why? just why?

at the moment i am listening to the dulcet sounds of road construction.

why do cities spend the money and the time to inconvenience the citizens with paving the
roads in preparation for the rainy winter months to then turn around less than two months later to cut trenches in them to lay water lines/fiber optic/electric?

why not cut the trench, lay the water lines/fiber optic/electric, then repave? now there will be patches over the trenches which will catch water in the seams to create pot holes. surely in the planning and permit process (which isn't something that takes a couple days, rather it can take months) didn't someone say, "hmmm... why don't we delay the paving of XYZ Street so that the new water lines/fiber optic/electric trenches can be cut and the utilities laid before we repave the entire stretch?"

makes no fucking sense.

*sigh

swedish luddites

dear husqvarna/viking,

today i opened the box containing my spiffy new huskylock serger. wow, it comes prethreaded and with a sample piece of fabric sewn to show the machine is functioning as designed. very nice. i like the computer interface that theoretically should assist in selecting the correct stitch and tension for fabrics.

hmmm... let's see. there is a lovely user's guide with pictures showing me all the various parts. there are images of what the stitches are supposed to look like.

oh wait, there is a piece of paper telling me that before i use the machine i should watch the tutorial video! wonderful idea!

um, hrm? the tutorial video is a VHS tape.

1. i do not own a VHS player
2. i do not own a television set on which to watch a VHS tape even if i did have a VHS player

in rummaging around in the packaging i see you have included for my viewing pleasure a DVD with instructions on how to thread the machine. how hard would it have been to have put the tutorial on a DVD?

you see, i have this device called a computer. this computer has a DVD player integral to the system. imagine that!

please, consider upgrading your technology to that of the current decade.

thank you.