And a look back toward the cave entrance…
And one from the duty free…
You too can now own a Japanese remote control toilet lid- It washes, it waxes, it blow dries…
All for only $798…
This won’t be up to one of JayG’s epic rants, but DAMN I’m getting tired of the idiots and assholes out there on the roads these days…
To whit- Van and BMW drivers…
WTF people do you ‘think’ you OWN the damn road? My perspective, I’m to the point that I believe all the Bimmer crowd are a bunch of wanna be’s…
Cause they are driving a ‘German Luxury Car’, they think they can do anything they want, run stop lights, run up the shoulder and/or cut people off (because nobody will hit their expensive car), double park in the right lane because they are too ‘important’ to actually drive around the corner to the parking lot… Gah…
And just because you happen to be female and blonde, it DON’T make you special either… (unless she really should have been riding the short bus, or all that dye has impacted the frontal lobe). And flipping me the bird and screaming at me because I wouldn’t let you cut in is NOT going to make me any friendlier toward you…
But I DID smile when you had to slam on your brakes to keep from hitting that barrel…
And vans!!!
When you have so much crap that you can’t see out the back window, and you’ve got more crap tied on top, and two coolers on one of those bumper hitch racks, and your ass is dragging the ground because you’re over the max gross for the vehicle (Hell, between you and your hubby in the front seat, you’re ALREADY over max gross), and Precious in the back seat is throwing stuff at every passing car (I didn’t know they made bloomers THAT large); YOU are not the only person on the interstate…
Weaving between lanes, straddling the center line or blindly cutting across three lanes to almost get to the exit ramp is NOT going to endear you to the folks that had to lock up the brakes, especially the 18 wheeler that had to take the shoulder because of your stupidity…
Nor is turning around to hold a conversation/chew your kids butts that are sitting in the back seat. Much less fumbling around in the floorboard to get that 32oz coke that you dropped, while simultaneously slamming on the brakes and did you notice you changed lanes? Didn’t think so…
And the NY asshole in the fancy Giants van, be glad I didn’t knock your ass into next week… Dropping off into the median at 75 mph was NOT what I wanted to do but when you ran up the slow lane because you just couldn’t wait your turn, and cut across my bumper to get around the ‘slow’ car that was actually doing 5 over, you left me no choice other than the PIT maneuver; which I seriously considered…
And yes “I” was the one that called the troopers on your ass; and yes, “I” was the one that honked at your pulled over ass, and gave the trooper a thumbs up!
Oh, and can’t forget the MA and NJ asshats in vans that think 6 feet of separation is adequate at 75-80 miles an hour and if there is 8 feet you’re gonna cut in; and those that cut across the 18 wheeler’s noses to get one more car length ahead…
Trust me you will NOT be mourned when you become the bug on the wheeler’s windshield, I will feel sorry for the driver, but NOT for you, not at all…
I really need a 57 Desoto… Then let em try that crap…
Although still in early development stage a sign of things to come
Is this a mosquito? No. It’s an insect spy drone for urban areas, already in production, funded by the US Government (can we say DARPA)…
It can be remotely controlled and is equipped with a camera and a microphone.
It can land on you, and it may have the potential to take a DNA sample or leave RFID tracking nanotechnology on your skin. It can fly through an open window, or it can attach to your clothing until you take it in your home.
Given their propensity to request macro-sized drones for surveillance, one is left with little doubt that police and military may look into these gadgets next.
And now you know why our government has requested the law be changed to allow drone surveillance in the United States…
Who was Antonio Santiago???
Anybody know???
I’m betting less than 1% can answer that…
Goth type refused to be counseled by me since I’m a “man” and she wants to be counseled by the female office manager. She claimed “I” wouldn’t understand her issues…
Yep, ‘prompt’ customer service, and hoping I’ll go away…
From: Me
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:51 AM
To: Them
Subject: RE: Issue with question on Cxx Xxx test
Help Desk,
Yes, I didn’t call you and then email you to have the issue ignored. I’m sure I am NOT the only one that has to take this course, so yes I would like an answer or resolution of some type to the question I submitted the issue with. I will be happy to discuss with an instructor; my number is XXX-XXX-XXXX.
R,
Me
—–Original Message—–
From: Them
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 4:51 PM
To: Me
Subject: RE: Issue with question on Cxx Xxx test
Hello Sir,
The Continuous Learning Modules do not have Instructors associated to them. However, when students have content related questions, we route them to our Tier II Help Desk and they locate an appropriate POC. According to your gradebook for the course, it displays that you passed the test on Attempt 2. Would you still like for us to locate a POC for your concern regarding the test question?
Regards,
Xxxxx
Help Desk Support Team
Now the question is, will I ever get a call or an answer??? NOT holding my breath for either one of them… Sigh…
Why do “I” get stuck doing the counseling???
I’m the grumpy old fart, well ONE of the grumpy old farts in the office…
The counselee???
Meh… Goth female receptionist…
This is NOT going to end well!
Grumble…
Pot meet kettle…
Last week, the Council approved a measure that would require Walmart and other large retailers doing business in the District to pay a “living wage” of $12.50 per hour.
But… uh oh. Hypocrisy alert.
District government pays less than $12.50 per hour.
Full article HERE.
If I had anything to do with it, I’d tell Walmart to walk away and take the tax loss. And I’d leave the property vacant until hell froze over!
In light of humpday, here’s one from LONG ago…
Anybody got a clue??? Answer is below the fold…
This crap is becoming more and more the ‘rage’/requirement to keep one’s job with the CEs, CEUs and whatever else they are calling this stuff…
So I’m trying in my ‘spare’ time to get through this online course, finally get the ##$%@ thing done, and have to take a test (like I sat and did this all in one sitting NOT!)…
So I take the test and miss one question… Okay, I can live with that…
But you have to pass with 100% to get credit…
There is supposed to be a ‘remediation’ block that takes one to the area requiring ‘further study’… Except it refuses to open!
So being the good little studi that I am, I go back to where I figure I screwed it up, and print the entire @#$%# lesson (all 72 slides) out…
Hit take the test again, get a new question, right? Yep, go find the answer in the 72 slides; select the answer and submit and don… Oh, I ‘missed’ the question again… Say WHUT???
Nope, answer is right there in the page, yep that is what I selected, howinthehell is is wrong???
Called the online help desk, “Your wait time will be 8-18 minutes”… Crap…
Fine, put the phone on hold, go to the bathroom, go get a cup of coffee, smoke a cigarette and come back to, “Your wait time is 3 minutes”!
Finally get the dweebette on the phone, run through the who am I, where am I, what is the problem, and get put on hold… and on hold…
And she finally comes back, “Oh the problem with the ‘remediation’ block was written up before, but it won’t be fixed until the update the test. And I really can’t help you with the answer to the question, you have to document the issue and send it in for review, but if you miss the question again, you will have to retake the course!”
YGTBSM!
Sooooo, if I send it in for review, how long before I can get an answer?
“Oh two maybe three weeks before an instructor can get around to looking at it and getting an answer back to you, but I see you only have 12 days to complete the course. Would you like an extension?”
You bet your bippy lady, and I want an answer back and credit for the correct answer!
“Well, THAT is not in my purview.” (like she even knew what the word meant)…
Screen caps, email, and now hurry up and wait, and I’ll probably get timed out and have to retake the whole pile of crap again…
Yep, that on line learning is really great… sigh…