So I'm currently toying around with NeoCities, and decided to trial it by building your classic mid '90s Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire pastiche website.
Some of the most important elements are already in place.
Tile background? Large font? Heading in bright pink with a shadow? Unusual colour choices? Random cat gifs? Under construction gif? Check! Check! Check!
In the true spirit of the '90s DIY web, some more pages (including the links page) are coming soon.
(I'm thinking of adding a page dedicated to either Britney or a nu-metal band.)
You can’t fill your cup until you empty all it has You can’t understand what lays ahead If you don’t understand the past You’ll never learn to fly now 'Til you’re standing at the cliff And you can’t truly love until you’ve given up on it
It has an sort of “revolutionary politics” vibe as well in some other verses. That’s kind of Rise Against’s whole MO though, but I particularly like the lyrics from this one
What are some tips for dealing with solicitors (door-to-door salespeople)? Our neighborhood gets a lot of them.
We have a “No solicitors” sign hanging on the front door. Nevertheless, they knock, ring the doorbell, or worse, yell through the front window when it is open, trying to get our attention.
We have a Ring video doorbell and have enabled the automatic “Sorry, we’re not interested” announcement after 15 seconds. These pushy SOBs ignore the sign and the announcement.
When I ultimately find out they are soliciting and I ask why they ignored both the sign and the doorbell announcement, they usually say something like, “I’m not selling anything. I am just working with some people in the neighborhood…” or some such BS.
My wife and I work from home and have had to explain the window shouting to coworkers in meetings. We also have two small children who could be trying to nap at any given time. We have good reasons to not want to be disturbed at home and these assholes disregard that wish.
I will write a negative review online if I find out their name and company they are representing. Any other ways to get these people to leave us alone?
This is the only real, good answer I’ve seen so far.
Don’t have a lawn? Doesn’t matter, install one on your stoop exclusively for solicotors.
Live in an apartnemnt building? Instead of a sprinkler, comission someone to shamble together a remote controlled squirt gun. Bonus points if it’s on an aimable mount.
If you want to go an extra mile, somehow add vinegar into the mix. The possibilities are endless.
This wouldn’t work if it’s different people each time. That kind of deterrent requires the solicitor to already try once, but OP makes it sound like a rotating door of people