...my family ethnicity is mostly ulster scot, english/celt/french mutts who emigrated stateside before the american revolution; i've worked crews where i was the only english speaker and they all presumed i was argentinian...
...yeah, my wife tells me some stations have started disabling the two-o'clock mute button; haven't encountered one yet but the day i do is the day i start carrying an icepick to mute those speakers the old-fashioned way...
...i place amazon orders maybe a half-dozen times per year, typically hard-to-find specialty items from manufacturers who only offer an amazon storefront...
...on christmas eve, federal express delivered a structural modelling kit i ordered from brasil two years ago; on boxing day they submitted a $400 invoice for the related tarriff + brokerage fees...
...at the time, the supreme court ruling was expected shortly after the holiday, so i was in no rush to pay an invoice likely to be voided and unlikely to be refunded, and i waited as the court delayed judgement over the next six weeks...in the six weeks between delivery of my package and the court ruling, federal express have sent me six invoices which remain unopened, that's six past-due notices for a unilateral invoice less than sixty days old...
...i appreciate that they delivered my package on account of shipping fees i paid two years ago, i appreciate that this administration put them in a tough spot and i wish them well with their legal remediation, but i have no intention to pay an illegitimate invoice unlikely ever to be refunded to me as an individual...
...my family ethnicity is mostly ulster scot, english/celt/french mutts who emigrated stateside before the american revolution; i've worked crews where i was the only english speaker and they all presumed i was argentinian...