We like to go out for breakfast on Sundays. Unless it’s mother’s day. That’s the worst possible day for us to eat out. This year, Danita made some of her magnificent mixed berry scones. Hmmm, delish.
The next time you come to visit, you might have problems finding us. The tree guys are scheduled to take the old tree out tomorrow. I haven’t received a confirming call. Hopefully they’re still on track.
I also dealt with some smartphone issues. My Google Fi device had been struggling with battery life. An occasional unresponsive screen required me to reset the phone. I discovered that our $20/month “upgrade subscription” didn’t actually offer any savings; the cost of an upgrade was the same as a new phone minus the subscription fees I had already paid. To add a little salt to my wound, Google had a sale running where I could buy a better model for even less than the upgrade deal. I purchased the better phones. And I canceled the upgrade subscription.
That’s the news for this week. I hope all are doing well.
I bought this bookcase to act as shelving for our new utility closet. It didn’t fit. It didn’t even come close. It is down right ugly — not important for a utility closet but too ugly for any public area of the house. I ended up basically giving it away. Danita has been very kind not to remind me of all this. Bu that’s not what’s interesting. The person who took it wanted it “for her business”. She didn’t mentioned what her business is. She sent a truck with two women. It’s the most elaborate truck I ever saw. It had all kinds of railings and rubber stops that let the driver lock the bookcase in place, guaranteeing the cargo wouldn’t get damaged. It was set up to haul two large items about that size. My curiosity got the better of me, I asked. They are in the funeral business. The truck could carry two elaborate coffins. It turns out one of the office workers found a nice inexpensive bookcase. The other worker wanted one for herself. For whatever it’s worth, I know the bookcase has found a good home.
I know there’s some technical jargon in this story, but hang in there. You’ll get the punch line. Our clubhouse switched from Comcast to Verizon FIOS. We connected the Verizon router to our existing access point. Performance was terrible. I turns out that the router has a built in mesh controller. That is a super nice feature, but it absolutely refused to play nice with the access point. Looking for answers, I noticed the router has a coax port (like cable TV). The owner’s manual did not describe what the coax port was for. I took a deep breath and prepared to call tech support. There was no phone number. There was no chat box. The only thing I could find was a box labeled “Ask a question”. So I typed out my query. I quickly received an thorough explanation. It was obvious the question box understood the intent of my question and covered all the bases. I was amazed. I tried a couple of other questions. I got equally good answers. It sure beat waiting for my “important call”, then being switched to a support specialist who might not know the answer their selves. This is AI at it’s best. Of course, it was limited to Verizon services. Still, I was quite impressed.
