Great Trout Fishing Expedition with Emma

It is time for 'Ol Grandpa to brag little bit about his granddaughter and her second great trout fishing expedition which was to Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. Her first great trout fishing expedition was to the Catawba River headwaters and it was more productive...more about that later.

Her daddy designed a fly fishing vest that was authentic in every way except it had a Cinderella patch, a sippy cup pocket and it was not camo or even tan, but it was PINK! Here she is wearing the vest over her dress as she hates shorts. Of course we did some hiking and here she is trying hard to keep up with her daddy as they pass by the huge stone mountain where there were several people rock climbing or repelling down the mountain, -nobody there was sure which way they were going.

Of course Emma needed some fuel after all that hiking so we had to stop at a picnic table and Emma reached into her back pouch and brought out a huge supply of food, carrots and all.

Emma got to do some swimming and skipping stones as well, but you know, we never caught any trout. However Emma did see one. The ladies visiting the park thought that her vest was darling so we decided to place one for sale on the Trout University Store. The starting price is remarkably low for a hand made unique vest just like daddy's.

Acer Display Strikes Out at Trout University

I wanted a LED display to ease the eye strain as I use the computer so much. So I ordered a new 22" Acer from NewEgg and I was delighted when it arrived. Soon, my delight turned to disappointment however, when I discovered that the controls did not function.

This is where the fun began as I attempted to reach Acer, but I finally got their help number by registering. My call went directly to Bombay and I was on hold for 20 mins. After that the man came on the line and asked me all the information that I had already input including the 25 numbers and letters in the S/R number.

After a lot of discussion, he finally agreed that the display did indeed malfunction and he asked me to return it to Texas for repair with me paying the $20 in shipping. He said that it was procedure for the buyer to pay and I told him that my procedure was that I expected a product to work when I purchased it. Furthermore, if I wanted junk, I knew I could find it in the local landfill. I kept asking to talk to his manager, but he refused.

While this was going on, I multitsked by contacting NewEgg in their chat room and they gladly paid for me to return it for a full credit. I just hung up on the berry pine guy in Bombay. Never, never buy Acer! Does anyone have a good LCD display to suggest?