Trumpty Dumpty sat on his wall.
Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Neither Russian enablers
Nor Republican hacks
Could put Trumpty Dumpty together again.
A collaberation of Melvyn and Janet Magree. That’s collaberation on this bit of doggerel. We didn’t push Trumpty Dumpty. This was from 2016!
And just when you think you have something original, you find that many others had a similar idea. My first inkling was finding Trumpty Dumpty' and Other Trump Poems | HuffPost
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/orel-protopopescu/trumpty-dumpty_b_9500428.html. This was from 2016! And if you do a web search, you will find dozens of references more, including T-shirts.
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Overperforming corporation, underperforming customer
Long, long ago we were given a screen house and a platform by some friends. See "Legacy Tools". We have ordered parts now and then as needed. But over time, the roof developed pinholes, roof struts had tips break, and the floor rotted. We took the floor boards off and chewed them up in the chipper. This was the year to fix the floor. Yeah! That year went by, and another, and another.
Finally, we hired a handyman to put on another floor and replace some stringers. He gave us an estimate for that. And then we talked and talked with the handyman. The end result was that he completely rebuilt the platform, much better than I would have. We were momentarily shocked when he sent an invoice for twice the original estimate. We quickly realized that we would be paying for what we asked for.
Finally I went to the distributor for the screen tent, Kay Home Products, and ordered the needed parts: a new roof and one strut. The distributors web site gave the usual estimate about shipping time: 7-14 days. Imagine our delight when the parts arrived three days later.
On Friday my wife put a second coat of water seal on the platform, and on Saturday we were ready to reassemble the screen house. That is a story in itself.
When I was ready to insert the new strut, I noticed that it had no tip to hold on to the wire running around the top of the screen house. I carefully looked in all the wrappings and other packing material. No tip!
I used my wife's cell phone to check the parts page in the distributors web site. I was able to enlarge the page to see the items and their numbers. Sure enough, 3 points to "Roof tube only" in the description and 5 points to "Tube tips".
Dear customer, if all else fails, read instructions!
Also think where you put notes: the parts diagram was on my computer in a much larger format that was far easier to read. Since I can't get internet at our cabin, I didn't even think of my computer where I had saved a PDF of the page!!!
I'll place the order for a set of tube tips and assume that they will arrive as speedily as the rest of the order did.
Meanwhile, the missing tube tip is almost a moot point. I did find a forked branch that, cut to size, will go in a roof tube and fit over the wire, at least for awhile. However, the roof still needs lots of stretching to fit over each of the tube tips. Maybe next weekend will be warmer and the roof will be softer.
Speaking of next weekend, it's time for the 31st Annual Brimson Sisu, a "4.4 mile" walk-run. Even if you don't care to run or walk it, come out for lots of good food and get some cool T-shirts and caps. I have a hunch that this is the year of the sky. You can also buy T-shirts and caps for some past years.
If for no other reason, come to buy some of my wife's killer brownies. They may be plant-based this year if she can find a good recipe or alter one in which the brownies were too gooey. If not, she may make them just as she has in the past.
Finally, we hired a handyman to put on another floor and replace some stringers. He gave us an estimate for that. And then we talked and talked with the handyman. The end result was that he completely rebuilt the platform, much better than I would have. We were momentarily shocked when he sent an invoice for twice the original estimate. We quickly realized that we would be paying for what we asked for.
Finally I went to the distributor for the screen tent, Kay Home Products, and ordered the needed parts: a new roof and one strut. The distributors web site gave the usual estimate about shipping time: 7-14 days. Imagine our delight when the parts arrived three days later.
On Friday my wife put a second coat of water seal on the platform, and on Saturday we were ready to reassemble the screen house. That is a story in itself.
When I was ready to insert the new strut, I noticed that it had no tip to hold on to the wire running around the top of the screen house. I carefully looked in all the wrappings and other packing material. No tip!
I used my wife's cell phone to check the parts page in the distributors web site. I was able to enlarge the page to see the items and their numbers. Sure enough, 3 points to "Roof tube only" in the description and 5 points to "Tube tips".
Dear customer, if all else fails, read instructions!
Also think where you put notes: the parts diagram was on my computer in a much larger format that was far easier to read. Since I can't get internet at our cabin, I didn't even think of my computer where I had saved a PDF of the page!!!
I'll place the order for a set of tube tips and assume that they will arrive as speedily as the rest of the order did.
Meanwhile, the missing tube tip is almost a moot point. I did find a forked branch that, cut to size, will go in a roof tube and fit over the wire, at least for awhile. However, the roof still needs lots of stretching to fit over each of the tube tips. Maybe next weekend will be warmer and the roof will be softer.
Speaking of next weekend, it's time for the 31st Annual Brimson Sisu, a "4.4 mile" walk-run. Even if you don't care to run or walk it, come out for lots of good food and get some cool T-shirts and caps. I have a hunch that this is the year of the sky. You can also buy T-shirts and caps for some past years.
If for no other reason, come to buy some of my wife's killer brownies. They may be plant-based this year if she can find a good recipe or alter one in which the brownies were too gooey. If not, she may make them just as she has in the past.
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Immigration - an unattributed good thought
"You Say That Immigrants Threaten Your Way of Life, Man, That Must Be Tough." - a poster with a photo of an older Native American.
A relative posted on Facebook the poster "You Say That Immigrants Threaten Your Way Of Life, Man, That Must Be Tough". She shared it from "Americans Against The Republican Party" and it supposedly came from "Being Liberal".
Before I posted it on my blog, I wanted to check authorship. Neither Facebook site gave any such information. I found http://www.freakyts.com/Pages/NativeAmerican.aspx with Google, and I had many chuckles with not only the Native American section but some of the others. Are these designs original with freakyts, are they copyrighted by someone else, or are they in the public domain?
Whatever the case, I'll be back before Christmas. Our family gives T-shirts, sweatshirts, or books. I've already picked out two T-shirts.
I sent something similar to the above three paragraphs to freakyts's comments.
In response to my relative's posting, I added:
I always thought the Indians had a lousy immigration policy. Just think how they could have protected themselves if they had more guns.
On a more mundane note, I would like to post this on my blog, but I can find no attribution other than a facebook site. Somebody must have the rights to this.
Finally, Pete Seeger has on one album the following:
Two Indians are standing on the beach when a small boat pulls ashore. A man steps out and says, "Buenos Dias, Señores!" One Indian looks at the other and says, "Well, there goes the neighborhood!"
A relative posted on Facebook the poster "You Say That Immigrants Threaten Your Way Of Life, Man, That Must Be Tough". She shared it from "Americans Against The Republican Party" and it supposedly came from "Being Liberal".
Before I posted it on my blog, I wanted to check authorship. Neither Facebook site gave any such information. I found http://www.freakyts.com/Pages/NativeAmerican.aspx with Google, and I had many chuckles with not only the Native American section but some of the others. Are these designs original with freakyts, are they copyrighted by someone else, or are they in the public domain?
Whatever the case, I'll be back before Christmas. Our family gives T-shirts, sweatshirts, or books. I've already picked out two T-shirts.
I sent something similar to the above three paragraphs to freakyts's comments.
In response to my relative's posting, I added:
I always thought the Indians had a lousy immigration policy. Just think how they could have protected themselves if they had more guns.
On a more mundane note, I would like to post this on my blog, but I can find no attribution other than a facebook site. Somebody must have the rights to this.
Finally, Pete Seeger has on one album the following:
Two Indians are standing on the beach when a small boat pulls ashore. A man steps out and says, "Buenos Dias, Señores!" One Indian looks at the other and says, "Well, there goes the neighborhood!"
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Dubai: A listening post for Iran, and other notes
Jason Rezaian wrote "Reporting from Dubai" http://tehranbureau.com/reporting-dubai/ for the Tehran Bureau. He gives an interesting perspective on where it is easiest to find news about Iran. There is regular travel between Iran and Dubai, and Iranians feel more free to speak in Dubai. He does give a sense that discontent runs very deep in Iran.
Rezaian wrote that Lara Setrakian has been using her network of Iranians to "help round out her reports on Iran. Unfortunately, I searched ABC and her last report on Iran was from July 9.
For a good feel on why Obama must tread carefully concerning Iran, see "Why Russian & China Love Iran's Hardliners" http://tehranbureau.com/russia-china-irans-violent-crackdown/
For a selection of T-shirt ideas, see "Ahmadinejad is President".
Otherwise, I'm finding regular updates from the streets of Iran hard to come buy. The Lede of the New York Times does not start on its promised schedule and Nico Pitney has not written a blog for the Huffington Post on Iran for almost two weeks.
Rezaian wrote that Lara Setrakian has been using her network of Iranians to "help round out her reports on Iran. Unfortunately, I searched ABC and her last report on Iran was from July 9.
For a good feel on why Obama must tread carefully concerning Iran, see "Why Russian & China Love Iran's Hardliners" http://tehranbureau.com/russia-china-irans-violent-crackdown/
For a selection of T-shirt ideas, see "Ahmadinejad is President".
Otherwise, I'm finding regular updates from the streets of Iran hard to come buy. The Lede of the New York Times does not start on its promised schedule and Nico Pitney has not written a blog for the Huffington Post on Iran for almost two weeks.
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