Nothin' up here but the (lack of) rent and it sure bugs me

It seems we may have been bugged.

When I say that, I don’t mean bugged as in spied on by the government. I’m sure that, thanks to George W. Shrub, the government has been spying on us for awhile. Not  that they gather any great knowledge other than quotes such as those by my father like: “And a whole flock of bird dogs flew over!”

What does that mean Sean? What is he saying? It has to be something anti-government. After all, didn’t this guy in EFD say his Dad once traveled to Russia?

“Yes, Sean, I know his Dad was in the Merchant Marine but still … ”

Well, I guess we’ll have to let Sean and his fellow Gen-Ys, or whatever the young crowd ruining ruling the world, figure everything out.

We have had some kind of virus in our site. It appears whenever I select a bookmarked version of the site. I have not yet had that problem with just typing in the URL. Anyway, hopefully, my IT guru in Tokyo and I can work on this before I (hopefully) head to North Texas for a week of training on Sunday.

I say hopefully. That explains an absence of a posting yesterday, if you noticed. My day, while not working, was filled with the attempt to rent a car. It would be less expensive for me to rent a car for my trip. Plus, I have a standard shift and a left knee that has likely begun to provide me forever with pain. I got a shot awhile back in my knee and my doctor tells me to wear a brace on it. The shot worked for awhile, the brace is not helping. Ramble. I have to use the clutch with my left foot and leg and knee. In city driving such as I will be facing for a week. That will not be a happy prospect.

My difficulty in renting an automobile stems from  burning my credit cards 12 years ago. Nasty things, those credit cards. The debit/bank card held such promise as a replacement. Why Bank of America, that “great” U.S. institution said: “You can use it like a credit card.” And you can use a debit card for just about everything. That is except for renting a car.

Oh you can pay for your car rental with a debit card, you just can’t rent it. Car rental companies want to do perhaps everything except a rectal examination on you before they rent you a car with a debit card and without a credit card. They want to check your credit. That, of course, only makes your credit worse.

The irony in all this is that I actually have a credit card, but I can’t use it except for strict, job-related expenses and that usually means flying to Washington to do so. Oh, and you have to have that credit card as a condition of work, and if you get late paying on it for whatever reason, and it is revoked, you face disciplinary action. Isn’t life just full of wonderful little ironies that make you want to go out and rent a bulldozer to tear down someone’s house? I’m not speaking of anyone in particular and, of course, I’d never be able to rent a bulldozer.

Because I don’t have a freaking credit card!!!