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Feeling Blue About Hosting

More troublesome fun with my domain. I have found it’s always better when I tell the support person exactly what the problem is.

2:30 PM
Business said
What service do you need help with?

2:30 PM
You said
Email

2:30 PM
Business said
Please select the option below that best describes what you need help with.

2:30 PM
You said
Issue Sending/Receiving

2:30 PM
Business said
I found this article that may help you; You can find more information here: https://www.bluehost.com/help/article/email-troubleshooting-sending

2:30 PM
Business said
Did that answer your question?

2:30 PM
You said
No

2:30 PM
Business said
May I please have your first and last name to provide to your agent?

2:30 PM
You said
IMAP stopped working

2:30 PM
Business said
What is the domain name associated to the account you are contacting us about today? If you do not have a domain name type "pass".

2:30 PM
You said
dograt.com

2:30 PM
Business said
Thanks! For our team to quickly begin researching your request, please describe your issue in detail.

2:30 PM
You said
{"SessionId":"b3945850-10b1-4713-816d-02911dba526b","Timestamp":1732476313948,"Error":"INVALIDCREDENTIALS TEMPORARILYUNAVAILABLE"}

2:40 PM
Business said
Let me get you to someone who can help. Please note, once our agent has completed assisting you, we'd also like to invite you to complete a brief survey on your experience today.

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Bose Buys McIntosh!

McIntosh MA5300 integrated amp, $6000

That’s McIntosh Labs in Binghamton New York, not Apple’s line of Macintosh computers. McIntosh dates back to 1950s-era hi-fi tube amps, and this is big audio news that’s coming from out of nowhere.

I frequently drive past the Bose headquarters, and the chairman of the Bose board lives near here. As a privately held company, he must have approved, if not initiated, this very surprising move to acquire McIntosh.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/bose-buys-mcintosh-storied-maker-of-high-end-luxury-audio-equipment.html

If I were to lose all sense of financial perspective and buy a McIntosh product that I don’t need, it would be the integrated amp in the picture. As it is, I own only one Bose product, the now-discontinued Wave Music System I bought in 2008, that I continue to use every day.

Stop & Stop

I was about to leave to visit a Stop & Shop, in search of a particular item that I can’t find at my usual supermarket. Then I saw this TV report.

It’s very unlikely the non-food item I’m looking for will be out of stock, assuming it’s something that’s normally carried at the store. If all else fails, there’s Amazon, of course. I might explain later what it is, and why I’m searching for it, depending on how the story turns out.