[GH85Carrera]

Dang I sometimes hate dealing with the analog real world.

In the world of business, sending and receiving checks is still a standard method of exchanging funds. We had a vendor that we owned a few hundred bucks. I mailed a check, on time and as directed. The post office lost it, or it vanished. Whatever the vendor is mad, and for some reason wants the check. So I printed a second check and it is in the mail.

I had to go to my bank to issue a stop payment on the old check. That cost 25 bucks, and 10 minutes of time. The branch is across a very busy intersection from a Office Depot, and I need a ream of good paper, and 100 #10 envelopes. Their web site says it is in stock. The web site lies.

So back to Amazon and getting what I need. Amazon really wants me to buy a entire case. One ream lasts two years, I don't need a two decade long supply.

I can find individual reams, but not prime. So it costs more than a local purchase.

And speaking of Amazon, how is they can figure out something you really want or need will take two weeks, but something that is not vital will be there overnight. I ordered a new 4TB hard drive, and some SATA cables. The cables were just for stock, and cost a few bucks. The hard drive is to replace an old failing drive. The cables came in 24 hours. The hard drive arrived today, after a 2 week delay.