What really sucks about this age is having to limit my intake of “adult beverages” as my friend Wild Bill likes to call them.
I wasn’t a power drinker before I got put on drugs for high blood pressure and other ailments. But I liked to have a couple beers after golf, or one after mowing the yard, then maybe my wife and I would share a pitcher of margaritas in the evening sitting outside in the warmer months.
I love Pina Coladas too. Rum and coke. Bourbon and coke. Long Island Iced Tea.
Drinking red wine is good for boomers too. Problem is, once you open a bottle it has to be finished, right? So I would have 2/3 of the bottle and my wife 1/3.
So now I’m limiting my intake. Blech.
Earlier I wrote about our decision to drop VoIP and go back to landline. We wanted to keep our same phone number naturally.
Yeah, right. First, we thought we might give Vonage a shot with the VoIP. Not available in our area (the middle of a city of 50,000.)
For simplicity’s sake (that’s always a curse) I thought I’d sign up with ATT/BellSouth/Cingular/Freds. I could imagine the drool falling from the guys mouth when he found out we weren’t presently a customer. So gave them all the crap they needed. Our service would be changed in two days and we would get a call confirming everything.
What we got was a voice mail saying they couldn’t “port” our existing number.” Which in tech speak means we would have to change numbers. Yuk. Decided we would explore other alternatives.
We were with Momentum land line for local and long distance before VoIP, so we gave them a call. Sure, they would be glad to have us back. Took all the billing crap etc. and asked for our current provider. They can’t port numbers from VoIP.
BTW: both Momentum and ABC/Freds both confirmed our order in writing.
So here we are, still on VoIP because apparently the landline phone companies are extracting their revenge.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
I’m seriously envious of people who have this kind of talent. link and link.
As I watched, the artist (Nico Di Mattia ) was changing and adding and subtracting lines and colors and details where I wouldn’t even think of. I thought it was a fascinating five minutes.
Vox Populi