town of strasburg VA

 how do you get important public information where you live? email? message on your phone? how many places do you know of where the ONLY source of important public information is facebook?

Here's an example of how the town of strasburg VA doesn't communicate important public information with it's citizens:

"Town of Strasburg

December 14 at 3:01 PM

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, there will be NO TRASH SERVICE on Thursday, Dec. 15. Thursday's trash will be picked up on Friday, Dec. 16 and Friday's trash will be picked up on Saturday, Dec. 17. Please, place trash out the night before for early pick-up. Please, let your friends and neighbors know about this change."

Town of Strasburg | Strasburg VA | Facebook 

so, if you live in strasburg and want important public information, then you have to:

1. be clairvoyant and KNOW that there's important public information to be had.
2. log into the town's pitiful facebook page.
3. search for the important public information.
4. HOPE that you find it.
5. HOPE that you find the important public information in time BEFORE it's too late.

• never mind that most people aren't clairvoyant.
• never mind that some citizens aren't on facebook.
• never mind that some citizens don't have 24/7 access to a smartphone or a PC.
• never mind that those people who have facebook typically work for a living and have more important things to do than to hang around the town's pitiful facebook page waiting for important public information.
• never mind that it's not the job of citizens to inform other citizens of important public information ("Please, let your friends and neighbors know about this change.")

has it ever occurred to the people at town hall to conduct a survey of its citizens to find out how ineffective their facebook ONLY non-communication with citizens is?

answer: of course NOT 

so, if you want to live in a town with an unimaginative government that fails to provide important public information to its citizens in a timely manner, then strasburg VA is the town for you. 

avira "free" virus protection and cleverbridge inc.

two years ago I tried avira "free" antivirus. I removed it from my laptop two years ago. The laptop died a year ago. 

on 11/18/22 I found a $45.99 annual renewal fee for avira antivirus on my credit card. 

An internet search of a phone number on the charge to my credit card bill led to cleverbridge inc. 

CleverBridge, Inc. Complaints | Scambook 

no communication, reports, etc. from avira or cleverbridge inc. since I removed it from my laptop two years ago--the same laptop that died a year ago--until the 11/18/22 charge on my credit card.

BEWARE of avira antivirus and cleverbridge inc.

justanswer.com

Ripoff Report | justanswer complaints, reviews, scams, lawsuits and frauds reported, 163 results 

justanswer.com = predator 

Samsung, Toyota, etc.

I don't know about you, but I'm not too high on Samsung or Toyota these days. I've had a LOT of problems with Samsung's internet tvs and smartphones and Toyota's rav.

as most of you are aware, we HAD to replace our 4G cell phones. not that that's Samsung's fault alone. we ALL had to get 5G phones to replace our 4G phones. ... but that's another story.

so, in using the new Samsung 5G phone, there's TWO shutter buttons on the camera. Where Is The Floating Shutter Button On Samsung Galaxy Phones? | CodePre.com  

at first I didn't know that the other button was a "floating shutter button". I thought it had something to do with light. "why won't this !@#&%^* phone take the photo?" 

so, why does one need a "floating shutter button"? beats me. 

why does Samsung keep adding useless "bells & whistles"? beats me. 

is Samsung deliberately trying to frustrate its customers by adding annoying useless features to their products? that's what it looks like to me.

here's an idea, Samsung. STOP changing stuff just to be changing stuff. it's hard enough to figure out how to use your complicated internet tvs and smartphones without you changing stuff all of the time.

the same goes for Toyota. the 2019 rav that we bought has more useless junk on it than you can shake a stick at. more useless junk that doesn't work. it seems to me that Toyota loads their cars up with useless junk that doesn't work to get more $$$$ from customers who bring their cars in to the dealer to get the useless junk fixed. Toyota stalls while the vehicle is under warranty--NOT when you're paying the freight. not me. I just leave the broken useless junk broken. and resolve that I'll NEVER buy another Toyota again.

food lyin' apples

the shenandoah valley is the apple capital of the world. take a look at food lyin's bagged apples. they're scrawny--about the size of a plum. they're bruised. they don't even make good feed apples. no self-respecting horse in the shenandoah valley would eat one of these scrawny, bruised apples. not even a pony.

tracfone, consumer cellular, sprint/boost mobile, 5Gs

it appears that there is a conspiracy by cell phone companies to rip off the public.

we have two phones: my wife has a smartphone (sprint/boost mobile) and I have a cell phone (consumer cellular). Neither of us has service. 

we found this link online: https://www.signalbooster.com/blogs/news/will-my-4g-phone-become-obsolete-when-the-5g-network-is-rolled-out 

it says: "Do I Need To Purchase A New Smartphone Or Will 5G Work On A 4G Phone? Don't rush out and buy a new 5G phone right now. It is true that wireless carriers are currently rolling out 5G in USA. Their ultimate goal is of providing nationwide coverage. But this process is going to take time. According to the CEO of Verizon, by the end of 2020 approx. half of U.S.A. will have access to 5G. By the year 2024, only half of Americans will actually own a 5G phone or other devices.

No, 4G LTE shutdown will not be happening for at least a decade. Therefore, the thing to remember is that 4G will not be going away anytime soon, regardless of how fast the 5G network grows. The plan is for existing 4G LTE networks to be used by carriers well into 2030. 5G networks are not being designed to replace 4G, rather they are designed to work in conjunction with 4G networks. Therefore, no one really knows when 4G will be phased out because cell phones that are 5G-capable will still be using 4G technology for quite some time to come."

I had a perfectly good 3G tracfone. because of 4G it became obsolete. I bought a consumer celluar 4G phone. now, after less than six months, it looks like I may need a 5G phone. you can bet your life that I won't be buying it from tracfone, consumer cellular, or sprint/boost mobile. 

it turned out that I don't need a new cell phone. mysteriously, I had service the following day. I don't know why I lost service yesterday, but losing service in our situation is scary. I have my cell phone for emergencies. I turn it on infrequently--mainly when Jenny and I are apart--she goes shopping, I have a doctor's appointment, etc. when CC's service goes down, we can't contact each other in an emergency. 

as for Jenny, she had to buy a 5g phone. why? I don't know. what I do know is that sprint/boost mobile has us over a barrel. 

shentel

Email outage affects Shenandoah County businesses  

shentel may be the worst telecommunications company in the USA. they're a perfect example of a business with a low bar--or no bar. their service is lousy. their mantra is "we are SO sorry..."

actions speak louder than words. Talk is cheap--it's easy to say that you're the best. Being the best requires commitment and hard work. Many "talk the talk"; but few "walk the walk."

rating? what good is a rating system where the minimum rating is one star? shentel isn't worthy of one star. on a "five star" system, the only rating that shentel deserves is: