Bitchy McBitcherson's Blog

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  • In Case Anybody is Keeping Track – Because Targus isn’t

    By 10 AM there was no new tracking information from Targus in my email box, nor by access my order on their website. DHL still had it marked with an expected delivery date in the past. I called and waited on hold again to speak to somebody with an even stronger accent than the first day.

    He put me on hold for a long long time. Then he came back and told me a replacement had been shipped by UPS. I ask him for the tracking number. He gives it to me. This proves very painful due to the strong accent. B?V?C?T?D? I am not sure, and “?, as in ” doesn’t work very well when I can’t understand the word either. We finally arrive at a number that he tells me is correct when I read it back to him and THEN he tells me, “When I look at UPS for tracking, it shows nothing. It was sent UPS.” Just for kicks I try too, but the number provides no information.

    I ask for clarification that it shipped yesterday and is supposed to arrive today and he says that is the case.

    It just showed up, by UPS. Definitely not next morning delivery, but I will take it.

    We really didn’t get very close on the tracking number.

    Hopefully the part will work.

  • Spring Has Sprung, Except for the Dead Things

    I had someone over to look at the yard yesterday. Along with several plants, bushes and vines, it looks like we’ve lost 4 large trees (10-15 years old) from the unusual frost this year. I can try having the trees severely chopped back in hopes that perhaps they will revive, but she did not hold out a lot of hope for them.

    What sucks is that, beyond the expense of removing them, because of their location it is highly unlikely to get much of the root structure out at all. This means that nothing large can replace them as it will have no room to root itself. This is going to have a real impact on the privacy of the backyard.

    So perhaps I should try the chopping them back route? It is unlikely to work and will be quite ugly in the meantime, but there might be a chance of it coming back.

    I wish I could afford to completely redo the hardscape out there. It was very well done and has held up beautifully, but is not at all to my personal taste.