Cool again, but then warm again, and then HOT again. We almost got some rain around 6pm, which cooled things down as the front moved by, but it was 92F before that. And pretty humid too. Time for Fall to get here.
I did some things in the morning, doing some small things in my bedroom and closet that I’d been thinking about for a while. Just rearranging stuff really. There’s more to do, but I broke the logjam by finally starting. I hope. Then I fell down a rabbit hole with some network stuff.
I did get one ubiquiti access point configured. I have another that shouldn’t take but a minute, and then I’ve got to install them in the attic. The one that took some skull sweat wasn’t resetting, or configurable, or upgrading properly, so when that got resolved (by using a different ubiquiti tool) I was pretty happy. It’s a $400 access point I picked up at the goodwill bins for about $3. Yeah, getting that to work for me kinda rocked. The other came from my client’s house during one of the upgrade rounds, and it configured no problem.
What I can’t do yet is get them off my normal network, and I can’t get them to use an alternative DNS server. ATT doesn’t allow you to configure their router to use anyone but them, as they mine that and sell it. I’ve got several devices I want to stop seeing ads on, but can’t configure manually, so I need the wifi or the main router to assign an alternate DNS, whether that’s a pihole or 9.9.9.9 or some other ad blocking service.
I have been looking at used ubiquiti gateways and they’re pretty cheap on ebay, so I may just do that. Then I’ll have control over it at a whole ‘nother level. The added advantage is that I’ve already spent time and energy learning to use the ubiquiti stuff at my client’s house, so I can save some effort. The other choice is to change the way the APs are configured, and set them up as a portal (like in a coffee shop or business lobby) and connect the devices to them. There are additional issues there though, and I’d have to learn more about that functionality.
I’m bummed because I thought I’d just be able to config the APs to give out a different DNS server… and I just had another idea about how to do that which I’ll have to explore today… See, talking through a problem can help. The normal setup and use just passes the routers DHCP and DNS to wifi clients too.
In the afternoon I did my pickups, got stuff at the grocery store, and dropped the Ranger off at the mechanic shop. Then I walked home. D1 picked up D2 and took her to her Tues/Thur activity. Sometimes having minions helps.
Today I’ll do a bit more cleanup in the bedroom and closet, a bit more networking, and maybe a bit of other stuff. I do have a pickup locally, and I can take some stuff over to the shop using the Expy when I do that pickup. Even if it’s raining, the Expy will keep the stuff dry. Tiny little steps, but all stuff that needs to be done.
I’ve got a brisket to portion and freeze, so that will be adding to the stacks. It’ll also probably end up being dinner too.
Stack while you can. If assassinations aren’t enough to kick off the next stage, something else will.
nick
We have a similar problem with our new ISP: Their router just ignores little things like changes to the DNS server. However, I was able to turn off DHCP entirely. Then our PiHole handles DHCP, and along with handing out IP addresses, it also hands out the DNS server to use. If you don’t want to run a PiHole, you can just put another router behind the ATT router, to do the same sort of thing.
If the router has built-in WiFi, even if you don’t use the transceiver, the hardware will act as a microcell on the 5G network, providing service to you and your immediate neighbors via the unlicensed spectrum.
The company will also use their hardware to provision the nationwide WiFi service, similar to Comcast. They may even provision Comcast through some kind of agreement.
Also, if you have TV and use the various phone apps, the communication does not take place directly to the set top box but rather through a central server connected to a mainframe which, in turn, talks to the boxes.
And unless things changed in the last 15 years – which I doubt – DVR streams originate outside your house.
The first NAT behind the fiber modem has to stay under their control. I’d assume that the network is not secure and run a separate NAT behind my own router as @brad suggested.
Cr*p. It has been 15 years since the Vantucky fiasco started.
+1.
Google fiber has an option on their device to assign a port as a dmz. This bypasses all the built-in firewall crap. I have my Ubiquiti firewall on that port and my network behind that. I only use the google provided wireless for my wife’s work computer. I have no idea what software the bank puts on their devices, but I know I don’t want it on my internal network.
74F this morning. Sun’s coming up.
Kids are up early, which is weird.
W is sleeping late, also weird.
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Amazon is losing patience with returns fraud.
– about time.
n
Indeed, about time that the big online retailers do something. OTOH, they have to think long-term, because actually checking each return to identify fraud will cost them more than they save. Long-term, it will drop the fraud, but short-term it will cost them money.
Here, at least, the biggest known fraud is apparently by women who want “something to wear”. Just once, of course, then they return it and order something different for the next event. Can’t be seen in the same outfit twice, don’t you know…
Also, probably related to that, are the women who order several sizes of the same item, intending to return all but one (or – see above – maybe all of them).
actually checking each return to identify fraud will cost them more than they save
– on some items, at a certain price point, this is true. Testing electronics takes time. Looking at an auto part to see if it’s dirty and old vs shiny and new only takes a glance. Ditto for a quick check that the right item is in the box.
The main thing for amazon is that they make the supplier eat the cost of the return. Amazon only takes the profit so they don’t have a giant incentive to reduce returns.
Amazon is going at the problem by profiling customers based on purchase and return patterns. The more you return, the more friction and cost they insert into the process.
In the end, 80%+ of online purchases are returned (last number I saw, best I can recall) and that isn’t sustainable for anyone’s bottom line.
n
John Wilder has the right of it.
https://wilderwealthywise.com/
– in some places, even after years, you’ll still be “the new people that bought the Johnson place.” I have been working hard to establish that while we are the new people, we are GOOD people, and people that are worth having around.
It takes work, the right mindset, a certain amount of luck, and did I mention work?
The curve is steep and you need to be climbing it.
n
Where we are, it’s not possible to completely overcome. We are Swiss, but we aren’t native to this particular town, and obviously never will be. Folks are still friendly, no problem, but they grew up here, and they have relationships with each other that we will never be a part of. All of our actual friends are other folk who also moved here – that’s about 1/3 of the town, so there are enough of us…
NVDA broke below key support again yesterday.
Larry Ellison and the tech industry in general are gonna need a bigger stunt.
Ah, the other network thing I thought might work didn’t. That was a feature of the ubiquiti gateway router and cloudkey (their management console.) Since I don’t have those things…
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kids’ school went on lockdown this morning due to ‘an inadvertent button press’.
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Last night a half dozen helos came over the house, blacked out, in close formation and at treetop level. They continued on to hover and turn over an elementary school, then exfil’d out. Wife says there are combined agency training ops going on all over town, and residents have been advised that they might see a lot of low level helo activity. It was loud and distinctive sounding and from the unusual vehicle traffic in the neighborhood, several people were following along to see what was going on.
Things that make you go ‘hmm’.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/16/whats-going-on-residents-react-to-low-flying-military-helicopters-across-houston/
– yeah, right. It’s so “very common” that you have to issue press releases, and residents all over town report it, because it’s so common they’ve never seen anything like it.
And even more disturbing, they are using elementary schools as part of the exercise. Aldine from the news story, and one near me from my experience.
Nothing from my cop volunteer things either.
n
And this POS isn’t running again.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/16/harris-county-judge-lina-hidalgo-not-running-for-reelection-office-confirms/
This is the woman who got the position on the last “straight party” election displacing a man who held the position and was universally loved and respected for years. Everyone was shocked when she won. The position is mostly about emergency response, an area she had zero experience in. Like every other area.
Then she illegally seized N95 masks from an auction house at the beginning of covid (and never paid for them despite eventually promising to do so.)
She was the most hated woman in Houston after covid and her election posters were routinely vandalized – the only ones I saw getting the treatment. She won reelection in the first roll out of the new voting system amid widespread allegations of fraud and irregularity.
While in office, she was accused of self dealing and illegal patronage.
Elections have consequences and we were saddled with this POS because of it.
n
Added – Houston has an office of emergency management, which has always had a mostly useless website…
and they have a new shiny mostly useless website.
They haven’t even posted a notice about the training exercises, there is no way to see a history of SMS alerts they’ve sent out, nor even a banner with ‘breaking news’ or a link to their X account.
There is a page with lorum ipsum text, and one of the links 404s. The 404 page has bad grammar on it too.
FFS. I wonder how much they spent on this new sh!tty website?
n
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/general-mills-beats-profit-reaffirms-outlook-amid-sluggish-sales-and-home-dining-trend
– I’m seeing a lot of smaller package sizes, especially in the meat section of our HEB. Steaks are thinner. I’m also seeing a lot more of the cheaper, less desirable cuts for sale.
Beef prices are still crazy high. 80/20 hamburger is ~$5/lb. while brisket was ~$4/lb. I’ll buy the brisket.
BTW, 80/20 was the BEST hamburger mix in the store. They even had 77/23…
n
Interestingly, while trying and failing to find a SD card yesterday I noticed that a couple stores still had Canon DSLR’s in stock.
Specifically they had the T7, not the T7i and none of the T8(i). And they were still asking retail for a camera that ended production around 2020.
Looking on Amazon the story as much the same, with prices of the T8 versions body at about four figures.
It may be that the follow on mirrorless cameras aren’t as good?
Or possibly nobody wants to buy an all new set of lenses? Apparently the old EF’s can be used with adapters, but there are always issues with that.
My understanding is that the prosumer camera market has been crashing for a while, maybe they just misjudged things.
Just updated my youngest sister’s Lenovo B590 and installed Linux Mint. This is an old i3 gen 3 based laptop, having had a replacement SSD and now 8GB memory upgrade. Linux Mint, because it isn’t supported by Windows 11 and my sister is willing to give LM a try. LM runs fine for browser and office tasks.
Middle sister, despite my offer to update her old laptop(s) to support Linux Mint, has just told me she has just purchased an HP Stream 11 for GBP120 (approx $160). Celeron based with non upgradeable 4GB memory and 64GB eMMC. I wasn’t aware a W11 laptop was available at such a low price.
There is a review of the HP Stream at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKtypxzUP-U
The reviewer feels that it represents good value and appears to be a reasonable option for travel use, particularly if Linux is installed rather than W11.
Beef prices are still crazy high.
Beef cat food has disappeared around here.
The market did have a few cans of Friskies “beef shreds” this weekend, a flavor of which the cats are dubious about at the best of times, but I thought I’d buy one for a change.
The next morning there were five piles of vomit and cat poo on the rug. And a couple of damp spots.
I have no idea what was actually in there (particularly recalcitrant Uighur’s?), but never again.
It makes you wonder what the mainland Chinese are eating right now? I understand the economy is very very bad.
the prosumer camera market has been crashing for a while,
– I believe that, but I also see most content creators switching to dslr cameras as they level up on the platforms. That is kind of a niche market though.
n
And which friend or relative got the no-bid contract to make the site.
what the mainland Chinese are eating right now? I understand the economy is very very bad.
– come and make it blog has some insight today.
http://comeandmakeit.blogspot.com/
There are other indicators too.
n
It’s paywalled but the tease is enough to share.
Also, the guy who claimed to have shot Kirk immediately, providing a distraction while the real killer escaped, admitted to liking child p orn and abuse, which the cops found on his phone.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/george-zinn-first-suspect-detained-charlie-kirk-shooting/
n
Atempting arbitrage on the masks was just asking for trouble.
>>Here, at least, the biggest known fraud is apparently by women who want “something to wear”. Just once, of course, then they return it and order something different for the next event. Can’t be seen in the same outfit twice, don’t you know…
Pre-internet, I’m sure the same thing went on at any of the mall department stores. Just took a little more nerve to do it in person.
Today, finally, I met with a new CPA firm and got our personal and biz taxes started for 2024.
Visit the last Lands End outlet outside Madison, WI. The clearance racks are an education about how low humanity will go in taking advantage of a retailer‘s return policies.
I’m trying the BBBE diet for a while, maybe a month. Beef, Butter, Bacon & Egg.
My timing is impeccable. But HEB still has 4# packs of ground chuck for about $5/lb normal price. If you’re going 80/20, I go with ground chuck instead of hamburger.
77/23 is ok, but I don’t buy it. I also never by anything like 90/10. Not enough fat. The fat is important. When reheating, I add a little butter.
Good idea about the brisket, though. I may do a crockpot brisket this week. Don’t want to fire up the smoker, and don’t want to heat up the house with a stovetop or oven braise.
Texas is still hot.
Scott Adams is in stage 4 of prostate cancer. I suspect that the treatments are overwhelming him. He is trying a last ditch treatment that was suggested to him by President Trump about six months ago. They gave him a 30% chance of surviving the summer, this summer.
I watched him being interviewed by Tucker Carlson yesterday. Some of his hair has come back but he looked really tired.
https://rumble.com/v6z2rvi-scott-adams-tells-tucker-carlson-how-tyler-robinson-got-brainwashed.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/general-mills-beats-profit-reaffirms-outlook-amid-sluggish-sales-and-home-dining-trend
– I’m seeing a lot of smaller package sizes, especially in the meat section of our HEB. Steaks are thinner. I’m also seeing a lot more of the cheaper, less desirable cuts for sale.
Beef prices are still crazy high. 80/20 hamburger is ~$5/lb. while brisket was ~$4/lb. I’ll buy the brisket.
In five years, we may look fondly back on these prices. Trump has not stopped the bleeding and rapid growth in spending by the federal government. I don’t think that he can with the growth in Medicare and Social Security running over 10% per year.
Trump can means test Social Security to cut those expenses but the screaming will be horrible so I doubt that he will do it. Medicare is already means tested (IRMAA) so that has been addressed.
It’s 96F at my house.
The mechanic says $1300 for the A/C work. There is metal in the system so more than the compressor needs to be replaced and he’ll flush the rest.
In 2003 I bought this truck because my previous Ranger didn’t have A/C. That was fine in SoCal, but not going to work in TX. Original A/C compressor. Lots of gunk in the ‘orifice tube’ to the point it’s mostly blocked. Still blew cold until it died.
Of course there are other things too. Rear shocks have needed replacement for years. Rear brake cylinders are now leaking. I’m not bothered because with 170K on the truck, the rear pads and drums are still good. IE the rears don’t really do anything anyway.
There is the question of how much to repair, but it comes down to “I can’t replace it for $1500 / year in service.” And I love it, and D2 wants it in 2 years.
Still a big check to write.
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A/C window unit at my shop was frozen over too. I’ve got that dripping on towels now. I’m glad I stopped in to check on it.
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n
In the end, 80%+ of online purchases are returned (last number I saw, best I can recall) and that isn’t sustainable for anyone’s bottom line.
No freaking way ! I would argue that above 10% is unsustainable.
There is the question of how much to repair, but it comes down to “I can’t replace it for $1500 / year in service.” And I love it, and D2 wants it in 2 years.
Can you buy a used truck with a working a/c, motor, transmission, and brakes for less than $20,000 ? Certainly not less than $10,000.
Stack while you can. If assassinations aren’t enough to kick off the next stage, something else will.
Divemedic suspects that the next stage will be a mass casualty event.
It makes you wonder what the mainland Chinese are eating right now? I understand the economy is very very bad.
Bats.
I have a modest proposal.
John Wilder has the right of it.
https://wilderwealthywise.com/
https://wilderwealthywise.com/a-franz-ferdinand-sort-of-feeling/
“History loves a good rerun, and the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 is the template for an assassination that spins the world into the void. A lone gunman in Sarajevo pulls the trigger, and World War I erupts, dragging empires into a meat grinder that reshapes global trade, currencies, and economies. Oh, and it burned a continent.”
So he is equating the murder of Charlie Kirk to the 1913 murder of Franz Ferdinand.
“America is a nation where a third of the population sees another third as an existential threat. The GloboLeft has already said that free and fair elections are a danger to “our” democracy. “Our”, in this case, doesn’t include you and me. It’s their democracy and they’ll shut anyone up to prove it, after trying to stop an overwhelmingly popular Trump from even running.”
“Will the violence end with Kirk? I doubt it. The TradRight has already been invigorated, and I’ve seen multiple videos of AntiFa getting slammed into the concrete or water fountains when, in previous years, they would have been ignored.”
I think that most of the antifa are hiding at the moment, only the idiots are outside running around. They know if they go running around that somebody in the tradright may want to even the score.
“Tesla Is Redesigning Door Handles That Drew Scrutiny Over Safety”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-redesigning-door-handles-drew-195329902.html?guccounter=1
I hate the recessed door handles in many cars now. My dad’s car had them too. Just feels dangerous to me.
“Muslim Dearborn mayor tells Christian resident he is ‘Not welcome’ after questioning street sign honoring controversial Arab leader”
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/muslim-dearborn-mayor-tells-christian-resident-he-is-not-welcome-after-questioning-street-sign-honoring-controversial-arab-leader/
“Dearborn, Michigan, Muslim Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud told a Christian resident that he is “not welcome” in the city after criticizing newly placed street signs honoring Osama Siblani, a Muslim journalist who has repeatedly praised Hezbollah.”
And we have another problem in many areas now.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
Home from Germany. Well part way. I am spending the night in Atlanta because my biological clock is saying 01:15. I have been up for 20 hours. I am not driving home for another 4 hours in my mental condition.
The flight home was good, on time. Passport control asked three questions. Where had we been, how long had we been gone, why we were visiting Germany. Done. No entrance stamp at all. There were, surprisingly, no lines at immigration. Customs had three people standing around doing nothing.
The traffic at Atlanta Airport has changed. We have to take a long shuttle ride from concourse E to the south terminal. There we have to walk to some traffic islands to catch the bus to the parking lot. I guess a lot of rearranging has been done to separate private vehicles, ride share, and shuttles to offsite parking, to clean up some traffic. This shuttle stuff was done on June 25. Why there is no longer a tram from concours E to the north or south terminal is a question and answer above my pay grade.
I will try and stay awake as late as possible tonight. I might make 10:00 PM. We hope to leave by 7:00 AM tomorrow morning. We are north of Atlanta so we can probably avoid some rush hour traffic.
Welcome home Ray.
The most dangerous part of your trip is your drive home, so good idea doing it the safe way.
n
We had a BMW X5 in Wisconsin two years ago, and the electronic door handle on the passenger side refused to work the first morning after the car sat overnight in freezing weather outside.
The only way to get the door open was for me to pull the mechanical release on the inside and push out on the door. I had to push hard because of ice.
At least the inside release was mechanical. I don’t think it is on Tesla vehicles.
BREAKING: ABC Yanks Kimmel After Affiliates Revolt Over Kirk Remarks
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/17/breaking-abc-yanks-kimmel-after-affiliates-revolt-over-kirk-remar-n3806913
Kimmel is another PLT comedian whose audience is tiny. He preaches to the choir. I’m sure they wanted a reason to cashier him. I hope there is not golden parachute…what am I thinking, the PLTs always set that up first.
CA Starbucks Reportedly Blacklists Charlie Kirk’s Name in Political Double Standard
Like to see a movement in Colorado to order the “Charlie Kirk Memorial”. Fun might ensue.
Tyler Durden cowardice reporting on the end of Jimmy Kimmel.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jimmy-kimmel-suspended-indefinitely-after-pushing-charlie-kirk-propaganda
Kimmel was dark the week we were in California. Disney didn’t even light the marquee for his theater in the evening which really stands out on that block.
Just a data point, the prime sirloin I grilled tonight went into the freezer in 2020. It was delicious.
I pan fried sliced turnips as a side, with a heavy dose of salt, pepper, and garlic salt, in bacon fat. It wasn’t quite enough until I added a couple of tablespoons of sweet rice vinegar to deglaze the pan. THEN it was delicious. Every slice got eaten.
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wrt to kimmel, who actually watches that crap? He’ll get taken care of, he didn’t come up with the lie on his own. It’s an extension of the very first day when the talking head said it could have been a fan celebrating with gunfire… Kimmel and the rest only get amplified by the MSM and the rest of the machine. If they were on their own, well, the hoof trimmer I watch on youtube has 2.68 million subs, and his latest vid has only been up for 6 hours but has 130K views already.
I’d be shocked if Kimmet et al had 130K viewers per episode.
n
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/17/clemson-profs-fired-after-abhorrent-posts-about-charlie-kirks-assassination/
What do you call 500 PLT professors at the bottom of the ocean?
Seems to me that sneer quotes are missing from that assertion.
Pollution.
But I suppose it’s better for them to be polluting the bottom of the ocean than a college town.
Eh? You don’t have any emergency meth? Oh, probably confiscated by customs. Thieving bastidges.
I’m pretty sure that’s grounds for a lawsuit if not criminal charges or recall (or impeachment, whichever applies in Michigan). Equal protection under the law almost certainly, quite possibly Title VII of the federal civil rights act, probably a number of Michigan laws and constitutional provisions.
But that would take a while and wouldn’t be certain. What would be quick and certain would be spraying Mayor Pedophile Worshiper’s mosque with liquefied pig post-digestion-food-product (not that pig post-digestion-food-product needs much liquefaction, generally).
Next time fly through Portland. You can keep your meth.
as long as you’re willing to share…
n
People Who Want ‘Misinformation’ Regulated Are Mad Jimmy Kimmel Got Pulled Over Misinformation
https://redstate.com/joesquire/2025/09/17/people-who-want-misinformation-regulated-are-mad-jimmy-kimmel-got-pulled-over-misinformation-n2194072
His bosses fired him after their customers balked.
The FCC chairman had an opinion that he publicly expressed. Sounds like free speech.
Trump Designating Antifa as Major Terrorist Group
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/09/17/trump-designates-antifa-as-major-terrorist-group-n2663541
Should have been on the ToDo list for Jan 21.
I have little doubt that major funding comes from OUS, specifically from Soros via grants to intermediaries intended to wash the money and give him deniability. If they can trace the flow and document the origin, an indictment for financing terrorism followed by demands for extradition and trial should follow.
@brad
probably related to that, are the women who order several sizes of the same item, intending to return all but one (or – see above – maybe all of them).
I grew up the daughter of a skilled seamstress. All my clothes were hand made for -me- (except the hand me downs which she often altered).
As an adult I loathe clothes shopping. Women’s sizing is an inconsistent train wreck. Even clothes from the same maker vary wildly in their dimensions for the same size. The tables of sizes some provide are writ in fantasy land.
Plus Alaska where shipping is just extra special.
I am guilty, on those rare occasions I shop online, of ordering the same clothing item in multiple sizes to save time. Most of the higher end branded clothing expect this and have policies to address it.
Id sooner stab a fork into my thigh, repeatedly, than go clothes shopping.
Jimmy Kimmel? The only time he was ever “funny” was as the straight man on “Win Ben Stein’s Money”. Stein was hilarious. Kimmel? Not so much.
A good start!
Muslim politicians are INVARIBLY working to advance the cause of Islam, not liberty. In the USA OR in Britain, they are invaders, not citizens. Any person in the United States who advocates for sharia should be IMMEDIATELY deported to some nation that uses it. Sharia is ENTIRELY contrary to the Constitution of the United States.
I’m going to read for a bit, and crash. Too much to do, not enough motivation, and it’s worse when I’m tired.
n
I have never done any drugs, of any kind, other than prescribed. I know you were being humorous, but I sort of resent the reference in regards to my activities. I will let it go at that.
Up at 0h-three-dark-thirty as was expected. We may depart early for the home portal. A stop at Waffle House for breakfast. I really dislike the time change and it gets more difficult every time I do it. I tried staying awake as late as possible last night but could not get beyond 8:00 PM.
We got a really nice room at a Hyatt. Biggest room I have ever used in a hotel. It was a free night, one of the credit card perks. I pay $95.00 a year for the card and it includes a free night. I figure that $95.00 is a cheap rate for a Hyatt hotel and I don’t have to pay the local occupancy tax.
If I order – say – a waist size of 31, then I get a waist size of 31. Online retailers would surely be stupid to do anything else, because it surely wouldn’t fit, and would get returned. I naively assumed the same would be true for women’s sizes. I’ll have to ask my wife how she deals with this…
That’s pretty much how I feel. I order everything online, and mostly from 2-3 shops where I know what their products are.
Meat prices here have always been high. That said, I was completely shocked to see an absolutely ordinary steak in the supermarket at a price of CHF 120/kg. That’s about $60/lb, which is about double the usual crazy-high price.
Dunno what is behind that – haven’t heard anything special about farmers or meat or anything.
There was an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in water buffalo in northern Germany earlier this year. You will probably find that CH has blocked imports of beef meat from mainland Europe, so you are now paying a premium for Swiss-raised.
When we travelled to Ireland via the UK in summer, we were forbidden to bring meat or dairy products into the UK from mainland Europe.