Reeived My New Replacement iPhone!

Talk about service!  

I received my replace iPhone about an hour ago by overnight FedEx Express.  I'm in the process of setting it up now.  

Damn but Apple does make it easy. 

I do have to go through several steps like backing up my old iPhone date to iCloud. 

Then I have to erase all the data on my old iPhone.

Then I have to remove the SIM (telephone) card and place it in the new iPhone.

Then I have to package up my old iPhone and in the box provided by Apple (I just tear off the top shipping label and use the shipping label beneath)

Then I call FedEx to arrange a pickup.  

Then I download my old iPhone data from my iCloud backup, which is what I am doing now.

Sounds complicated doesn't it?  It's not actually.  

Doesn't make for the most interesting or provocative blog posting I admit but this procedure is important to me.  

What did I do before I had my iPhone?

I'll tell you what I did, I struggled and my life was a LOT more complicated.

With my iPhone I have unlimited access to news and information, can stay in touch with friends, neighbors and everyone by e-mail, text and FaceTime, and (this is really important) take a LOT of photos!

I was bummed out yesterday when I broke my iPhone. I could still use it but I had this ugly spider crack on the glass.  Being the perfectionist I am, you know that I was very bothered using a damaged piece of equipment.  

Ah bliss, I now my perfect iPhone. And you can bet I won't drop it again.

Have a great day!

Accidents Happen

Broken iPhone glass - yep, I did it.

This morning, groggy, I reached for my iPhone on the nightstand next to my bed.  Half asleep I forgot that I had my iPhone charger plugged in. Thus, as I reached for my iPhone to check the latest Trump news, I lost my grip and my iPhone fell and crashed against the brass knob of my nightstand. Unbelievably, the knob hit exactly on the bottom button on my iPhone, breaking the glass in a spider like web. Lucky Ron.  You know if I tried to do that I couldn't.

I know others who have shattered the glass on their iPhone and I smugly thought "How careless can you be?"  Well folks, here I be.  I did it myself and now I know how carless one can be.  

Lesson learned. 

I called Apple support and thank goodness I have an Apple Care Protection plan.  They will replace my $949.00 phone for $99.00.  Phew!

Next time before I groggily grab for my phone in the morning to check for the latest Trump news, I'll make sure I'm awake. By the way, I'm blaming this broken phone on Donald Trump.  Why not?

Quiet

Where have I been?  Just chilling out here at Casa Tipton-Kelly.  Living the Life.

I was going to write about the third presidential debate but quite frankly, I'm sick of Donald Trump.  I'm sick of his insults to not only Hillary Clinton but to the American public. I'm disgusted by his  unAmerican actions. He won't honor the results of the election?  Donald Trump doesn't care about America, he only cares about himself. He can't disappear from the national discourse soon enough.

So what have I been doing with my fascinating life since last Tuesday? 

I've been taking my daily walks.  My goal is to walk at least five miles a day.  Sometimes I walk in my development and sometimes I walk on Oyster Rocks Road, which borders my development.  The above header photo was taken during one of my walks to the Broadkill River at the end of Oyster Rocks Road. The video I posted is of my walk this morning.  Notice the quiet.  Oh folks, how I do love the quiet these days.  So much noise in our daily lives, sometimes I just like to get away and have QUIET.

I worked at the hotel this past Sunday, switching shifts with my co-workers Monica.  Thus I didn't have to work this Thursday so I had the luxury of having this whole week off.  

It's been unusually warm around here.  I've been wanting to plant my fall bulbs but I just can work in this heat and humidity.  The weather we're having (80 plus degrees) is more like August weather than late October weather.

The weather is supposed to cool down next week.  Hopefully I can get those bulbs in the ground before my birthday visit to Philadelphia on November 9th.  

Yesterday I went for my second fitting for my two new expensive partial dentures. That was a long and arduous process getting those fittings.  My dentist had to put a clay like substance in both my bottom and top mouth to replicate my teeth.  He held them in five minutes then tore them out.  I felt like he was tearing my face off.  Oh the joy of looking pretty.  Right now I only have one tooth on the left side of my mouth.  I look like the hillbilly that I am.  I wonder what my hotel guests think of me when I give them one of my big, wide semi-toothless smiles.  Hee haw!

Well folks, I'm rambling now.  Time for my late afternoon walk.

Memories

My 50 High School Class Reunion Photo 2009

Last week I upgraded my iMac to the new Sierra operating system. 

I love Apple and all their products but their photo application has left me wanting the last two upgrades.  Finally they got it right with this latest upgrade.  Now I can organize my 86,000 plus and 3,000 plus videos before I kick the bucket.  Not that anyone would want my photos and videos but playing around with them now gives me pleasure and that is what counts in the end, isn't it?

This evening when I went into Photo I found this nice feature: "On This Day . . . "

This photo above is of me and some of my former classmates from my Downingtown High School Class of 1959 50th class reunion.  

Hard to believe that seven years has elapsed since that reunion.  

Those who have followed my blog since I began blogging in 2005 (yes, that long ago) know that I love to take and accumulate photos and videos.  

One of my goals before I become demented and die is to organize all my photos and videos.  Again why?  Because reliving these memories give me a great pleasure.  

My late friend Wayne "The Cajun" Juneau's last blog post he dismissed me as "living in the past."  I have to admit that was a very hurtful comment to receive from someone who I was nothing but kind to but be he obviously felt the need to make that parting shot to me.  Something I will never understand.  

All my life I have taken photos.  Now I take photos and videos, short videos. I often wonder how many photos and videos I would have if I had an iPhone camera back when I was in high school.  Back in another time and age, the Fifties.  Millions folks, millions.  But just think of the memories I would be wallowing in.  Living in the past. 

It would be nice when I am gone that someone would take care of my treasury of photos and videos. That probably won't happen.  But what will happen is that I'm going to make a valiant effort to post as many of those photos and videos to this blog and You Tube. 

I am convinced that someone will appreciate them in the future.

New Supermarket in Town

Bill and me at the new Weis Market in Lewes

We have a new supermarket in town.  It's called Weis Markets.  I've never heard of them but I was excited to see what this new supermarket was like.

In my position as a front desk agent at a boutique hotel in Lewes I'm often asked by visiting guests how do I like Delaware.  I always say:  "I love Delaware but I do miss Wegmans Market!"  They almost always know what I'm talking about.  

When I lived in Downingtown, Pennsylvania we were blessed to have a Wegmans market in Downingtown.  I have to honestly say that is the main thing I miss about our previous home in Pennsylvania, not having a Wegmans supermarket.

If you don't know of Wegmans, you don't know what you're missing.  As Terry K., the wife of my former dentist, both of whom also retired to Delaware, said of Wegmans:
"Wegmans isn't a supermarket, it is an experience."  How true!

When I make my annual trek to Buffalo New York to met my Canadian buddy Pat (he picks me up in Buffalo and takes me over the border to his home in Toronto because the flights are way cheaper to Buffalo than Toronto), we always stop at Wegmans in Buffalo.  Always.

Living here in southern Delaware, often referred to as "Slower Lower", with justification, we do without a lot of the amenities that folks other parts of the eastern seaboard take for granted.  Like a Trader Joe's, Costco, and Wegmans.  Oh we have our Walmarts.  Three in the immediate area (Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach and Milford) but none of the cool places like Wegmans.  Thus it was with some excited anticipation that I visited the new supermarket in town.  So how was it Ron?

Well folks, you know what they say about first impressions.  Not good.  

The first thing I did when I went into the store was go to the customer service counter to get one of their cards for discounts.  I approach the counter.  I see three young women gathered around a computer screen. Laughing and giggling at something on the screen.  I think they were training each other  But they were totally unaware of me.
I'm AT the CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER.

I wait. And I wait.  One minute, two minutes  three minutes.  Then from behind me a man with a red Weiss shirt  asks "Are you being taken care of?"  I replied "NO.I.AM.NOT."  

He immediately went over to the gaggle of girls and one of them came over to me to ask if she could help me.  Hmmmm.  Not a good first impression. Usually when you go to a customer service counter, someone waits on you.  Not here today at Weiss'.

I get my card. I take my shopping cart and I'm off to shop.  First thing I encounter are tables blocking my path.  One table, two tables, three tables.  I stop and look at the products on the tables and immediately I'm in another shopper's way.  I move.  I maneuver myself and my cart around more tables and again, I'm in someone's way.  

The widest space I encountered at Weis Market today

You know what I hate folks?  Supermarkets that don't have wide aisles.  Not only does this supermarket have wide aisles but the aisles are cluttered with tables of more products.  As I try to maneuver myself and my cart around, I am constantly in someone's way or someone is in my way.  

So far not a happy experience folks.  I get a head of cabbage of make soup.  I try to shop some more but again, the store is too crowded.  

I got to check out.  And what do I see.  LINES!  Folks, long lines!  Oh no.  I tell Bill "I'm taking this cabbage back and getting out of here."  And I did.  

Long slow lines at Weis Markets today

This is the experience I had at the new Weiss' market on their grand opening week.  Man oh man.  Not a good experience Weiss Markets.

I attended the first day of Wegmans when they opened in Downingtown.  When I went into the store I thought I made a big mistake because the store was packed.  I thought "I'll never get out of here."  The store was almost elbow to elbow people.  

My Mom (white top) at Wegmans in Downingtown, PA - fresh veggie and fruit section - lots of aisle space

I shopped and got some items and then approached the checkout lines.  And guess what I saw folks?  ALL the checkout lines were open.  Never in my life did I ever see a supermarket with ALL the checkout lines open.  NEVER.  

I think most people are like me, they like to get in the store and out without standing in a long line.  

With my few items I choose my place in one of the lines.  Almost immediately a Wegmans employee approached me and suggested that since I had only a few items I might want to go to another line that he pointed to.  I did and I was out of that store.  

Guess what folks?  Wegmans has employees monitor the lines to expedite their shoppers getting out as fast as possible.  Know what you call that?  

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Another thing I noticed with Wegmans was that the checker bagged the groceries as they checked them.  Wow.  What revolutionary idea!  Efficiency!  

Wegmans know how to run a store.  That's why they are so popular.  

Presently I shop at Food Lion.  While Food Lion is no Wegmans, one thing they do have is wide aisles that aren't blocked.  They have a customer service center where an actual person provides SERVIÇE.  And, this is very important, I rarely have to stand in line long.  If a line develops, almost always there is a manager or assistant manager who opens another line.  Again, CUSTOMER SERVICE.  

Food Lion supermarket in Milton, DE - our grocery store of choice here in Lower Slower - it's not Wegmans but I get good prices and I can get in and out of the store . . . . fast

So that was my experience today folks. I took a break from my political ranting.  I'll go back to ranting tomorrow, I promise.

"Enough is Enough?!" Michelle Obama's Donald Trump Speech

Yesterday Michelle Obama gave a speech at a New Hampshire rally that perfectly states the case for electing Hillary Clinton as president and defeating the sexual predator braggart Donald Trump.

As more courageous women come out and relate their stories of being sexually harassed and abused by the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Michelle's heart felt and sincere speech states perfectly the importance of defeating Donald Trump.  

For the full speech see below:

Donald Trump Serial Sex Assaulter - Lock Him Up!

Trump Faces a Slew of New Allegations of Sexual Assault

The Republican presidential nominee categorically denied any past incidents, but several women have come forward to report unwanted attention from him.

This is the news that came out tonight.  Donald Trump, sexual predator. 

I am sickened to my stomach to hear the details of the incidences of Trumps sexual assault the was revealed by four women tonight.  

The incidences are from a Miss Teen USA pageant where Trump walked back into the young girl's dressing room while some of them were half naked and some completely naked.  Trump bragged on Howard Stern that he "could do this" because he was the owner of the patent and he was "inspecting."  

Another incident was from a fellow airline passenger thirty years ago.  Trump grabbed her breast and then went up under her dress. The Trump campaign responded that it wasn't fair to "drag something that happened so long ago."  Of course the irony here is that is exactly what Trump and his campaign did when he "dragged" the four women accusers of Bill Clinton to the second presidential debate to embarrass Hillary Clinton.  Of course Bill Clinton, who actions shouldn't be excused but was litigated over twenty years ago isn't running for president.

Yet another incident took place at his Mar Lago estate in Florida where he closed a door to a photographer's assistant in 2005 and tongue kissed her only to be interrupted by his butler bursting into the room and telling him "Melania is coming down the stairs."

Trump is a loathsome monster.  He is totally unfit to be president of the United States.