Things that have come to light in the last week that have tripped my Old Man Pondering Angst.
(I) This of course. (If it is Satoshi, I always knew BTC started with a bang, I'd guess it could end with a bang as well!)
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoiners-brace-for-more-performance-art-and-another-satoshi-reveal/(II) Retirement: Or how I could get any of the previous jobs I've had back in life within a heartbeat! (Thank god I don't need too!)
(a) Pointed out inside 14-3 (15 amp) wire for use in an outside ductless A/C for house needs to be in the duct and outside graded.
Should have been 12-3 (20 amp) (underground graded) to be safe. Not just zip-tied.
(b) Went to Menard's and Home Depot and had to show 3 staff in each place what a small brass cover in plumbing looks like for an unused Refrigerator Ice Maker line/to brass plug!)
(c) Went to Menard's and Home Depot today, to find a pair of faucets for bathroom sink. Unable to find online and both groups said that the ones I had you could not replace
the leaky valve inside. (This time only a couple people in both places). Came home and found the faucets I want from their sites and compared prices and found you
can take apart my old bathroom sink faucet and replace innards. This was me looking at it. The web said zip also. Took 25 minutes. Will replace anyway, but really?
(d) Earlier in the week, was at Office Depot and helped a guy, who was having trouble with Windows 10 saying it was updated, but really was not updating.
Showed him the workaround page for windows 10.
https://www.wintips.org/fix-windows-10-update-1803-fails-to-install/ At least Office Depot had the decency of having a sign up for a job for a tech support person, at (gasp!) the amazing price
of $11.55/hr or some such! (The Midwest USA pays zip!)
So what are your stories of wandering about in this world of cluelessness?
Are you feeling old and overqualified for your current job?
Do people spend all their time on their phones texting at work/or places you shop?
Or are you like me in retirement and simply wander around tripping over stuff like this?
Post them on here and take a poll!
Dismayed I am
Brad