Crabs and Beer

Nov

2021

MONDAY!!

Today’s holiday is Republic Day in Brazil,commemorating November 15, 1889 when a military coup overthrew Emperor Dom Pedro II and declared the Republic of Brazil.

Semiotics:

I wonder how much it would cost in USA to fix this without insurance... Probably around $60,000 at least.

Sorry, but I need to vent! I recently experienced the WORST customer service today at a local store.

I don’t want to mention the name of the store because I’m not sure how I’m going to proceed.
Yesterday I bought something from this store. I paid cash for it.

I took it home and found out it didn’t work.

So today, less than 24 hours later I took it back to the store and asked if I could get a refund.
The girl working at the store told me “Sorry but NO” even though I still had the receipt.

I then asked if I could get a replacement instead?
Again this person told me emphatically, “NO.”

I then asked to talk to a manager as I was really not happy and I explained that I had just bought the item, had got it home and it didn’t work.

The manager just smiled and had the audacity to tell me to my face that I was “OUT OF LUCK.”
No refund.

No FREE replacement.

Grrrrrrrrr.

I’ll tell you what…I am NEVER buying another Lottery Ticket from there again.

Today is the birthday, in 1931, of Clyde McPhatter from The Drifters.

Nov

2021

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Today is Independence Day in Angola. After a long and bloody war, Portugal granted Angola independence on November 12, 1975. The United States did not recognize the Angolan government for another 18 years because we thought they were evil commies.

A little irony…

Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Neil Young, Canadian singer, song-writer and activist. He performed both individually and with a number of bands – Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and so forth. I was a bit torn this morning about which video to post, so here are two – Ohio written by him and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Heart of Gold performed by him and a backup band at Farm Aid. I like Heart of Gold but Ohio is so wrenching and brings back such memories….

Nov

2021

THURSDAY

Today is Armistice Day in many countries commemorating the armistice which ended the First World War. It is celebrated as ‘Armistice Day ‘ in most francophone countries, ‘Remembrance Day’ in many of the British Commonwealth countries and ‘Veterans’ Day’ in the US and US dependencies.

This sort of thing is why I'm wary of happiness-based macroeconomic measures.

Today is the birthday, in 1938, of Roger Lavern, keyboardist for The Tornados who had this 1962 hit.

Nov

2021

WEDNESDAY!

Today’s holiday is ‘Shout in Villa de Los Santos’. It is a holiday that commemorates the beginning of Panama’s struggle to break free from Spanish rule when a young woman in Villa de Los Santos realized most of the Spanish soldiers had departed to fight in Ecuador and she shouted “Viva la Libertad” and the citizens seized the Spanish barracks igniting the fight for independence.