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HankB
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Complete success in their eyes.
Lying scumbag. Every person Trump brings into the administration lies like a rug. It's disgusting.
You don't have permission to access "http://login.amtrak.com/$(SERVE_WF1)/amtrakb2c.onmicrosoft.com/B2C_1A_WebApp_Signin/api/SelfAsserted/error?" on this server.

This is the login page. :-/ But I see the problem. amtrakb2c.onmicrosoft.com. No way to do business.
amtrakb2c.onmicrosoft.com
I call the number and both carrier (Fi) and Amtrak tell me there is a 10 minute wait. I can press '2' to get a call back. Pressing '2' does nothing. I continue to hear insipid muzak interspersed with ads for Amtrak services. After several looks, I hang up.

Maybe later.
Can I whine about Amtrak?

Their web site is broken. I was able to register for a frequent rider account but cannot book a ride. After entering all of my information (From, To, Date, Traveler) I get

We've experienced an unknown error. Try again later or call us at 1-800-USA-RAIL.
I don't normally care about sports (Chicago market) but I think I'll be cheering for the Bluejays.
I'll go with the horseshoe crab. 250 million years for the "modern" version and 445 million years for the not-modern variant. And they're true blue bloods!
I'm due for my nest one. :-/
Daddy issues + dementia + no regard for norms nor the law.
Jump scare! 😬

Big box of disposable diapers in the trunk when SWMBO returned from shopping. 😱 (We're both 72, but still...)

They're for a food pantry donation at the local church.

😂
Giant puffballs. They first show up about the size of a tennis ball. Then they grow to the size of a soccer ball (football for those on the continent.)

Then they disappear. Overnight. When they reach full size.

I think aliens are growing right in my front yard.
> Hindu festival of lights

Sounds lovely!
Amazon is still experiencing issues. Order status is 503:
I suppose the company where my son works is an outlier. They're an automotive supplier and if their systems go down and shut down a plant, they get charged tens of thousands of dollars per *minute* for the outage. They have their own IT staff and servers to insure uptime and have no cloud plans.
I can't check the delivery status of my Amazon orders and instead get a picture of a cute puppy. Amazon's home page doesn't load. AFAIK AWS is "on prem" for Amazon.
TBF on prem servers can go down as well, but that's substantially within the control of the operation running the on prem servers vs. a third party.

Case in point: At 1024 in Chicago and AWS is still down.
This has to be The Onion. Tell me it's from The Onion.
Sure. Still waiting.
"I *meant* to do that!"
Football season. That time of year when no one seems capable of scheduling/managing an event that finishes on time, causing TV I'm interested in to miss the DVR schedule.🙄
No, Charmin, I am not tired of changing the toilet paper roll. fact, I rather enjoy it.

It's rather satisfying to take the wrapper of the new roll, stuff it into the old empty roll and toss it into the recyclables. Truly one of life's little joys.

😜
> needs a rebrand.

Maybe just a better PR team?
Thanks.. I just read that MAGA are planning to infiltrate with agent provocateurs to cause otherwise peaceful rallies to turn violent.

I'll be watching for that and hope to be able to help keep things on an even keel.
We drove by the South Shore tracks along the toll road in Indiana this last weekend. (Technically the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad.) It's electric too.

And I'm old enough to recall the trolley busses and 25¢ fares and wires strung all over the city.