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3Hotdogs

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March 31, 2023

Does anyone have an update on Kozar?

Bad day, yesterday. Been concerned about him all day.

March 19, 2023

How to recover the apple password?

I need the original password in order to change to a new one.

March 13, 2023

My name ain't my name. I have an Irish surname. I've been Irish decent, all my life. UNTIL ---

My daughter gets involved with the Ancestry/ 21 stuff. I could care less. Or maybe I couldn't care less about it. She buys me and my ex the kits for Christmas and goes deep into it. Over 200 second and third cousins pop up from grandparents and uncles who couldn't keep it in their pants. Anyway, so what?

THEN ---

Friday night, she calls. My maternal grandfather had a German surname. He died during the Spanish flu epidemic when my father was four years old. Grandma was movie actress beautiful and found a new husband. Stepfather had my father adapt his Irish name but did not legally adapt him or legally change his name. My father was registered for school, under the Irish name and used it until he died, never giving it a second thought.

Funnier thing is, as the saying goes, "the map of Ireland is on my face." How many times in my life have I heard, "Yeah, you look Irish."

March 13, 2023

Riddle me this... So bank deposits are insured for $250k. Some deposits were for $millions.

Yellen announces that the depositors will be "made whole." This implies that the depositors will get more than $250K, each.


and ----

None of this will come from taxpayers.

March 9, 2023

What passes for customer service. T-Mobie. Mint Mobile. Tax Act. Turbo tax.

These are companies with which I have had poor customer service experience.

Several phone calls with people who spoke with accents that were unintelligible. In once case, nothing but live chat that went nowhere except straight up my ass.


I have sympathy for someone trying to earn money by being part of customer service. I have no sympathy for a company that farms out customer service to people who are not capable of taking care of problems.

Anyone else have the same or similar experience?

Rant over.

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