Sorry. I'm from Buffalo so I am legally required to root for the Bills.
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Sorry. I'm from Buffalo so I am legally required to root for the Bills.
Go Bills! 🦬
This is clearly an emergency. Maybe I should see if Ralph and Taco can bring me and the cheese in the jet.
I hope Mom managed to get you each a wheel of parmigiano reggiano to go with your meatballs and sauce.
Well, given that I had already snagged the 60K point seat, that scheme wouldn't have worked particularly well 🤷
Oh wow. I really lucked out. If I had waited until tonight to grab that seat, it would have cost 141,000 points instead of 60,000. I guess I got the last, or one of the last, business seats at the ultra low point redemption.
Almost as small as Fritz!
I'm actually staying in the Opera district...
I'd been hemming and hawing over destinations etc. and just messing around with what I could get for my points, and when I saw that I just grabbed it and decided it was fate I start in Paris!
I just discovered that on the plane I'm on, The business class seats have a door that closes so you have your own little private compartment in which to enjoy your fabulous food and your lie flat seat! SO excited about that.
Oh! Oh! My seat has a door that closes so I do have my own little compartment in the air!
I managed to snag an Air France one-way business class flight to Paris for 60,000 points plus $250. That's as rock bottom as Air France goes so I decided to grab it! But I'm doing it one way because although I've now committed to a few days in Paris, I don't know what I'm going to do from there LOL!
Yeah when I found that one I didn't hesitate a nanosecond! That's a bargain for any business class international flight, but particularly for Air France.
I am actually not sure what I'm going to do on the rest of my trip yet LOL, I'm currently thinking a few days in Paris, then fly to Sicily. Still working that out. But since 60,000 miles is a rock bottom Air France business redemption, I figured I'd better snag it!
This is what I've heard!
Taxes and fees one way were $242, which is less than the price of an economy fare flight. And Air France's business class is supposed to be pretty great
So. I booked a one-way business class ticket to Paris on Air France at the bargain basement rate of 60,000 points. After some soul searching, I decided that I was perfectly happy to fly economy the rest of the trip, but flying business class on the way over would mean a lot.
Most of these sites do not provide any human customer support unless you have a paying account.
President “Grab ‘em by the pussy” and Vice President “I don’t give a shit.”
Are you still paying? I have not been paying for several years. Perhaps they only do it if you are paying for the site.
My initial attempt to migrate got stuck. I attempted to get through to customer service and could not. Eventually I figured it out myself
No, they won't. They can't. They are literally shutting down in a couple of weeks and they couldn't possibly do that for every log on the site. The site gives instructions how to migrate your text and they warn that the photos won't work. You have to download those one by one yourself.
My biggest hesitation is that the fees on the ticket are more than $700. So basically in the end I would be flying business for the price of coach.
This year I sucked it up and made a $300 contribution to public theater so I could score a ticket to see this production. I was guessing it was the only way I'd ever get to see it. It's a good cause and it was a great show. I hope you get to see it.
I'm so sorry.
So. Do I want to use my Chase rewards points to book a round-trip business class trip to Paris on Air France? (I'd had my heart set on first class, but it turns out using points for first class is really hard)
IT'S BEARABLE WHEN I CAN STEAL THE PLATINUM CARD AND BUY SUPPLIES ON THE BLACK MARKET
I have parmigiano reggiano. I have basil. I have pine nuts. I have olive oil. I have garlic. And you know what that means. Theoretically, I could make pesto. Or I could sit here and drink wine.
Watch out for the murder mittens, Delly! 😱
New York is the clear winner. LA is top 5. www.forbes.com/sites/duncan...
Oh, I wouldn't dream of going empty-handed. Pretty sure Susie would bite me. What should I bring if I can't get hold of enough cheese?
No idea. But it is the first time I couldn't just wander in and grab a block! I did finally find a store that had it, but it had less than usual. Usually there's a heap of it and there were just a few blocks.
That sounds perfect. I am making myself a salad nicoise for dinner and will save my wine for that.
Oh, I totally do it when I'm treating myself out or I'm traveling! I just don't like to sit home alone drinking during the day. An evening cocktail or glass of wine is another thing.
... whereas autistic toddlers never drink vodka. The conclusion is clear.
Tea. I don't generally drink wine in the afternoon unless I'm out for a fancy lunch or something.
Today I walked more than 4 miles in pursuit of a block of cheese. Living car free in NYC ensures some exercise, at least if you don't get everything delivered!
It's thunderstorming which means that I can now stay inside and eat cheese and read and listen to music the rest of the day
I don't have a Costco near me but I will say that this is about what I've been paying for parmigiano reggiano. I'm not freaked out by the price. I'm freaked out that a couple of stores didn't have it.
He knows the law. He's just an asshole.
Not quite, but it will hold me over until next week
This is a staple item for me. It's not just for sprinkling on pasta!
Oh thank heavens, I'm saved
If this becomes a thing, it will lead me much more heavily towards going to Italy in the fall. Maybe France too. I will need an infusion of cheese.
Yes, I am a cheese snob. Why do you ask?
My closest stores are out of blocks of parmigiano reggiano (something I've never seen happen before), so I'm about to walk more than a mile to another store in hopes they have it, rather than buy the pre-grated kind
Stay safe, Ralph. ❤️
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
We could have fed, housed, vaccinated & cared for a lot of people with that money. But at least the stationary manufacturers and alleged alpha males will be happy.
Or less. If I ship the CDs off, I have to pack all 500 up so they are safe from breakage, get them to the post office, wait for them to come back, & then restore them to my shelves in order. To my mind that is more work than uploading them one by one as I listen to them. Also much more expensive.
WaPo has lost its way and I don't think it will ever find it again
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do to stop my simpleminded nephew from destroying your country."
They don't care. 😭 To them I'm just another ignoramus who couldn't repair her own computer.
Well, I successfully migrated the text of my old typepad travel blog to wordpress. Unfortunately, the photo transfer was not successful. I just have broken links. ☹️ And now I can't even get into my typepad blog. ☹️ But at least I preserved the text part of my travel diary.
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social isn't going to like this
I have one, which I use to rip the CDs in the first place and load them online. But I don't really want to dig it out and attach it every time I want to play an album. I don't have a problem; I know what I'm going to do.
Thank you, but I actually have all the equipment I need to do it and I know how to do it. If I'm going to do it again I'll do it bit by bit in my own time while listening to the music.
The music I bought on iTunes should theoretically still be recoverable, I think, and I still own the CDs, so I can recreate the library on my drive. It's just a big pain in the butt. And seriously thinking, since I'm keeping the CDs, I should just buy a player.
Arrgh, the geek squad did not get either of my two messages asking them to please do a backup, so my music library is gone. I do still have the CDs. I'm debating just buying a CD player (mine went by the wayside long ago).
THIS IMAGE IS MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU ARE WEARING YOUR MONOCLE IMO
I'm also wondering why the Gorn lady is suddenly wearing clothes.
No worries. It's just a matter of time before it's renamed the Ministry of Peace.
One for each corgi and one for the humans. Got it.
Just saying, the Metrons need to get a fucking life. Putting individuals from two clashing species together just to see what happens sounds more "asshole" than "advanced" to me
Oh come on, the fucking METRONS?!?!
All the Italian food, obviously. So two wheels, minimum.
How much of that wheel is destined to be Corgi cheese?
Yeah, and we're talking Susie here.
Wait, am I invited? How much cheese do I need to bring?
Yes, well, that's fine when it works. Very often these days, you can't get a person at all.
I miss the days when you could get an actual customer service representative on the phone without endless circling through menus, etc.
I GUESS PAPA TOM WILL JUST HAVE TO PAY
They don't want to offer a legalistic argument about why it was somehow justified. They want this to be obviously and undeniably an act of wanton murder so they can flaunt their lawless impunity. Rubio doesn't want you to think it was legal, he wants you to think it doesn't matter it was illegal.
No, they're going to have to wipe it to get it working again. They told me as much. But when I was there I was stupidly thinking everything I had was backed up to the cloud and realized when I got home that that isn't true.
Except I told them there was no need to backup my hard drive & that was a bad decision. I was thinking everything was on One Drive, but I realized I was wrong I'm going to call first thing in the morning and hope I get to them in time. Meanwhile, I'm not going to sleep for worrying about it!
Shit, I'm not going to sleep thinking about my lost music library and whatever else may be on my hard drive. I need to call them first thing in the morning and hope it's not too late for them to do a backup. I'm always a "be on the safe side person"-- why didn't I ask them to do the backup??
I'm wondering if this is a sign that I should suck it up and get a music subscription. ☹️ Except that I like albums.
This is sick and a war crime.
?? How can I download 500 cds "better"? It's a buttload of boring work. I don't think there's a way to do it "better"
I have the CDs, because I'm old fashioned like that, so it's not like the music is lost forever. But it took me an eternity to get it all loaded on my computer. I hope to hell I can get them in time and ask them to do a backup after all.
Crap. I told Best Buy. They didn't need to back up my data because all my documents and photos were on OneDrive. Which is true. But I just remembered that my entire music library is on my hard drive. 😭 I need to call first thing in the morning and see if it's too late to have them do a backup. 1/2
And while it might be easy, I would need another computer to make the USB drive to reinstall it, since mine is broken. Also, I wasn't 100% sure what the problem was.
I am oddly comforted that in fact it was not something I could fix on my own and I wasn't just being a doofus. I kept thinking there must be some simple solution I was overlooking.
YOU HAVE A ZILLION DOLLAR GAMING COMPUTER
Repairable. $180. 😐 3-5 business days. Corrupted operating system.
@opheliasmarbles.bsky.social CAN I SACRIFICE YOU ? IT MIGHT SAVE PAPA TOM SOME MONEY MAYBE
ALSO SEND ME @radiofreetom.bsky.social 's PLATINUM CARD JUST IN CASE EVEN IF THE REPAIR IS POSSIBLE AND CHEAP THERE ARE OTHER THINGS HERE I COULD BUY
Okay guys, my Geek Squad appointment is in ten minutes. Everyone send good vibes to my poor sick laptop. 🥺
I don't do drugs and never have. But nonetheless, I'd rather have the drugs than this shit.
Damn it. Fuck you, Trump administration. Please support your local public television station if you can.
Oh God, it was all over Twitter. And I have the pleasure of having some Republican relatives who use it.
"Demonrats" is a term many unpleasant Republicans used for Democrats. Unfortunately.
bUt dEmOnRaTs hAtE bAbiEs God, I hate our government so much right now. These poor kids are never going to feel safe again.
THIS PERSON APPARENTLY KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT CONDITIONS IN THE PADDOCK
Honestly, it's worked brilliantly for me for the last 3 years. This is the first issue I've had. It just happens to be a doozy!
I'm not clear that it won't cost me an arm & a leg, tbh—it depends on what they diagnose. Replacing the operating system could cost a couple hundred dollars in which case I'll just buy a new laptop. But if they just need to reinstall Windows 11, It will likely only cost me $100, which is worth it.
Alas, my appointment is at 8:40 p.m., But there's just no way I'm going to find time to bring it in before evening anytime in the next couple of weeks ☹️
And bringing it into the Best Buy geek squad. Thoughts and prayers!
Heh, I'm just geeky enough that I knew how to retrieve my bitlocker key!
My only computer nerdy friend, by the way, is in another state and I think I need in-person help. My friends in the city are all considerably more clueless than I am when it comes to computers, unfortunately.