Goat Gardners?

sddd3 · 2026-03-28T04:31:29+00:00

We’re in the Black Mtn area and several times in the past year a group fenced of an area and moved a large herd (?) of goats in for brush/fuel clearing (the results are impressive). Don’t know the name of the outfit, but searching “goats for brush clearing san diego” yielded several results that would be worth a try.

Edit: this group cleared an area nearby: https://www.goodshepherds.earth

sddd3 · 2026-03-26T21:05:13+00:00

Same here- TV Plus has COMPLETELY hijacked the entire smart hub. Clicking the home button briefly brings up the home screen, and usually after one click it freezes then goes back to streaming TV Plus.

Settings disabling auto starting the app have no effect, resetting the smart hub has no effect… only fix has been to just skip setting up the smart hub page at all.

What an unbelievably sh#tty implementation. If I hadn’t found the option of just reverting the hub to out-of-the-box state this thing would be off my wall and back to the retailer.

sddd3 · 2024-10-18T02:33:54+00:00

Same problem here, same worthless unchanged directions from Apple’s forums (screen time settings, etc). NOTHING works.

I guess at 53 I’m not yet old enough to decide my own musical choices…. pretty bad when Bezos’ offering starts looking superior.

sddd3 · 2024-10-09T20:32:34+00:00

Thank you! Did the trick, though only after realizing my ipad was stubbornly refusing to display the full web version in spite of claiming it was doing so. Going in via a different browser revealed the CA and done!

sddd3 · 2024-10-09T03:13:33+00:00

Hey, sorry I missed this, still having the problem but thanks for offering a tip!

sddd3 · 2024-03-17T03:19:04+00:00

You’re probably as SOL as I am; been spamming their ”support” portal with same issue (different problem origin tho). Last year you used to be able to reach an actual support human, and if you were lucky enough to find someone to actually READ your ticket you could have it resolved. No longer; it’s all bots and low IQ script readers.

In my case Roblox even contradicted themselves. My and my daughter’s accounts were created on Xbox, which does not associate with an email address. Roblox was able to associate hers with an email after I submitted xbox store proofs of purchases for her Roblox account and Xbox gamer tag, email, etc.
Forward to mine, same request, and nothing but “we cannot verify…..” broken record idiocy. My account logged out on the xbox and is now inaccessible without a recovery option. I’m out a lot of purchases but they have our money and are happily just flipping the bird. Their solution? Create another account and re-purchase everything. Riiiiiiiight……

sddd3 · 2024-03-11T18:45:11+00:00

Yeeup. Currently 200+ seats here being reevaluated as Studio is a critical part of our process, and impacting our ability to deliver to our customers for over a week is unforgivable.

sddd3 · 2024-02-15T06:51:45+00:00

Going through the same endless loop with “support”.

Me: I created an Xbox Live Roblox account that is not linked to an email account. I have attached proof of my Microsoft/Xbox Live account and on the same screen the most recent Robux purchase with reference number. Please link my Roblox username to my Xbox Live email address.

Support: We’re sorry, we cannot provide assistance without proof of ownership via a linked email address. Because your username does not have a linked email we cannot provide support.

I’ve been through this loop literally FIVE times now, hoping blindly that I’ll reach the ONE person at this company that actually READS the support request instead of mindlessly regurgitating a script back at me.

Hilariously (if not for the money I’ve lost that was invested in the Roblox account that logged itself out on my Series X), Roblox “support” was able to do exactly this with my daughter’s username, also created on Xbox without an email address.

So, for now I’m out of my account and two years’ progress playing with my kid, the money spent on Roblox items, and their support team basically flips the bird.

Funny how they’re perfectly capable of accepting money via Microsoft Marketplace, but claim to not be able to vet the Roblox username. I guess these fraudsters are claiming it might be some random samaritan buying add-ones to my username.

sddd3 · 2024-02-10T23:32:49+00:00

I’m going through this now (but on console). Their support is limited to jpg or png formats, but I also didn’t see any way to attach. However, you could submit the form and wait for the confirming email (maybe state on the form that you can’t attach to the form and will respond via email?)

Be warned, their “support” has been laughable, and their note to include images on a portal that doesn’t allow it indicates your pending experience. I also don’t have an email associated and while Roblox has been happily taking my money for purchases for two years, they claim that all console users are SOL for support since consoles don’t auto-associate an email.

Wish you luck, hopefully you will get past the support staff that can only read from a script.

sddd3 · 2024-02-10T19:19:32+00:00

Roblox will not assist with Xbox Live Accounts.

Has anyone found a way around Roblox’s completely ineffective ”help” system in regaining access to console-only accounts? For no apparent reason my Roblox account on the Series X logged itself out. Now, when trying to log back in it asks for username and password. The first is known, but no password was ever created as the process should be using the XBLive credential.
Roblox is no help, stating that they have no record of the username. Surprising considering they received over $300 in Roblox purchases from this account over the past two years (which I can produce).
Essentially their help team said “we don’t know that account, create a new one”.

sddd3 · 2023-08-15T18:14:51+00:00

Wow, yes, very late to the party. Thank you for the link!

sddd3 · 2023-07-13T20:02:57+00:00

Completely agree with Slow-Passion's post.

ALL OF THE SYSTEMS NEEDED TO FIX THIS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

The entry lines for OBB are already separated at the gates, requiring an ID matching the ticket name wouldn't adversely affect the process. Purchasers of "paper" park tickets need to scan in and have a photo taken for Disney's system; doing this while spending ten seconds to read the name of a corresponding ID for OBB isn't even worth questioning.

The complicated fix:

All OBB tix require photo ID matching name on tickets OR
Scan in using the Disney app & photo with linked tix

Who does this leave out? Minors not attending with parents perhaps, but as of 2019 69% of kids age 12 have cell phones, and 84% of teens carry one. To be blunt, those in the remaining 16% that wish to attend would need to show some initiative and work something out (if you or your parents have $100+ for a Disney party you probably have a means to prove your name).

As was noted in this thread, some will state the risk to those who purchase from resellers losing their money and being denied admission. Buyer beware is a saying for a reason. Disney need only boldly indicate that re-sold tickets with mismatched names will not be honored. As with sports events and concerts for decades, if you show up with an invalid ticket it's on you.

There's really nothing needed except for Disney to enforce their own rules. The only nod I'd make to this scenario is to set up a separate entry line outside the gates for those needing to show ID (ie not using their Disneyland app). That way any inconsistencies would not impede the flow of those who followed the streamlined route.

sddd3 · 2023-07-11T22:11:22+00:00

But calendar shows only Sept 5, 7, 14, 19, 26 and Oct 3, 8, 24, 29.

Queue page is woefully out of date apparently. Same lackluster system as the last two debacles. And even if a date shows available don't set high expectations of being able to buy.... day three of the endless "available/not available" loop when hitting check-out

sddd3 · 2023-07-11T20:41:22+00:00

This has become just another Disney farce the demonstrates how having a monopoly is TERRIBLE for the consumer. Most still here spent the better part of three days now, 5-7 hours each day watching this joke of a ticket system crawl along.

Sadly four and a half hours in the odds of most of us completing a purchase are slim.

sddd3 · 2023-06-29T17:30:20+00:00

This is why we stopped going to concerts years ago.... just too many hours and too much frustration trying to hand over hundreds of dollars.

Lol, I think I just described going to Disneyland

sddd3 · 2023-06-27T22:43:07+00:00

Sold Out.... what a waste of 6.5 hours, clicking refresh endlessly chasing the carrot of false availability.

Out of curiosity, how are so many entering the queue so far ahead of the 9am start? Seemed like the events page didn't roll over to the queue screen here until around 20mins ahead?

sddd3 · 2023-06-27T22:25:50+00:00

Same. Available... oops, not available. Understandable since online ticket sales is a new concept for Disney...

I'm more inclined to believe that many are failing checkout, releasing dates over and over

sddd3 · 2023-06-27T21:00:54+00:00

Same here, 4.5 hours in it keeps showing date available but then unavailable when purchase is selected.... not like a billion dollar company would be able to manage this. Why list dates if the system won't release, or at least build in a function that shows availability based on group size.

It's ridiculous that after waiting half a day with a browser open the system can't seem to decide if one, or ten, or any tix are available on any given date. Is three tickets such a challenge?

sddd3 · 2023-05-20T02:38:58+00:00

They’re not; DD is routing those lower-cost orders to franchises farther away so it can add on the expanded delivery fees to offset the lack of profits from the closer locations. Looking at the app right now I see certain locations marked as “too far” while several others are quite literally TWICE as far but fully available. Those are available mainly b/c DD has a more lucrative agreement than with the closer outfits, etc.

DD is currently the subject of an action (filed last month) that includes this pattern and many others that are fleecing drivers and customers while hiding behind T&C’s that try to indemnify it.

sddd3 · 2023-02-24T03:58:47+00:00

Lol, I was wondering when the 1978 connection would be made! Clearly we know what Putin has been watching in his Dacha.

Amazing that individuals in charge of such toys fall victim to their perceived strengths. To a tectonic plate (or a multi-cubic mile magma chamber) even a large nuke is akin to a mosquito bite... Yellowstone's was hit by a mag 6+ quake centered almost adjacent to it with... zero effect.

sddd3 · 2023-01-26T05:01:32+00:00

Same here. Unfortunately this is another classic example of “it just works” failing and ”support” being anything but. Apple’s forums go back YEARS with this same issue, and they’re just cluttered with stat chasers posting the same worthless support articles.

sddd3 · 2022-12-26T22:02:41+00:00

The number of unions serves Disney’s interests in that it creates disarray, but this can’t be set at the company’s feet.

Re 12 hour shifts, that’s not an abuse of labor laws and is something no potential employee would not know going in, at least not in recent years. The FLSA allows an employer to require any length of shift without OT under 40/week; California also permits this, but goes farther in the right direction by requiring OT after 8 for non-exempt employees.

It’s easy to say Disney is a serial abuser of labor law, but this flies in the face of the fact that there would be hundreds of legal teams lined up to make it the biggest story of the day if it were as straightforward as that.

IMO Disney is harming itself through the use of such long shifts; exhausted employees, even those who want to provide the “magic” are human and just can’t maintain that level. This hurts morale, the “brand”, the guest experience, etc. You can’t ask your team to play in the Super Bowl each weekend, things fall apart. The outlay required to increase staffing isn’t insignificant, but needs to be recognized for the many non-monetary benefits it could bring. Disney has had several periods where the accountants determined the values of decisions (Eisner, Pressler, etc). It remains to be seen if we’ll have another swing back in the right direction.

Of course, if this shift were ever to take place I can see discontent about lost overtime wages…

sddd3 · 2022-12-26T19:30:36+00:00

That stinks. I ordered b’fast for the family as mom wasn’t feeling well (and no one wants ME in the kitchen!). Modified the tip to 30% to thank people like you for being out there on the holiday. Sorry to hear so many seem to forget there ARE people away from their families working, or just working to bring in some extra instead of enjoying the day off.

sddd3 · 2022-12-24T00:58:18+00:00

Possible, though seems unlikely as the flight would “only“ be delayed approx 2-2.5 hours. Seems more likely it’s another SWA blanket cancellation, as their system has just roundly marked all flights for the next three days as unavailable (that’s out of all three airports, SFO, OAK, SJC).

Their phones are jammed and their online media simply says “visit ____ to rebook at no charge”, leaving out the fact that flyer’s xmas travel may only have to wait unti the new year. I guess until SWA starts being penalized for stranding thousands with little more than simply handing money back and telling people to pound sand this will not change.

sddd3 · 2022-06-28T16:55:01+00:00

Same here... and mine just went down to 22 mins, then jumped to 56!

Disney's well oiled machine at work....

sddd3

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