This is just a hunch, but I believe that the tax people haven’t embraced the online access model. Sure, there’s lip service, in a website. There’s also a help desk, staffed by people who may not know much geography, but they’re willing to ask questions.
posted in technology | Comments Off on A false sense of secrecy | 305 words
The expectation is simple; when you are left alone in the house, for more than an afternoon, there are chores. Nothing too difficult, although the dog has proved to be hopeless as an assistant. Pick up his “lost” hair, although we both know exactly where to find it – everywhere. Make the bed. Don’t leave anything where it wasn’t when you were put in charge.
posted in humour, technology | Comments Off on But did you see me wave? | 289 words
The missing power cable for my transceiver has really bothered me. I know, yesterday I went so far as to order another one, but the transaction was held up awaiting a quote for postage fees. And in the meantime, my subconscious remained in process mode.
posted in technology, Wx | Comments Off on Search mode now off | 268 words
Sometime, just after dawn, I girded up my emotions and waved goodbye. The car is now at destination, and I’m busy putting order in the debris. Simple stuff; loads of laundry, bags of the bits left behind on desktops and in drawers. A year in the life.
posted in technology, travel | Comments Off on Transplant test | 311 words
The warning light on the dashboard let me know that there was imminent danger. Without replacement, our whole way of life might be affected. Yes, the odour filter on our icebox was due for change.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Duly warned | 257 words
Some folks love to drive. When the request came in, this morning, to consider how long the grass was starting to be, I did the necessary. I pulled the great green beast out of storage in the garage. I filled the reservoir with a fresh purchase of supreme. I left the key in a visible location (in my hand). And then I sat back and watched.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Drive in concentric patterns | 251 words
Pardon me… I was distracted and failed to see the day disappearing from the mental calendar. How else to explain that I’m in the “fifteen minutes to midnight” slot, trying to post.
posted in technology | Comments Off on The wind doth blow | 257 words
Turned down an invitation to go on a field trip this evening, in the woods. Not sure why, but there’s a niggling memory of a book that I haven’t read, in the CanLit section of the local library, called “I Heard The Owl Call My Name”. I’m unwilling to take the chance of a) hearing my name called, and b) running off in terror, and c) colliding with a large tree in the dark. Life is too short to take unnecessary risks.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Back in the drawer | 261 words
Just wondering: how many really wrong things does a government have to do before we move to open revolt?
posted in economy, technology | Comments Off on In a Roku mood | 255 words
Today, an informal conversation took an unexpected turn. To my advantage, I have to add. For the past year (almost), I’ve had to accept that access to a new ophthalmologist might prove challenging. I decided “to beard the lion in his den”, so to speak, and showed up in the office of a local specialist. Of course, there’s always a gatekeeper: think school secretary, for a similar approach to the world. I presented my case, and she gave her rebuttal. No entrance to the inner circle without a referral…
posted in health, technology | Comments Off on An unsolicited referral | 276 words
