I always love it when you get a card stuck to the outside of the door, right beside the note that says "this door is not in use, please use the next door around" saying the driver was sorry to miss me but will deliver again about the same time tomorrow. Then they don't fill in the time. Because having waited in all day only to find the driver either can't read or can't be bothered to follow a very simple request I really have nothing better to do than sit in all day tomorrow as well and hope they don't do the same thing again. Curiously when I had my unfeasible amount of vinyl delivered there was a space to sign but the driver said no signature was needed. I wonder what would have happened had I given him a false name and then disputed their claim they delivered it.
Except prices.... That said my recent heating oil delivery was 'only' $4.149/gallon - when I locked in my annual price it was a price cap at $4.999/gallon so at least that is down 17% from what I was expecting to be paying.
Nah billionaires gotta billion, otherwise, they gonna starve and if they starve how else are the rest of us gonna buy food and heating and stuff that they so graciously provide us with from up above.
Jimmy Carter says to turn down the thermostat and put on a sweater, you ungrateful proles. In good news, the chocolate ration is being increased from 30 grammes last month to 20 grammes next month
Most excellent. I hear mental health is at its worst, and there's a new drug on the way to make sure everyone is happy!
I'm not thrilled that the price is so much higher than before $2.999 last year, $1.999 the year before. But at least an 85 cent reduction in what I was expecting to pay, over 300-odd gallons in the delivery, means I've got a bit more left in the oil account. Shame it wasn't enough to pay for the increases in everything else this year but, you know....
The thing about turning down the thermostat always makes me laugh. The number of times I've seen surveys from energy companies who are apparently very keen to help me use less of what they are selling only to find they can't actually help me at all is fun. When they start by asking about my thermostat settings, with options that start several degrees above my preferred setting, I figure it's unlikely they'll have much else to say that's useful. And, sure enough, they typically follow up with their helpful recommendations to use six inches of wall insulation (which is tricky in a two-inch wall) and the like. But hey if I use their approved contractors I can save a whopping FIFTY BUCKS on the price of having my house ripped apart and new insulation fitted. Sadly I don't feel like letting Apes R Us rip my house apart.
M. Zuckerberg lost $100Bn in one year. Presuming this type of tech as the basis for today's economy is foolish, as hordes of laid-off workers flee San Francisco etc. Seems perilous, futile.
Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Except maybe Elon Musk. Oh, wait.... It's remarkable how much money you can make by selling personal data. I guess enough people will gladly share their most personal information on a web site if you present it as being a bit of fun. Sometimes I despair for humanity.
The greatest message ever given in the greatest way by the greatest communicator of our time Merry Happy Christmas to all