The Cellar - What's mildly irritating you today?

My mother-in-law received a chunk of bamboo from China, some kind of address scheme... annoying. We have enough Chinese invasive species without this kind of nonsense.

monster

08-13-2020 09:47 AM

Griff, I don't understand.... She randomly got mailed some bamboo? From China? For what purpose?

xoxoxoBruce

08-13-2020 09:50 AM

And to her or her business?

BigV	08-13-2020 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 1056446)

I don't think this qualifies as my bum being scorched or my groove being stoned, or whatever the phrases are, so I'll have to content myself with being mildly irritated.

I've lost count of the number of times I have recently received a phone call supposedly from Amazon's security department.

It's the usual spiel with the caller announcing his or her name followed by a kind enquiry as to my state of health and general well being.

In a moment of annoyance the phrase 'bunch of crooks' passed my lips.

There may also have been a rather immoderate qualifying adjective before those few words.

Gentle reader, I will spare you the gruesome details. ;)

"Gentle reader", pffft.

Coarse busybodies want to know too.

Griff

08-13-2020 11:11 AM

Her home address which is her business address. There was a weird seed mailing thing from China. This may be the next iteration? The return address was an American address for Chinese shipping. I should have taken down the info. We told her to burn it.

Clodfobble

08-13-2020 01:07 PM

Everything I've read indicates it's a mild form of identity theft--they ship something to your address so that you can be a "verified purchase" from their company, and then they leave a fake positive review for their company from your account. Best to change your Amazon password.

Griff

08-13-2020 01:09 PM

Thanks for that. I’ll pass that on to Lil’ Pete who walks Gramma through all technology issues.

footfootfoot

08-13-2020 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1056459)

Yes, way back when the inch was still very inchy I took a master gardener course via Cornell Cooperative Extension. During one of the modules they went over how US soybeans are a hella important crop and we are the only country that doesn't have soybean rust. Apparently DHS makes it their business to be sure eco terrorists don't try to bring nasty plant shit into the US. That was about 2004 0r 2005,

monster

08-13-2020 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 1056459)

oh! someone mentioned that on facebook that they got unsolicited seeds from China, but they were something else. Thanks for the explanation.

Griff

08-15-2020 03:17 PM

I hit a nest of ground wasps with the brush hog today. Bad idea.