Rants

My 24 hour notice from the TV delivery person turned out to be more like 24 minutes. I got a call from my mother-in-law at 1:30 that the TV would be here between 2 and 3. At 3:30 she called to say the delivery person was here, but didn’t know what to do with the TV. 15 minutes later I was home and got the real story, the driver’s paperwork didn’t specify in home delivery. He was only required to get it to my front porch. If I wanted, he would help me put it in the house, but he couldn’t be held responsible if the TV got damaged while we did it. So carefully we moved into the living room using his dolly. Upon opening the box I realized just how big this TV is. It wasn’t going to fit in the armoire without me trimming a bigger hole in the back, so the tube would poke out far enough in back, so we can close the front doors. I wouldn’t sign the receipt and let him go until I at least hooked up the cable to it and tried it out. Looked OK so I sent the trucker driver on his way and I went back to work. After we got home I got out my trusty jigsaw and sliced up the particle board so it would fit. Then my wife and I hoisted this puppy into the armoire. If it was any higher up we would have never made it, it weights 150lbs. They webpage said the width was 33-7/8 and the opening of the cabinet was 34-1/2 one of those is a little off as one door slightly rubs one side when opened or closed, any more and the TV wouldn’t have fit. Here is what a JVC AV-36260 looks like, of course it is much bigger in person. 🙂

What’s this? Tucked in amongst the usual junk mail today was a little hand lettered postcard with a smiley face sticker in the upper left hand corner. Oh, its an ad for a Summer Special Sale. 2 spaces for $895.00 in the Bronze or V.A. Gardens is being offered by the friendly folks at the Southland Cemetery of Aiken. How thoughtful. I know I am middle aged because I actually thought about it for a minute. Then I remembered we agreed to be cremated, so I won’t be needing any land. If you want to take advantage of this offer just email me and I’ll send it to you, it doesn’t say it is non-transferable. The City Fathers are trying to promote Aiken as a nice place to retire, I think it probably isn’t a bad place to be buried either.

A few weeks ago a bolt from on high struck near enough to smoke check several electrical devices in the homestead. After doing all the song and dance the insurance company wanted we are still lacking in a big TV for the living room. We agreed to let the folks at State Farm replace it through the State Farm Replacement Service. Figured if they could save a few bucks some how on the deal they be friendly to me in future transactions. When we gave them the original OK to go ahead we were told 5 to 7 days. That was pushed out further because the model we picked could not be located anywhere in the local area. Unfortunately that meant delivery might occur while we were away on vacation, so I had them move the date out until next week. My mother-in-law was here, but I want to make sure this thing works good before I sign off on it, hopefully this week we will get it.

At 3 PM today the Weather Channel site said it was 95 degrees outside but the heat index made it feel like 104. The term “Heat Index” is the summer equivalent of the wind chill factor and I think was invented by the folks at the Weather Channel because it makes the hot temperatures seem more exciting. Here is a quote from their definition: “The Heat Index is a function of temperature and relative humidity. The combination of the two results in an apparent temperature which gives an idea of what it would feel like under normal-to-low humidity conditions.” Here is my definition: If it is above 85 degrees it is hot. Simple, huh?

By the time you see this the crisis will be over, because if it wasn’t over you wouldn’t be seeing this.

From staus.blogger.com:
We had a major server bite the dust this morning. Pro(2) is publishing (for most blogs). Publishing is off for basic and template editing is down for all. Working on getting the back-up online.

That was sometime this morning. I’m still waiting. Another reason I should get my own domain name and find a webhost, but from past experience, that is not necessarily an any more reliable way to go.

My wife and I took a weeks vacation. We went away for 5 days and came back with 4 more days off still in front of us. We came back without spending a week away because Donna’s sister and husband were flying up from Florida to spend the extended 4th of July weekend with us. When I say fly, I mean that he was renting a plane and piloting the 2 of them up from Cape Coral. They had to cancel because of the iffy weather. Paul only has a VFR license, so he can’t (or really isn’t allowed) to fly if there are like clouds in the sky.

Driving home yesterday seemed like a Saturday, because we always come home from vacations on Saturday, so we can decompress on Sunday before returning to work. So today felt a lot like Sunday, except I knew it was like the middle of the week in the back of my mind. Making it seem more like a Wednesday was the placing of recyclables by the curb for tomorrow’s pick-up. Normally that occurs on Thursday, but being as today was a holiday they will pick up on Friday instead. We have an early morning appointment with our financial planner tomorrow, so the alarm is going off at around 7:00 PM. The early wake up call will make tomorrow seem like a Monday, so is today Sunday? Wednesday? Or Thursday?

Took a little notebook along as promised. Wrote in it dutifully everyday. Man it was really hard not having a backspace key! Lots of overwriting and crossed out bits and stuff on top of a line and things in the margins with arrows and I’ll still have to filter it to get it in here. It will be tomorrow or Friday…plan is to just put it in this one post for today so it “looks” like I wrote it all in when I got back on Wednesday.