Gillette - An Aha Moment

I grew up in Western Massachusetts, and we received our TV broadcasts out of Boston, Ma. and Hartford, Ct. back in the 1960/s. My dad liked to watch sports, baseball and some boxing.  Many of the sporting events were sponsored by Gillette.  I guess it never dawn on me that was because Gillette was headquartered out of Boston. 

Had I thought about it, that would have made sense why the New England Patriots play out of the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.

I just never thought about it until I saw the recent Gillette ad  about an employee in their Boston factory.   

Good job Gillette!

My Struggle with Norton Anti-Virus

I have Norton Anti-Virus http://us.norton.com/ on my computer. It came pre-loaded, and I decided to pay for it, rather than use the free McAfee https://promos.mcafee.com/offer.aspx?id=1102781 that Suddenlink  http://home.suddenlink.net/ offers, because of all of the trouble I have had with McAfee in the past.  When I had my computer worked on in July at Office Depot http://www.officedepot.com/, they tried to push McAfee, but I held fast for Norton.  My Norton protection was due to expire early August 2016.  I had some trouble with Norton in July, and had to uninstall and re-install twice. When I contacted them, they had my account linked to an email address I do not use. I did not click to that, and ask them to discontinue it, although I should have. Duh on me. 

Well, about 15 days before my coverage was supposed to expire, I received a notice that my coverage had expired.  Well, I understand that they try to get your to renew before expiration so I renewed my account.

Today, when I got my Discover discovercard.com/ bill, I found two charges from Norton:  one on July 12 for a higher amount than I thought I had renewed for, and one on July 15, for the amount I had actually renewed for.  I contacted Norton. They said I had Norton set for automatic renewal. I doubt I had set that, because I do not set that.  On any of my accounts. And last year, I had to renew my Norton account manually. I complained because the second renewal was due to a notice saying my coverage had expired after the automatic renewal had occurred, and was supposedly sent to the email account that I do not use.   Norton made it right:  They refunded half of the automatic renewal, and extended my coverage for a second year. They disassociated the email account I do not use. And I discontinued the automatic renewal. After multiple attempts to do so, because the toggle switch did not want to change.  Hmm, what does that tell you.

Discover suggested I pay the full amounts Norton charged, and the refund will show up next month. I can handle that. 

The person I dealt with at Norton was great.  But Norton gets black marks for deceptive practices.  Sorry, Norton.  Bad on you.

Trump's Real Reason for Running for President?

Donald Trump went to Scotland, to promote his golf course in Turnberry.  The press followed, and the United States citizens footed the bill for his Secret Service security detail.  His trip was to tout the Trump golf course.  It coincided with the "Brexit" vote in the United Kingdom, a referendum to decide whether or not to leave the European Union https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/24/donald-trump-hails-eu-referendum-result-as-he-arrives-in-uk.  So, this is my question.  Is this the real reason Donald Trump is running for President of the United States.

The truth is, although he is this self-proclaimed business tycoon, he has experienced bankruptcies, law suits, and questionable business practices. He admits himself if he does not like the work done for him, he does not pay, yet tries to hire the same companies again. 

So, here is my take.  I think Trump has seen all of these people in politics who enter with moderate or affluent standards of living and leave politics, or at least leave their elected positions with untold wealth.  Is this a scheme to promote his businesses? 

Who knows. But he is doing just this, and strategically landed himself in the United Kingdom at the time of the Brexit vote. Who is he trying to influence?  What is he trying to pull off here?  I am suspect of him.