This is totally off subject but needs to written because... well it just needs to be written.
I don't own or possess a cell phone, the wife does, but I don't. I don't need all the communication technology that everybody thinks they require. I see no need to be plugged in 24/7/365. I have a computer and know how to make it work. I have a land line that rings quite nicely with call waiting and caller ID.. If you want there is always E-Mail.
I didn't have a social network, didn't need a social network. If they had an Anti-social network I would probably belong to that.
I don't do Twitter, the only Tweets I have are at the bird feeder. Up until yesterday I didn't do Facebook or at least I thought I didn't do Facebook. Seems I had a Facebook account and didn't know it. Now I do.
So as I'm checking into this Account that I didn't know or realize I had. I'm getting these friend requests like I'm the concierge at the Ritz Carlton. Excuse Me, do I know you, I don't think so. Of the 3 to 4 hundred requests that I received I knew 2 people.
Then after sorting through that bucket of shit, they suggested that I should become friends with a whole gaggle of people of which I knew one and I wouldn't trust him alone with my dog, let alone allow him to be a friend on Facebook.
Now I've sorted, hunted and requested friends, family and anything else that would constitute a social network. I've set up my profile with minimal info, because like everything in my life, it ain't none of your f-----g business.
That was last night after I visited with some friends that claimed that Facebook was good stuff. They F-----g lied.
Today I have twice the amount of requests for friends, I know exactly how to lance a boil. I know that Lowe's is having a sale on Washers and Dryers. I found so and so was getting divorced, and threw out her husband. This Is Not Social Networking People, this is backyard Gossip best told over coffee at the back fence.
I would rather listen to the Play by Play of a golf match in Portuguese or possibly even subscribe to the National Enquirer than have somebody else's f-----g horoscope greet me every time I log on to the site.
If you find me on Facebook, Go away. If you need to find me, I'm in an antiquated thing called a f-----g Phone Book.
I will be Starting a new site for those that have had the same experience that I have. It will called, "Faceplant.com" and will include direct links to every Psychiatric hospital that is looking for the socially challenged. It will also provide your e-mail and personal information to every moron and imbecile that doesn't speak English and wants pictures of your dog humping your neighbors leg.
It will come in two versions Standard and Deluxe. In the Deluxe Version you will be provided with a bowl of Yak dung to plant your face in, the standard version will have no bowl.
I have seen the gates of Hell, and they led to Facebook.
PS Account Deactivated 11/9/09, 3:22PM EST
11/9/09
11/6/09
INTENT
The comments on the posting on the National Car Show Association seem to be keying on the fact that the Organization is tainted because of an individual. This in fact is not the intent.
The intent was to raise the question of whether we as hobbyist can support an organization that is based on closed door policies with no input from any hobbyist other than their cloistered little group.
To condemn an organization or group because of the individual or individuals has been practiced elsewhere with indifference and impertinence. This Blog will not do that now or in the future. We will not stoop that low.
Bringing to light the discrepencies that live in an organization that represents itself as an authority of our hobby was the intent.
The intent was to raise the question of whether we as hobbyist can support an organization that is based on closed door policies with no input from any hobbyist other than their cloistered little group.
To condemn an organization or group because of the individual or individuals has been practiced elsewhere with indifference and impertinence. This Blog will not do that now or in the future. We will not stoop that low.
Bringing to light the discrepencies that live in an organization that represents itself as an authority of our hobby was the intent.
11/5/09
Remember
Remember I told you to think about a good get together location during the winter, well I found a good one.
Da Vinci's in Lewiston does a brunch on Sunday Mornings that is to die for. You can order off the Menu or do the Brunch Buffet for $14.99 all you can eat. Which if you really think about it it is such a better deal than the usual Sunday $15.00 Cheap Ass Trophy.
They will cook you an Omelet on the spot adding in whatever ingredients you give them from the salad bar type selection, fresh cinnamon rolls, danish, bacon, eggs, sausage and way to much to think about. Thinking of waffles and pancakes with the rest of the menu is sensory overload.
The regular menu for breakfast or lunch is available to those hearty eaters.
We have got to do this at least once.
Sundays 10-2
Da Vinci's in Lewiston does a brunch on Sunday Mornings that is to die for. You can order off the Menu or do the Brunch Buffet for $14.99 all you can eat. Which if you really think about it it is such a better deal than the usual Sunday $15.00 Cheap Ass Trophy.
They will cook you an Omelet on the spot adding in whatever ingredients you give them from the salad bar type selection, fresh cinnamon rolls, danish, bacon, eggs, sausage and way to much to think about. Thinking of waffles and pancakes with the rest of the menu is sensory overload.
The regular menu for breakfast or lunch is available to those hearty eaters.
We have got to do this at least once.
Sundays 10-2
Something Fishy ???
Every time I visit a Blog or a site I always look for a contact spot just in case I have a question. With a blog its easy, you leave a comment and if its a good blog it will get posted or not depending on the verbiage used.
At this location you can comment or E-Mail if you wish, thus adding a little privacy to your content. At most web sites, big and small, you can hit the link that says contact us and an mail browser opens and your in. Usually within 48hrs., you get some type of response.
Organizations that are looking for members sometimes use this as an opportunity to recruit memberships and track your i/p address. A fairly common practice and your Junk mail usually gets increased very soon after. Some use it as a hole to throw mail at and never respond, just making you feel like you did your part by contacting them.
I belong to several Automobile Organizations, both local and national. All of them have some type of interaction via merchandise or e-mail or membership. All of them are open to anyone who wishes to either join them in membership, as long as they meet the criteria in some cases, or ask questions at anytime.
A national organization needs to do this to keep its integrity and public image above the level of exclusivity found in certain "Mens Social Clubs" of years gone bye.
A certain Web site that has been preached about and touted as the answer to all the trouble in Car Shows with classes etc does just the opposite. It keeps no point of contact. No e-mail address. No way to ask for help from them or offer our help to them. No way for anybody to join this organization or even if they offered a membership.
Any organization that keeps its doors closed to a greater cross section of the hobby that it supposedly supports only to remain exclusive to those that run the organization does not represent the feelings or beliefs of those who truly do support the hobby.
The organization in Question, the National Car Show Association. I support the criteria that this organization has established over the years as far as making car shows more fair and profitable. It has the potential of making an imprint on the hobby. It can not and will not as long as it keep this air of exclusivity. I will support any organization that allows the general opinions of the hobby to be heard, before, during and after any rule making or decisions. I will support an organization that hears these opinions even if I disagree with the final outcome. I can not support an organization that will not allow this either by choice or by default. This to me is not why this organization exists. It Should be for the greater good yet it seems to be only for the Greater Ego of those that tout the being of this organization.
This reeks, possibly of dead fish.
Tide Must be Out
At this location you can comment or E-Mail if you wish, thus adding a little privacy to your content. At most web sites, big and small, you can hit the link that says contact us and an mail browser opens and your in. Usually within 48hrs., you get some type of response.
Organizations that are looking for members sometimes use this as an opportunity to recruit memberships and track your i/p address. A fairly common practice and your Junk mail usually gets increased very soon after. Some use it as a hole to throw mail at and never respond, just making you feel like you did your part by contacting them.
I belong to several Automobile Organizations, both local and national. All of them have some type of interaction via merchandise or e-mail or membership. All of them are open to anyone who wishes to either join them in membership, as long as they meet the criteria in some cases, or ask questions at anytime.
A national organization needs to do this to keep its integrity and public image above the level of exclusivity found in certain "Mens Social Clubs" of years gone bye.
A certain Web site that has been preached about and touted as the answer to all the trouble in Car Shows with classes etc does just the opposite. It keeps no point of contact. No e-mail address. No way to ask for help from them or offer our help to them. No way for anybody to join this organization or even if they offered a membership.
Any organization that keeps its doors closed to a greater cross section of the hobby that it supposedly supports only to remain exclusive to those that run the organization does not represent the feelings or beliefs of those who truly do support the hobby.
The organization in Question, the National Car Show Association. I support the criteria that this organization has established over the years as far as making car shows more fair and profitable. It has the potential of making an imprint on the hobby. It can not and will not as long as it keep this air of exclusivity. I will support any organization that allows the general opinions of the hobby to be heard, before, during and after any rule making or decisions. I will support an organization that hears these opinions even if I disagree with the final outcome. I can not support an organization that will not allow this either by choice or by default. This to me is not why this organization exists. It Should be for the greater good yet it seems to be only for the Greater Ego of those that tout the being of this organization.
This reeks, possibly of dead fish.
Tide Must be Out
11/3/09
Yes, No, Maybe, None of the Above
Phone rings, a political message from the Vote Yes to Ban Political Messages That Interrupt My Dinner. Phone again, poll on which way I will vote in the 2012 election for Street Sweeper in downtown Shitsville. Phone rings, Survey from a Virginia Based Company asking if Gay penguins should be allowed to wear lace panties, I say sure why not the Governor does. Ring ring, Major Arnold Cupcake asking me to vote yes on #345, rejecting the right to privacy in your bathroom during a bowell movement. Phones rings, Governor stating why he wears lace panties, mentions a skinny ass and comfort. Phone again, Barkat Yomama asking for my support in the Presidential race in Outer Mongolia. Ring Rang, my mother, wanting to know if I voted.
Not yet, been busy answering the phone all day.
Not yet, been busy answering the phone all day.
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