Making hay

[altivo]

Haying weather is here, and none too soon. No rain expected until Friday, today was beautiful. We've already received one call from friends asking if we can help getting in hay on Thursday. Hopefully our own hay supplier will have a load (or two) for us by the end of the week. The grass has grown long enough, we just had to get dry enough weather to cure it.

Today was the start of "summer reading club," an annual ritual at many public libraries that involves bribing kids to read (or to pretend they are reading.) I rather disapprove of the way it is done, and don't believe it does a lot of good, but trying to stop it is like trying to stop a locomotive by standing on the track...not recommended. The library was a bit of a zoo as a consequence.

Complaints were coming in about the library's revised web pages. You won't believe what the complaint is, though. The old one used to have a link you could click that got you an outdated list of internet search engines. You could click on the one you wanted (only about half of them were still live) and be taken to that page to enter a search. That went away with the old site, and apparently a large number of (sorry, I have to say this) drooling morons were no longer able to find Google. As reported to me, they didn't even know enough to type "google.com" into the URL entry box in the browser. No wonder America is so messed up, if the intelligence of the populace is that low. I put a link to Google back on the front page, and resisted a pop up comment on mouseover such as "Right here, you idiot" though I was severely tempted... My own opinion is that anyone who doesn't know enough to type in a simple URL should not be on the internet. They are a danger to themselves and to others, and will only end up falling for some ridiculous scam or rip off.

Today was Gary's birthday, so I took him out to dinner at a local establishment that celebrates the "Old West" in its decor and menu. We were both astonished at the price of steak on the menu, but since we rarely eat anything like that, it was OK. The price of beef is rising faster than the price of gas, for those of you who hadn't noticed...

Comments

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

And if you were evil, you could given them this link: Google, though sadly many might not have noticed.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Don't tempt me. I did consider giving them Yahoo and letting them do without Google since it might be too dangerous for them.

And you're right, many probably wouldn't ever notice. That's how aware they are. Honestly, bread dough is more intelligent than some of these folks are.

[farhoug.livejournal.com]

Well, there's always the different flavours of Google... It's too bad those don't automatically translate the results too. =)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Funny. But I'm afraid no one would even get it. They'd just come up and complain at the desk, which was the problem we had until I put the stupid link back.

[farhoug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, customers are never happy. Except when they get to complain for complaining's sake.

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Or a link like this one, if you're feeling subtle: Google.

(Hover your cursor over the link to get the full effect.)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

XD My mouseover says only "Google search" and I'll leave it at that. I've been working in libraries for 35+ years, and long ago learned that there is no limit to human stupidity.

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

Aw. You're no fun. :P

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, not if it might mean I end up hunting for a new job, no, I'm not. Two more years before my pension is vested. ;p

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me Mr Library Guy I don't wanna search 'you idiot' I wanna search 'boobies and beer'?"

[altivo.livejournal.com]

You got it. Actually, I think a lot of them are searching for 'free money' or 'chat room' (if they can spell either one, which is not a certainty by any means.)

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Gary.

Yes, Farmer Bob called tonight, and it looks like Thursday is haying day. I'll have to cancel my dentist appointment.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Heh. I have a dentist appointment Thursday too, but I'm not canceling.

[quickcasey.livejournal.com]

Well, my appointment is for 7pm, and I expect to be baling from late morning, until sundown.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Mine's in the morning, when I'd usually be at work. We'll be stacking bales, not baling, and can start in the afternoon. I hope our own provider comes through soon.

[schnee.livejournal.com]

It's a pity that http://fuckinggoogleit.com/ doesn't actually have a Google search box. :) (I know, it's really not quite meant for this situation, but still...)

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Well, it has at least three clickable links. However, it doesn't express my feelings about the matter strongly enough. Anyway, I need to keep my job, so I won't be linking to it. ;p

[schnee.livejournal.com]

*noddles* I can understand that - but I'd be quite sorely tempted, myself. :)

[jumpyfox.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday to Gary!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I think he had a good one. ;D

[jumpyfox.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[hrrunka]

I saw this, and I remembered your library "summer reading club" ...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Hoo, boy, has she ever got it right. I'll have to leave her a compliment on it. Thanks for pointing that out.

[jumpyfox.livejournal.com]

That was a cool picture!