food lyin'

 

one star is WAY too generous for a grocery store that sells rotten produce. this mango is just an example of the rotten produce that is sold routinely at food lion's store in strasburg va. 

cell phones

ok, I admit it--I think that cell phones are a nuisance--privacy invaders--unsolicited calls and messages from vendors, politicians, wrong numbers, etc. 

on the other hand, I freely admit that I need a cell phone to make--and receive from my wife when either she or I are "out and about"--emergency calls. I've had a tracfone for years for just this purpose. I have in excess of 1400 minutes on my tracfone--because I hardly ever use it. it's just for emergencies. 

then tracfone tells me that I need to buy a new phone--that the phone that tracfone provided is obsolete and that their service will terminate soon. a fine way to treat a paying customer for many years! 

so I get a Consumer Cellular phone and plan. during the activation process I request that my tracfone number be transferred to CC. it was supposed to happen at 4 PM. it didn't. CC then tells me that's 4 PM PT. then they tell me that it'll happen by 10 PM ET--6 hours later than what CC originally told me. it didn't happen AGAIN. if I'd known I would have told CC to forget it--to give me a new telephone number.

I don't believe that I'm the only person in the world who thinks that cell phones--and cell phone service providers--are a nuisance.

youtube/youtube tv movies

movies on youtube and youtube tv are mostly trash. I don't select any movies that are rated MA or R. Last night I selected a movie rated PG 14. It was supposed to be about a young marine and his wife. instead the movie wasn't about a young marine at all. it was Back Fork--trash. 

"chato's land"--more trash from youtube. rated PG 14. you've GOT to be kidding! this movie should be rated T for trash--unsuitable for EVERYONE.

 

goodwill

question: what is goodwill?

answer: goodwill is an asset. goodwill comes from the hard work of providing a quality product or service. goodwill is "money-in-the-bank" for owners of businesses that treat their customers and employees fairly and honestly. 

Goodwill When Buying or Selling a Business | Transworld | Transworld Business Advisors 

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GE dishwasher

our less-than-four-years-old GE dishwasher stopped starting. we researched the problem online. we followed the "start" instructions to a T. no help. it would halt the start process and beep every time. it has power. nothing with the way that it was loaded with dishes that indicated a problem. it wouldn't even start when the dishwasher was empty.

we tried to locate a local repairman. no dice. (we live in a relatively small rural town.) we decided that it was probably a faulty circuit board.

we bought a new dishwasher at home depot. then we tried to find an electrician to install the outlet that home depot requires. easy said--not so easily done.

in running down the electrical outlet conundrum I had to remove the not-yet-four-years-old dishwasher from under the counter. it wobbled. I re-leveled and re-secured it. voila! problem solved.

new appliances with no or poorly written instructions. online "help" that's no help at all. I've had it with chinese appliances!