All Purpose Rant Away Thread - 3.2.1 GO!

[Darth Penguin]

If you are going to phone me at 11.45 pm, please do not expect me to be anything other than panicked. That is "rushed to ER" discussions, not how to I salvage a non-risen cake.

[walkonby]

just an insignificant mini rant BUT Shake and Bake needs change the name of their product because they NO LONGER provide the plastic bag in the box to actually SHAKE the meat in.
I thought it was missing when I opened the box but then I read the front and they state NO bag included to cut back on plastic. WTF? So I should just toss each pork chop up in the air and toss crumbs at them? ha ha kidding,

[GeorgiaK]

just an insignificant mini rant BUT Shake and Bake needs change the name of their product because they NO LONGER provide the plastic bag in the box to actually SHAKE the meat in.
I thought it was missing when I opened the box but then I read the front and they state NO bag included to cut back on plastic. WTF? So I should just toss each pork chop up in the air and toss crumbs at them? ha ha kidding,

I usually place the crumbs into a plate and coat the chicken or pork chops. You can also use a ziploc?

[walkonby]

yes @GeorgiaK I also put the crumbs into a spacious tray but it just seems odd to keep calling the product Shake and Bake. They should rename it Plop, Pat and Press as you plop the meat into the crumbs, pat and press the crumbs into it. Sorry, I'm a little punch drunk ( tired ) atm, everything seems funny to me.

[HermanH]

Had a power outage. When power was restored and I re-started my computer, I received a message from FireFox about 'It's been awhile since you re-started. Would you like to re-start FireFox?'

I thought, why not? What can it hurt? It's usually not a bad idea to re-start systems afresh.

Well, I am a fool. Why, oh why, can I simply not leave things alone? My PC uses WinXP and was working adequately. Why mess with something that already runs?

FireFox re-started and purged my AdBlockPlus program. With such an old operating system, there are no longer any alternatives. I am getting scores of spam from every site. Sigh, and they were most always blocked by my obsolete free add-on utility. Now, nothing works.

It just goes to show that no good deed goes without reward and should be taken as a cautionary tale for all who read. Don't mess with things that alread work; they can always get much, much worse.

[Ciel21]

@HermanH do you have a Microsoft account? There is some kind of vpn built in if you use Microsoft Edge. I have not found the Edge secure setting yet but when I use Edge, I sign into my Outlook account.

[HermanH]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I think that my WinXP is too old to use Edge.

I checked my laptop and, thank God, I still have the AdBlockPlus installed on my FireFox browser. Burnt once, I'll be much more careful with my laptop.