IP address as suspicious.
In this case, Walmart was innocent, and I was guilty. Sorry.
Original rant below:..
I was gone from America for a couple of years. Has everything online deteriorated since I left? All I wanted to do was order a portable washing machine from Walmart online. But, nope. They cancelled my order after they let my order go through.
Then I had to call the customer service number, go through the IVR (interactive voice response) menu, and deal with a rep. The only good part of the experience is that I got lucky with a competent rep.
Here I sit, needing a portable washer, with my order cancelled, and unable to reorder for 4.5 hours. Thanks for subjecting me to your ridiculous internal technical limitations, and thank you, Walmart, for the huge hassle. I sure do hope that the next time around I am deemed worthy of ordering your cheap-ass portable washing machine.
FFS!!! I am really beginning to understand why all Americans are pissed off. I strongly recommend that we turn off all the electronic bullshit effective immediately. I am quite certain that all of us will start feeling better almost immediately.
Disclaimer:
The title of this post could instead be: Why did you forget to disconnect your VPN, dumbass?
I apologize for falsely accusing id.me of dumbassery, when it was, as usual, my own dumbassery that was the problem. Because of NBA League Pass requirements, I had my VPN connected to another country, and of course id.me developers were correct in flagging my IP address as suspicious.
In this case, id.me was innocent, and I was guilty. Sorry. Some of the other criticisms remain valid, and there is no doubt that purchasing a VFW cap from the VFW online store was a huge hassle.
Original rant below:..
What a terribly frustrating web we have woven on the Internet. Today, I needed to order a garrison cap from the VFW store online. Below are just some of the obstacles I experienced in what turned out to be an hour-plus long torture session.
To the people who build and maintain this sorry excuse of online infrastructure, I strongly recommend that you delete all of it--and I mean all of it--and start over from scratch. It is driving people crazy, and it is not their fault. It is your fault. You have created an Internet that sucks elephant balls in terms of being able to get things done.
I did not imagine that I owed the drivers of Thailand a debt of gratitude. But I do. Thank you, drivers of Thailand for teaching me to accep...