Walmart to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft

[Lenona]

Walmart Set to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/walmart-set-to-close-all-stores-in-portland-amid-record-breaking-retail-theft/

Walmart announced its plan to close its final two locations in Portland, Ore., at the end of March following underwhelming financial results.

“We have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations,” the corporation said in a statement according to KPTV. “While our underlying business is strong, these specific stores haven’t performed as well as we hoped.”

The closures, which will result in nearly 600 employees being laid off, come after a statement by Walmart CEO Doug McMillion in December 2022 noting that record-breaking retail theft had undercut the company’s economic performance of late.

“Theft is an issue. It’s higher than what it has historically been,” McMillon told CNBC. Prices “will be higher and/or stores will close,” the executive added if Oregon authorities failed to address rampant shoplifting.

Companies shuttering stores in Portland has become increasingly common. Last year a clothing store, Raind PDX, shut down operations with the company specifically citing the cost of doing business in the wake of historic retail theft.

“Small businesses (and large) cannot sustain doing business, in our city’s current state. We have no protection, or recourse, against the criminal behavior that goes unpunished,” a letter posted on the company’s store read. “Our city is in peril.”

In a similar vein, Nike and Cracker Barrel locations closed in 2022 with companies citing similar reasons.

“We consider many factors, including current and projected financial performance, location, population, customer needs, and the proximity of other nearby stores when making these difficult decisions. Our focus right now is taking care of our associates during this transition and working with our customers to transition their pharmacy, and other, shopping needs to nearby stores,” a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

[Thomas Joseph]

Lenona wrote:

> Walmart Set to Close All Stores in Portland amid Record-Breaking Retail Theft

Now they can go strictly internet where they can become retail thieves like most companies that don't have to deal with customers face to face. No phone numbers. More and more inaccessible. Not picking on Walmart - I used them a lot in my time - I'm referring to just about all companies in existence. Some people love it, or claim to. Buying something you've used before from a company that seems to have some loyalty, that's different. But buying clothes without being able to feel them or look at them unclose, I don't like it one bit. That's one more vote for thrift stores. It's brutally competitive out there and it's almost scary. So let's put all retail workers out of business. Not so bad, they have a safety net - they can become telemarketers. Man what a stressful ugly job that's got to be. No matter what they're selling.

If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 02:33:44 -0800 (PST), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

>If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying

So where do you buy groceries and stuff?

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying


> So where do you buy groceries and stuff?

In stores, of course. Not everything can go the internet route.
There are food product commercials on TV. But speaking just
for myself I feel immune to them. It's not a hard sell like clothes,
fashion and so forth where upgrading is the biggest theme. The
worst form of marketing is not what they sell as much as the way
they take good reliable and popular stuff off the shelves to force
people to buy new and improved crap. I don't go for it. It just
amazes me that people are all into internet shopping. They say,
"What are you complaining about, you can always return it." Well,
not always, not with free shipping anyway. People who are into
it don't see how much it sucks because it hasn't affected them yet.
Their experiences so far have been good with shopping over the
web. But if they live long enough you can bet many who clamor
for it today will learn over time to despise it. Depends on their
financial status. My motto still stands. If you have to sell it it's
not worth buying.

[Thomas]

I order every day online, no complaints.
https://postimg.cc/sMxR9mxR
This is Amazon only for 2022. Over 70 so far in 2023.
Yesterday had a stationary bike and a cb-weather radio delivered.
Far cheaper than driving to buy.

[Gary]

Thomas wrote:
> I order every day online, no complaints.
> https://postimg.cc/sMxR9mxR
> This is Amazon only for 2022. Over 70 so far in 2023.
> Yesterday had a stationary bike and a cb-weather radio delivered.
> Far cheaper than driving to buy.

You're definitely getting your moneys worth from Amazon Prime but what's
up with all the daily ordering?

You sound just as nutty as the rest of us here. ;)

[Lenona]

I didn't post this topic.

[jmcquown]

On 3/5/2023 10:03 AM, Lenona wrote:
> I didn't post this topic.

I understand your reaction; forgers are assholes. Still, if you hadn't
replied to it I wouldn't have seen it or the other forged posts. :(

Jill

[%]

Tough titties, biotch.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 3/5/2023 5:33 AM, Thomas Joseph wrote:
Buying something you've used before from a company that seems to have
some loyalty, that's different. But buying clothes without being able to
feel them or look at them unclose, I don't like it one bit.

That I mostly agree with. I do buy some clothes on line, but they are
from a store I bought from in the past and I buy the same items, just
different style and color.

[Ed Pawlowski]

In the past three months I placed five orders. Two of the five were
gifts delivered to others far away, so, three for me.

Maybe Thomas has 2 eggs delivered every morning for breakfast. I can't
imagine buying that much "stuff" in the past six weeks or so.

[GM]

Lessee, let me check here on Amazon:

- 18 orders placed so far in 2023

- 203 placed in 2022

I've also got some online orders from Squall Mart, but not nearly as many as Amazon...

--
GM

[Ed Pawlowski]

I did 30, but again, seven of those were gifts shipped elsewhere

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 03:23:27 -0800 (PST), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bruce wrote:
>
>> If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying
>
>
>> So where do you buy groceries and stuff?
>
>
>In stores, of course.

But "if you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying". Yet you buy it.

>Not everything can go the internet route.
>There are food product commercials on TV. But speaking just
>for myself I feel immune to them. It's not a hard sell like clothes,
>fashion and so forth where upgrading is the biggest theme. The
>worst form of marketing is not what they sell as much as the way
>they take good reliable and popular stuff off the shelves to force
>people to buy new and improved crap. I don't go for it. It just
>amazes me that people are all into internet shopping. They say,
>"What are you complaining about, you can always return it." Well,
>not always, not with free shipping anyway. People who are into
>it don't see how much it sucks because it hasn't affected them yet.
>Their experiences so far have been good with shopping over the
>web. But if they live long enough you can bet many who clamor
>for it today will learn over time to despise it. Depends on their
>financial status. My motto still stands. If you have to sell it it's
>not worth buying.

I haven't had many bad experiences yet with buying over the Internet.
The only thing is that delivery here in the sticks can be slow. We've
gotta think ahead a bit.

[Thomas]

Bought washcloths and a cb antenna 5 minutes ago.

[Thomas]

And both items are considered one order.

[Bruce]

Seems like a form of hoarding. Is that the same Thomas who was
recently talking about getting rid of a lot of old stuff? And then he
orders the next generation of old stuff.

[Thomas]

That's the one.
No hoarding at all. If hoarding I would have kept the old stuff.
The older stuff was inferior to new stuff. Little things like pots and pans. Out with the old.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 12:56:46 -0800 (PST), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Sure, but more than one order a day, on average, seems a bit much.

[Thomas]

Perhaps but the only thing I shop in store for is fresh food.
Things like spices, toiletries, clothing, car parts and tires all online. This samsung tablet, wife's laptop, tv's on the wall...

[Ed Pawlowski]

Upgrading some things makes sense, times change in many aspects,
financially, skills and ability wise. Good tools can make a job easier.

I'm doing the opposite. Getting rid of stuff no longer used for various
reasons, mostly life simplified.

Not too simple. I drink my wine from a crystal glass.

[Hank Rogers]

Damn, I bet you see lots of folks rummaging through your trash for
the "old" stuff you throw out.

[Thomas]

I label the trash.
"This coffee maker works"
This HP laser printer works...

[Hank Rogers]

Mike Trew is probably heading your way right now!

[Thomas]

Full size Gibson 16 cubic ft freezer for the take. It works just fine.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:

> I order every day online, no complaints.
> https://postimg.cc/sMxR9mxR
> This is Amazon only for 2022. Over 70 so far in 2023.
> Yesterday had a stationary bike and a cb-weather radio delivered.
> Far cheaper than driving to buy.

You just don't want to believe that it's all about finance. It may
seem cheaper, but some people can't afford long distance trial
and error to buy everyday items such as underwear and so forth.
I'm not saying you're rich, but if you order every day on line you're
in a different sphere from me and loads of others. I don't care.
Buy away. I'm glad you like it. If things start going downhill, which
they will in time (just like before), depending on your finances you
may be whistling a different tune when you want to discuss an
issue that can be resolved only by personal conversation with
an actual human being and all you get are machines. I'm not
trying to change anyone. Couldn't even if I wanted to. Just
saying I don't care for the direction. Sometimes I hope these
things go down just for spite or hope that maybe people will
learn their lesson. But they never do so it's a waste to find myself
wishing bad on them although I admit sometimes I do.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 15:14:39 -0800 (PST), Thomas <cano...@gmail.com>

Better keep any children and pets inside and step back, Thomas. He
might not be able to brake in time.

[Thomas Joseph]

Gary wrote:

> You sound just as nutty as the rest of us here. ;)

You mean just as openly materialistic. Most conversations in
this group turn eventually to the latest gadgetry which turn
into debates over what's the best one to buy, etc. I guess
everyone is materialistic to some extent, me included. I
want some of the things other people have, I just don't want
to kill myself working for them. I want to hit the lottery but
I don't want to buy the ticket.

Gary, you should not ridicule Thomas for making daily
purchases. You should think before you talk. For all you
know Thomas could be confined to a wheelchair or even
an iron lung and has to have everything delivered including food.
No really, the "I buy every day" thing is kind of funny.

[Thomas]

It is. I make 21 bucks a hour. My credit rating is above 840, the highest I have ever seen.
My wife gets a very meager disability payment.
No loans, own our house and cars. Never paid interest on a card.
Finance IS what I know about. You get chinese takeout, I cook it at home.
Little things. I pay 1.50 for Degree deodorant, you might pay 4.
Spend wisely All the time and you can have nice things. HE has nice things or I have nice things. My call, not the restaurant owner.

[Thomas Joseph]

Lenona wrote:

> I didn't post this topic.

He is not alone when it comes to copying and pasting usually
political articles, but when I first saw the post, from formatting
alone I thought it was a GM product. But I responded anyway.
Plus I like GM. He seems an honest guy. As a result he should
post his own opinions more often, not the words of others. It
may seem selfish but I tend to respond to the topic more than the
author most of the time.

[Thomas]

Funny,

Thomas could be confined to a wheelchair or eve

I am disabled from a fall but never missed going to work. I get up at 03.35 tomorrow. I work on a dock.
I walk in pain but hide it well.

[Thomas Joseph]

I agree. I even mentioned that, dealing with reputable companies whose
products you know well. Even they can change. And they do. Plus the
marketing - it makes me sick. I don't mind commercials for new things,
that's the American way. But I don't like when companies purposely take
older proven products off the shelves to make room for new but never
improved bullshit.

Everyone has a budget of some kind, even multi millionaires. But mine
is low, very low. I don't care if prices are raised as long as they stay in
my bracket. For example, I'm looking for long johns - the cheapies from
Hanes, used to be about $12 a pair. These and other items that were
mainstays for some time are now hard to find. Somebody should open
a store whose sole purpose is to demonstrate stuff sold on-line. People
come in and view the merchandise up close and personal before making
a decision. But even that is doomed to fail as the stuff they see at the
showcase stores is of higher quality than the stuff being sold on the web.
I made that up. But that is the nature of sales. Lots of bullshit. I've bought
used stuff most of my life. You have to get lucky. And it happens. Some
real high quality stuff in thrift stores sometimes. But you have to go regularly,
and lately I do not. You can't just walk in expected to find what you need. You
have to buy good practical things when you get a chance, even if it means
buying clothes in springtime for next winter. Basically I have spent my entire
life looking for a good self made uniform. I'm not talking about an actual
uniform or Jack LaLanne style jumpsuit. I'm talking about my own style.
But even that is hard to maintain as things change. I am sick of hunting
for common everyday stuff and am ready to live in rags if I have to. In
fact I suppose in the eyes of some I'm already there.

"Hey man, I'm a model - I can make rags look good."

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:
Thomas Joseph:

> If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying

> But "if you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying". Yet you buy it.

Your word games are childish and boring. You like to twist
words to create arguments. When I walk into a food store
and buy some food I don't see that as them selling me something.
You know very well when I say sell I'm talking about hard sell
ads like we see on TV. Of course the food market doesn't give
food away, it sells it. I'm not talking about charging for services
and products, I'm talking about selling. Most products - not all
but most - reached their peak shortly after they first came out.
All the new and improved crap is marketing and it's heating up
and looks like all hell is ready to break loose.

You know what I mean, so please stop playing the word games
or at least take it to a higher level. Thanks.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:

> The older stuff was inferior to new stuff. Little things like pots and pans. Out with the old.

Same old bum in a new set of clothing.

[Thomas Joseph]

I talked with Mike only minutes ago. He was in his car. It had
broken down. He told me he was on his way to rummage the
trash and tried to get ahold of Thomas but couldn't. He says
he needs to buy another car in order to get to the trash bin.
This will take all the money he has at the moment. So he
says he'll go back to work and save up before he heads for
the Thomas Trash Bucket again.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:

> It is. I make 21 bucks a hour. My credit rating is above 840, the highest I have ever seen.
> My wife gets a very meager disability payment.
> No loans, own our house and cars. Never paid interest on a card.
> Finance IS what I know about. You get chinese takeout, I cook it at home.
> Little things. I pay 1.50 for Degree deodorant, you might pay 4.
> Spend wisely All the time and you can have nice things. HE has nice things or I have nice things. My call, not the restaurant owner.

It is hard for me to convince people that I am not driven by
envy when I come down on marketing and those who go for
it. I just think it's stupid or at least definitely not for me. I
am a wise spender. And I do make my own food. You may
find it hard to believe but I haven't used soap in the shower
for years. I wash thoroughly, probably more so that most
who just go through the motions with high cost germ
killing lathers and so forth. They use shampoo then
complain of dandruff, so they buy anti dandruff shampoo.
Or the shampoo - which they absolutely need - causes their
hair to fall apart requiring them to buy hair conditioner. One
purchase demands another. Kind of like going to a doctor
to be cured and coming away each trip with something
even worse. It's funny. But yes sometimes it does piss me
off.

[Thomas]

Splurge on an Anchor Hocking measuring cup.

https://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Hocking-4901-Measuring-Cup/dp/B002NS2XF2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2GD1YTK2V4DRH&keywords=anchor+hocking+8+oz+measuring+cup&qid=1678061029&sprefix=anchor+hocking+8%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-2

2.77 but you must have patience.
I can recommend some soap too.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:
Thomas Joseph wrote:

> Thomas could be confined to a wheelchair or............

> I am disabled from a fall but never missed going to work. I get up at 03.35 tomorrow. I work on a dock. I walk in pain but hide it well.

I was just kidding of course. But let's face the truth. Cripples
are humans. They need things too. Wow, what a setup that
would be, a really rich crip' in a wheelchair with a remote in
his hand buying everything he sees on QVC when he's not
buying on the web.

Oh, tough guy huh? Working the docks. Of course on the docks you
have to hide your pain well, otherwise you could be seen as a target.
The walking wounded. Nope, when you're on the docks you gotta
walk tall and proud with that grappling hook in your hand. Tell you
the truth, I hated work more than anyone I ever knew. But when I
went to work I really worked, I didn't play at it. Just cause a guy
hates work doesn't mean he can't be good at it. Or in my case great.

[dsi1]

Being able to hide pain is a good skill to have. I can do that - or maybe I don't feel pain. My dentist was stumped when I wasn't feeling the pain he was expecting when he was working on my teeth. He called me later in the evening and asked me how I was feeling. I told him "pretty good." There was dead silence on the phone. It was not the answer he was expecting. Ha ha that was pretty weird.
The docks is a hard place to work. Make sure to pack some heat with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BEJAnAYcFA

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:

> Splurge on an Anchor Hocking measuring cup.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Hocking-4901-Measuring-Cup/dp/B002NS2XF2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2GD1YTK2V4DRH&keywords=anchor+hocking+8+oz+measuring+cup&qid=1678061029&sprefix=anchor+hocking+8%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-2
>
> 2.77 but you must have patience.
> I can recommend some soap too.

I have two measuring cups here from the dollar store. They are for
4 cups. They work. When I talk about buying stuff at the thrift store
or not using soap it does not always relate to finance. Not using soap
is something I arrived at through experience. I had an uncle who was
a very clean and practical guy who told me he never uses soap in the
shower. I went for years not using soap on my head or face, just
water. Then one day I "made the splurge" and went all the way within
days I could tell it was the way to go. I don't buy everything at the
dollar store, but I swear to God some of their stuff is not only as good
but sometimes even superior to known stuff. Plus they also sell known
stuff sometimes. I don't shop, I go in with a list. But my eyes are open.
Their hand sanitizer is as good or better than most known brands. They
also sell a soap called Pears that to me is way better than the Neutrogena
I used years ago in my 20s. I'm not a total cheapie. I buy only wool socks,
about $20 a pair, but they're worth it in many ways. Get mid to high
weight merino wool socks to provide good padding for the cheapest
pair of canvas shoes you can find. I'm a practical guy but the marketers
are making it tough on me. The bastards. And I get no sympathy from
anyone, not even you.

[Thomas]

I have high dollar utensils, this is my favorite, most used.
5 bucks. Cheap can be way better. I bought a few sets for giveaways to friends who cook.
They love them too.
https://postimg.cc/gwfz4wHd

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 15:51:33 -0800 (PST), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bruce wrote:
>Thomas Joseph:
>
>
>> If you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying
>
>
>> But "if you gotta sell it it ain't worth buying". Yet you buy it.
>
>
>Your word games are childish and boring. You like to twist
>words to create arguments.

I didn't twist anything. I quoted you literally.

>When I walk into a food store
>and buy some food I don't see that as them selling me something.

Oh, selling as in advertising, promoting, shoving in your face. If an
apple is humbly idling at a grocer's and you buy it, the grocer isn't
"selling" it to you.

>You know very well when I say sell I'm talking about hard sell
>ads like we see on TV. Of course the food market doesn't give
>food away, it sells it. I'm not talking about charging for services
>and products, I'm talking about selling. Most products - not all
>but most - reached their peak shortly after they first came out.
>All the new and improved crap is marketing and it's heating up
>and looks like all hell is ready to break loose.

Not everything is marketing. Some things are better now than they used
to be. Just use your brain and you can tell the difference, most of
the time.

>You know what I mean, so please stop playing the word games
>or at least take it to a higher level. Thanks.

I didn't realise that when you said 'selling', you didn't mean
'selling'. I think I can be forgiven.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 16:17:41 -0800 (PST), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Thomas wrote:
>Thomas Joseph wrote:
>
>> Thomas could be confined to a wheelchair or............
>
>
>> I am disabled from a fall but never missed going to work. I get up at 03.35 tomorrow. I work on a dock. I walk in pain but hide it well.
>
>
>I was just kidding of course. But let's face the truth. Cripples
>are humans. They need things too.

Have you been hanging out with Dave Smith?

[Bruce]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 16:30:56 -0800 (PST), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Thomas wrote:
>
>> Splurge on an Anchor Hocking measuring cup.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Hocking-4901-Measuring-Cup/dp/B002NS2XF2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2GD1YTK2V4DRH&keywords=anchor+hocking+8+oz+measuring+cup&qid=1678061029&sprefix=anchor+hocking+8%2Caps%2C209&sr=8-2
>>
>> 2.77 but you must have patience.
>> I can recommend some soap too.
>
>
>I have two measuring cups here from the dollar store. They are for
>4 cups. They work.

That's good to know.

[Michael Trew]

On 3/5/2023 17:46, Hank Rogers wrote:
> Thomas wrote:

Eh, just a little too far.

[Bryan Simmons]

Surely you don't pay $1.50 for the *unscented* Degree. The
other makes a guy smell he sucks the choad for a living. A
guy I used to work with said, "I'm not saying that everyone
who wears Axe is a child molester, but all child molesters
wear Axe." We buy this:
https://www.amazon.com/350714-Wholesale-AVON-DEODORANT-UNSCENTED/dp/B07G7F12JH

--Bryan

[Ed P]

We shower and use soap.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas wrote:

> I have high dollar utensils, this is my favorite, most used.
> 5 bucks. Cheap can be way better. I bought a few sets for giveaways to friends who cook.
> They love them too.
> https://postimg.cc/gwfz4wHd

This is a used Mac and doesn't always take me where I want to go
with links. Mostly to a sight that says, "Not Secure", or something
like that. So I am sorry, I cannot see your utensil now. Show me
yours, I'll show you mine. Yes, no doubt about it, "you get what
you pay for" does not always apply. In today's world even less so.
I am not a saver of things. But about 30 years ago I bought my
first bottle of hand sanitizer. Purell. I still have the bottle today.
It only cost a few bucks back then but it was sturdily made. Thick
plastic with a push up/push down cap that still works to this day.
I have been filling that same bottle with dollar store sanitizer for
years. I am not a shopper. I dread the hunt. But I have shopped
enough to have seen some really inexpensive stuff that for whatever
reason is as good as or even better than expensive stuff. And I'm
not even looking. In fact most of the time the best stuff comes
along when we're not looking I have noticed.

[Thomas]

2 pack 4.59 less 1.25 coupon - 3.34.
Close to a buckfiddy delivered.

[Thomas]

6 pack 1.59 each. Less with subscribe.
I post pics instead of a link because I thing the link goes to my account.
It is 'cool rush' 2.7 oz
https://postimg.cc/DJmTYj9t

[Michael Trew]

On 4/9/2023 2:21, Thomas Joseph wrote:
> Thomas wrote:
>
>> I have high dollar utensils, this is my favorite, most used.
>> 5 bucks. Cheap can be way better. I bought a few sets for giveaways to friends who cook.
>> They love them too.
>> https://postimg.cc/gwfz4wHd
>
>
> This is a used Mac and doesn't always take me where I want to go
> with links. Mostly to a sight that says, "Not Secure", or something
> like that. So I am sorry, I cannot see your utensil now.

The "Post Img" site is very basic, and works on any old computer that I
try. It will probably work for you. The "IMGUR" and "FLICKR" that some
people post with don't like my older computer, either.

BTW, I sent you an e-mail message, but you never replied. Perhaps it
didn't go through.

[Bruce]

I bet ThoJo doesn't like email.
<https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/834375176334741504/xU4VKBQj_400x400.jpg>

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> Not everything is marketing. Some things are better now than they used
> to be. Just use your brain and you can tell the difference, most of
> the time.

Name a few. Of course some things are better, lots of electronic
stuff for example. I'm talking about moderately priced practical
clothing - socks and shoes and so forth. All they can do to stay
in business is come out with new and improved garbage. It gets
worse. Of course I don't know your financial status, but for me
I really can't afford the game anymore. Shoes are the best example.
Other than toothpaste. Nobody's going to convince me that suddenly
a toothpaste comes from out of nowhere that does stuff no older
toothpaste can do - other than turn your mouth into a toxic dump.
Shoes are ever changing. I suppose it all depends on one's financial
level. For stuff within my price range - and I'm willing to go just a
bit higher if necessary - things never improve and tend in fact to
go downhill. Or the stuff is removed from the shelves entirely and
replaced by new and improved garbage they're trying to hawk. I'm
not going to argue it. I've been around a little longer than you. Don't
like using that as some kind of excuse to win an argument - because
there is no argument - because I'm sick of arguing with people -
especially instigators like you. But I admit you could be right about
some things improving. Like me. I improve with age. Like a fine
wine. Or like the stench of a puddle of wino puke baking in the
noon day sun.

[Thomas Joseph]

Michael Trew wrote:

> BTW, I sent you an e-mail message, but you never replied. Perhaps it
> didn't go through.

I check my email every day. I could have misread it, but I doubt it.
You may have my address wrong. Or typed in in wrong. I don't know.
Here it is................ jazee...@gmail.com
Yes, I know the Img site is easy to get to. But for this genius - in
much the same way they say Einstein couldn't tie his own shoe
laces, what you find simple could be very complex for me. I am a
low class genius. The high class guys take complex things and
make them simple. I take simple things and make them complex.
Thanks for the post. If you could, try sending again. Thanks.

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> I bet ThoJo doesn't like email.
> <https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/834375176334741504/xU4VKBQj_400x400.jpg>

It's stupid, it's boring, it's lazy, it's cheap, and it in no way comes
close to representing me or my attitude in life. You may be looking
at yourself when you see that image. You are in fact one of the most
negative of persons this group has to offer. I am skeptical and cynical
but I am not negative. Just the opposite in fact.

[Thomas Joseph]

Thomas Joseph wrote:

> Here it is................ jazee...@gmail.com


Wow, I know I typed it in correctly. Put 1234 after Jazeev
followed by @gmail.com. I guess when actual email
addresses they are rejected in some way, in my case
maybe because I have a google address and I'm also
using them to access this group. I don't know. But my
address is jazeev (with a v) followed by 1234 followed by
@gmail.com. Am I making this confusing enough?

Pretty funny. First time hooking up with internet about
25 years ago I pumped my own name in as an email
address and it wouldn't take. I was new to the game.
I sat there trying many different variations of my name
without going too far with the numbers. None were
accepted. Then just for kicks, expecting failure, I
pumped in joss - at that time jo...@bellsouth.net - and
it took instantly. A nice simple email address - which
amazed me because Joss is a pool cue maker and also a
word for luck in Chinese or some other oriental language.
I really figured it would be taken. Anyway, it's possible
you saw my address without the V - I always thought
email addresses did not show up in their entirety in the
headers. But I won't get into that because in that area I
openly and readily and also proudly admit my stupidity.