jake5270
Gift PremiumLaid-back, easy going guy until my passions are aroused. I've been here 3 other times... I keep trying to get it right, I guess. lol
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Thursday, March 21, 2019, 6:58:51 PM- I'm BAACK! | ||||||
After a week of having to use an old computer (my other one fried), I'm back. New computer arrived to day. Hooked it up, downloaded my essentials (Anti virus, quicktime, itunes, etc.). Now I just need help to regain my documents, music and old photos from the last computer. I knew it was fried when I couldn't even sign on. A guy at work (engineer) says he knows how to recover those things. I'm going to ask him to write it all down for me tonight. There are some important things there that I really need! Fingers crossed. ~ | ||||||
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 5:56:13 PM- Uh-oh | ||||||
It does not bode well when people you trust are back stabbing you in your dreams. | ||||||
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Monday, March 11, 2019, 7:03:49 PM- DST | ||
Daylight Savings Time: You either love it or hate it. Having worked in a factory on second shift for the last 23 years, I hate it. It takes an hour later to start cooling down after sunset indoors. When I get home from work, it takes longer to cool my place down, too. Sure, you can play golf for an hour later. I've heard the argument from people who work days that it uses less electricity for lights, but having to run your air conditioning for an extra hour, in my opinion, has to off set any savings. If we were to use DST properly, we would use it in the winter, from November through March, when we're trying to save daylight. Staying light outside in the summer until almost 10:00pm is, to me, not natural. My rant is done. Move along, nothing else to see. | ||
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Sunday, March 10, 2019, 7:50:39 PM- If only! | ||
i dreamed last night that over by the train underpass by one of our local parks there was a rift in time. If you walked through it (it was shimmering all around the edges) you would be 12 hours into the future. Somehow, you walked into a bar. I tried everything to see how it could be: the t.v. and my laptop both froze their screens and my cell phone only got static when I tried to call my friends to clue them in. I finally walked back through the rift because I couldn't see any positive use for a short window into the future. It was still there when I glanced back. I just climbed into my car and drove away. Strange. ~ | ||
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Sunday, March 10, 2019, 1:42:41 AM- Really? | ||||||
How many people haven't posted a blog lately when I'm suddenly number 3 in blogs posted? ? | ||||||
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Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:11:58 PM- National Women's Day | ||
My late Mother was the strongest woman I've ever known. She was kind, funny, strong in her faith and a great role model. I wonder why we have just the one day to honor women... shouldn't every day be women's day? After all, they are the best of humanity. ~ | ||
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Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7:45:57 PM- Odds Botkins | ||
I dreamed that lyrics were being deleted from music. Upon waking, I pondered: 1. Music without lyrics is called instrumental. 2. Lyrics without music is called Rap. ~ | ||
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 8:02:30 PM- Naturally | ||||||
Ever have the dream where you're naked in public? I had one last night, with a twist: I was driving my old favorite car ('64 Impala SS) down a busy street by the local mall at lunchtime. I was naked and was trying to get home so I could put on some clothes. Seeing that I was in the wrong lane for the turn, I decided to back up and then shoot over to the turn lane, where I would be minutes away from getting home. In my haste, I backed up into a cop car. I panicked and sped through the light, with the cop in pursuit, lights flashing. And then I woke up. lol | ||||||
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 8:01:40 PM- I had to tell myself... | ||
... to keep calm. Sunday I received a flyer in the local newspaper (yes, I still read them) announcing a sale at an online shop I used to frequent. So I decided to pay them a visit on Monday. They had a couple of lightweight jackets I was interested in, seeing as how my other spring jackets have pretty much served their purpose over the years and need to be replaced. I found two that I liked, put them in my cart and proceeded to the checkout for purchase. Then the problems began. I had to log in. Fine. Okay, I can't remember my password. I'll just reset it. I click on the icon and am informed they'll email me a new one (temporary). Fine. I go to my email account and it hasn't arrived. Cool. I'll just browse in another window until it arrives. An hour later, no email yet. So I go back and have them resend the password. Another hour later, no email. By this time I need to get offline to do other things, so I log out, expecting the email to be there when I go online Tuesday. Nope, still nothing. By now my stuborness has taken over. I go back to the site and decide to order as a 'guest'. Fine. All goes well until checkout. Supposedly, there is no shipping charge for orders over $25.00. Guess what? You're right. Not only is there shipping, but tax as well. All told, it totaled an extra $7.00 per jacket. Now, I have to decide: Is it worth the added cost? Is it worth my disappointment at having been deceived at the final cost? I take my old jackets out of the closet and look them over. They DO look fairly worn out. I decided to purchase the new jackets any way. The new ones ARE on sale, and even with the extra cost, they're cheaper than any of the stores near me. So I order them. After I've placed my order, the next screen I see informs me that if I come up with a password, I will have an account registered for future use. I see the irony. I enter the password, then log off. I might go back there in the near future, so I write down the password. There's no sense in going through all of that again, right? Live and learn. ~ | ||
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Monday, March 4, 2019, 8:20:04 PM- Fingers crossed! | ||
We tied a record here for this date as coldest overnight low since 1871! Weather predicted to get slowly warmer as the week progresses, with a high by next Sunday of 50 degrees F. I sincerely hope that this is the last blast of cold winter weather. Normal tempurartures of 45 degrees would feel like a heat wave! ~ | ||
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