[Fuzzyelvis]

All of you folks who were needing a trip or two for the guarantee raise hell. I was told once when this happened to let them know if it affected my guarantee. It didn't but if it had it sounded like they were willing to give me the guarantee even if I was short rides. I emailed DURING the problem so would suggest you do it ASAP.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

Surge pricing Midtown right now, too. 2.1x Bad time to have issues. It's been raining like hell here south of the city and it's moving into Houston.

I think it's surging BECAUSE of the app issues.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

I remember when we used to get two TV channels on a good day and having to go outside to turn the antenna while my Dad yelled instructions through the window.

These days, some part of the internet goes down for five minutes and people piss their pants like it's the freaking zombie apocalypse.

We were doing that (yelling through the window) while adjusting our directv antenna one day when one of us remembered WE HAVE CELL PHONES! LOL

I remember when I was a kid we didn't have ANY phone and we would have to walk or bike down the street and KNOCK ON OUR FRIEND'S DOOR!

THE HORROR!

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

We had a Party Line and a neighbor that was always on the phone. Most of you will have to Google that.

When we finally got a phone it was that. Had to be careful what you said. We had a nosy neighbor who would like to listen in. The way ours worked was you would pick up the phone and just ask them to let you use it. But she would pick up and just listen and hope you didn't notice.

No VCR, no cable, 3 TV channels, (one only on half the day)-- (on a black and white TV with one remote--me!), no microwave, no calculators.

How did we survive?

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

We must be right about the same age. I can remember when Houston got its 4th TV station. I think it was channel 33. I to was our family's remote control, and would get yelled at if I turned the dial too fast. Good times.

I grew up in England. We had BBC1, BBC2 and ITV. BBC2 was mostly educational and only on in the morning. I think Channel 4 started about 2 or 3 years after we moved. My grandmother was SO excited about it!

When we moved here there was ABC, NBC and CBS and 2 VHS channels that always "snowed"(26 and 39?). So 5 in total. That was in 1978 in Galveston. So you may be a little older? I'm 50. Was 13 then.

Some youngun' is wondering what I mean by the TV "snowing".

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

No DVR, had Sears Catalog instead of Amazon, a hot car did 0-60 in 7.0 seconds. Jarts.

No bathtub until I was 9 or so. Had a big metal tub we put in the kitchen and heated the water on the stove. And an outdoor toilet. Sucked in winter. Would suck in summer here.

No bike helmets. Amazing I even survived childhood.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

Remember when McDonald's signs would only say something like 7 million served?

We didn't have Mcdonalds in England. I think they started there in the 80s. That's when the obesity rate went up in England too. There were VERY few fat kids in my childhood.

Course no video games either. I remember when Pong came out it was just awesome.

 

[Fuzzyelvis]

My fare finally came through... The trip shows I ended it halfway through and charged the pax for a 6 hour ride!

That's pretty funny since the app cuts off at 4 hours.