Every so often I order something from eBay that comes from China. Often it takes a few weeks, but it's always something cheap that I'm not in a rush for anyway. Typically they leave China and in a couple of weeks the item clears customs and ends up in the hands of the USPS.
On April 30 I placed such an order and it actually shipped the next day and quickly cleared China customs and cleared US Customs on May 5! Yay! I was really surprised!
However...delivery was "unsuccessful" yesterday and today. Why? Customer was not at home. Well, yeah. I'm on a short vacation.
Seriously? It's less than $4. They've spent more than that on gas to drive it to the house twice!
The seller said nothing about that moronic restriction in their ad, and it aggravates me to have to deal with such nonsense.
Hoping against hope, I emailed the courier with my name and tracking number, telling them to just leave it by the door, and if that was not possible, to just return it to the sender. Their reply? Their warehouse is not set up to allow me to pick it up, it has to be delivered. DOH!
Obviously English is not their first language, but man, how bad is their translator that they got from "leave it by my door" to "I want to come to wherever your warehouse is and pick it up."
Anyway, that's my rant.
Peace...out.

I rode a couple of times today. I did some running around this morning while it was warming up. I hit the bike trail around one this afternoon. There was a fairly stiff South wind and I registered a 24mph gust while I was out riding. I passed a couple riding conventional road bikes on the sidewalk South my first loop and never saw another rider the rest of my riding. My second ride was after dinner. The wind had calmed and what little wind there was was from the North. I ran low on battery while there was still plenty of daylight. I almost went out again. The temp was ideal and the wind wasn't a problem. I decided 70 miles was plenty and called it a night.

On my second return trip this afternoon, something in the tall grass caught my eye. I stopped the bike and before I could walk back to what I eventually determined was trash, a man pulled up to assist me.
This time it was a young man perhaps in his late twenties or early thirties. I thanked him for stopping. I'm impressed that people are stopping to help. I will have to quit stopping on the highway and drawing needless attention.

I thawed out a package of my smoked pulled pork and made some deluxe burritos. Pork, pinto beans, chili seasoning, diced jalapenos, hot salsa, and lots of cheese.

S0 busy t0day, went t0 the chir0, I had very little t0 eat f0r breakfast, s0 I was hungry f0r a few h0urs, we had Culvert's f0r lunch, had their mega chicken sandwich, n0 lettuce due t0 my gerd, had it with tw0 t0mat0s, my friend 0ffered me his, and dr0pped 0ff light recycling 0n the way back, we saw the circus being in t0wn s0 we where w0ndering why Italian Circius was there, it was very large, after that later 0n the aftern00nish evening, went t0 my sister's and we watched Finding D0ry a classic Pixiar m0vie.

The_Chief said:

That could easily have given her a splitting headache...

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Yeah, at least she avoided an unscheduled hair cut.

There's a Google Photos help page at Google Photos Help. That used to have a "contact us" link at the bottom, but like many of these companies that has now gone, but there is a "troubleshoot or send feedback" option. Or if you are logged into the Photos app you can tap on your avatar (top-right corner of the screen), scroll down to the bottom and click on "help and feedback", then scroll down again and there's a "send feedback" at the bottom.

Groan !

72 and rain.

A Day In The Life - Beatles

I Can't Stay Mad At You - Skeeter Davis

Inquisitive

Automate version 1.51.1

What’s new:

• Documentation search
• Fixed ADB protocol set block with Protocol set to USB
• Fixed Assist request often not showing on Android 7.1 and lower
• Fixed Flashlight enabled block using proceed When changed after Immediate

Media mogul Ted Turner has passed at 87; no cause of death was noted, though he'd been suffering with Lewy body dementia for almost a decade.

RIP, Mr. Turner, with condolences to you fans, friends, family and loved ones.

is it the manufacturers or is it the carriers?
seems more of a carrier thing to be locked up like that

The_Chief said:

Other than ebay or Craigslist, maybe FB Marketplace, and that's a risk of stolen phones that are blacklisted... manufacturers have really locked down bootloaders and rooting is near impossible on anything besides Pixel devices

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After stinking up the entirety of MLB and being dead last in the American Central, They have won nine of their last eleven games. They are far from playing shut down baseball but at least they have been watchable. Their pitching has improved and their defense has played solid ball. Their offense isn't lights out but they have been able to produce runs and haven't folded when they had to produce. The Central doesn't have a clear leader. The win loss percentages has the entire Central in a tight race. I'm sure there will be some separation by the break. The Royals have won the first two of four against the Guardians and then they host the Detroit for three. They need to stay hot and win those games. What an opportunity to move up in the standings that won't likely happen. 😆

I'll have to report costs on the way down the coast, Sunday. Filled up last Thursday. Couple of errands tomorrow and Friday. I'll probably top off before we leave.

I read about and finally my little Dillons store had a new trial product from M&M Mars Corp. It's called M&M Pop'd. It can't be a product of often consumption but the bites are very tasty. A lot of air in a package so they don't last long.

I see there are many video editing apps at the play store. I've never used one so I don't have a recommendation. I see that my stock media player has the ability to edit a video. You might look to see if your phone has an option. Start your video and look for an edit option.