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ups and downs
Sep. 7th, 2008 10:11 pmThis weekend was a mixed bag. I had Danny and Elyssia over here today. Danny wanted to watch Underdog, which I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately my DVD player isn't working, just gives me the dreaded "invalid disc" message. I'll try to clean the laser and check the ribbon cable connection tomorrow, if I'm feeling that adventurous.
But earlier today, I took Sam to get her equipment for field hockey. Sign-ups were last week, which we missed, as was the first practice, which we didn't but she only got to watch because she didn't have a mouth guard. Her next practice is tomorrow and she and I will get to find out how much she really wants to do this.
NE Patriots QB Tom Brady may have a season-ending torn ACL. If that is the case, so much for the Patriots having a second undefeated season. And if backup QB Matt Cassel doesn't play better than he did today, perhaps so much for them having a winning season.
I spent part of this evening listing stuff on ebay. Ebay has announced that starting in October, they are going to require everyone to either use PayPal or have a merchant credit card account in order to list items to sell. So it appears after this month that my 11 year run of buying and selling on ebay will come to a close, as I refuse to have a paypal account.
I sold off most of what I had or was considering to sell on ebay last year when I was still out of work. I have a few books and some coins and other stuff I dug up while moving that I'll list, and then that'll be it. Whatever doesn't sell of the coins I'll give to Danny. The books I'll list on half.com with the hopes that once I list them I can still take a money order even if they sell after October.
I keep hoping that someone will step-up and sue ebay for unlawful restraint of trade or something similar. Ebay tried this in Australia earlier this year, and the government their stepped-up and stopped them from requiring paypal for everyone. I'm wondering how many members they are going to lose over this.
But earlier today, I took Sam to get her equipment for field hockey. Sign-ups were last week, which we missed, as was the first practice, which we didn't but she only got to watch because she didn't have a mouth guard. Her next practice is tomorrow and she and I will get to find out how much she really wants to do this.
NE Patriots QB Tom Brady may have a season-ending torn ACL. If that is the case, so much for the Patriots having a second undefeated season. And if backup QB Matt Cassel doesn't play better than he did today, perhaps so much for them having a winning season.
I spent part of this evening listing stuff on ebay. Ebay has announced that starting in October, they are going to require everyone to either use PayPal or have a merchant credit card account in order to list items to sell. So it appears after this month that my 11 year run of buying and selling on ebay will come to a close, as I refuse to have a paypal account.
I sold off most of what I had or was considering to sell on ebay last year when I was still out of work. I have a few books and some coins and other stuff I dug up while moving that I'll list, and then that'll be it. Whatever doesn't sell of the coins I'll give to Danny. The books I'll list on half.com with the hopes that once I list them I can still take a money order even if they sell after October.
I keep hoping that someone will step-up and sue ebay for unlawful restraint of trade or something similar. Ebay tried this in Australia earlier this year, and the government their stepped-up and stopped them from requiring paypal for everyone. I'm wondering how many members they are going to lose over this.
