They Don't Work Like On TV

Ever notice how well cellphones work on the TV and in the movies? Crystal clear sound and no fumbling for the speaker "button." No matter where the user is, no matter the conditions, the cellphone gets a signal and has perfect reception.

I don't know about you but mine isn't that good. Much better than my first one(analog and huge), I'll admit, but still...in my house, I am lucky if I can get two bars on signal strength. That might have something to do with my Wi-Fi router, the TV, and the refridgerator... as well as the electrical wiring. Still, no one on TV or in the movies seems to have any trouble at all except when the script seems to call for it. Like when the woman is stranded on a dark road and the killer is approaching.

Maybe it's because I don't have an Iphone.

An Elaborate Hoax?

I have been thinking about the Democratic Party's nomination process lately. Especially after watching the debate in las Vegas.

Let's see... There's Lincoln Chaffee, a former "moderate" Republican senator and governor of Rhode Island.

Lawrence Lessig; a law professor at Harvard.

Martin O'Malley; former governor of Maryland and former Mayor of Baltimore.

Bernie Sanders; calls himself a Democratic Socialist and claims to be an "Independent" but votes pretty much lockstep with Democrats. Also a senator from Vermont.

And, of course, Hillary Clinton; former First Lady and Secretary of State under Obama during his first term.

Jim Webb; former senator from Virginia, war hero, former Secretary of the Navy (dropped out of the race recently).

I think it (the Democratic contest for the nomination) is a sham. I believe that Bernie got in to show that Hillary had a contest. But her inevability was never in doubt. But surprise, surprise, he caught on with the extreme left wing of the party. I think the plan was to distract the extreme left with Sanders so Hillary could coast in pretending to be middle of the road.

None of the candidates, other than Hillary, are important and were just window dressing to distract outsiders. 

And The Rich Get Richer

Have you heard about Oprah Winfrey's recent windfall? She just made $72 Million on Weight Watcher's stock.

Let me quote from the article above: "Weight Watchers (WTW) announced Monday that Winfrey bought 6.4 million shares at $6.79 a share, which was Friday's closing price." She was already the richest woman in the country (or so it seems) but I guess that isn't enough. She's worth at least $3 Billion.


So why aren't liberals villifying her? Or those actors in Hollywood who get $20 Million a picture?
　

Places I Don't Patronize

I am sure they don't miss me either.

MacDonalds - Stopped going there in the late 70's after missing the breakfast by 3 minutes. No big deal, I preferred Jack in the Box in California and Burger King on the east coast.

Ruby Tuesdays - Stopped going there about 5 years ago when we (me, my sister, and my aunt) were ignored for 45 minutes by the waitstaff (no one seemed to know whose table we were).

Outback Steakhouse - Faye gave up on them a few years ago when the local franchise couldn't cook her steak properly and I go along with her (less strife that way).

Sam's Club - They promise to build a Sam's in Sebring (I was driving 55 miles each way and getting real tired of it) and then didn't... They bought the property, razed the buildings on it, and have let it sit for 3 years.

Kohl's, Best Buy, Target, BJ's, and Costco - None in town but I was not a fan of Costco anyway.

In fact, there's a lot of places that we don't go to simply because they have no presence in Sebring. But, when we're in some town that has them, I have no problem going to them.

I Got A New Toy

I get toys all the time now. Since I became an adult, I learned that I can buy things for me. The toy I got is a Golf GPS unit, a watch that doubles as a golf gps. I bought one some time ago and it had some problems but the company who made it was responsive and it got resolved. Therefore, I looked kindly on them and, this time, I bought a newer model of the same type. It still has some of the tricky charging attributes of the older model but worked well enough to charge it yesterday when I received it. You never know if any device is fully charged when it arrives.

It looks like the old one but slimmer and with some blue hi-lites on the watch and band. It is noticeably lighter too. The real test is today when I use it on the course.