WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY-- AFTER TRYING TO EDUCATE ME ABOUT TEH DEVELOPEMENT OF ZIP CODES IN GENERAL --- I DID GET THIS #$%^&*&^% COMPUTER TO GIVE ME A FEW OF THE ZIP CODES OF TOWNS BETWEEN HERE AND CHICAGO-- HONESTLY... WITH COMPUTERS BEIONG SOOOOOO EFFICIENT AT SOME TINGS-- THEI EFFICIENCY GETS SIDETRACKED BY PROGRAMS WHO DON'T REALIZE IT IS A HIUMAN AT THE OTHER END...
TAKING IT FROM THE TOP.... YOU KNOW.....WE NEED 10 ROLLS OF 72" TWISTED WIRE ( NOT WELDED ) FENCING.
AGWAY- NOT ORDERING ANYMORE...
ESSEX COOP- JUST NOT AVAILABLE--
TRACTOR SUPPLY-- "AVAILABLE " IN THEIIR ONLINE CATALOG...- FREE PICK UP AT YOUR LOCAL STORE... ZIP 01938 -- GREAT !!!!
EXCEPT....... THE LOCAL STORE JUST GOT THIER "DISTRIBUTION TRUCKLOAD" FRON THE WAREHOUSE- AND DON'T EXPECT ANOTEHR FOR A MONTH (?REALLY?!) AND IF TEH DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSWE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IT COUDL BE 2 MONTHS ETC---- ?AFTER DOGFEST???? NEITHER THE LOCAL STORE MANAGER-- OR TRACTOR SUPPLY SALES IN ? TENNA? MADE ANY EFFORT TO GET ME ANY.
WHAT I GOT WAS......
PLEASE HANG UP AND GO AWAY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS IN THE CATALOG AND YOU CAN NOT GET IT SOONER THAN 2 MONTHS.
IT IS PROBABLY ONE LINE OF "COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CODE" -- WHEN YOU ASK ONLINE WHERE THIS STUFF MIGHT BE AVAILABLE YOU GET A LIST OF STORES TO WHICH THAT 01938 TRUCK DISTRIBUTES ----ALL OF WHICH SAAID "NOT AVAILABLE...." NOW IF THE PROGRAM WERE WRITTEN TO LIST ALL STORES IN AN EXPANDING CIRCLE UNTIL YOU HIT A STORE THAT HAD "AVAILABLE IN STORE" - THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE SALES...
I HAD TO DO MY OWN EXPANDING CIRCLE WHICH IS WHY I ENDED UP LOOKING FOR A BUNCH OF ZIP CODES --BEING A PESSIMIST AT TIMES... I STARTED WITH TEH FURTHEST... TELLING THE TRACTOR SUPPLY PROGRAM I LIVED IN CHICAGO ZIP XXXXX
THEYT HAD SOME IN THAT AREA... WELL HOW ABOUT PITTSBURG ZIP XXXXX-- AND TEHY HAD SOME-- SO ?ALBANY? -- THEN SPRINGFIELD? THEN WORCESTER? WHICH IS ONLY AN HOUR AWAY.....THEIR PROGRAM TOLD ME IF I LIVED IN WORCESTER, THERE WERE 2 TRACTOR SUPPLY PLACES BOTH OF WHICH HAD 10 ROLLS...
I ALMOST CUT OUT TRACTOR SPPLY AND BOUGHT IT FROM THE FACTORY AT $30 CHEAPER--- UNTIL I RAN INTO $2500 SHIPPING.
SO.... WITH BUD AS DRIVER- I HOPE THEY DO IN FACT HAVE 10 ROLLS AND T POSTS SO WE MIGHT BE IN BUSINESS LATER THIS WEEK..
I FINALLY OWN THE CORRECRT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO GO GET IT.. NAMELY MY HEAVY DUTY CAR AND THAT DUMP TRAILER-- ACTUALL;Y REG, INSURED, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS AND OPERATIONAL-- ALL THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR 50 YEARS.
WE MIGHT STILL BE POUNDING POSTS DURING DOG FEST.... MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A POST POUNDING COMPETITION AT DOG FEST AS PART OF OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM....!!
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ALL THE THINGS I HAVE MISSED FOR 50 YEARS......NOW THAT NEEDS THOUGHT-- MAYBE THAT IS WHY I SHOW SOME SLIGHT ABILITY TO JERRY RIG/FIX STUFF.
I CAN REMEMBER..... TIME WAS A TEENAGE BOY OWNED AN OLD JUNKIE CAR THAT HE CONSTANTLY HAD TO FIX- AS LONG AS THE BRAKES WORKED, HE WAS ON HIS OWN TO GET IT TO MOVE WITH ANY RELIABLILTY-- AFTER A COUPLE YEARS OF THAT , HE WAS A GOOD MECHANIC. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NOW.
HOW BAD IS IT??? I HAVE SEEN A CASE WHERE I TRIED TO GIVE OUR OLD AMBULANC TO A KID WHO NEVER HAD ENOUGH UUUMMMPPPHHHH TO TAKE OFF THE PERFECTLY GOOD TIRES BEFORE CALLING KARS FOR KIDS.
EXCEPT MAYBE IN CUBA....
EVERY TIME I SEE ANY FILM FROM THERE I NOTICE ANCIENT CARS-- MY ASSUMPTION IS THEY MUST HAVE SOME DARN GOOD MECHANICS THERE TO KEEP THEM RUNNING...
SOMETHIGN I DON;T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH OF HERE.
