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Should I change providers, a priority will definitely be US-based customer service! And no circular automated phone lines.
I told my landlord 2.5 months ago that I was going to be gone Aug 3-10 so he could replace the broken furnace while I was gone. He now tells me he wasn’t able to find someone and it will get done later. I am PISSED because I’ve moved a ton of stuff in the LR so there would be room to move furnace out and new one in. It will get done before the winter, but I’m just peeved. It’s very nice to have the decluttered LR. Even three weeks ago he was saying it would be done. I totally get about tradesmen cancelling and stuff but he could have told me earlier. My rent is cheap and there are occasional things like this.
Habitat for Humanity here has had lumber and roof truss companies just not deliver or even promise an exact deliver date and blow it off with no contact. Windows were ordered and at the last minute Habitat was told it "might" be another month. The whole system has broken down.
I feel fortunate that our home renovation project in Herman kept chugging along despite delays, shortages, and ridiculously high prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetana3
Kamala Harris' voice - just grinds on me to have to listen to her! It is a deal breaker - could never vote for her
Way over priced food at the ball park - eat before I go
Soda pop that you have to drink out of a plastic bottle - it just doesn't taste as good and gets warmer quicker - fountain drinks only
Nearly had a heart attack today. Was going down a street where cars are parked all along. A jogger RAN OUT in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and was inches from her. The stupid idiot ran out between parked cars. Thankfully my reflexes were good. Have to confess I was shaking after that.
That is horribly scary!Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
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Chipping away at this nightmare with no end, an unwanted side effect of a robust monsoon season. This is all pollinating ragweed and I am dying of an allergy attack here. Kicking myself for not pulling all this out over a month ago when it would have been easier, except it was raining every day. And then there are the bugs...they love me to no end and I have itchy bites everywhere in spite of covering myself up and using bug repellent. Sometimes the idea of a suburban lawn is pretty attractive...
Not being able to find or being stood up by landscape or home repair companies is my current rant. I have two ailing trees in my back yard and if they don't get worked on before winter, they will end up on my roof. Actually had one company say they are so busy with tree work, that they can't even make an estimate for another month and then two months after that for the actual work. So many shysters too out there.
One more week and school starts. Teachers are in and "prepping" their rooms. The amount of garbage and recycle we are taking out every night is unbelievable! The number of things that could be donated but are just being thrown in the dumpster is unbelievable! We have a staging area actually on the stage of things teachers don't want and/or can take. It won't be long before whatever is left is tossed. Meanwhile, they are all on the phone trying to order new... things!
A teacher in California called the cops on a four year old for not wearing a mask.
That doesnt sound real.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Mountain View, CA.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Video:
https://youtu.be/NvrtwcG_mjk
I guess the liberals don't want to defund the police when they take on four year olds.
Did she call the cops? Or did the father call the cops? She might’ve called the dad to come and get his little boy or else put a mask on him and make sure he wears a mask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
This looks to me like a situation where an adult man, the father if this child, wants to make a big hairy deal about it and the cops are involved, likely by him, unless the teacher called the cops because the father was being belligerent.
And no responsible person wants to defund the police, that was just shouting and silly blather. I checked on the Twin Cities a couple days ago and surprise (not) they have the same police force they had before, only they’re experiencing the same attrition that all large city police departments are experiencing because Morale is quite low. People who want to defund the police are, in a way, getting their wish because there are many fewer police officers on the street and responding to crime.
We had a unusual break-in in our condo building. You know, the one that’s “secure? “ A middle-aged black man who doesn’t live here came in at 11:30 at night, Opening the door with a key. Then he went into the big common room and closed those doors and stayed there all night leaving at 8:30 in the morning. All this was caught a security camera.
That very shocking for this group of mostly older people who consider this building safe.
I suggested to DH that he and a couple of other men in the building run shifts of 2 to 3 hours each where they sit in front of the glass entry door with a shotgun on their knees. No need for bullets, leave the bullets upstairs in the condos. Just sit there in front of the glass doors with a long gun. That intruder will immediately understand that message when he comes up to the glass doors.
I do think we will see more of what some people here consider vigilante actions but I consider common sense security measures because the criminals have overwhelmed the system designed to keep them in check here.
The teacher called the cops. There is a less edited version on Twitter but I couldn't figure out how to post the link. The child is less blurred out. You can't see his face but can see his hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I hate it when people trash perfectly good items that could be used/donated. On our local Facebook giving page, a lot of people post that an item "must be taken today or it goes in the trash tomorrow," or similar, when they are perfectly good items and we have both a Salvation Army and a Savers right in our town.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
IL, Vincent Alabama dissolved their police department:
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/11162...st-text-police
The Libertarians got rid of the police in Croyden, NH:
https://www.insider.com/police-chief...ked-out-2020-2
Blandford, Massachusetts is also referenced in the Croyden story. They didn't replace their police when they all resigned.
rr, that's a pet peeve of mine (and a reason I am sometimes slow to divest stuff). I simply refuse to add things to the trash that have lots of useful life left! Nor will I usually buy a new item until options for getting a used one have been pretty much exhausted. I even use broken toys and other misc stuff in my flower beds at times (I have wrecked warbirds- hey, if it's going to look like a war-zone anyway, dratted weeds!!- ceramic houses, a large metal dragon...). In my mom's town, most people had a habit of setting out big stuff before trash day, and much of it was picked up by all and sundry, including me. My mom's neighbors used to intentionally break their kids multitude of toys before putting them out on the curb for the trash -big riding toys, kitchen sets, and so on. Made me sick, and I finally told them so. They said they were SHOCKED that we thought they were doing that - but stopped, and the stuff started to disappear before the trash man got to it. Of course they also refused to recycle anything, when their curbside recycling was free, so there ya go. Anyway, I guess I'm just trashy-minded, lol!
jeppy, there's some serious discussions going on about the effectiveness of small police departments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...police-uvalde/
Most police departments in the small rural communities around here have been abolished in the past 25 years, and the sheriff's department has taken over the policing role. There has been no uptick in crime that seems to be linked to that, the communities are paying less for policing, and the citizens I've spoken to have seemed just fine with it. And none of it had anything to do with "defunding the police" as it is now being discussed. Sometimes, it just makes sense.
Having known plenty of rural cops, some good, some awful - I can sort of see both sides of the policing argument. My cousin was formerly married to an officer on a township force, and he was a nasty racist brutal bastard. And his much more decent co-officers covered his crap for years, which makes me wary of the ability of departments, especially small ones, to self-regulate. I want police - and I want THEM to be accountable.
It is now being reported in the San Francisco Chronicle if that is mainstream enough for you, but there's a paywall.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
The four year old has sensory issues and is exempt from wearing masks by his doctors, but the school refuses to acknowledge this because he has not had a school evaluation. He can't get the school evaluation without wearing a mask.
Cruelty to disabled children is now politically correct.
If this issue truly has been up the chain in the school, and they are being very stupid, agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Bureaucracies with inflexible rules (likely provided over by martinets) are best avoided, IMO.
And people wonder why I champion homeschooling.
I don't know. How many people have the training or are smart enough to homeschool? We have a neighbor who homeschooled her DD and DD is now in her 20s and socially inept. I have not looked at the stats (probably because I don't really care).
Dislike when extra verbiage is added when it is not necessary. Should say what you mean in a concise manner IMO. I wonder if "they" think it makes them look smarter when, in fact, it is just irritating.
It's a moot point for me, obviously, but I want the option. My sister home schooled her stepdaughter for several years with great success. I suppose it didn't hurt that they are both highly-intelligent, curious individuals. Social ineptitude has never been a concern of mine. :~)Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Did the neighbor keep her DD locked up or did she get out with other kids for sports, hobby clubs, church youth group, etc.?Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
There are plenty of socially inept kids coming out of public schools, too. More than ever before. Just saying.
mostly, IMO, because they spend much of their out of school time online gaming.
It's been decades since I was around public schools, but I don't remember them turning out hordes of notably sharp, creative free thinkers or socially-aware citizens, either. I think the goal is well-behaved workers with a basic education. Maybe they're hip to what passes for social cues these days, but you can pick that up on Tik Tok.Quote:
Originally Posted by mschrisgo2
ETA: The girl may very well have just been an introvert, or on the autism spectrum. We're not all the same.
I have found homeschooled kids well educated but sheltered. That's not a bad thing these days with everything out there, including people who say there is nothing wrong with being "minor attracted" AKA a pedophile.
This was a 2-pronged response. This is as important as the first IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I know many educated, licensed teachers assigned classes outside their specialty who took the books home the night before so they could learn what they were supposed to teach the next day. Homeschool teachers do this too. There is nothing wrong with modeling learning.
The problem is people who think they know it all based on outdated credentials, who don't bother to keep up to date with new developments/curricula. The people on my Board of Health are like this. Ordinary citizens are much more informed than they are because they got their ticket stamped decades ago and are now stuck in time.
malarkeyQuote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
You haven't attended the Board of Health meetings but you know more than the people who did. Yeah right. You think someone who's so old he falls asleep at a meeting is effective? Even Biden isn't that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I bet you haven't followed the news either about the abysmal failures of the CDC. They're finally following the Great Barrington Declaration. We are vindicated. Public health officials were wrong, and we were right all along. I get that you're bitter and angry about it, and that your big ego prevents you from admitting your mistakes. Hard to admit you gutted the economy, education and young people's mental health, spiking suicide attempts and drug abuse, closing down drug treatment programs people needed, and leading to a bunch of overdose deaths. Blood is on your hands. We will never forget what was done to us and the weak people like you who were apologists for it.
unrelated ramblings
Which are so interesting to you that you just can't resist responding. As Eminem says, "It's so empty without me".Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Yup. It is better to keep you blocked.
Last famous words. Your curiosity will get the better of you because your life is boring without me.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
And speaking of which, I saw a YouTube clip of a woman who was dragged out of a bank because she wasn’t wearing a mask and she would not put one on. She wanted to pull her money out of the bank because the bank had the rule that customers inside had to wear a mask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
That’s funny as hell. Some of us have interesting enough lives without you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
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