Articles in the “just plain sucks” category

Zim is in a crazy mixed up state

Posted 5 months ago

From my father-in-law via email this morning:
Our inflation is now over 1 million %. Cash exchange rate was yesterday sitting around Z$865,000,000 to 1 US$, and I expect it will be higher today. We now have “banknotes” in 5, 25, and 50 billion $ denominations. Zim is in a crazy mixed up state.

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Posted last year, at the end of August

The Falls Inn in Seward, AK uses a wonderfully disruptive presentation style on their home page.

Desperation in Zimbabwe

Posted last year, mid-July

No one actually thinks it can get worse. And then it does.

Do you want to allow this?

Posted last year, mid-April

I’m at my neighbor’s house helping her fix her recently-busted Dell Dimension running Vista Business. My neighbor is a sweet woman, who is particularly computer savvy for her near-senior age. While I’m busy trying to figure out how Vista knows I’m connected to the Internet when it’s not actually receiving a single data packet from [...]

USMC Calls Up IRR Marines for Iraq (Updated)

Posted last year, mid-April

This news hits close to home for me and my group of mates. A great friend of mine from our college days — who has already served in Iraq and in Afghanistan — is in the group of 1,800 Individual Ready Reservists meeting in Kansas City this week for possible redeployment.
The Marine Corp Times has [...]