I've decided Donald Trump would definitely get my vote if he promised the Death Penalty for people who call me at 7:10 on a Sunday Morning and say things like, "Mr. Evanier? This is Harry Shmendrake [or whatever] with Shmendrake Construction. I spoke to you last August about possible work on your home and you were so nice to me. You told me to call you back right now and you'd be ready for our free estimate which I can have done today…"
It's hard to believe that "you asked me to call you" fib works but I guess it must or so many of these phone solicitors wouldn't use it. If I did need a contractor — and I don't — I don't think I'd even waste my time with a total stranger who called me outta the blue and who is recommended by absolutely no one I know. And if I was dumb enough to fall for the "you asked me to call you" line — especially after dozens of other annoying callers had used it on me — I certainly wouldn't trust that company. Many apparently would.
My cable provider is Time-Warner Cable, which is slowly turning into Spectrum. When you call them up, as I had to the other day, they still don't seem sure what the company is called at the moment. And they weren't even really Time-Warner Cable the last year or two they were Time-Warner Cable because Time-Warner had sold them.
Whoever they are, they assure me that my e-mail problem has been fixed. If you sent me one the last few days, I may not have received it. This has happened before and it'll happen again.
Last night at the Improv, the Dodgers-Cubs game was on in the bar area and a lot of folks were watching with great fervor. The last decade or so, I described my interest in baseball thusly: "As far as I'm concerned, the Dodgers are Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills, Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, Frank Howard and the rest of those guys. When they're playing again, I'll watch again…though I do sometimes like to tune in and listen to Vin Scully. I have no interest in the game but it's comforting to see or hear someone doing their job as well as it can possibly be done."
Now I don't even have that. So I am officially through with current baseball.