Is this Allstate by any chance? They canceled my dad’s auto policy way back in the day after he had the audacity to purchase a motorcycle.
I made an Apple account about 20 years ago on a PC, but hardly ever used it. I didn’t like the way I had to go ass over teacup to organize a playlist when I could just select tracks in Explorer and play them in Windows Media Player.
This morning, I got a no-reply email from Apple notifying me that somebody used my account to do something with their iPhone6. If I didn’t do it, I should change my login information. I log on, answer a security question, and see the spinning wheel. I check about 10 minutes later and it’s still spinning. I say screw this, I’ll just cancel my account.
Turns out they don’t allow non-Apple platforms to do anything. Every time I tried to access my account, I got redirected back to the security question login. I couldn’t even email support without getting redirected to limbo.
So, I replied to no-reply for all the good that it did. I said whoever hacked into my account would be able to run roughshod because Apple considered PC users worse than hackers. Enjoy the consequences of your elitism, Apple.
What browser? I’ve run into a number of web-sites that don’t support Firefox, but if I go to them with Chrome (or sometimes Edge) they work. PITA to have to multiple browsers, but such is life.
My Mac and iPhone work great with Chrome. I haven’t compared 'em, but it’d be hilarious if Apple products did better with a Google product than their own (Safari… which to be fair, I haven’t used in years; could be just as good now).
If I were Knowed_Out, having a vestigial Apple account would bug me for the rest of my life, and I’d borrow a neighbor/friend’s MacBook or iPhone and cancel it once and for all.
Chrome.
Apropos of nothing, I test courses at work on Firefox because it doesn’t block video autoplay like Chrome does. I really don’t feel like trying multiple browsers for this.
Apple nearly went bankrupt in the early 2000s because of their inflexibility. They didn’t market to Joe Sixpack like Microsoft did. Now they’ve settled back again into their narrow niche, and I feel like they should suffer for it, so I’m doing my part. 
You are a highly paid professional working in an office. Would it kill you to make sure your turds are not still floating in the bowl after you flush? I figured that one out when I was 5.
People in public are the worst in bathrooms. Bathrooms are the worst.
Today I am doing much better than yesterday, though I am still just as tired. I bet I wouldn’t be having these problems if I hadn’t had to go back to work only 6 weeks after my baby was born. Or even after only 12 weeks. I don’t think my first was reliably sleeping through the night until much later.
Wait, this is the minirant thread, not the “I’m doing better” thread. I guess I can complain about the asshole drivers this morning that could NOT pick a lane on the main road to work today.
I was so happy when I moved into this almost-brand-new house. Everything was modern, everything worked. And now, around ten years later, it’s starting. We see the start of the long and sad, ever-repeating through each generation, saga of Home Ownership™! One of the downspouts is coming off the wall and needs to be reinstalled. The driveway needs repaving, or at least sealing. And now I notice a strange discoloured spot down in the basement that turns out to be wet. Yea, verily, it is directly underneath the kitchen sink and is undoubtedly caused by the problem I already noticed where the tailpiece from the drain assembly has detached itself because it has somehow become too short, and water leaks whenever the sink or dishwasher drains.
Thank Og at least Home Depot is open again post-lockdown. I have all the parts I need to replace the tailpiece and new washers, and anticipate spending some time with my head stuck in the cupboard under the sink either tonight or early tomorrow. I believe this traditional dignified plumber posture requires the crack of your ass to be showing.
Ah, the joys of home ownership! I think I already described having a family of birds removed from my dryer vent. And I just paid a small fortune to have a landscaping disaster remedied in my back yard that I’m surprised didn’t attract complaints from the neighbours and a citation from the city.
My mother is 92 years old and in poor health, with multiple problems. She’s been having back pains because of deteriorating disks in her lower back, and it was being treated with prednisone, but she can only get a week’s worth at a time. The latest prescription ran out last Saturday, and she’s been doing well for the last few days. But she also has very weak legs and feet, and needs a walker to get around and to help her stand up. This morning, she fell getting out of bed, and hurt her back. I asked her if she wanted to go to the ER, but she said no, so she ate breakfast, and then went back to bed. About 2 o’clock, she got up and told me that she needed to go to the ER because her back pain was so bad, So I called them, and an ambulance showed up. They decided that the best solution for her is just to keep taking Tylenol for now, and try to get a refill on the prescription on the Prednisone. Their reasoning is that the ERs are so full of covid patients (this is Northern California, not some redneck Southern state) that just waiting to get into the ER makes the ambulances back up for upwards of six hours if not longer, and they didn’t think my mother wanted to lie on a gurney for that long.
So I tried to get a hold of her doctor’s office to get a refill on the Prednisone. The medical service is set up so that it’s impossible to talk to a doctor’s office by phone. the best you can do, is to send them an email. I tried to call the advice nurse, and was told that the wait time was 30 to 60 minutes. The best I could do was to send the doctor’s office an email begging for a prednisone refill. I’m waiting for an answer. It was about half an hour ago.
Dear Digs,
IOU an apology. “Longmire” is racist as f-ck and it harps on all of the GQP talking points. If there are drugs, it’s a “gang” (white kids dressing up as crips or bloods in colors). If there is an environmentalist, they throw punches around and kill poor defenseless cow people. A man isn’t a man unless he hides a murder and grunts his lines… and all the women fan themselves when guys walk by like twenty dollar h- I mean Scarlet O’haras. There is steady undertone of BS even when the plots get decent.
The women are the best thing about the show; none of the male characters are likeable in the slightest… and maybe that’s what hurts the most. If even one tenth of the time spent developing the characters of the women had been spent on the men … including washing their neanderthal horseshit off of the sidewalks, that might have been a decent show.
Oh… and they need to tone it down with all the guns. If they fit in even one more gun-porn scene, they’d be right up there with Schwarzenegger in “The Last Action Hero”.
Sorry, Digs.
Wow, thanks for taking a bullet for me (or 1000, sounds like).
(Next, can you watch Bosch for me and post your review here?)
But I’m surprised. I started reading the Longmire books (gotta rep’esent Chugwater, Wyoming!) and the protagonist (Walter Longmire) is sensitive and kind. In fact, most of the characters are. The author, Craig Johnson, almost seems like a Lefty Cowboy :~)
But thanks for the warning. I’ll stick with the books (and the audiobooks; read by the incomparable George Guidell!), and if the good guys get racist, I’ll go back to William Kent Kruger’s books. Similar stories and cast, with more Native American religion thrown in.
I still have dreams about being in the Navy, mostly on the confusing/dreadful side rather than the nightmarish side, and often tangentially related to the feelings I am facing in my current work, adding to the confusing nature of the dreams as the association is often very strong, to the point of waking up and not being quite sure where I am or what I’m supposed to be doing.
We bought our house not quite five years ago, and replaced two of the air handlers before moving in. Within the last four months, one of them has required repairs adding up to over half of the installed price, mostly due to the fact that Lennox doesn’t include labor in their warranty coverage. Of course, this is also the one that is in the attic, so whenever there’s a problem I have to shinny up the scuthole, walk most of the length of the house hunched over to see if it might possibly be something I can fix, do the same on the way back, and shinny back down before I call the a/c contractor.
Guess which unit went on the fritz last night just before bed? in August. In South Florida. 
Oh, and to hell with companies whose warranties don’t include labor in them. I don’t see why I have to spend $450 on labor because your shitty blower motor failed.
Yes, I’m cranky this morning. Why do you ask?
The FCC has been worse than useless in enforcing the “law”. It’s been blatantly obvious for many years that TV commercials are often considerably louder than the accompanying shows.
It’s unclear why the onus is on the public here (don’t FCC employees ever watch TV themselves?).
Whack-a-Mole, you are now on my ignore list, where you will remain. You were on it before, after a while I took you off, but this time really is for good. My posting experience was improved by not wasting my time on you, and I suspect it will be again. I may occasionally unhide one of your posts, particularly in the pit (where I engage with the other trolls and other particularly dim posters), but as a parting shot, I might suggest that if YOU ASK A QUESTION, seeking OTHER PEOPLE TO EXPEND ENERGY ANSWERING, then the best way to GET ANSWERS is to not be a TOTAL JACKASS when people deign to engage with you. If you don’t WANT other people to expend energy then either (a) don’t ask the question to start with, or (b) when they ask for clarification, just don’t respond. Because while ido agree posters should consider googling their OWN QUESTIONS before starting a thread, it’s a bit different when YOU are the one to start the thread because YOU don’t want to be arsed to figure shit out yourself.
I considered giving you your own pit thread, because honest to god discussing things with you is like playing whack-a-mole (repetitive, the hits never seem to stick, and it gets old real quick), but then I decided you’re not worth it. So, minirants it is.
And please do feel free to put me on ignore as well. I’m sure I’ll get by.
Below are the results of the first page of a Google search on “presidents can’t drive”. Possibly the simplest thing to do on the internet these days. A simple Google search.
Indeed, I linked this search for you. So, I answered your question. And for that…we are here. ONE post and you are losing it. Look at the tizzy you got into.
- Past presidents agree, this surprising rule is one of the worst parts of running the country
- Former presidents can’t drive on public roads or go anywhere alone
- 6 Things Former Presidents Aren’t Allowed to Do After Leaving Office
- RULES FORMER PRESIDENTS HAVE TO FOLLOW
- Why can’t the US president drive? Trump’s wasted car collection
- Why U.S. presidents aren’t allowed to drive
- 10 surprisingly normal things no US president is allowed to do while in office
- Why Trump Won’t Be Allowed to Drive
- US presidents can have everything - except the car keys
So, you “ignore” me and I never know. Then stop. Then Pit me and then “ignore” me again because I told you that you could Google the thing you were asking with ease?
I didn’t miss you the first time.
And PItting someone and then “ignoring” them is akin to a sucker punch and running away.
My indoor/outdoor thermometer says the outdoor temp is 158 degrees. I think I’ll stay indoors in the central air today.
Fahrenheit or Celsius?