Hello, Geezer coming back to this forum. Paul B
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Paul B
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Yesterday I wanted to print something on my printer. The thing is the one with the big ink tanks that last for your entire life. It ran for 2 years. I hit "PRINT" and it said, "it has the wrong paper". I have been using that same paper since Carter was President. Then it said something about parameters, then WyFy. In other words, it just didn't want to work so I went and had a large Vodka because I can't deal with these things.
I just want a printer with a big "ON, OFF" switch on the front and a button that says "WORK" and the thing works. I don't want it connected to the internet, I don't want choices of color or black and white, fonts, italics, underline, orientation or anything else.
I just want it to print whatever I send to it, exactly how I send it. If I send it in color I want it in color, if I send black and white, I want it to print in black and white. I don't want any options and I don't want to see a screen. Just on and off and WORK.
No one seems smart enough to make a printer like that.
I just want a printer with a big "ON, OFF" switch on the front and a button that says "WORK" and the thing works. I don't want it connected to the internet, I don't want choices of color or black and white, fonts, italics, underline, orientation or anything else.
I just want it to print whatever I send to it, exactly how I send it. If I send it in color I want it in color, if I send black and white, I want it to print in black and white. I don't want any options and I don't want to see a screen. Just on and off and WORK.
No one seems smart enough to make a printer like that.
I don't think I've had a printer at home in over 10 years, lol. I do have a laptop I bought in 2019 because I owned a second business (Gym) back then and I used it for banking/paperwork, but I'm not even sure where in my house it is right now. I saw a meme the other day that said boomers don't realize that nobody under the age of 30 owns a printer (I'm 42) it cracked me up. I have dinner with my folks on Wednesdays and they often tell me about struggles they're having with things like their computer, printer, or stamps. Stamps? What is a stamp? Mail? that pile of fire starter the man in the white truck keeps litering on my front porch? haha. The only checks I have written in the last 15 years were the monthly rent bills I used in 2019 for that Gym I owned because they did not accept electronic payment.
Paul B
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So yesterday was an exciting and expensive day.
Our Daughter graduated college over 20 years ago and a few years ago went back to Fordham Law School and yesterday in Manhattan she was sworn in as a full-fledged lawyer.
That part is great. But we had to go into Manhattan to see this big deal 15-minute ceremony.
We now live on eastern Long Island, about 60 miles from the city. It is impossible to park there, so we take a bus. It's called "The Hampton Jitney" and looks like a Greyhound bus.
It was very cold and pouring rain. My wife is handicapped and uses a walker. I help put her shoes on and she wanted to wear these red shoes which I told her (Repeatedly) were no good for that type of day. Due to her MS her foot doesn't fall flat on the ground and the shoes kept coming off after about every 5 steps forcing her to walk with one shoe and I have to get down and try to put the stupid (Inappropriate) shoe back on.
Anyway, we get on the Jitney which costs about 60 bucks. The thing went fine for about 50 minutes, and it was bumper-to-bumper traffic, so we were not getting very far, but we traveled about 30 miles. We are going slow and through the rain and fog I see smoke. (We are in the last seats of the bus) At first I figured it was from all the rain, but now I smell antifreeze. We pull over to the side of the highway, and the driver gets out, and I hear him open the engine hatch in the back of the bus.
That is never a good sign. He gets back on the bus and informs us that it is stuck. He calls for another bus to pick us up, but it will take over an hour to get to us. GREAT.
We all get out of the bus in the rain and I asked the driver if I could see the problem. I figured with my shoe lace and my wife's shoe I could possibly fix the problem. I looked in, and it was a huge diesel engine. Antifreeze was shooting out of the cylinder block and head, so the thing blew a head gasket, which required the engine to be removed. My shoelaces and my wife's shoes were not enough to do the job, so we called a UBER.
We had to walk off the highway and my wife walks very slow, especially with one shoe. The normally 5 minute walk took about 20 minutes to get to a place we could wait for the UBER and we were cold and soaked
The car comes, $80.00. So we get on the bumper to bumper traffic highway and in an hour make it into the city.
We get to the Courthouse and go through the metal detector etc. And meet our Daughter and our Son N Law.
She is all decked out in her red outfit for the swearing in and looks beautiful. WE are very proud of her.
After the ceremony, we took them out to dinner in a Keens steakhouse on 6th Ave. Which opened in 1885.
I don't hardly eat steak even though this is the most famous steakhouse in Manhattan and looked for fish. They had one fish on the menu. Dover Sole which I like until I saw the price.
$70.00 for a piece of fish that looks like flounder. I thought that was a bit much so I went for the cheaper meal of "Giant" shrimp for $42.00. The 5 Giant shrimp were normal-sized small shrimp and they were almost ten bucks a shrimp.
My Son N Law ordered a $160.00 steak.
So it was a great day (almost) even though I could have bought a but load of Copperband Butterflies for the $700.00 + it cost me. Including the ride there
You may have to click on the Xs to see pictures. If you can't see them, just make it up
Our Daughter graduated college over 20 years ago and a few years ago went back to Fordham Law School and yesterday in Manhattan she was sworn in as a full-fledged lawyer.
That part is great. But we had to go into Manhattan to see this big deal 15-minute ceremony.
We now live on eastern Long Island, about 60 miles from the city. It is impossible to park there, so we take a bus. It's called "The Hampton Jitney" and looks like a Greyhound bus.
It was very cold and pouring rain. My wife is handicapped and uses a walker. I help put her shoes on and she wanted to wear these red shoes which I told her (Repeatedly) were no good for that type of day. Due to her MS her foot doesn't fall flat on the ground and the shoes kept coming off after about every 5 steps forcing her to walk with one shoe and I have to get down and try to put the stupid (Inappropriate) shoe back on.
Anyway, we get on the Jitney which costs about 60 bucks. The thing went fine for about 50 minutes, and it was bumper-to-bumper traffic, so we were not getting very far, but we traveled about 30 miles. We are going slow and through the rain and fog I see smoke. (We are in the last seats of the bus) At first I figured it was from all the rain, but now I smell antifreeze. We pull over to the side of the highway, and the driver gets out, and I hear him open the engine hatch in the back of the bus.
That is never a good sign. He gets back on the bus and informs us that it is stuck. He calls for another bus to pick us up, but it will take over an hour to get to us. GREAT.
We all get out of the bus in the rain and I asked the driver if I could see the problem. I figured with my shoe lace and my wife's shoe I could possibly fix the problem. I looked in, and it was a huge diesel engine. Antifreeze was shooting out of the cylinder block and head, so the thing blew a head gasket, which required the engine to be removed. My shoelaces and my wife's shoes were not enough to do the job, so we called a UBER.
We had to walk off the highway and my wife walks very slow, especially with one shoe. The normally 5 minute walk took about 20 minutes to get to a place we could wait for the UBER and we were cold and soaked
The car comes, $80.00. So we get on the bumper to bumper traffic highway and in an hour make it into the city.
We get to the Courthouse and go through the metal detector etc. And meet our Daughter and our Son N Law.
She is all decked out in her red outfit for the swearing in and looks beautiful. WE are very proud of her.
After the ceremony, we took them out to dinner in a Keens steakhouse on 6th Ave. Which opened in 1885.
I don't hardly eat steak even though this is the most famous steakhouse in Manhattan and looked for fish. They had one fish on the menu. Dover Sole which I like until I saw the price.
$70.00 for a piece of fish that looks like flounder. I thought that was a bit much so I went for the cheaper meal of "Giant" shrimp for $42.00. The 5 Giant shrimp were normal-sized small shrimp and they were almost ten bucks a shrimp.
My Son N Law ordered a $160.00 steak.
So it was a great day (almost) even though I could have bought a but load of Copperband Butterflies for the $700.00 + it cost me. Including the ride there
You may have to click on the Xs to see pictures. If you can't see them, just make it up
AZBigJohn
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Congrats to your daughter, Paul! And to you and the misses, for raising such a fine young lady!So yesterday was an exciting and expensive day.
Our Daughter graduated college over 20 years ago and a few years ago went back to Fordham Law School and yesterday in Manhattan she was sworn in as a full-fledged lawyer.
That part is great. But we had to go into Manhattan to see this big deal 15-minute ceremony.
We now live on eastern Long Island, about 60 miles from the city. It is impossible to park there, so we take a bus. It's called "The Hampton Jitney" and looks like a Greyhound bus.
It was very cold and pouring rain. My wife is handicapped and uses a walker. I help put her shoes on and she wanted to wear these red shoes which I told her (Repeatedly) were no good for that type of day. Due to her MS her foot doesn't fall flat on the ground and the shoes kept coming off after about every 5 steps forcing her to walk with one shoe and I have to get down and try to put the stupid (Inappropriate) shoe back on.
Anyway, we get on the Jitney which costs about 60 bucks. The thing went fine for about 50 minutes, and it was bumper-to-bumper traffic, so we were not getting very far, but we traveled about 30 miles. We are going slow and through the rain and fog I see smoke. (We are in the last seats of the bus) At first I figured it was from all the rain, but now I smell antifreeze. We pull over to the side of the highway, and the driver gets out, and I hear him open the engine hatch in the back of the bus.
That is never a good sign. He gets back on the bus and informs us that it is stuck. He calls for another bus to pick us up, but it will take over an hour to get to us. GREAT.
We all get out of the bus in the rain and I asked the driver if I could see the problem. I figured with my shoe lace and my wife's shoe I could possibly fix the problem. I looked in, and it was a huge diesel engine. Antifreeze was shooting out of the cylinder block and head, so the thing blew a head gasket, which required the engine to be removed. My shoelaces and my wife's shoes were not enough to do the job, so we called a UBER.
We had to walk off the highway and my wife walks very slow, especially with one shoe. The normally 5 minute walk took about 20 minutes to get to a place we could wait for the UBER and we were cold and soaked
The car comes, $80.00. So we get on the bumper to bumper traffic highway and in an hour make it into the city.
We get to the Courthouse and go through the metal detector etc. And meet our Daughter and our Son N Law.
She is all decked out in her red outfit for the swearing in and looks beautiful. WE are very proud of her.
After the ceremony, we took them out to dinner in a Keens steakhouse on 6th Ave. Which opened in 1885.
I don't hardly eat steak even though this is the most famous steakhouse in Manhattan and looked for fish. They had one fish on the menu. Dover Sole which I like until I saw the price.
$70.00 for a piece of fish that looks like flounder. I thought that was a bit much so I went for the cheaper meal of "Giant" shrimp for $42.00. The 5 Giant shrimp were normal-sized small shrimp and they were almost ten bucks a shrimp.
My Son N Law ordered a $160.00 steak.
So it was a great day (almost) even though I could have bought a but load of Copperband Butterflies for the $700.00 + it cost me. Including the ride there
You may have to click on the Xs to see pictures. If you can't see them, just make it up
