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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
I need help building the stock of prompts in the Challenge War Chest! Write four prompts of your own and then choose one to write your entry on *Smile* Quote:"...the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written." by (Amos) Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) from A Treasury of Great American Quotations 1. Do you spend some time daily communing with nature? Walks, bicycle rides, automobile rides or other forms? 2. There is a tall ship festival on Lake Erie every year. What kinds of special festivals do you look forward to during the year? 3. Recently someone made a point of telling me how prepared they are if the country shuts down for several months. After the amount of books published in fiction over the last few years about holocaust type problems, have you ever thought about or prepared for a local disaster or national disaster? 4. Iphones get so much publicity, what are some of the other cell phones out there that work well? Are there phone problems or special phone aggravations that never reach the public? How have cell phones changed society or the lives of people you know? 4 Ha! Now I get to tell my story. We use Tracfones. I realize this is an inexpensive way to keep a phone. But, basically we started up in the year 2000. I was in college and we could not afford some of the other companies. Recently, I received a notice that they are upgrading their network and our androids would be inoperable at the end of the year. I did not want to change phones over the Christmas holiday plus, if I changed my phone now I would get an upgraded phone for 15 percent off. With the package I would get 2 day free shipping with Fed EX. After purchasing I received an email that the 2 day shipping was not valid until the company mailed out the phone. It was 2 days before they sent another email saying the phone was mailed and 8 days and arguments with Fed Ex employees before the phones were delivered. Now, they say it will be one to three days before the phones are activated. they turn off the old phone when they activate the new phone. Even after you change the sim card. This is really a rural place and we use the phones to keep in touch when K goes to work. Plus, this is the phone my children can use to reach me. We have had good basic service down through the years and did not think it was a bad idea to upgrade. Recently, I had some trouble getting into a website I use regularly (Not  ) . When I talked to the web manager they wanted to know if someone I knew worked for the company????Guess if this keeps up we will be looking for another way to keep a phone. Sometimes changing every thing in life at once can be a real bummer. This kind of public harassment went on during the 8 years of Reagan's administration. I hate to lock it on the politics but, if the rest of the lower income public is experiencing these kinds of nitpicking harassment's in their daily lives we should be hearing about it in the media. Other wise I will have to take it personally. I was receiving death threats at one time and we had to have our telephone calls traced. This was in the 90's so it was a bit of time ago. It turned out to be a couple girls in my daughters high school class that thought an A frame was shaped like a witches hat.  . ![Merit Badge in Point of View
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