Close call on the other blog as I came withing a day of not having an entry there.. This going from week to week is tricky.. But I try to go Monday to Monday on the entries but this week I knew last week I had ten days ahead.. So I knew I could wait until yesterday to do entries.. I'm gonna spend next Monday doing the rest of December and then get through spring because I have so many pictures of women in swimsuits from last years (this years) swimsuit editions of Sports Illustrated.. I have so many pictures to choose from that I could easily do the next three years exclusively with just hose pictures and still have enough left over to do five more.. YEARS.. sick I know..
I am trying t complete the Pink Floyd box set of fan supported bootleg material.. Some of that includes yet another mashup like the Dark Side of A Dream that was done back in 2003.. I found it and was stunned.. The latest was done when Syd Barrett died and it is called Passage.. Along with the video Truth and Dillusion from the curios collages a nice set of music and videos to add to the set.. Also it will include as many bootlegs that I have had but want them to be less repeats.. Some can be repeated verbatim and the only thing changed might be the fade in part as well as the art.. How you might call someone out on this is beyond me.. If I tried that I would be caught and told about..
Trying to set the bootleg concerts that I have.. Up to June I was getting boots on a regular basis but then my site went toes up.. Then in August they were going again and I got a shit ton of concerts again.. Some of which are really impressive.. But there are a ton, and so now.. I've gotta unclog the hard drive of the computer..
The saga that was getting a tablet for my mom.. Truth is I might could have gone the easy route and tld her.. Back in June mom had an issue with the laptop computer as when I came down stairs she was all but freaking out.. The computer was smoking.. Why was it smoking, we don't allow that stupid behaviour from anyone visiting and this computer was smoking?? what gives?? So I look at it and it is toast.. Burned up completely.. Well that's what she was hoping was the case and so I went along with her on this.. Next day I start the search for a new computer.. I see these Chrome books, and start to seriously look at them. Asking around I found absolutely NO one uses them here.. Why?? Are they backwards or something?? So I search for a few days and find this little RCA laptop.. Not really a laptop but more of a tablet.. But it looked like a laptop, with the detachable keyboard.. Really cool looking and the reviews were good and the price was good too.. But then in the meantime of me looking for a replacement computer I dick with her old laptop and get it to work again.. Don't ask me how, I'm not computer savvy at all but I do tinker with electronics and have since I can remember.. And I got it to work.. The thinking for me on this was lets see how long it will work.. Well it still is working but it has issues and mm got frustrated with it enough so that a few times she was about to toss it across the room.. So this past Sunday she threw in the towel.. She gave up on it.. I worked on it a little but she has given up on it..
The Monday (cyber Monday) happened and I get these emails from Amazon and Walmart and everywhere that is supporting cyber Monday sales.. And I ignore them.. Then I check Amazon.. Wow they have a lot of stuff but the sales don't impress me.. So I toss those.. Then about five in the early evening I chance the walmart email.. Just hours left on the sale.. I open it and then think well what about a computer for mom.. I check and there is that RCA tablet and the price is half what it was.. Seriously, WOW... And so I check the reviews on it and they remain upbeat on this thing.. I thought for about an hour, since I already did the research I knew it was a good thing to get.. So I go to get it in the checkout and then as I'm about to push the order link I stop.. Why get his?? Mom sounded adamant about being done with the computer..
Then after another half an hour, after supper, I went back to the walmart.com site and continued with the order and went to site to store.. I've done this q few times with things over the years, and this was no different.. But then the options were different this time.. I was wanting to get this without her knowing it.. The previous years I would order something from a dot com site it was with a credit card.. Guess what you're getting for Christmas this year?? Yep, check you credit card bill.. This year I wanted it to be a complete surprise and so they have the options listed and cash was one of them.. Cash?? What's this then?? Well turns out if you want to pay cash you can BUT.. There's a catch.. You have 48 hours to pay at the store or you lose the option and in the case of this tablet computer thing the next day the price was still on sale but it wasn't as good of a deal at 119 greenbacks compared with the $89.. So you can see that back in June the price was 139 dollars.. Quite a change in price there.. So I choose the option of cash and everything fell into place.. I get to Walmart .. the next day (after calling my niece to find out the way I thought was the right way).. And then the saga began..
And what a saga it truly was.. I arrived and had to take a prescription to the pharmacy so.. I then make my way back to the site to store.. The best part of this is there was someone back there otherwise it could have taken longer, I swear I am invisible when I am back there most times.. But there was already another customer there.. She was picking something up.. The best part about Walmart is being able to do the site to store or even getting to pick up your order out there which might seem strange to say (well why not have the order sent to your door?? They don't hardly do that anymore, it usually goes to the post office which was great before they gut the times the office is open from 8 in the morning to four in the evening to 8 in the morning to noon.. Get there or bee screwed..) So after the lady got her xbox games I was up next.. I tell them I'm there to pay for the site to store order I placed the night before and the lady looked at me like I was wanting her first born.. As she fumbles with the book of procedures on how to do this she calls her superior and anyone that stopped by gave their two cents on how it might be done.. There was no cure for the ailment.. Then the saving grace happened, another person, a woman, needed to do a site to store but not the regular way.. She had pushed cash option as well.. Only thing is she had the printout.. I only had the number copied by my pen.. She had the page from there and on that page it said take this to any register to complete the transaction.. So they go out to a cash register to try their luck and low and behold they figured it out.. The customer that had the printout apologized for cutting in front of me and I told her there was no problem there, she had the golden ticket to figure it out, I was greatful she showed up.. I thanked her.. Anyway long story long we got it figured out but I was glad I was there alone.. Keeping this a secret was almost not an option as I was thinking that I might have to abandon the idea, and go and tell mom i tried to do this as a secret but.. Oh well. Now I have to hope she doesn't get a wild hair and want a new computer before Christmas.. Then I would have to tell her just woahh hold on there little missy.. Maybe Santa is bringing you one..
Badge Henry
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