Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Charlie Tango]

I have been waiting for a package to arrive. The tracking is spotty, rarely updated, but it shows that the package was shipped from Md. and a couple of days later arrived in Baton Rouge. From there it made it's way to Lafayette ( about 70 miles east of here). Baton Rouge must be a fun place because it went back to there and there is no further word on the tracking of it. Gotta love USPS.

When it shows up twice at the same place, that's their way of saying "We think the truck might have gone into the bayou."

 

[shadowtippy]

When it shows up twice at the same place, that's their way of saying "We think the truck might have gone into the bayou."

If the driver was dodging pot holes that may very well be true.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Package deals aren't what they used to be.

 

[beans-on-toast]

If the driver was dodging pot holes that may very well be true.

I had a delivery from North Carolina spend a week bouncing around before it left the state. It seems that they take covid very seriously by holding packages at transfer stations long enough to kill the bug.

 

[Deeper Texan]

When it shows up twice at the same place, that's their way of saying "We think the truck might have gone into the bayou."

Had several packages, pass within 2 miles to be delivered to a distribution center 30 miles away. Tracking showed out for delivery, only to mysteriously be relocated to the distribution center. Sometimes 3-4 days to make that 30 mile trip!!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Had several packages, pass within 2 miles to be delivered to a distribution center 30 miles away. Tracking showed out for delivery, only to mysteriously be relocated to the distribution center. Sometimes 3-4 days to make that 30 mile trip!!

Some sets of computer algorithms in play that no humans are permitted to stray from, no doubt.

 

[Winslow]

The only things that I think may come close to classic quality are Speed Queen washers and dryers. They too have experienced some problems, but the design approach is at least more industrial/commercial than the 3 to 5 year junk that's out there.

YES!!! We got a Speed Queen last year, and it so impressed our friend-with-truck who helped bring it home, he and his wife got one as well, when their big-box-brand died a few months later.

 

[SoulReflection]

Had several packages, pass within 2 miles to be delivered to a distribution center 30 miles away. Tracking showed out for delivery, only to mysteriously be relocated to the distribution center. Sometimes 3-4 days to make that 30 mile trip!!

I've had the same problem with UPS and Amazon! Makes ya wonder?

 

[notJaco]

I have had words with our Fed Ex delivery person...polite so far but, they will leave packages propped up against the garage door. The big one. It is not easy to see them when backing out of the garage in an SUV.
Today it happened again AAAAAAHHHH!

 

[Jeff Scott]

Any of you have this?

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[GwenOnBass]

Any of you have this?

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and such a promising name

 

[Jeff Scott]

and such a promising name

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I think you need to take some time off from your music lessons; everything is beginning to have turnarounds in it.

 

[Al Kraft]

We


We'll see. Our 20 something Whirlpool washer timer quit about 3 yrs ago. My attempted repair didn't work. Almost 200 for a new timer. Didn't seem like smart money spending that on an old machine. We bought a new Whirlpool, about 500 bucks. Computer controlled, uses a stepper motor with reduction instead of a transmission. Tub is stainless and larger. Three yrs in and no troubles. The dryer is still kicking. All of our appliances have been Whirlpool and we've had good luck with them.

I would say that Whirlpool has been a solid performer for most folks I know as well. They seem to have found a way to be price competitive yet keep reliability higher than average IMO.

 

[GonePlaid]

This country has become the Larry, Darryl and Darryl of business practices: "anything for a buck." I recently asked an appliance repairman who was replacing the motor on the 7-year-old dishwasher what brands he recommended to friends and family. He said, "Honestly, everything is such junk now, I just tell them to go get a cheap Frigidaire dishwasher, because they're going to be replacing whatever they buy in three or four years anyway, so going cheap will make it less painful." Retailers don't know you after the proverbial cash drawer is closed. We marvel and exclaim when someone does a job right these days, when no reputable, self-respecting tradesman used to consider doing things any other way. "An honest day's work for an honest wage" has become "Screw you, buddy, I've got mine, you can look out for yourself." Nobody trusts what a store owner tells them about a product without first having spent a lot of time online reading reviews, hoping the reviews are unbiased. Pride in the quality of what a vendor provides is almost rare anymore. Bah. You kids get off my lawn.

And Hartley(P________).

 

[beans-on-toast]

Any of you have this?

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I looked at the image and my allergies started acting up.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Everyone claims covid as the excuse for slow shipping amd delivery.

Companies such as UPS and Fedex have the computer plan their route. The computer tries to plan it with no left turns for efficiency reasons. I can see how this can make them pass close by but not stop. I swear that one amazon delivery contractor waits for enough packages around me to bother making the trip from the depot.

The GPS lady in my phone sometimes makes mistakes and takes me into areas where there are construction related road closures. Another reason for delivery delays.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A human who has been directed by computer to deliver my new bass is headed to my home today.

This is the step they will use to drop it at the door. The door next to the outlet in need of a weather cap. The railing is new, too.

 

[Deeper Texan]

A human who has been directed by computer to deliver my new bass is headed to my home today.

This is the step they will use to drop it at the door. The door next to the outlet in need of a weather cap. The railing is new, too.

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Hooray for NBD!!

For expensive items, I cyberstalk, the computer directed humans. There are tracking apps, through Fed-Ex, UPS, and Amazon, that will give you as close to up to the minute updates as possible, with maps that show where the human/cargo transport is located. For non-expensive items, I don't bother. Living in a rural area, porch pirates, are a real threat, so I usually have someone there to receive it. Looking forward to pics, and playability reports!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Being a technological GoF who believes not all computers are evil, some are just drawn that way ...
[/JessicaRabbit]

here laughing at a Tiktok I don't know how to link because of being a technological GoF ... a sad young woman says "When my husband died I couldn't shower alone for 12 years"
long pause
now she's happy — "But I'm out of prison now!"


gotta get dressed, it's going to be a pig of a day with rain and 27C, gotta take a friend to the doctor's

 

[notJaco]

Don't know how many of you follow jazz on Sirius radio (Real Jazz 67), Eulis Cathey passed away on April 27th.
RIP .
Really enjoyed his shows.
Broadcaster and Record Executive Eulis Cathey Dies at 67 - JazzTimes