[chevy]

 

[chevy]

 

[chevy]

 

[Mooh]

 

[Mooh]

 

[chevy]

 

[oldjoat]

sure it's not a bottle opener ?

 

[allthumbs56]

Pilots or no pilots?

Oh there's a pilot. He's the one who takes a picture of the parcels leaning against the airport door. 😕

 

[chevy]

 

[Milkman]

Scammers keep trying.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a router and some ethernet cable to enable WiFi throughout my property (mostly back at the pond area).

Because I lack any IT support here, I decided to buy a Geek Squad membership (around $20 a month).

That's fine. If I don't use it I'll consider that lucky anyway.

So, this morning, I received an e-mail with a pdf invoice for $489. It sure looks legit, says Geek Squad on it et cetera.

So, not wishing to nibble if it WAS a scam, I tried calling the actual Geek Squad numbers on the card I was given when I made the purchase.

I got passed from Bot to Bot like a drunken prom date.

I finally said F$%k it and drove over to the Best Buy. As I suspected (knew?) it was a scam.

I hate that $hit.

 

[Hammerhands]

I don't like that they seemed to know you had a Geek Squad membership. Seems hacked or the scammers are the Geeks.

 

[Milkman]

I don't like that they seemed to know you had a Geek Squad membership. Seems hacked or the scammers are the Geeks.

Yeah that concerns me too and I told them so.

I didn't share the information so the scammers obviously hacked the Best Buy security or they purchased the information from someone else.

With all the annoying and cumbersome security (dual authentication et cetera, et cetera) we must use to protect ourselves, it sure didn't amount to much this time.

 

[Verne]

I don't like that they seemed to know you had a Geek Squad membership. Seems hacked or the scammers are the Geeks.

This is actually very common scam attempt. I do not have a geek squad and get that email regularly. It is likely just coincidence, and nothing else.

One way to assure yourself is to hover your mouse over any links, or images. Most times you'll see a link that is gibberish, or something entirely different than the content of the email.

 

[Milkman]

This is actually very common scam attempt. I do not have a geek squad and get that email regularly. It is likely just coincidence, and nothing else.

One way to assure yourself is to hover your mouse over any links, or images. Most times you'll see a link that is gibberish, or something entirely different than the content of the email.

Well, if it is just coincidence, that's a relief.

I showed the email and invoice to the lady at Best Buy. She instantly recognized it as a scam and recommended I don't respond to it and to delete.

I guess I did everything right, but what a pain in the a$$.

 

[Jim DaddyO]

Well, if it is just coincidence, that's a relief.

I showed the email and invoice to the lady at Best Buy. She instantly recognized it as a scam and recommended I don't respond top it and to delete.

I guess I did everything right, but what a pain in the a$$.

Hey! We've been trying to reach you about your vehicles extended warranty.......

 

[k-rod_66]

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seen 2 recent obits in the papers with a nose-less, texture less filter face for young women

 

[Mooh]

like a drunken prom date.

The quotable Milkman.

 

[Mooh]

 

[Hammerhands]

Why did it take so much longer (69 hours) for Apollo 8 to get to the moon than to get back (34 hours)?

Apollo 8 took longer to reach the Moon because the mission used a "free-return trajectory" for safety, which required a slower, less direct path into lunar orbit. This trajectory allowed for a safe return to Earth if the lunar orbit insertion burn failed. The return trip was faster because it did not need to account for this critical safety requirement and could therefore use a more direct, faster path.

 

[Paul Running]

The main burn from the moon to earth only lasted 3 minutes 24 seconds, with a few short bursts later for re-entry alignment near earth...the fuel efficiency of space travel.