I did the weekly shopping at Giant today and had a very emotional moment. A young father was pushing his two little twin daughters in one of those buggies... one of the girls had on a little green dress with polka dots, the other had on a little purple dress with polka dots. I hate to use the word "cute"... but they were so cute that I couldn't take my eyes off them. They kept jumping out of the cart and touching things and keeping their father busy corralling them.
I looked at them, and I saw my daughters Elizabeth and Diane when they were about that age, and I almost broke up. Why do such beautiful creatures have to grow up? (Although my daughters are still young and beautiful.) My late wife used to dress them alike and everyone would ask if they were twins.
I told this young man, "You sure are a lucky man!" And he beamed and said, "Thank You!" He's so proud of those little girls who have only recently begun to walk and explore the world... just as I was, and still am. I am a little luckier than he though, because I also have a fantastic and handsome son.
Bank Blues
Some time ago, my bank statements from Welles Fargo went online. I want them to be in paper because it is easier for me to control... besides, to get the online statements I would need login information and a password. A few months ago, I went into the bank branch and asked them to resume the paper statements. It never happened. Now, I have a problem with a loss of a lot of money from that account (I think) but I need the statements to figure out where the problem is.
Don't get me wrong, I know how to retrieve online information ... but, to do that I need a password. So, I went online to WF and told them I needed a password... no way... because I don't know the PIN for my Debit Card. What debit card? I neither have nor want a debit card. So... I can't get a password online... instead, I have to use their 800 number.
1. Name, SSN, tel number to a clerk. Can't help me. Transferred:
2. Name, SSN, tel number to another clerk. Can't help me. Transferred.
3. Name, SSN, tel number to another clerk and then her supervisor... Name, SSN, tel number.
Aha.. someone who can help me... but only if I give her the PIN for my debit card.
What debit card? OK then, do I have a credit card? I give her the numbers on my VISA card.
OK... what do you want me to do? Give me a password so I can access the online statements that I asked to have mailed to me.
OK.. I have a temporary password that you can use.. I will text it to you.
NO... I do not accept texts.. they cost me $1 apiece.
OK.. can you get on your computer and key it in within the next ten minutes.
I'll try... so I hurry downstairs to my computer and just make it in time. Now, I'm in and can change the temporary password to a new one. I key my new password in.
It tells me that it duplicates one that it already has for me. Huh? Where did that come from?
I key in another password that is accepted... so.. now I can go to my email and access the latest online statements... or so I think.
I get on and try to get to a statement... it says I can... but I can't, because before it will let me see a statement, I must tell them if I want my future statements online or mail. I check mail. It advises me that I had already made that decision and links me back to the question again. I am obviously caught in a computer loop... a bug.. as far as I can see. I am in limbo now. I try again and again. Finally, in frustration, I find a way to send them a nasty email message. I probably shouldn't do that.. but dammit this is a frustrating setup!
Another Aging With a Smile Joke
Pretty Girl, Walk a Little Slower when You Walk by Me....
When I was a teenager and pretty girl looked at me, I though I was hot stuff.
When I was middle-aged and a pretty girl looked at me, I thought, "Not bad for a guy my age."
Now, when a pretty girl looks at me, I think I better make sure my fly is zipped.
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