Turned down four job offers
They die. They get killed. Today, for the first time in my life, one quit. Holy smoke!
Yes, the Pontiff has announced that he wishes to retire. Given his age (allegedly eighty-five), I agree that he has gone beyond the “Freedom Fifty-five” that certain financial institutions have offered to their congregation. The question remains: What do you do when you are the only retired pope in the world? Hard to join a club, or even get a foursome together for a round of golf. You can stamp collect, I guess. The rare Vatican ones are available at a good price, I bet.
Back to reality. After turning down four job offers today (I don’t want to wear Peter’s ring), I tried to do something that will probably require divine intervention… convince Dell to replace a broken laptop screen, for free. Remember, a miracle can happen, and two is grounds for sainthood. Ain’t going to happen, this time around. Although the screen looked OK while the power was off, once booted the level of damage was clear. I added to the already stacked deck by forwarding a photo to their technical department. Not a flaw in fabrication.
The estimate is $200, with local (meaning me) labour. Still cheaper than a new laptop for the school board, but the idea of damage insurance might be a thought in future. This is a laptop, and the user is human. Do the math.
Given that we received about 2 cm of snow this afternoon, I want a rational explanation for the two hour bus ride from there to here. No, I couldn’t have walked any faster, but the margin is shrinking.
