Eddy Edwards

Englishman in Texas

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

My wife is a relational database analyst. We resent this generalization being shouted publicly. We support his right to think it, mutter it to himself & charitably assume he's working at @Lowes to put himself through college rather than because no fast food job was available.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@Lowes Corpus Christi, what a variable experience. The guy in the GoT shirt couldn't have been more helpful. The young thing with the scarf wrapped round his face monitoring self checkout was an arrogant idiot.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

My wife and I are probably old enough to be his grandparents. I'm an enterprise level software architect for a major US Bank, and can lecture effectively on the communication & encryption used by your PoS system to resolve credit card payments.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@herkessoft As someone likewise planning roof replacement, I send fraternal greetings.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

Deserted @Applebees , 20 minute wait. "Staff shortage ". Seems tall enough to me.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@nfalkestav @ferry_nesy @neilhimself I suspect the OP has watched the second season of Good Omens. Which, @neilhimself , is an excellent piece of work.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@CitizenLenz @EdKrassen How can you say the Amish didn't "social distance "? Their entire lifestyle is based on distance from The English (basically everyone & everything not Amish). They may not have masked during the pandemic but they all had scarves over their faces. Which given the beards was funny

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@jane_essex Well done!

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@JayeWalker58696 @aft1985 @GeorgeTakei I thought it was funded (partially) by the same sources she objected to in the video

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@neilhimself Whilst I support your position, I confess a selfish glee that Good Omens 2 is unaffected. At the risk of becoming a cliché, "most anticipated show of the last few years".

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@Number10cat @LightHackers On all stamps.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@laurenboebert Maybe I went to a stricter school, but calling a teacher anything other than "Mr.", "Mrs." or "Miss" would have been called out as disrespectful. Certainly raising my hand and asking for help with a "Yo, Larry my dude" would have got the principle involved.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

...to clear my browser cache. If that didn't help, they suggested making sure Windows was up to date and, as a last resort, reboot my modem. I'm not sure a lack of knowledge of English is the more relevant lack here.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

So @paramountplus just decided they hate me. Claim my password isn't right and (after an hour & 3 attempts) won't send me a reset link. Yes, I checked my spam folder, I'm not a tourist (thank you Lord Blackadder). A warning to others: pay monthly not yearly. You lose less.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

For completeness, got a response to my email reporting the problem. Clearly not written by a native English speaker, which is fine if odd; you'd think Paramount would proofread their standard responses. But suggested the best way to get a password reset email from them was ...

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@whitepatrick @neilhimself Follow the invite link. His handle is up top 👍

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@PedroPedroso81 @MotherMuchy2 @neilhimself So because the servers are still running it's not a "fail"? A large percentage of the staff (including the payroll & PR) have quit and he's Tweeting "anyone left who knows how to code meet me in the office ". By that measure, the Titanic hitting the iceberg wasn't a fail.

[Eddy Edwards @eddye1964]

@Janeimperialage Left; full length. Not that the other is bad you understand.