My desktop pc was slowing down, and at the same time my virus protection was coming up for renewal. So I went to the AVG website, and there was a wonderful looking programme for $54.99 that sounded as if it would also give me a super fast - practically new - computer, as well as virus protection, including Firewall.......... the Works. So I get out the credit card and download it.
Now I don't know how many times I have been told I don't need to pay for virus protection, there are plenty of free programmes. But what can I say? I know I am a sucker. The programme downloaded and to my dismay, consternation, chagrin, panic, the computer went from rather slow to practically crashing. However, it was able to display all sorts of packages which, in addition to my $54.99, would give me the fast, practically new, computer I was craving. But I am not that much of a sucker.
I had noted that I could get a refund of my virus protection if I applied within 30 days. So thought I would probably do that, but first would take it to my best friend James, at Staples.
I asked James to download a free virus protection when he'd finished tuning it up, explaining I had paid for the AVG virus protection, and now had their fee to pay as well He murmured that their fee wouldn't be very much, and when I picked it up he had left the virus protection I'd paid for and said he wasn't charging me for what he did, as it really wasn't much work, there weren't any viruses. I think there is a little pity, or compassion, going on here.
I've discovered there are two kinds of Americans here in the south. Overwhelmingly, there are those like James, or Kevin, or Terry, who are kind, and will go the extra mile for this little old, English woman, and there's the minority who are bigoted and prejudiced towards gays, blacks and foreigners alike, who give me short shrift, but I encounter them mainly when I am making phone calls, which I don't very often, and not if I can help it.
Our Kiwanis speaker this morning was the Chief of the Citizen Pottawatomie Tribe who talked about their history. Which was a relief as their war with the City over sales tax is still ongoing, and we really didn't want to hear any more about it. He couldn't resist adding a little bit at the end though.
This week's scandal on the freed pow (or whatever he is) is ongoing and getting worse for Obama, especially as Democrats are also beginning to join in the outrage. Six of this guy's former comrades - back in the States, so are no longer serving and having to keep their mouths shut - have been on television saying there was no doubt he deserted, he was opposed to the war they were fighting and walked off the base. Democrats are desperately trying to deny it, insisting he had served with 'distinction and honour' and had been captured. But the people around him at the time, like former comrades, obviously have a better idea of the truth, I would have thought, than anyone else.
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