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In reply to the discussion: I am in a constant struggle with all the electronic crap and "upgrades" that do nothing to improve [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)is a national disgrace that imposes (sometimes lethal) hardships on those who don't have it. Genuine hardships. This administration will do its best to fix something that's now part and parcel of old-fashioned problems like poverty, hunger, deprivations of all kinds.
We complain about multiple entities, but how about the toll of time and labor from walking several blocks to the nearest laundromat after taking the bus to and from work, after getting off near the nearest store, which has the nearest pay phone to use to call the gas company it if wasn't already closed, and then after walking home with groceries to make dinner and check homework?
Though these days I spend too much time growling from the comfort of my armchair at a program that's not working, it's been decades since I drove across town and stood in line to pay a bill because it was too late to mail payment.
But hey -- why not simplify your life? Turn it all off and walk away for a while? It's spring outside.