Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
Which people? LOL 😆
How many on your list? 😃
"Life would be easier if I could mark some people as spam."
That would be a marvelous thing! I hate spam mail!
Spam texts too!
"Disconnect to connect."
"That time you confused a lesson for a soulmate."
"You must create." 🥰
"Don't let someone get comfortable disrespecting you."
"Single and ready to get nervous around anyone I find attractive."
"Life gets easy when you remove people who make it difficult."
But first make sure no legit emails are accidentally in the mix.
Caller display is a wonderful thing and I'd never go back to answering blind, but some phone carriers charge ridiculous amounts for every extra feature - my sis's landline still doesn't have it.
I had this type of thing with a water filter company. I stopped even looking at the emails and I still get them but, not as frequently. Reported as spam but it is a different email everytime.
The scammers can then use you recorded "yes" for all sorts of illegal purposes.
The last couple of months I have been receiving an email from, supposedly, a collection agency for an unpaid debt. Each time I mark it as junk, only to receive another offer/threat from a different email address but the same person. It is driving me nuts!I
You can't be careful enough!
I have found it works, I answer with whatchamacallit and I very rarely get scam calls, my husband on the other hand gets many, he has to answer appropriately because of business.
That’s true too, sometimes unsubscribing from emails doesn’t do any good. It’s just like trying to block phone numbers that are from robo callers.
It’s frustrating because I will get calls early in the morning or late at night. At least emails aren’t as bothersome as the phone calls.
Since Covid, we haven’t had any JW’s knocking on our door though. Years ago they use to ring my doorbell just as I would put my daughter down for a nap. I started placing a sign on my front door saying, ‘Do not ring bell, child napping.’
I've had my email address for over 20 years, and I use to go into those advertisements and "unsubscribe". It use to work. But now a days unsubscribing is a big mistake, as it just made it all worse.
I find it interesting that I get email from myself :)
I unsubscribe from emails from the cooking blogs that I like to read. I am not on AgingCare email list either. I opted out.
If we didn’t unsubscribe, we would be getting a million emails a day!
I never sign up for door prizes anymore at expo shows. They always ask for phone numbers and emails. Then they send out nonstop solicitation.
An increase in unidentified phone calls came as soon as I logged into the wedding site to shop gifts for the bride and groom; overnight accommodations; and to R.S.V.P.
This was last year.
And, my e-mail has very few spam now. But places like Amazon, Walmart, and other places I have never shopped say things like:
Your order needs to be redelivered.
Your purchase did not go through.
etc.
Irritating, yes!
People must know not to open those emails.
I get so tired of the random solicitations. I get the phone calls and the text messages. They are annoying. Same thing with emails.
My elderly uncle called and told me that he got an email from his good friend asking for money. Sure enough, his email had been hacked. I told him not to give any money because it was a scam.
My friend’s dad knew that he was being scammed when a random caller, claiming to be a grandchild in jail, saying that he was in need of bail money, and called him ‘grandpa.’ His grandchildren call him papa.
Scammers never give up! That’s how they make their living.
but anyway, here are some more words of wisdom from bundle of joy…
“Don’t waste your energy trying to change opinions … Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.”
“Self-care is non-negotiable."
“Self-care equals success. You’re going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you’re healthy.”
❤️🙂
bundle of joy
“A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.”
“You’re creating problems in your head again. Stop that.”
Pumice stone and an emery board to the rescue (sort of).... I guess I'll be wearing a little of it until it wears off. Good thing I'm not fussy about my hands.
I loved her posts on the ‘What’s for dinner’ site too.
Earlybird was a wonderful daughter to her mom.
I think about her too. She was very sweet.