Starfish: A tale of neck collar regeneration

There’s nothing like a skittish Internet connection to make you type a lot and really fast too.

You hope your application’s auto save feature will be reliable.

Check that.

You do whatever it is beyond hoping that ensures the data will be saved. In my case it’s remembering to manually save what it is I type periodically.

This is an example of evidence existing that makes complete automation in our lives a whimsical notion or a pipe dream of sorts.

For some reason I thought pipe dream was one word. But my automated spell checker saw fit to ensure I did not let that stand as originally typed.

Automation is not being considered or implemented for things I’d like to see it make inroads.

Where automation fails epically

For example, take the case of my flannel shirt necklines.

You know what I’m talking about.

Some of us have a neck condition that causes the collars in our flannel shirts to wear out prematurely.

If not prematurely, then flannel shirt neck wear should be described as developing much too soon. It’s definitely way before the time a failure of this kind should occur in any event.

The rest of the shirt is perfectly fine. The sleeves, pockets, buttons and everything else are in good shape. Definitely no wear exists elsewhere or anywhere that would cause me to not wear the shirt any longer. Have some fun and read that last sentence again.

When the shirt’s neck gets worn to the point that the fabric is losing its integrity in the middle of the collar, extending a seam of tearing from one end to the other, causing your spouse to tell you to get rid of the shirt, well, then it’s time for some artificial intelligence that would really do my universe a world of good.

What if the shirt could fix its own collar?

I don’t have Alexa in the house. Well, she’s sort of in the house except I have her turned off. And my wife and I can agree that we are better off without her. We’re good like that.

But, if ever I’d like to become one with AI of some kind, it would be the type that repairs my beloved flannel shirts’ collars at the first signs of fraying.

I don’t consider myself as having a red neck.

I think of my neck as probably more harsh than red.

Admittedly, though, my neck does wreak havoc on flannel shirt necklines. And I’d prefer automation help offset its ravages.

Is that too much to ask?

Well, evidently so.

The spotty Internet connection as frayed neck collar

So, as I was able to successfully state how artificial intelligence solutions are sorely lacking for my flannel shirt neck collar issues, I am now returning to the scourge that is unreliable Internet connectivity and the similarly unrewarding fixes available that are less than 100% effective.

If you stream media you may encounter buffering.

Depending on your machine you may experience intermittent connectivity issues with certain configurations of hardware and software.

Always on and always reliable.

One might call it a pipe dream.

Or a notion of the whimsical variety.