{"id":2727,"date":"2015-05-11T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2015-05-11T02:17:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T12:17:19","slug":"loose-thoughts-on-a-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2727","title":{"rendered":"Monday odds-and-ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a Monday so I&#8217;m clearing some stuff that&#8217;s been cluttering up my brain.<\/p>\n<p>It was a slow afternoon after the kids left and the wife was in her Mother&#8217;s Day happy place.<\/p>\n<p>When the wife is happy &#8211; everything is good.<\/p>\n<p>Because when the wife is unhappy she damn well makes sure I am too.<\/p>\n<p>Being an old reporter I thought I&#8217;d drop by the 1-800 Flowers Facebook page to check see how everyone was doing with their mom.<\/p>\n<p>Whoa.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s amazing how many people are pissed at that company.<\/p>\n<p>They never delivered a Mother&#8217;s Day order for me years ago and I never used them again.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that stuff is still going on with some folks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m surprised it stays in business.<\/p>\n<p>Some selected pictures from some upset people&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>They ordered this. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0And say they got this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2731\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-02-148x250.png\" alt=\"Order this 02\" width=\"148\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-02-148x250.png 148w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-02-178x300.png 178w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-02.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2730\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-02-175x250.png\" alt=\"Get this 02\" width=\"175\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-02-175x250.png 175w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-02-209x300.png 209w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-02.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Or this. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 And got this&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2733\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-01-230x250.png\" alt=\"Order this 01\" width=\"230\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-01-230x250.png 230w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Order-this-01.png 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2732\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-01-141x250.png\" alt=\"Get this 01\" width=\"141\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-01-141x250.png 141w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-01-169x300.png 169w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Get-this-01.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My favorite is the flowers that were replaced with the 50 Shades of Grey special.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-Shades-of-Grey-Special.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2729\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-Shades-of-Grey-Special.jpg\" alt=\"50-Shades-of-Grey-Special\" width=\"485\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-Shades-of-Grey-Special.jpg 485w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/50-Shades-of-Grey-Special-250x153.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wonder if it came with batteries.<br \/>\nMom must have freaked.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping she had a sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone get the idea quality control has gone to hell in this country?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of countries&#8230;Vladimir Putin is the head of Russia.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s a trouble causer so I like to see things making fun of him.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this edited video and have a giggle this morning.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='584' height='329' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aw5odnlZNhU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just so I don&#8217;t play favorites &#8211; here&#8217;s President Obama.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='584' height='329' 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