Saturday, July 09, 2005
I have been wandering around blogger a lot lately. My list of blogs to the right has been reduced to two. The thing about blogger is this. Anybody can do it. The undedicated, indecisive, uneducated masses. So therefore it's hard to find some one to stick to it. It's harder to find one that decides that they want to stick to it. That is, of course, that they can figure it out. My links list have been reduced to two. Big Stupid Tommy and The Evil Hippy. Both of who greatly inspired me to create this blog. The thing is that by the time that I find a blog I am interested in, they either quit blogging by time that I get around to them or quit shortly there after. So, I'm in the method of shopping around for some more links. This is however not an open invitation.
It however really annoys me when I find this or this. (Although I am upset over that second one, I am impressed with the idea. I would have never thought of that. I could use the idea to my advantage to promote my preaching of the tax deeds.)
Are you heavily into Ebay? A friend called me yesterday. Well, I say friend, but the only time I ever hear from him is when he needs something. A couple of weeks ago, he needed his new computer hooked up to the intranets. I say "his new computer" but really it's his sister-in-law's old Windows ME computer with the cd-rom, 64 meg, and 766 mghz processor. Of course, it's got a 20 gig hard drive. I have that now and think that's absurd. Once you get that much on your hard drive, you start to forget what's there. Or I do. Anyway...
Somehow he had a bid placed on Ebay that he knew nothing about. He claims that. I help him contact the seller to have the bid retracted. It was some Earnhardt Jr. painting. He was winning it at 304 dollars. Of course, Ignorant was going to win no matter what. He had a maximum bid of 1200 dollars. If that painting goes for 1200 dollars, then I am in the wrong business. The seller removed his bid and didn't even ding him on his reputation. The seller is cool and deserves respect for it. He could have stuck it to Ignorant. Of course, without Ignorant's bid, the painting went back down to 22 dollars.
My guess is that Ignorant tried to bid 12 dollars and then forgot the decimal point. I helped him bid on a car to show him how the whole process worked. Of course, we found something he was certain to be outbid on. So he never actually won a bid. That maximum bid option on Ebay is dangerous. It can run the price up pretty dang quick in a few hours. I guess that's how sniping works.
I also found where he had tried to download some screensavers. He got several programs which were highly suspicious and lost his home page. I installed the free version of Ad Aware and told him to run it once a week. I hope he does. Of course, if he does, then he won't know what to do if he finds some viruses. I also tried to find a firewall, but couldn't. I didn't really look that hard though. I'm sure I'll be over there every week to help him with something new.
The last time he had a computer, I found three phone dialers on it. I turned to him and said, "I don't think you need to 'Download free porn now.' If you do, then I could recommend some better sites than this one." I can't wait until he gets the concept of using one of those phone dialers. He didn't get the concept of turning the computer off when he's not using it until last week.
On another note, I forgot that this weekend is Uncle Dave Macon Days. If you're in Murfreesboro, then you probably know it. You can probably hear the banjos where you are. Of course, if you're near only near Murfreesboro, then you still have time to get there. I think that I might swing by Fairview and pick up MeMa. I took her to UDMD one time and there was a display of antique cars. She asked me if "this car was an antique?" I told her that it must be because it was older than her. I saw one lady start laughing at that one. Then after she had read the sign, she stated that car was not older than her because she was born in 24 and it was made in 25. The lady started laughing so hard that she had to leave the building. Then MeMa started telling me about her father's cars. It was great day and I wish that I had my recorder then.
It however really annoys me when I find this or this. (Although I am upset over that second one, I am impressed with the idea. I would have never thought of that. I could use the idea to my advantage to promote my preaching of the tax deeds.)
Are you heavily into Ebay? A friend called me yesterday. Well, I say friend, but the only time I ever hear from him is when he needs something. A couple of weeks ago, he needed his new computer hooked up to the intranets. I say "his new computer" but really it's his sister-in-law's old Windows ME computer with the cd-rom, 64 meg, and 766 mghz processor. Of course, it's got a 20 gig hard drive. I have that now and think that's absurd. Once you get that much on your hard drive, you start to forget what's there. Or I do. Anyway...
Somehow he had a bid placed on Ebay that he knew nothing about. He claims that. I help him contact the seller to have the bid retracted. It was some Earnhardt Jr. painting. He was winning it at 304 dollars. Of course, Ignorant was going to win no matter what. He had a maximum bid of 1200 dollars. If that painting goes for 1200 dollars, then I am in the wrong business. The seller removed his bid and didn't even ding him on his reputation. The seller is cool and deserves respect for it. He could have stuck it to Ignorant. Of course, without Ignorant's bid, the painting went back down to 22 dollars.
My guess is that Ignorant tried to bid 12 dollars and then forgot the decimal point. I helped him bid on a car to show him how the whole process worked. Of course, we found something he was certain to be outbid on. So he never actually won a bid. That maximum bid option on Ebay is dangerous. It can run the price up pretty dang quick in a few hours. I guess that's how sniping works.
I also found where he had tried to download some screensavers. He got several programs which were highly suspicious and lost his home page. I installed the free version of Ad Aware and told him to run it once a week. I hope he does. Of course, if he does, then he won't know what to do if he finds some viruses. I also tried to find a firewall, but couldn't. I didn't really look that hard though. I'm sure I'll be over there every week to help him with something new.
The last time he had a computer, I found three phone dialers on it. I turned to him and said, "I don't think you need to 'Download free porn now.' If you do, then I could recommend some better sites than this one." I can't wait until he gets the concept of using one of those phone dialers. He didn't get the concept of turning the computer off when he's not using it until last week.
On another note, I forgot that this weekend is Uncle Dave Macon Days. If you're in Murfreesboro, then you probably know it. You can probably hear the banjos where you are. Of course, if you're near only near Murfreesboro, then you still have time to get there. I think that I might swing by Fairview and pick up MeMa. I took her to UDMD one time and there was a display of antique cars. She asked me if "this car was an antique?" I told her that it must be because it was older than her. I saw one lady start laughing at that one. Then after she had read the sign, she stated that car was not older than her because she was born in 24 and it was made in 25. The lady started laughing so hard that she had to leave the building. Then MeMa started telling me about her father's cars. It was great day and I wish that I had my recorder then.
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