Bought 3 Sunbeam electric blankets through Amazon to DealYard and after use, thus 'used', found all 3 to be defective and not work on any but lowest setting,barely noticeable.
Amazon.com has a 30 day, in new condition with original container,,,policy, so once i tried to use the assumed good merchandise by trusted seller, i did not qualify for an Amazon return.
DealYard will not return phone calls or emails, so forget them,,,in the future.
And the big successful manufacturer, Sunbeam, says they will send it to a repair station.
All in all, definitely NOT a quality assured buying experience.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
April 2008, TurboTax get a "C-"for free federal tax e-filing
TurboTax went on and on about foreign income, when i told them up front i had just 2 employers,,,
And the 'next' button was almost off the page in the lower right corner,,,bad bad bad design,,,
And then to lie-to-decieve and offer to do the Cal. state form for $9.95 since the state does not offer a 'free tax forum' whatever,,,when Cal. has free e-filing for us under $50k, overtime pay legally not paid in this obscenely expensive state, and most limousine and charter bus companies stealing our tips/gratuities, same old same old Cal. Capitol corruption.
And the 'next' button was almost off the page in the lower right corner,,,bad bad bad design,,,
And then to lie-to-decieve and offer to do the Cal. state form for $9.95 since the state does not offer a 'free tax forum' whatever,,,when Cal. has free e-filing for us under $50k, overtime pay legally not paid in this obscenely expensive state, and most limousine and charter bus companies stealing our tips/gratuities, same old same old Cal. Capitol corruption.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
NPS toward a more un-natural and artificial MUIRWOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT
We had a hot 80+F day the other day in the SF Bay area and it sure would have been quenching to have the soft ice cream maker working at Muirwoods National Monument, now that they only have vanilla instead of chocolate or vanilla or both. There is a contract with a food service company and NPS, but who cares,,,certainly not NPS, since the other day the food counter only had 2 employees out front and a long line , with 2 of the soft drink taps out of stock,,,So who cares? NPS does not supervise this health-risk contract well enough to catch them serving with the same hand they picked trash off the floor of the snack stand with.
As you walk through Muirwoods National Monument these days and see all the fallen trees that NPS has 'naturally' decided not to work crew clean up and remove, are we not suppose to notice the heavy under brush along the trail and Redwood Creek that HAVE been removed by many work crew hours,,,nor the many evenly spaced ferns that HAVE been planted by many work crew hours to look as if a ground fire had done domestic natural work in recycling the dead and excess ground plant material to the poor soil as poor and much needed fertilizer for this amazing tallest tree on earth community?
What happened to all the work that was being done to remove the asphalt, that we were told by NPS was deleterious to the steelhead trout and silver coho salmon small runs, and replace it with out-sourced redwood walkways? There seems to be no more work on this,,,
So what if NPS publically does not take away fallen trees in Muirwoods, but secretly does remove and haul away the trailside brush and lots of poison oak,,,and also secretly plants hundreds if not thousands of ferns ,by hand, to prolong fooling us into thinking the natural ground fires have returned after more than 150 years to make if possible for these less than 4% remaining after logging trees to have baby redwoods instead of just clone redwoods?
Who cares.
As you walk through Muirwoods National Monument these days and see all the fallen trees that NPS has 'naturally' decided not to work crew clean up and remove, are we not suppose to notice the heavy under brush along the trail and Redwood Creek that HAVE been removed by many work crew hours,,,nor the many evenly spaced ferns that HAVE been planted by many work crew hours to look as if a ground fire had done domestic natural work in recycling the dead and excess ground plant material to the poor soil as poor and much needed fertilizer for this amazing tallest tree on earth community?
What happened to all the work that was being done to remove the asphalt, that we were told by NPS was deleterious to the steelhead trout and silver coho salmon small runs, and replace it with out-sourced redwood walkways? There seems to be no more work on this,,,
So what if NPS publically does not take away fallen trees in Muirwoods, but secretly does remove and haul away the trailside brush and lots of poison oak,,,and also secretly plants hundreds if not thousands of ferns ,by hand, to prolong fooling us into thinking the natural ground fires have returned after more than 150 years to make if possible for these less than 4% remaining after logging trees to have baby redwoods instead of just clone redwoods?
Who cares.
Since Viacom wants a one way,their way, website for MTV,VH1,and CMT,,,
I recently signed on to CMT to vote for "Video of the Year",,,but encounter the first of many problems with CMT and its owner, Viacom. They want you to hear them, but they do not want to hear you !!
I was not able to vote,,,and was not able to get technical-webmaster help or any kind of customer service at all from CMT . Zero. This terrible Microsoft-pattern of selling to billions just for $B and having little or no customer service, needs to stop!, that is s-t-o-p for all the redneck illiterates and academically lazy out there in CMT-land, right now! What a disservice to the loyal fans of country music, to be so marginalized and trivialized and not given any expression,,,in a medium, music, that is supposedly about making tons of cash ,,,and communication! So what if i could not vote for the "Video of the Year"?
Don't expect me to waste any more time on this one-way website of CMT,,,or MTV,,,or VH1. They don't care about me,,,ditto. Hasta la vista, Viacom.
I was not able to vote,,,and was not able to get technical-webmaster help or any kind of customer service at all from CMT . Zero. This terrible Microsoft-pattern of selling to billions just for $B and having little or no customer service, needs to stop!, that is s-t-o-p for all the redneck illiterates and academically lazy out there in CMT-land, right now! What a disservice to the loyal fans of country music, to be so marginalized and trivialized and not given any expression,,,in a medium, music, that is supposedly about making tons of cash ,,,and communication! So what if i could not vote for the "Video of the Year"?
Don't expect me to waste any more time on this one-way website of CMT,,,or MTV,,,or VH1. They don't care about me,,,ditto. Hasta la vista, Viacom.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Stanford University did NOT provide a greeter for a NATIONAL CELEBRITY !!
What with all the rich scions and fat cat endowments on its huge private campus, you might think Stanford University would have its act together in welcoming a NATIONAL CELEBRITY to speak at their campus by meeting them at their limo at the entrance to the property, and at least sending them clear directions on how ,where and when to enter such a large confusing private property. But NO, Stanford U. let this famous tv personality and i wander around the maze of streets to get to the building where the speech was about to begin.
Yes, i had a map of both Thomas Bros. and a Stanford U. variety and yes, i had been on campus many many times. The point is this building was almost inaccessible due to temporary street closures , poor visibility night signage of street intersections, and the definite lack of anyone around to ask ,since calling campus security has been a waste of time in the past.
Stanford University need to assign a formal greeter to every dignitary who wants one coming to campus, to not just politely welcome them , but to make sure they get to the proper building on time. It was very close timing, but with a little luck we made it !
Yes, i had a map of both Thomas Bros. and a Stanford U. variety and yes, i had been on campus many many times. The point is this building was almost inaccessible due to temporary street closures , poor visibility night signage of street intersections, and the definite lack of anyone around to ask ,since calling campus security has been a waste of time in the past.
Stanford University need to assign a formal greeter to every dignitary who wants one coming to campus, to not just politely welcome them , but to make sure they get to the proper building on time. It was very close timing, but with a little luck we made it !
Sacramento's Arena does not greet at the edge of the lot its CELEBRITIES !!
As a limo driver, it is amazing what poor manners some venues, like Sacramento's Arena, have in NOT assigning a greeter to meet CELEBRITIES at the edge of the parking lot !!!
I drove the Ice Skating Stars show there and we had to wait for more than 10 minutes while a dumb parking lot attendant tried to give us directions to one of several POSSIBLE entrances for these NATIONAL SKATING STARS !!
Was the management of the Sacramento Arena born in a barn ?! No class.
I drove the Ice Skating Stars show there and we had to wait for more than 10 minutes while a dumb parking lot attendant tried to give us directions to one of several POSSIBLE entrances for these NATIONAL SKATING STARS !!
Was the management of the Sacramento Arena born in a barn ?! No class.
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