shutting the computer down.

damn...i'll be up late now...

Redial,

Or correct me...that's always fun...

Find holes in my logic.

Dan did that once. I won't tell him where it was.

Redial,

"It's getting pretty deep in here."

Are you actually reading it?

Does it make sense to you what I am saying?

I won't insult you whatever you say.

Dan,

2020 felt too squishy holding elections so soon, after reading the proposed plans for large scale mail-in voting.

Some states started preparing in March, but many were still writing procedures toward the end of the summer and even into the fall, trying to avoid bottlenecks and have some degree of accuracy.

I don't believe it was a direct federal mandate. It was more that the CDC and COVID pushed states in that direction and states started scrambling to prepare.

Yahoo...

Keep in mind, it's the larger scale that changes everything.

You can't simply take the same processes designed for smaller numbers and assume they will function the same way at larger numbers.

Bottlenecks and weaknesses that weren't obvious before, suddenly become very obvious.

Dan,

Anyone in technical types of jobs eventually develops a kind of sixth sense, if they're any good, about where to start looking when something goes wrong.

It comes from experience, pattern recognition, years of troubleshooting and just basic knowledge.

If someone has never worked at that level in anything, it can be hard to understand what that feels like.

Dan,

"If you had proofI was wrong, you'd post it."

In my world, my career...I was my own proof (most of the time).

CPA's took my work, usually no questions asked except end of fiscal year.

Mgt ran companies based on my numbers.

Not mickey mouse financials.

I don't talk about where I worked or the industries.

Dan,

"Bottom line, you're just a sore loser"

That's right.

You figured me out.

Snoofy,

"Trump was saying the elections were suspect months before they happened"

Actually, I was posting on here a month before the 2020 election as soon as I heard how voting was going to be done that we are looking at the potential for a disaster.

I think I nailed it.

I have to work on something else....done...really.

Snoofy,

"What happened to you is that your disbelief that Trump lost"

Take your ball and go home.

Snoofy,

"You can not prove with absolute certainty that zero irregularities or fraud occurred in any Presidential election."

You are absolutely correct.

However, for 2020 you have to step back and look at the bigger picture.

Mail-in ballots being used on such a massive scale during COVID greatly amplified the potential for problems.

Some concerns were already known from states that had experience with large-scale mail-in voting, but now everything was compounded nationwide.

And there were also new procedures and processes being implemented in real time that had never been tested on this scale before.

All elections have irregularities.

Absentee ballots have always been controversial because of late arrivals and verification issues can create disputes. Historically, though, it usually was not enough to seriously question the outcome of the election.

2020 was very different to many people because the scale, circumstances and uncertainty were unlike anything seen before.

That is why many Trump voters questioned the results at the time even if they cannot prove Trump actually won or any fraud.

My opinion is this was exactly what led to the actual Jan 6 break-in.

We need public confidence in our elections.

"Then I noticed in my journal we got married the same month and day I dreamed it. Just discovered that last year."

It was exactly one year later....wierd...

Dan,

Time for me to change gears and work on something else.

Done.

Snoofy,

"That's what you say about mail in ballots.
You feel that they are insecure, but you don't have any proof."

Shhhh...the adults are talking.

Dan,

I am talking about when the election was held in 2020.

Just that....soon after the election was held.

All the justification after the fact is pointless. It's not the time frame I am referring to and haven't been.

You can not prove with absolute certainty that zero irregularities or fraud occurred, and the final results of the election will never be known...ever.

The odds of Trump actually winning? I've never claimed he won.

Again...is my logic over your head?

Sorry I don't have a hyperlink.

Dan,

Dull as rusty knife, aren't you.

Dan,

"Not only is that no excuse, it actually makes the fact you can't produce any proof even worse."

Here's how it works.

If you don't agree with something I say, prove I'm wrong.

If your logic is just faulty and you can't comprehend something I wrote, that's on you.

I think I write clearly (most of the time) and unless you have a particular bias and are incapable of putting it aside...well...again that's on you.

If my logic is faulty, show me.

Dan,

"Then post PROOF.
You'd think after 5 1/2 years, you'd actually have some.
If it existed."

How did anybody share any ideas or information before the Internet and hyperlinks?

You'd think the world was in the dark ages prior to 1995.

Snoofy,

I was told once by a consulting company that knew me pretty well that my greatest strength was being well-rounded.

I had good business sense. I could lead, teach, setup and troubleshoot.

I taught part time for at least half my working years and full time for three. Students loved me.

I was good at finding problems. Hardware, network, software, application, accounting setup, general ledger, modules.

Or just human error.

I started in the 80's and 90's moving companies over from manual to automated accounting systems performing all the work and training. Used Novell servers then.

I built reports a variety of ways. I never really moved into HTML because I was having too much fun with Crystal Reports and VBA programming using relational databases.

I was always a little old school, but it carried me right into retirement.

True story.

A user called and said he couldn't log on because he had a "dead key" on his keyboard.

I walked over to his desk and started tapping on the key because sometimes that gets it working again.

A drop of water fell out of the left front corner of the keyboard.

What do you say that won't make them feel defensive?

So I just said,

"Oh...I see the keyboard is leaking. I'll get you a new one."

Snoofy,

"feelings"

No...that's liberal schtick.

"I feeeeellll"....whatever.

That's their go to defense a lot of the time.

Just listen to them. "I feel that....."

Just do it.

Snoofy,

"Go ahead, pick a topic that isn't installing accounting software that you think you are an expert on."

Does that mean you are accepting my information systems expertise now?

Corky,

In my youth I voted Republican.

Then I changed to Democrat for about 20 years.

Then back to Republican voting for Trump first term.

I think I have a pretty good understanding of both parties. I could vote Democrat if a few things changed.

Now someone will tell me what those things are. But they'll be right on some things and wrong on others.

Corky,

Agreeing with His sayings doesn't get you saved.