Randy Charles Morin blogs for the sake of blogging.
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Last month we went to Cici's Pizza for the 1st time.
Cheap buffet pizza. Check out those prices.
We'll be back. Thanks to Mom for recommending.
It's simply amazing what people will believe. Today, I saw the following Facebook status.
There are many complaints that Facebook has become unacceptably slow. The report shows that Facebook has a number of nonactive members. They want us to re-post this message to see who are active and who are not. If you don't post this message within 2 weeks you will be removed in order to get more space. Post this on y...our wall to show that you are active in the facebook.
I immediate replied (the 1st) with "Fb wouldn't do that". They replied "I saw it as a status." This is paramount to "It's on FB. It must be true." All this person friends stuggled to post the blurb on their FB wall. One person on mobile, didn't know how to cut and paste. The solution? Write it down on paper and retype it on your wall.
I remember the 1st Internet HOAXes more than 20 years ago. We all fell for them. That's because they didn't exist prior and we didn't know what HOAXes were. On today's Internet HOAXes are common place. I get dozens via email, fb, IM, TXT daily. Yet some people are prone to continue to fall for them over and over and over. I have to wonder how much of their day is spent dealing with HOAXes. But then, maybe I'd be a happier person, if I believed a HOAX once in awhile.
The bridge in the next shot is Williams Parkway. If you were driving to my wife's place from Toronto (going North), then you'd turn off here. The camera is facing North-East.
Last week, an Internet user using Optimum Online posted some porn to one of my websites. I took the time to track his IP address and sent a complaint to Optimum Online for them to address it. This was not an easy process, I had to locate the IP address, find the correct place to register the complain, then I had to fill out an online form detailing my complaint. Their response was to tell me to contact their security department. This is exactly the problem with most everybody today. Throw everything back in everybody's face and point them to another person. Problem solved by passing the buck. I responded and told them they were lazy asses. It would take them 2 seconds to forward my complaint to their security department. Instead, they think I'm gonna sit on hold hoping that Optimum's security department isn't as lazy as their customer service. No problem. If you use Optimum Online, then good luck. I'm just gonna block all their IP addresses. Next time, choose a service that doesn't hire a bunch of lazy asses.
Some people are offended by the following video. We do luv to knock our heros off their pedastals. This is a very familiar scene. I saw worse at a bar near my house on Sunday night. She's a teenager. That's called partying. If you didn't do it when you were a teenager, then maybe that's the problem.
Another millionaire over-extended himself during the good times and lost it in the bad times. This time it's Peter Grant. He has had to put his house for sale before it was ever completed. Unfortunately, it will be near impossible to find someone to buy it. It's a $25 million house in a remote location that requires at least another $1 million to complete. Click the below link for more details.
Video from Lights, Motor, Action! show at Hollywood Studios in DisneyWorld. The car going backwards has a driver seat that faces backward to facilitate the stunts and the jump.
The big dip at Splash Mountain. I love that you are looking at the castle and Space Mountain as you peak.
The initial little dip at Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom.
Real life Luxo Jr at Hollywood Studios.
The storyboards from DisneyWorld's Fantasia Gardens mini-putt course. Each hole has a little poem that hints as to how to best approach each hole.
Video of Expedition Everest. With added entertainment of me talking with a complete stranger.
Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school
diploma to fix one...a reassurance to those who fly routinely in your job.
After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,'
which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics
correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots
review the gripe sheets before the next flight.
Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are
some actual maintenance complaints submitted by UPS' pilots (marked with a
P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance
engineers.
By the way, UPS is the only major airline that has never, ever had an
accident.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
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P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
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P: Something loose in cockpit
S: Something tightened in cockpit
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P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
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P: Auto pilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute
descent... S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
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P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
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P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
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P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
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P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
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P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
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P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search
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P: Aircraft handles funny.
(I love this one!):
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right and be serious.
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P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
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P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
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And the best one for last
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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding
on something with a hammer. S: Took hammer away from midget
Too funny commercial.