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jess wrote:

Well, I mean, the old internet (pre-AI) would argue with you about it too. So that's not really any different.

But wasn't that just an individual or group on the internet arguing with you?

Now with the ChatGPT it is the internet itself!

I am not convinced that it is not getting worse.

In the early days of the internet I really had to check my bullshit because well with the internet everybody could just fact check and tell pretty quickly that I was full of shit. Now it seems like I can just bullshit away...nobody is gonna know.

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I need to edit a PDF. I don't do that a lot, but I might be doing it more. In order to do that, I signed up with Adobe to subscribe to Acrobat. You get one week free before they start billing you. I gave them my credit card info and figured if it works out and I think I'll be needing it, I'll stick with it and if not, I'll cancel. So far so good.

The problem is, when I signed up, I got one letter wrong in my email address. When I try to sign in to do anything at all, they ask me to send them the code they just sent to my email address. I don't have that code because I don't have that email address. When I try to go to customer service, they ask for the code they just sent to my email address. When I try to get on their site and find a phone number, they ask for the code they just sent to my email address. Trouble signing in? Click here and we'll search for your email address, which doesn't exist (I know because I sent a message to it and it didn't work). Is there some obvious solution that I'm missing?

It's my fault, of course, but are they going to be billing me after the grace period? Aren't they supposed to verify these things before doing so? I sure hope so because this is pissing me off today.

If you have a second credit card instruct the issuer of the card you used for the trial not to accept payments from Adobe. Then use the other card to sign up for a new trial with the correct email address.

If you don't have a second card, you could still sign up for a second trial with the right email address, then use that to get to customer service to try and get the first one cancelled, but that does carry some risk that you'll wind up getting billed twice if they can't figure it out.

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znomit UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom
znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote My trusted bicycle mechanic has left the local shop. I need a bike wheel built up and don't want a numptie to do it. Unless it's me. It might be me. Off I go down the wheel building rabbit hole.

Madison Sully UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti MP3 500, GTS 250 (both 2008 MY), 2013 Piaggio BV 350, 2014 Can Am Spyder RT Joined: UTC Posts: 7604 Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Madison Sully Veni, Vidi, Posti MP3 500, GTS 250 (both 2008 MY), 2013 Piaggio BV 350, 2014 Can Am Spyder RT Joined: UTC Posts: 7604 Location: Madison, Wisconsin	UTC quote znomit wrote: My trusted bicycle mechanic has left the local shop. I need a bike wheel built up and don't want a numptie to do it. Unless it's me. It might be me. Off I go down the wheel building rabbit hole. Bicycle wheel building is a treat in tricks. Get the valve in the right position, and I'm impressed.

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Olde Rider Hooked Primavera 150 Joined: UTC Posts: 350 Location: North Central Connecticut	UTC quote Maybe your trusted mechanic can be found working elsewhere, or perhaps working on the side. Positive

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Syd Ossessionato GTS300 Super (Heinz) GTS250 Super (Bulger) Joined: UTC Posts: 4854 Location: Tempe, AZ	UTC quote znomit wrote: My trusted bicycle mechanic has left the local shop. I need a bike wheel built up and don't want a numptie to do it. Unless it's me. It might be me. Off I go down the wheel building rabbit hole. I looked into wheelbuilding once, I got confused after the first spoke. But I've been in the sun too long.

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znomit wrote:

My trusted bicycle mechanic has left the local shop. I need a bike wheel built up and don't want a numptie to do it. Unless it's me. It might be me.
Off I go down the wheel building rabbit hole.

I raced mountain bikes for 20 years, and did all of my own mechanical work. Except building and trueing wheels. I've read books on it, I've taken a class on it. I've practiced on old wheels. After all that I can take I wheel with a tiny wobble and make it unrideable with just a few turns of a spoke wrench. Sometimes, you've just got to admit you need a pro.

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Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote The fact that my Dealer has just taken in a 2002 BMW R 1150 GSA with just 21,000 on it that he doesn't want to put into Stock. He wants to sell it to me. The Cub will have to go.

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znomit wrote:

My trusted bicycle mechanic has left the local shop. I need a bike wheel built up and don't want a numptie to do it. Unless it's me. It might be me.
Off I go down the wheel building rabbit hole.

Wheelbuilding was the one aspect of being a bicycle mechanic that I loved. Being able to take a rim, hub, and the appropriate number & length of spokes and ending up with a rideable wheel always made me feel good.

I recommend "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt as a good starting point. I still have the hard copy that my boss gave me at the first shop I worked at in 1989.

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Coddy Addicted 2021 GTS 300 Supersport, Triumph Tiger 800 Joined: UTC Posts: 595 Location: Oxfordshire, UK	UTC quote Bill Dog wrote: The fact that my Dealer has just taken in a 2002 BMW R 1150 GSA with just 21,000 on it that he doesn't want to put into Stock. He wants to sell it to me. The Cub will have to go. Good idea, the Cub is a bit pointless on modern roads.

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znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote Bill Dog wrote: The Cub will have to go. We are shocked. Shocked I tell you. Positive

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Olde Rider Hooked Primavera 150 Joined: UTC Posts: 350 Location: North Central Connecticut	UTC quote znomit wrote: We are shocked. Shocked I tell you. And somewhat dismayed.

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Sledge Ossessionato GTS 300 HPE Joined: UTC Posts: 2324 Location: Adelaide	UTC quote monogodo wrote: I recommend "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt as a good starting point. Well spoken. Positive

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DaleB Hooked '55 VL1 Joined: UTC Posts: 148 Location: Omaha, NE	UTC quote Sledge wrote: Well spoken. Pissed that it took me a full five seconds to absorb that and initiate the facepalm.

znomit UTC details Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom
znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote Sledge wrote: Well spoken. Looks like I'll be paying someone to build my wheel then.

Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote The Cub is exceptional in traffic and it holds 60 mph on the highway so........ Because you can ride it with one hand you can give people the finger while getting home before everyone else. However, a cheap GS is a cheap GS. Positive

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znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote Bill Dog wrote: However, a cheap GS is a cheap GS for a reason.

Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Ever ridden one ? Na, me neither

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SteelBytes Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS300 Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6025 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia	UTC quote when your fav news website releases their fancy update resulting in unreadability as 50% of the headlines are 2 pixels high and the rest of it is so large that it doesn't fit horizontally on screen. absolute fail. now need to find a new balanced site. f.

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SteelBytes Veni, Vidi, Posti 2019 GTS300 Supertech E3 62,000km Joined: UTC Posts: 6025 Location: Batmania aka Melbourne, Australia	UTC quote Some drivers annoy me Positive

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The wheelchair pusher at BWI informed me that he accepts tips.

Pushing a wheelchair is his sole job requirement, for which he's paid almost $21 per hour plus completely free health insurance and a 401k.

My friend if you were making less, no benefits, or were someone brought in from another location in the airport and i was over 300 pounds, we'd have a different conversation.

But i am not tipping for that. Especially after i told him THREE TIMES i can crutch it from here thanks.

Expectation of gratuity has gotten WAY beyond out of hand....

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Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote I could give him a tip. Maybe read a little more. Positive

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I would of given him two tips, don't eat yellow snow and don't piss into a strong wind.

Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

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theayn Hooked LX150 Joined: UTC Posts: 121 Location: Ontario, Canada	UTC quote armedferret wrote: Expectation of gratuity has gotten WAY beyond out of hand.... Not too long ago I was prompted to add a tip by the automated payment system at a self server gas station. I'm not sure who I was supposed to be tipping? I agree completely, it's become absurd. Positive

Bill Dog UTC details eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland
Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber Honda Cub - Scorched Earth Policy Joined: UTC Posts: 20877 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote How does everyone feel about either being asked to give money to a charity at the checkout or being mugged by volunteers at the exit of the Supermarket ?

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Bill Dog wrote:

How does everyone feel about either being asked to give money to a charity at the checkout or being mugged by volunteers at the exit of the Supermarket ?

It's annoying. It's my choice if, when, and who I'll give money to.

I recently gave money to a political campaign. Ever since, I was plastered with emails at least twice a day asking for more. I asked to be removed from their mailing list.

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Olde Rider Hooked Primavera 150 Joined: UTC Posts: 350 Location: North Central Connecticut	UTC quote JKJ-FZ6 wrote: It's annoying. It's my choice if, when, and who I'll give money to. I recently gave money to a political campaign. Ever since, I was plastered with emails at least twice a day asking for more. I asked to be removed from their mailing list. No good deed goes unpunished. Positive

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Bob Copeland Ossessionato 2013 Vespa 300 Super, 2022 Kymco AK 550 Joined: UTC Posts: 3657 Location: Minneapolis USA	UTC quote JKJ-FZ6, Kraig, you are correct sir. If you donate to a political campaign you do get tons of mail. Something for fund raisers that know the best place to go for more money is those who have already donated. I do not donate a lot, but have given to several candidates - I get 5 pieces of mail a day. Hopefully, after the election, it will die off. Bob Copeland Minnesota

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armedferret Addicted '23 300 Super Joined: UTC Posts: 975 Location: Maryland	UTC quote Bill Dog wrote: How does everyone feel about either being asked to give money to a charity at the checkout or being mugged by volunteers at the exit of the Supermarket ? The whole round up for charity is such a scam. The company writes off a huge charity donation and doesn't put a dime of their own money into it.

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I once made a donation to a nonprofit, with a letter explaining that I would give them this money on the express condition that they NOT waste all of it on expensive mail pieces trying to get me to give them more.

After a year and ample evidence that they had, indeed, wasted at least as much as I'd given them on bulk mail begging for more money, I wrote them a nice letter explaining exactly why I wouldn't ever give them another dime. Sent it to them in their pre-paid envelope.

Didn't stop them from sending more junk mail, but it did seem to slow down the flow a bit.

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znomit Veni, Vidi, Posti LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes Joined: UTC Posts: 10503 Location: Hermit Kingdom	UTC quote You whingers need to find a more deserving charity for your hard earned pay checks. Here's one right here. https://buymeacoffee.com/modernvespa Positive

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jess Petty Tyrant 0:7 And counting Joined: UTC Posts: 37589 Location: Bay Area, California	UTC quote znomit wrote: You whingers need to find a more deserving charity for your hard earned pay checks. Here's one right here. https://buymeacoffee.com/modernvespa I should point out that it's not tax deductible, though. Positive

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Madison Sully Veni, Vidi, Posti MP3 500, GTS 250 (both 2008 MY), 2013 Piaggio BV 350, 2014 Can Am Spyder RT Joined: UTC Posts: 7604 Location: Madison, Wisconsin	UTC quote jess wrote: I should point out that it's not tax deductible, though. By the way, is it just me, or did your goatee get goateer?

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Bill Dog wrote:

How does everyone feel about either being asked to give money to a charity at the checkout or being mugged by volunteers at the exit of the Supermarket ?

It doesn't really bother me, I'm comfortable saying no to people. I've long since realized that there is no possible way for me to meaningfully support every worthy cause. There's just too many of them. So Darling Bride and I have decided what's most important to us to support, and we direct our annual charitable budget to those few causes, choosing to make meaningful (or at least, as big as we can afford) donations to a few instead of scattering what amounts to loose change to everyone that asks. It allows me to say "no" to people with a clean conscience.

armedferret wrote:

The whole round up for charity is such a scam. The company writes off a huge charity donation and doesn't put a dime of their own money into it.

I've thought that myself. Personally, I only make donations where I'll get a tax receipt. The way I look at it, if I'm getting a tax deduction for my charitable donation, then I can afford a bigger donation.

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