

Australian Reindeer
I’m waiting in the queue
To buy my concession postage stamps
Finally, at the counter
I present my Australian Post Card
Yet another plastic piece to scan
“Sorry” said the the office clerk
“But you been archived”
My mind goes clunk
“What does that mean”
I said to the clerk
“But I’m here, mostly alive”
“You’ll have to call Australia Post”
Oh well, away I go to phone-up
I’m waiting in the queue
On hold for twenty minutes
Finally, “Hello sir, can I help you.”
After giving him my personal details
I explain my situation
That the computer said
“I’ve been archived!”
The operator said, “That’s strange. Please wait.”
After a few minutes, he speaks
“Hello Ivor.” (he knows my name!)
“It seems you’ve been deleted from the system”
Now, my old-timer’s brain
Grinds to a paniced halt
Not only only have I been archived
But now I’m deleted!
Am I digitally dead
Has my cyberspace cloud flown south
After a few minutes the operator again speaks
“Don’t worry Ivor.”
I swipe the robotic dribble from my chin
“If you use your same card number”
“And apply for a renewal”
“You’ll be re-installed into our system”
Re-installed, that sounds positive
So off I trudge
Back to the Post Office
To fill in the application form
Here I am again
I’m waiting in the queue
So this is Christmas!
Ivor Steven (c) Dec 2019
I love this! We are all written off, only to come back brighter and more alive than before!
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Thanks Claudia, sorry I’ve not been blogging, but I’m still struggling… xxx
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I am with you my friend. 💖
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Perhaps if you’re archived and then deleted you no longer have to pay any taxes!
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Now that’s a positive thought Peter, but I’m afraid i managed to get to the front of the queue
and I’m RE-INSTALLED…….
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I’m pleased to hear it!
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What an adventure!
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Yes, I was seeing the humour in my situation… xx
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Oh my gosh. Good luck re-establishing yourself.
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Haha, I eventually got to the front of the queue 😉😊
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Lol.
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Next time you’re deleted, ask yourself how much you might be saving. In your deleted state, it might not be worth rebooting.
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🌏🌎😎🏡
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Just re-read that comment and I think it came out all wrong! Hopefully you’ll know what I was attempting to say! 🙂
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I’m happy, and back on my cloud in cyberspace 💙🌏☁️
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I’m happy too! 🙂
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That doesn’t sound good to hear. Egads. I certainly wouldn’t be happy if someone said I didn’t exist.
I love Australian Reindeer. Hilarious!!!
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I’m back on my cloud in cyberspace, and yes our Australian Reindeer, can give you a bit of a nip 💙🌏☁️
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You’ve not been deleted here Ivor !!!!
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Yep I’m back on my cyberspace cloud, you see me in the sky above the bridge 🌉☁️💙🌏
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😉 there you are!
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The card is so funny. The sign of the times with computer systems they are not all what they are cracked up to be. The good old days when you just went to the post office bought your stamps and posted the card. Life is so complicated but they tell us it is more simple. I think not. You whole life can be ruined with a computer system if some baffoon deletes your account. All the extra work and wasted time spent just to post a card.
Have a Merry Christmas Ivor.
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Yes, it was quite a dilemma for me, and I’m definitely old fashioned, 🌏💙☁️, but I’m back in my cyberspace cloud, ☁️☁️🌎🌏
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I am old fashioned these new ways cause far more problems than necessary. I am pleased you now exist.
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Yes it’s good to be re-installed, and hopefully a good sleep tonight, 11.20pm here in Geelong and it’s nite nite time 😴💤
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Sweet Dreams and Peace
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Eek! Ack! and UGHS! 😮
I’m so glad you are alive and well and kickin’ and not archived and deleted anymore! 😀
I laughed at your poem. (Your humor was shining through, Ivor!)
But, I know going through all of that was not funny or fun.
Yes, ’tis the season for such things!
HA! I bet the Australian Reindeer could get mail and packages delivered! 😛
HUGS!!! for the UGHS!!!
Oh, and How are you doing today?! You’ve been in my thoughts and prayers.
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Hello dear Carolyn, I’m not sure whether I’m improving or not…..I kept myself busy today, doing all my(our) Christmas cards, and I’m sure Carole is pleased with my effort….I’ve just finished dinner and now relaxing, I’ve few more stretching exercises to do, but I think I’m gradually on the mend, it’s such a slow progress… but betterer than going backwards, hopefully by the weekend I’ll start to feel the benefits of the exercise program that I’m on…. xxxx ((hugs))
I’m so pleased you enjoyed my humourous take on my awkward situation,…….. It’s fun to make people see the funny side of our silly world….
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I still remember the good old days,
when if you had been a very good boy,
you’d simply get rubber stamped 😎
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Those were the days my friend…….. wasn’t she a darling….
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All clean non-digital fun👌
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I think I still had a Brownie Box Kodak camera…..
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Impossible to take a selfie
with a Kodak Box Brownie.
But we learnt to be patient …
waiting for the film to develop.
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Darn systems. Many years ago, when I was a Social Services area manager and we had card index systems, clients were in 3 categories: Open meant they had an active social worker; Closed meant they didn’t have one; Inactive meant that their case was not closed but no social worker had been allocated. One day I overheard the telephonist repeatedly telling an elderly disabled woman that she was Inactive. I suggested that she already knew that and it would be better to explain our system.
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Yes Derrick I understand, our computer systems can be very non personal…💻
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Oh my! What a pain in the butt! So when you get reinstalled, you will be born again! Then you can go to heaven!! LOL
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ouch archived then deleted … so relieved you got reinstated!
Never met one of those ugly looking reindeer, that heavens 🙂
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Yes, a confusing for this old guy.. 😂🌏
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daunting for anyone!
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They can be daunting, when things go wrong… 🤔😊🌏
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