What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 450

fargon · 08-13-2020, 09:09 AM

We all have inquiring minds please enlighten us.

Griff · 08-13-2020, 09:56 AM

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, 10:47 AM

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

xoxoxoBruce · 08-13-2020, 10:50 AM

And to her or her business?

BigV · 08-13-2020, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

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, 12:11 PM

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, 02:07 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, 02:09 PM

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

footfootfoot · 08-13-2020, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

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.

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, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

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.

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, 04:17 PM

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

BigV · 08-15-2020, 08:42 PM

Yeah, sounds like a bad idea. An underground nest usually calls for napalm or liquid nitrogen.

BigV · 08-15-2020, 08:42 PM

Or a nice moderate county in a non-adjacent state.

monster · 08-16-2020, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Yeah, sounds like a bad idea. An underground nest usually calls for napalm or liquid nitrogen.

I read squid nitrogen....

(I'm tired and chilling...... that's what the ghost of my stroke does in such circs....)

Undertoad · 08-16-2020, 12:34 AM

I got moles.

No, in the yard. How do you get rid of these?

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08-13-2020, 09:56 AM	#6737
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-13-2020, 10:47 AM	#6738
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Griff, I don't understand.... She randomly got mailed some bamboo? From China? For what purpose? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-13-2020, 10:50 AM	#6739
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And to her or her business? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-13-2020, 12:11 PM	#6741
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	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. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-13-2020, 02:07 PM	#6742
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	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. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-13-2020, 02:09 PM	#6743
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks for that. I’ll pass that on to Lil’ Pete who walks Gramma through all technology issues. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-15-2020, 04:17 PM	#6746
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I hit a nest of ground wasps with the brush hog today. Bad idea. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-15-2020, 08:42 PM	#6747
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yeah, sounds like a bad idea. An underground nest usually calls for napalm or liquid nitrogen. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-15-2020, 08:42 PM	#6748
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Or a nice moderate county in a non-adjacent state. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-16-2020, 12:34 AM	#6750
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I got moles. No, in the yard. How do you get rid of these?

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