Princess Auto

 Doing a fund raising shift.

Praise be to God that I’m not outside.

Overheard some interesting stories of this and that.

Not doing good today.

I can see The Brick, Pizza Hut and Fountain Tire if I turn around.

Another day, another scam

 First, I got a scam call on Friday while I was at Forbidden Flavors.

Then I got this:

The message said if I didn’t confirm my identity in 12 hours, I would be locked out of Preply.

Here’s the message I was sent:

D𝅷𝅷𝅷ear Andis!

T𝅷he secu𝅷𝅷ri𝅷ty sys𝅷t𝅷𝅷em of our plat𝅷𝅷𝅷form has de𝅷te𝅷𝅷cted tha𝅷t yo𝅷ur pr𝅷𝅷ofi𝅷le ha𝅷s not c𝅷omp𝅷l𝅷eted the ma𝅷n𝅷d𝅷ato𝅷ry ide𝅷nt𝅷i𝅷𝅷ty verif𝅷ic𝅷a𝅷t𝅷ion proc𝅷ed𝅷u𝅷re wit𝅷h𝅷in th𝅷e est𝅷abl𝅷i𝅷shed tim𝅷e𝅷𝅷frame.

Acco𝅷r𝅷𝅷ding to the upd𝅷at𝅷e𝅷d ru𝅷l𝅷e𝅷s, start𝅷𝅷in𝅷g fro𝅷m 00:𝅷00 th𝅷e follo𝅷𝅷wi𝅷ng d𝅷ay, you𝅷𝅷r acc𝅷ou𝅷n𝅷t wi𝅷ll be s𝅷wi𝅷tc𝅷hed to a lim𝅷it𝅷e𝅷d m𝅷𝅷od𝅷e of oper𝅷a𝅷tion:

— you wi𝅷𝅷ll not be abl𝅷e to ac𝅷c𝅷e𝅷pt n𝅷ew𝅷 reque𝅷s𝅷t𝅷s from stud𝅷𝅷ents;

— exi𝅷s𝅷𝅷t𝅷𝅷ing les𝅷𝅷s𝅷ons wil𝅷l be m𝅷ar𝅷ke𝅷d as "Tu𝅷t𝅷𝅷or n𝅷o𝅷t ver𝅷i𝅷fi𝅷ed."

To l𝅷i𝅷ft all re𝅷st𝅷r𝅷𝅷ictions, you m𝅷ust co𝅷m𝅷ple𝅷te the pro𝅷c𝅷ed𝅷ure wit𝅷i𝅷n 12 hours.

P𝅷l𝅷ea𝅷se vi𝅷si𝅷𝅷t the ve𝅷r𝅷if𝅷ica𝅷tion pa𝅷g𝅷e and foll𝅷ow the inst𝅷r𝅷𝅷uctions fr𝅷om Pre𝅷p𝅷𝅷ly Sup𝅷po𝅷𝅷rt.

li𝅷n𝅷k: https://pr𝅷ep𝅷ly%2Eonli𝅷neproced𝅷ure%2Ein𝅷fo/item/TWq3QVcTvhBK

The proce𝅷d𝅷ure take𝅷𝅷s up to 5 min𝅷𝅷utes. Af𝅷𝅷ter ve𝅷𝅷r𝅷ifi𝅷c𝅷a𝅷tion (wit𝅷hi𝅷n 1 h𝅷our), all fun𝅷𝅷𝅷ctio𝅷ns wil𝅷l be fu𝅷ll𝅷𝅷y res𝅷o𝅷red.

If v𝅷erific𝅷𝅷a𝅷tion is not co𝅷mpl𝅷e𝅷ted, the ac𝅷𝅷co𝅷𝅷unt wi𝅷ll be tempo𝅷r𝅷𝅷arily fr𝅷o𝅷𝅷zen un𝅷til the r𝅷eq𝅷uir𝅷e𝅷𝅷ments are m𝅷et.

Si𝅷n𝅷𝅷cere𝅷ly yo𝅷u𝅷𝅷rs,

Th𝅷e Su𝅷p𝅷por𝅷𝅷𝅷t T𝅷ea𝅷𝅷m

This note had me briefly panic until I realized it was a scam.

The world is full of evilness that I really can’t fathom.

9:00 AM Mass

 

I’m sitting closer to the front this time.

I posted this before the Mass has started.  They are still filing in, and will be, for the next twenty minutes.

Sunday 6:18 AM

 Long Weekend Sunday.

A nice looking sky.

I’m going to the 9:00 AM Mass.

Driving back from Virden

 It was a gorgeous drive.

I took two YouTubes:

Virden

 At the Home Hardware.

Jenny & Tony accompanied me.

They’re eating at Chicken Chef.

Train passed through town as we arrived.

Today is PLA Day.

I’m reading Lord of the World by Hugh Benson.

I got this crazy notion to get the AI to make the above photo.

I see a little matchbox size toy tractor that I would like to buy. 13 bucks though.

Are you dreaming the life?

Have you been spoken for or spoken to?

Is there a Virden in China?

I don’t want to come back! I don’t want to bring ‘er back?

?yddub gniog ti s’tI woH

If you take away all the letters in the word “Ghoul” and replace them with the letters b,o,s,o & m, you spell “bosom”!

I went for a walk:

I took a video in the tunnel;

Saturday 6:21 AM

 

Happy August Day!

Happy People’s Liberation Army Day!

Forbidden Flavors

 I’m spending the afternoon here with Jenny & Tony.  I’m having the Pina Colada Milkshake.

FF is on 18th street.

While there, I got a scam call.  The number was (204) 596-8690.  An East Indian voice telling me that customs was holding a suspicious parcel addressed to me.  They were going to give me a tracking number but thankfully, I didn’t have a piece of paper and was so discombobulated by this that they hung up on me.  Only after did I realize I had almost been scammed.

Did I line FF?  I would have but I keep getting interrupted.

Francesco Guicciadarni on Physicians

 I came upon this passage from the author’s (I don’t want to type his name again) reflections just now.  The passage seems relevant for this moment in history.

Wednesday Vegetable Shopping with the Hutterites

 I forgot to publish these photos at the time. Better late than never.

These people are like the Hamish with a colony somewhere out in the countryside.  My wife Jenny really likes buying their produce.