For billions (well, at least millions) of people all over the world, 2016 was a trying, bad, horrible, no-good twelve-month period.
From personal problems all the way to global issues, this year was a testing one...to say the least.
The way I see it, the clincher came on 11-8-2016.
Because 62 million Americans preferred this man to run this country's government (and he got the magic number of electoral votes as a result), most of the world's remaining 7.1 billion people (including the 65 million US voters who wanted the first woman who ever won a major political party's presidential nomination here in these fifty states) received coal in their stockings.
The Chinese didn't term this "The Year of the Monkey" for nothing...and they weren't talking about a dance from the 1960s.
I hope we all can survive 2017...let alone see it turn into a Happy New Year.
They've been a sore spot for me ever since 4-28-2015, the day Level 3 Communications decided to get out of the long-distance business.
I found a new provider almost a month later...the same company I've had my digital regular telephone service with ever since the 21st Century began.
Was unable to make long-distance calls from the day Level 3 quit the business until just two weeks ago- 7-14-2015. (For three months, I'd get this message: "Sorry. Your call cannot be completed." It sounded as if a young Jack Nicholson gave the message.)
And NOW, when this week began, people were unable to call my phone number without hearing: "We're sorry, but the number you have dialed is out of service."
Yesterday, I called that provider (all right, it's Cox Communications)...and Cox' technicians took care of the problem.
Cox, many thanks!
To those of you who tried to call me and felt annoyed about major problems with my phone, please understand that I didn't enjoy going through this kind of crap, either.
I'm very glad the problems are now solved!
