Buyer Beware

If you are a gardener and the quality of your soil matters to you, beware of what you are buying.

Much of the "SOIL" that is being sold in bags in garden centres is composted material that contains garbage.  GROUND UP GARBAGE.

Oh, and the "MANURE" you think you're buying  to fertilize your veggie plants?  It is primarily "COMPOST"   (read: ground up yard waste and kitchen garbage collected curb side mixed with all kinds of refuse that people couldn't be bothered to put into a garbage bag along with some trees that have been put through a chipper.)

Here is a small sampling of what was found in bags of  "MANURE".  That's right, ALL kinds of plastic.  Pieces of soft and hard plastic of various types and colours.

Heart to Heart

How can I consider anyone else? 

There's nobody with whom I'd rather set up house.

You set my synapses ablaze,

with cunning words in lofty phrase

My heart skips like double dutch,

tightly held in your warm clutch

Snuggled in deep, closing the distance,

heart to hearts on the phone for instance

Though we've made no promises,

guilty I feel in the arms of  any other Thomases.

 

Instructions.......instruWHAT?

My understanding of instructions is that they are meant to direct and give information to a person who is attempting to complete a task.

I'm not sure I'm any further ahead with these instructions....

MayGoInTheBag Part 2

When the rack was removed from the machine, it was found that there were more plastic parts missing that had disintegrated.

More part numbers to find...

Would you expect to find parts of your dishwasher disintegrating after only a year of use?

Maytag? How about.....MayGoInTheBag!?!?

Some months ago I noticed a little piece of what seemed to be plastic in the bottom of the dishwasher.  First thought was that something ended up in the dishwasher accidentally.  More recently, I've found several more pieces that look just like this:

Upon inspection of the dishwasher, I found that the brackets that adjust the height of the upper rack are falling apart.

This dishwasher was brand new 1.25 years ago and this model was  NOT the bottom of the line at the time of purchase.
This bracket has a whole strip of  plastic missing along the metal, vertical support running through the middle of it:

The rack is now leaning forward and the contents of the rack have a tendency to slide toward the front.

Because the parts and labour warranty was for only one year, Maytag is willing to supply us with new brackets at no charge but we are responsible for paying $145.77 for the service call. 

I was kindly reminded by Maytag that I  could have purchased their extended warranty.   When I asked if this is an indication that they expect the machine to start falling apart after a year, I was told, "No we don't expect it to fall apart, it's for peace of mind."   Pardon??  Peace of mind that if something falls apart I've already paid for it rather than for paying for it now?

When I suggested they could just send me the parts (and this after describing to them exactly where the problem was in the dishwasher), they tell me I will have to go online and look at the parts list and tell them the part number for the parts that need replacing.  Sounds simple, right?  Well, in the parts list, you don't see the bracket as shown above.   On the parts page you are shown all the disassembled  parts of the bracket as well as other machine parts so you have to first identify which parts belong to the bracket.

Four Thick Walls

Four thick walls of propaganda, built by those with gold in their veins.
The wolf in sheep's attire wears wool with blood stains.

The squeeze is felt as the structure closes in, ignorance encamps 'round the periphery, the flood of media waves swamp the guards that stave off iniquity.

The sacred is diluted into mundane, adding to the indifference of the insane.

Keeping the blind down in passive submission,
soaking them to saturation in falsehoods and misinformation.
Bowing to the strong yet invisible arm of manipulation.

Bound by the knots of  hidden agendas,
the suffering grows with insomnia and sin-sick vendettas.
  
Weary from fighting to keep payments on track,
knuckling under to the elites' injection of a rusty tack.

Distracted by frightening sights on the screen.
diverting minds from the schemes that are painted pretty and cunningly "green".

Pouring out myths from their decanters of sweet deception, 

garnering allegiance from the misled masses with perfection.

Daily defeated by the lie that excess is a need,
flawlessly convinced that you can have it all while drowning in greed.

Losing a sense of community, driven to stressful distraction - gaining nothing more than fecal impaction.

Paving over the garden of life-giving fruit with near-sighted self-reliance, arrogantly erecting metal imposters, hoping to outwit nature's unwieldly defiance.

Depleted by selfish ambition and carnal drives, heeding warnings only after the loss of lives.

Floundering in the murky sea of prosperity, relying on the law of attraction, attraction of frightful infraction.

So focused on the goal, unable to see the deep, wavy cracks in the foundation until depression, guilt and discouragement birth indignation.

Heading toward societal implosion, catapulted by blurred lines and nondescript categories.
Catching whispers of politically correct indecencies.

Costumed plots gnawing at the platform of all that is faithful and true, tearing apart families causing pain undue.

Growing their pride branches high and wide, thinking they have nothing more to hide.
Patting themselves richly on the back even though our nation is far from intact.

Rejecting the principles that undergirded this great and beckoning country, naively denying the Maker of all and sundry.

Reaching for the shiny objects floating at the surface while lacking discernment to exhume what is at the root.......this world is in dire need of a reboot.