5/4/2020 02:28 PM
In Georgia right now, you don't have to go to the DMV (or Department of Driver Services, DDS, here)
to renew licenses or permits. Or upgrade a class C permit to a class C license.
One terribly big problem my Mom and I have had since our home burned down, was that my permit was
expired. When we went through replacing our ids, she is visually impaired and couldn't have a license
and my aunt had to drive us everywhere (although the sate patrol office is only two miles from here).
She (my aunt) was totally put out about my having to go retake the test (it DID take 3 hours to get up to the testing screen to actually take the written part).
She even had my cousin bring her a Pepsi. Like, drive to the state patrol office to
bring her a Pepsi. Then she came inside (she had been waiting in her car) to go to the public restroom and
she had taken her shoes off, right before my name was called for the test. She is the only person I know who
would even consider going to a public restroom in a DMV without shoes. The woman is 70!
I DID pass that fecker though.
Thank goodness.
It only costs $10 for the permit test or I wouldn't have been able to swing it.
Well, it was time for it to expire in two weeks. Then I got a notification that I wouldn't have to
bother my aunt about a renewal for now because they extended it until September due to Corona.
They have already sent me the card. Worst picture taken of me, EVER but still a problem off my list...
THEN on Friday I heard that people who had taken the written part at least 1 year ago and
didn't have any citations, could go online and upgrade to a Genuine Class C license.
Which I did promptly at 7:30 am today. It will have that awful picture though.
For the next 8 years. hahahahahaha!!!
to renew licenses or permits. Or upgrade a class C permit to a class C license.
One terribly big problem my Mom and I have had since our home burned down, was that my permit was
expired. When we went through replacing our ids, she is visually impaired and couldn't have a license
and my aunt had to drive us everywhere (although the sate patrol office is only two miles from here).
She (my aunt) was totally put out about my having to go retake the test (it DID take 3 hours to get up to the testing screen to actually take the written part).
She even had my cousin bring her a Pepsi. Like, drive to the state patrol office to
bring her a Pepsi. Then she came inside (she had been waiting in her car) to go to the public restroom and
she had taken her shoes off, right before my name was called for the test. She is the only person I know who
would even consider going to a public restroom in a DMV without shoes. The woman is 70!
I DID pass that fecker though.
Thank goodness.
It only costs $10 for the permit test or I wouldn't have been able to swing it.
Well, it was time for it to expire in two weeks. Then I got a notification that I wouldn't have to
bother my aunt about a renewal for now because they extended it until September due to Corona.
They have already sent me the card. Worst picture taken of me, EVER but still a problem off my list...
THEN on Friday I heard that people who had taken the written part at least 1 year ago and
didn't have any citations, could go online and upgrade to a Genuine Class C license.
Which I did promptly at 7:30 am today. It will have that awful picture though.
For the next 8 years. hahahahahaha!!!
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5/2/2020 06:25 PM
I have had my new phone for about 2 months and I have forgotten
my stupid password.
I mean, I typed it in several times a day...I do remember the last part and the numbers, just not the first part.
guh.
edit:
Finally remembered it. And wrote it down.
my stupid password.
I mean, I typed it in several times a day...I do remember the last part and the numbers, just not the first part.
guh.
edit:
Finally remembered it. And wrote it down.
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4/29/2020 07:32 AM
Last night I made a coffee and decided to heat up a danish in the microwave. I decided on 10 seconds because I didn't want to melt my mouth off my face.
I wrapped the danish in a paper towel, placed it in the microwave. I set the microwave to 10 seconds and turned it on.
I took it out. It was cool. I took a bite. I even dipped the edge into my coffee as I walked to the couch to sit down.
Two cats slapped each other as I sat down. I fussed and then bit into the jelly section of the danish.
HOLY JEEZE..It burned me going all the way down my esophagus. I followed it with the only thing I had to wash it down...the coffee.
I am still in pain.
Take this as a warning: do not trust your microwave. It turns jelly in danishes into molten lava.
I wrapped the danish in a paper towel, placed it in the microwave. I set the microwave to 10 seconds and turned it on.
I took it out. It was cool. I took a bite. I even dipped the edge into my coffee as I walked to the couch to sit down.
Two cats slapped each other as I sat down. I fussed and then bit into the jelly section of the danish.
HOLY JEEZE..It burned me going all the way down my esophagus. I followed it with the only thing I had to wash it down...the coffee.
I am still in pain.
Take this as a warning: do not trust your microwave. It turns jelly in danishes into molten lava.
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4/23/2020 06:25 AM
My Parents at an auction, adeptly, intentionally turned so I couldn't get their faces. 2006
My dad has been dead for 9 years and 7 months (and one day, if we are counting), I think.
He was one of the worst sorts of angry alcoholics from Alabama there could be. Definitely not THE worst sort, but he could be pretty terrible.
His dad died when he was a baby, he had a couple of step-dads (one of which was also a serious alcoholic), yet somehow, he grew up around
enough male relatives and friends or had some sort of inner compass, that he was mostly right.
He started warning me about things when I was probably too small to even be hearing it.
I chose not to believe most of it (at the time) because my life certainly would have been much duller than it is now.
He even tried to beat some of the willfulness out of me and it really did hurt him more in the long run. I am that stubborn.
His mind would be absolutely blown by this situation. He would say that he could completely see why Gov. Kemp has allowed
some business owners go back, with heavy restrictions, to work, IF THEY CHOOSE.
Kemp opened the beaches weeks ago. This man cares about the bill of rights. If you are stupid enough to go get tatted, he isn't even going to stop you.
I really don't know what all is going on behind the scenes but I know there is much more to it than we can see or fathom.
Super high death projections to make everyone stay at home? Possibly...but if they hadn't ...
Trump is doing okay in this situation...if we didn't have him as president (picture Biden, poor guy) we wouldn't get press conferences EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I don't think the stock market would even be fighting anymore. It would just be dead.
We do need to ease back into normal life, or there is no reason to exist. The sad thing, especially since I care for my visually impaired mother, is I think that we are all going to be carrying this mess around with us before it is over.
People have been tested now and found to have it on their shoes. We haven't really been protecting our shoes...so it could already be in my house, tracked in with the mud that I didn't even have a chance to notice, putting the groceries away. All over the house...
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4/11/2020 06:21 AM
I found a Legends Flashback with 100 games, including Galaga, MegaMan1 and MegaMan2,
among others, for half price. I haven't had a game console since my original Nintendo.
I do have over 100 games on Gog.com and my Aunt has defacto given me her collection of probably 300
mostly hidden object (my least favorite kind of game, of course) games. Perhaps 20 or 30 of her games
are low-level somewhat cool non-hidden object games.
Anyway, in the last 12 hours (since it arrived), I have played 30 minutes (and I already had an HDMI for
connection to the tv) and it was awesome.
OH and link to Clark Howard's free and cheap game list (gog has 27 free games on this list): https://clarkdeals.com/gaming/free-cheap-disc
Box opening for Flashback Legends:
among others, for half price. I haven't had a game console since my original Nintendo.
I do have over 100 games on Gog.com and my Aunt has defacto given me her collection of probably 300
mostly hidden object (my least favorite kind of game, of course) games. Perhaps 20 or 30 of her games
are low-level somewhat cool non-hidden object games.
Anyway, in the last 12 hours (since it arrived), I have played 30 minutes (and I already had an HDMI for
connection to the tv) and it was awesome.
OH and link to Clark Howard's free and cheap game list (gog has 27 free games on this list): https://clarkdeals.com/gaming/free-cheap-disc
Box opening for Flashback Legends:
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4/10/2020 09:39 AM
I tried to send my taxes in early. Like a month ago, before the Covid-19 situation really had a bearing on anything, as far as I knew.
Last year, I was supposed to receive a whopping $89 back. At the time I didn't have a credit card, but after my taxes were accepted and processed by the IRS, using TurboTax, I received notification that I must super validate my id by using part of a credit card number, or a student loan number. If I didn't have either of those, I could send off for another sort of id to be mailed to my address. In order to do that I needed a phone in my name too. Don't ask.
So I gave up trying to get my 89 bucks.
This year, I have a credit card and a phone in my name (yay. really moved up in the world. lol ). So, in March I crack open the ole TurboTax and start the filing process. I complete all the info and e-file. I am supposed to pay the IRS $12.
30 minutes later I get:
I think, well, I have all of these extra ways of identification that I didn't have last year...
eye roll.
Now I need something called an IPPIN (Identity Protection PIN) to protect my account.
I have to call the IRS at a special extension to acquire this IPPIN.
THERE IS NO ONE AT THE IRS! (It's like that old Doors song, "YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!!!" )
During all of this I decided to tweet (for the first time in months) and my twitter account has been suspended as well.
meh.
At least I have you guys. ;)
Last year, I was supposed to receive a whopping $89 back. At the time I didn't have a credit card, but after my taxes were accepted and processed by the IRS, using TurboTax, I received notification that I must super validate my id by using part of a credit card number, or a student loan number. If I didn't have either of those, I could send off for another sort of id to be mailed to my address. In order to do that I needed a phone in my name too. Don't ask.
So I gave up trying to get my 89 bucks.
This year, I have a credit card and a phone in my name (yay. really moved up in the world. lol ). So, in March I crack open the ole TurboTax and start the filing process. I complete all the info and e-file. I am supposed to pay the IRS $12.
30 minutes later I get:
| Your federal tax return was rejected | ||||
| This happens from time to time, but we're here to help. |
I think, well, I have all of these extra ways of identification that I didn't have last year...
eye roll.
Now I need something called an IPPIN (Identity Protection PIN) to protect my account.
I have to call the IRS at a special extension to acquire this IPPIN.
THERE IS NO ONE AT THE IRS! (It's like that old Doors song, "YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!!!" )
During all of this I decided to tweet (for the first time in months) and my twitter account has been suspended as well.
meh.
At least I have you guys. ;)
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2/29/2020 08:01 PM
Around the time the whole thing was happening with my ex faking me out and ghosting me,
I got reeeeally into Mastodon. They happen to be from Atlanta (mostly not originally, but whatever,
I am automatically predisposed sort of to liking them if they are kind of local). I watched Show Yourself and Toe to Toes, repeatedly, for obvious relationship issues. Steambreather, though, is on a completely different level. It reminds me of a friend of mine who killed himself in 2014. This would be the kind of song he would have loved. I DO believe he would have loved Mastodon, in fact. He and I went to many concerts together and the weird 70's New-Agey theme of the video was something he would have laughed at but thought was massively cool. He would have also loved the GlenGarry Glen Ross/ Seventh Seal mash-up of the Show Yourself video. I just know it! ;)
So here is the basis of my love affair with Mastodon:
Lastly, a little documentary about the making of Emperor of Sand (the album with the first two songs):
I got reeeeally into Mastodon. They happen to be from Atlanta (mostly not originally, but whatever,
I am automatically predisposed sort of to liking them if they are kind of local). I watched Show Yourself and Toe to Toes, repeatedly, for obvious relationship issues. Steambreather, though, is on a completely different level. It reminds me of a friend of mine who killed himself in 2014. This would be the kind of song he would have loved. I DO believe he would have loved Mastodon, in fact. He and I went to many concerts together and the weird 70's New-Agey theme of the video was something he would have laughed at but thought was massively cool. He would have also loved the GlenGarry Glen Ross/ Seventh Seal mash-up of the Show Yourself video. I just know it! ;)
So here is the basis of my love affair with Mastodon:
Lastly, a little documentary about the making of Emperor of Sand (the album with the first two songs):
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