ME: I need to deposit money - what account number do i use?

THEM: Sorry - you have to call us - we cant send through email because of security

I call

I have to provide zero proof of who I am. NONE.

They give me the account number.

Tell me again why this is more secure?


It’s almost 1 year to the day that @Manton announced annual billing - and in that 1 year, I have done nothing about making the switch - until now!


“It’s not failure you should fear”

If you ever watched Cheers … the head writer was Rob Long.

If you listen to the podcast Martini Short - that’s Rob Long.

The opening story on the click through just cracked me up.

”It’s not failure you should fear. It’s snobbery.”


Why the Second Wave of the 1918 Spanish Flu Was So Deadly.

”The rapid spread of Spanish flu in the fall of 1918 was at least partially to blame on public health officials unwilling to impose quarantines during wartime. In Britain, for example, a government official named Arthur Newsholme knew full well that a strict civilian lockdown was the best way to fight the spread of the highly contagious disease. But he wouldn’t risk crippling the war effort by keeping munitions factory workers and other civilians home.


95 App updates says two things ….

1] I should delete some of the apps.

2] It has been a while since I used this iPad.


Herman Cain, Former Presidential Candidate, Dies at 74.

Doesn’t 🍕 👨 seem to be from such an innocent time?


James Murdoch Resigns From News Corp.

“My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.”

Well yes - all good - but really? You only just noticed?



Trump says he’s banning TikTok in the U.S.

All good but I suspect it has nothing to do with tracking, trafficking, casual access to user data and transparency to Chinese government and everything to do with his ongoing ‘Jina’ spat!


Harsh. But Fair.

 


Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back. - at least non too quickly … then watch the Rethuglicans spin it all around for it all to be Joe’s fault … and sadly the American voter has a very short memory.


‘These are his people’: inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland

Elite?

I wonder how the ‘elite’ feel about being sent home with their tails between their legs?

I wonder what they’ll tell their grandchildren?


I can’t listen to this anymore.

“Then, after the honeymoon period wore off, you’d forget about me, and I could get around to what I really love doing: mining your everyday conversations for personal details, and targeting relevant ads on your social media.”


Takeaways from Barr’s testimony before the House Judicial Committee

We should just bar Barr from civilized society - and there are ways of doing that.


Kodak shares soar by 570 percent after Trump announces deal to help produce drugs in fight against COVID-19

That’s one hell of a ‘Kodak moment’.

I wonder who bought Kodak just before the announcement?


Personally, I have zero interest in things going back to normal - preferring to work out how to create a new normal - sadly, I’m not feeling it at the moment.

 


Beauty in Mathematics.

 

“Pi(ctures)”

Thankyou Neil.


I published this 3 years, 5 days ago, it popped up and nice to look back on history!

It ends In conclusion – what do I want @Manton?

I now have what I wanted then - thankyou Manton.

BUT we are now … now and of course I want more, still great job keeping ahead of the curve!


Deep Thoughts

 

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