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“Hello and welcome to We Already Have your Money and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It. For client service, press 1 or say client service…” I enunciate, “Customer service”… “I’m sorry, I didn’t understand, did you say new reservation?” “CUSTOMER SERVICE,” I bark into the phone. “Customer service,” she repeats cheerily. “Please enter or say your 18-thousand-digit account number now.” Oh, man, where is my card? This time I determine to punch in the numbers.
“Did you enter 8…7…5…4…4…3…3…2…3…2…3…2…9…9…9…9…9…9? If this is correct, please press 1 now; if it’s not rectify please press 2.” Braaaar, I practically smash in the one key. “For data in regards to your account, press or say 2….” “TWO!” I bellow. “For a new or existent problem press or say 4… for passengers with questions with regards to intercontinental, European or Mid-Atlantic travel press or say 5…
I wonder, Did they hang up on me…again? I don’t dare hang up, even though I am furious that I have to be on this stupid call; they will have to have a card that racks up extra miles for all the hours you spend attempting to redeem your points you have worked your ass off for. I push the phone into my head to see if I may listen anything and then…”Your business is essential to us, thank you for holding.” Then not one thing again. I have in a literal sense over half an hour invested so there’s no way I am hanging up now. Did I mention this was my third call?
“Mizz Comparto?” “Oh, hi yes…it’s me. Ms. Comaroto!” “Okay Miss Comparto…how may I help you with your gold card account today?” “I don’t have a gold account…wait..I have a silver account, I pressed silver, may you do silver?” I plead. “This is the gold membership department, you need the silver membership department, Miss Comparto, I am going to place you on hold for a brief moment. Just one moment while I transfer your call to the silver department.” And then it happens…”If you wish to make another call please hang up and try your call again….” They hang up on me.
My basi thought is to write a letter to that saucy Brit who owns the airlines and tell him that I am going to do a whole radio show on how their airline seduces you in like a VIRGIN and then wham bam thank you Mizz Comparto…you can’t even pronounce my name the next morning! But I don’t.
And not because I don’t want to. Once upon a time that mechanism to reflect and self-inquire (or redirect the storm) was undeveloped in me. After years and years of self-inquiry and listening to my inner urgings and longings, I have learned how to distinguish and constructively redirect them (particularly the ones that want up and out and like freight trains), as their overpowering nature and urgency has the potential for so much damage; guilt, shame, remorse, and worse. Like losing jobs, collaborators and more.
Today I have a exercise that includes stringent and vigilant inquiry into my feelings, emotions, thoughts, and actions, and my obligation to and for them. This obligation elaborates to include everything I experience. And my history illustrates the divine gains of having matured sufficient to be competent to respond rather than react, which in this split second of evolution for me looks something like…hmmmm, what am I going to choose to do here? From the eye of the tornado the forecast looks wholly different. I choose to express myself entirely, with respect and abandon; to see myself, to recognise my own self in a way that will not hurt me or any person else. I write. I write until I empty it all the way out. And what used to in the beginning feel like taming the beast or securing myself to the world in the midst of a tornado now feels like a rocket ship ready to launch with a clear destination. 5-4-3-2…
I pick up the phone, one more time, this time paying attention to each number I press, remembering the tricks I learned the last three times, and decide, I will prevail. I take a firm understand of the situation, “No more or less than is necessary” as my teacher would say, and forge on. Not a victim nor a villain, just “chop wood, carry water”; if you’re like me, with a good deal of sass on the side!
So what’s the moral? Maybe that now and then it takes what it takes. We have become so impatient, so entitled, so, well…big babies, really! There, I said it! And like my mother’s boyfriend employed to tell me, “Maryanne…if you have to shovel a pile of sh&* from one side of the room to the other…you might as well have a good time doin’ it!”
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Having a CB radio while journeying may be an priceless tool for emergencies and for keeping up on road conditions, and the Midland 75-820 40-channel handheld CB is one you ought to unquestionably consider. It comes with everything you need to get started in a hurry, including a battery pack for times you want to run the unit on six AA batteries and a cigarette lighter adapter for battery-free operation in your car.
ReviewHaving a CB radio while journeying may be an priceless tool for emergencies and for keeping up on road conditions, and the Midland 75-820 40-channel handheld CB is one you must unquestionably consider. It comes with everything you need to get started in a hurry, including a battery pack for times you want to run the unit on six AA batteries and a cigarette lighter adapter for battery-free operation in your car.
The Midland 75-820′s design is ideal, with a push-to-talk button on the side, squelch and volume knobs, and a little LCD screen that displays the current channel, signal strength, and a potpourri of other utile information. Several buttons on the device may be employed for scanning, whether quickly flipping amidst the emergency channel (9) and the usual highway channel (19) or activating the LCD’s backlight. The unit also comes with a short, flexible antenna.
Overall, the 75-820′s portability is excellent–comparable to a child’s walkie-talkie. Unfortunately, the unit’s compactness hampers it is usefulness, because the comparatively little antenna has a hard time pulling in distant signals. In our tests on local highways and on the interstate, transmissions seldom could be heard from more than half a mile away. However, when we connected the Midland 75-822 to a whip antenna that was assorted feet long, the range increased considerably. As a result, we commend investing in a better antenna before using the device in your car, even though the radio still works well for communication with nearby semis when you’re attempting to find out the source of a traffic jam.
We had better luck using the radio to monitor National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio broadcasts, which we were capable to receive from closely anyplace since Weather Radio stations transmit at much higher power than mobile transmitters. These broadcasts are repeated each few minutes, are modified each few hours, and may help alert travelers to severe weather conditions. It’s a nice feature to have on a portable CB and makes the Midland 75-822 a standout choice for travelers who want to be in the know. –T. Byrl Baker
Pros:
- Truly portable
- Car adapter kit included
- Ability to monitor Weather Radio is a nice touch
Cons:
- Short antenna dramatically cuts down on range
Having a CB radio while traveling may be an valuable tool for emergencies and for keeping up on road conditions, and the Midland 75-820 40-channel handheld CB is one you must unquestionably consider. It comes with everything you need to get started in a hurry, including a battery pack for times you want to run the unit on six AA batteries and a cigarette lighter adapter for battery-free operation in your car.
An worthful tool for emergencies and for keeping up on road conditions.
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156 of 165 humans found the following review helpful.
 Full Feature, great price
By A
All the complaints I’ve read when it comes to this scanner are beauteous pointless. This is the best Hand Held scanner I’ve ever owned. Go to Sears or Best Buy, see what HH CB’s they have in, Probably just one, the Cobra 37 ST. Does that have channel scan, 5 memories, memory scan, freq. display, REAL mobile adpater not just a car power cord, NOPE. How much do they want? $40 in Best buy, and get this, $79.99 in sears, check their website.
The difficultnesses with range come with any handheld. I do not see the problem, take any hand kept in a car and it is range will go way down, But midland is only company that provides you with an external antenna hookup/power cord combined and make your radio the size of most mic’s, you can not go wrong. The best you’ll get from others is a DC power cable, but no way to connect an external car antenna to it. and they will still be full length.
You could likewise MOD this unit to pick up 120 channels CB (all you need to do is solder one connection…) if your more experienced, you may mod it to pick up 400 channels (dont believe me, undertake a search engine and type “Midland CB Mod”…
This scanner is the BEST on the market, and I cannot belive the price. Would be nice if it has USB/LSB but hey, you cannot get everything. It covers all the bases.
56 of 56 persons found the following review helpful.
Compact, reliable, great battery life
By E. JOHNSON
I couldn’t be much happier with this unit. Where it in truth shines is in battery life. I’ve used this in respective 4×4 competitions and my teammates use a heap of much larger, clunky handhelds that require 10 batteries and eat them up quick (several sets in a weekend). I use 6 nicads in my midland unit and they last and last.
Its a beauteous decent mobile unit too with the adapter. With an external antenna the range is tremendously improved. My only real complaint is that I wish that there was a way to lock the backlighting on when using the car adapter – this would make it having little impact to use at night.
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful.
compact and versatile
By A
This is a very compact, well designed, and versatile unit that may be without apparent effort moved from one vehicle to another or employed as a handi-talkie. The number of utile features and sensitivity of the receiver enjoyably amazed me. With an external antenna, I found the NOAA weather band usable with broadcasts 50 miles distant and the CB effective at five miles. Adjacent channel selectivity is rather good. Perhaps the only limitation in this unit is the comparatively low audio output that might require near greatest or most complete or best possible volume when the windows are open at highway speeds. But, audio quality is very good with no distortion even at greatest or most complete or best possible volume.
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