Subj : Support And Scams To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Sun Jul 19 2020 09:09:00 Hi Daryl! BM> DS> Didn't care for the sob story gory details, eh? BM> Just trying to save data! DS> You need to get some Viagra for your hard drive. Besides, DS> Windows does have LONG file names, as of Windows 95. No problems here: it boots with a SOLID State Drive. BM> Now that would be interesting: the business side frequently does say BM> the call may be recorded for (something) or training purposes, which BM> implies there is a chance the call has been archived. I'm wondering if BM> caller or his lawyer could obtain? DS> I hope I don't have to go down that road. Right. I'm thinking no way to prove a recording was made, much less kept and so available. DS> The folks at T-Mobile and Verizon have been very helpful. BM> That's good. I'd shop where there is good customer service. DS> Years ago, the term SERVICE meant something. But, nowadays, DS> things like CUSTOMER SERVICE, POSTAL SERVICE, INTERNAL REVENUE DS> SERVICE, etc. seem to have little meaning. Ohm the IRS will serve you! We've had pretty good results with the Postal Service. Customer Service -- that one can be dicey. Restricting to having a problem a lot of times the employee can only do so much and/or the customer makes unreasonable demands. ...Customer wanted a dress for less than the clearance ticket because the belt was missing; well, that's why the dress was marked down: because the belt was mising. (I' pretty sure that was noted on the ticket because I remember getting involved and wouldn't budge.) BM> I guess as long as it works for you. Plus you can call back at your BM> convenience! DS> This is true. I do have an app to block certain area codes and DS> phone numbers. I've been getting numerous ones that start with DS> "We've been trying to reach you about your auto warranty DS> insurance". is my response. Yup: various warranties for cars, computers. Noticed the last week or so the e-mail Junk Mail Folders have exploded; this on top of the junk mail being automatically shuttled to Junk Land. Phone calls have been about the same -- we don't answer on the theory if do then the number is marked as 'active' and put onthe list and sold to other spammers. DS> That's my deal. When I filed for bankruptcy, I turned in my DS> credit cards...and never bothered to rebuild the credit. BM> Unfortunately that credit number is becoming more and more important. BM> OTOH with your specific needs probably not. DS> My lawn is in bad need of mowing, but right now, I can't afford DS> it. Unexpected expenses (it's not hard to meet expenses, they're DS> everywhere) since the surgery has made finances this month DS> tighter than a frog's butt underwater for me...but I'm stretch DS> things out. I finally got in touch with the hotel manager, and he DS> said the refund should be in my bank account by Tuesday. That DS> will pay for having my lawn mowed. If Code Enforcement were to DS> come by and bitch, I'd ask them "can you provide food and DS> shelter, and pay all the bills for your entire family on a paltry DS> $1150 a month??". They likely will say "No", and I'll reply "I DS> rest my case". They probably won't -- the height here is before citations start to be issues is 10". BM> Just think how flat your wallet is without all those bulky plastic BM> rectangles! DS> I still have some, but they're not credit cards. Admittedly, I DS> do have a debit card. When I went to Kroger today to get some DS> bread and lunch meat (I got 4 loaves of bread for $5, and 10 DS> packs of Buddig lunch meat for 79 cents each), I was going to pay DS> in cash. The cashier said "if you aren't using a credit or debit DS> card, you have to pay with exact change". I had such, but in DS> looking back, my guess is that he was too stupid to do the DS> math...as so many people are nowadays. To them, it's like Abbott DS> And Costello's routine of "13 times 7 is 28" and "Do you have two DS> 10's for a 5??". :P The problem wasn't stupidity but a shortage of coins. Plus passing money (bills and coins) back and forth is just another was to potentially pass on the coronavirus (or other illness). I'm thinking except for the legal requirment of needing to accept currency it would have been banned during the pandemic. BM> So do you: Phone 1, Phone 2, and go over and talk in person! DS> I haven't checked the ports for their genders...although when DS> my wife was alive, mine was named Cedrick, and hers was Selena. That might keep the neighbours wondering! "Have you seen Selena?" "No, Cedrick's over here. "Can you call her for me?" BM> Not entering tends to make winning a lot difficult! DS> What was your first clue?? If I can't beat the games on the DS> BBS, how am I going to beat the games at the fair, or win at the DS> lottery?? I've lost far more than I've won. I also had to put a DS> notice on the BBS that "Doors Are For Amusement Only -- You Can DS> NOT Win Money. Your only reward is if you make the top score DS> bulletins". Yeah... people expect money for nothing, ...and the chimps are free. (That mis-heard lyric just screamed 'type me!'!!) BM> During construction they put the cabinets against the ceiling. DS> I'll probably get stuck on the way up or down. :P The oven door is not to be used as a step. BM> Haven't watered the lawn here in I don't know how long: when did the BM> grass still somewhat browned anyway. Without watering does eventually BM> turn a brownish-green and in some areas a brown as it goes into BM> dormancy with the drought. DS> I haven't used the sprinkler system here in ages, and the water DS> main for that was turned off long ago. The only automated watering system here was an attempt at making a soaker from an old hose: drill small holes every so often. Section closest to the water entry would drizzle water if low enough pressure but the middle and far end was essentially dry. If increase pressure to get to the end then the near part was too much and digging out the dirt. BM> As for picnicing, washing cars, planning an outdoor event, etc., those BM> will definitely bring rain even if it hasn't rained for a month! DS> You have to wonder. Does Mother Nature get attracted to those events or do we subconsciously plan those events in response to natural meteorological events which precede rain?! BM> A mask isn't a bad idea, though needs to be worn properly. I still am BM> leaning towards if I feel I need to wear a mask to be healthy I BM> shouldn't be there in the first place. Being at a site requiring masks BM> is different. DS> Governor Asa Hutchinson signed an Executive Order, effective DS> July 20, that MASKS ARE REQUIRED in public places. My guess is DS> the only place they won't enforce it, is inside your domicile, Not a public place. DS> with other family members. Besides, it does no good to wear it if DS> taking a bath or a shower. If someone asks me if I took a bath or DS> shower, I ask them "Why?? Is There One Missing??". I aked if they were going to return it before they took my temperature! Actually if Governor Reynolds (IA) or Pritzker (IL) signed an order, or the respective county supervisors mandating wearing a mask in public I would. Hopefully the regulation would be such as to allow not needing the mask while driving (on a public street) or in a park where you're the only one/group within fifty feet. While I don't feel I need to wear a mask in public places as long as I feel comfortable (else the I shouldn't be there in the first place 'rule' kicks in) if the 'people who know' say something then maybe it's a good idea to follow. 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