Wmcmanus Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Hung out with my best friend in the world tonight, whom I had not seen in way too long. It was really nice. I take it that I'm your second best friend then. Still not bad.
shellylh Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Came home from vacation to find the water heater and stove not working well. Gas company here right now. Guess the vacation is officially over. sigh... Edited July 18, 2012 by shellylh
shellylh Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Seems we probably have water in one of our gas pipes somewhere. So now we the gas turned off and have no gas until it is fixed and will have to pay a plumber (most likely) several thousand dollars to find where the water is leaking in.... FML.
Grahame Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Booked flights back to blighty, missing the Olympics, and getting back in time for Oracle Open World. Speaking of the Olympics, Google G4S and Shambles http://edition.cnn.c...rity/index.html or Zil Lanes and the london taxi protest over them http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/18876641 EDIT: oh and shelly, just be thankful the water is just in your gas pipe and not all throughout your house. Edited July 18, 2012 by Grahame
skullguise Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 That does suck, sorry to hear it Shelly. Hope it gets resolved soon and with not much difficulty.... I would have said a lot more in reaction.....
Dreadhead Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Sorry to hear that Shelly. That sucks big time. Me: I woke up feeling good for the first time in 14 days. I learned a lesson, go to your doctor not a MinuteClinic. The stupid clinic said "it's just a cold" and sent me on my way, the doc gave me antibiotics and lo and behold 1 day later it's almost gone.
jvlgato Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) ^this. Flying kinda sucks these days. Edited July 18, 2012 by jvlgato
n_maher Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Ack, Shelly, that's no good. Chris, glad to hear you're finally feeling better. Me - nothing of note today. All work and no booze make Nate something something.
guzziguy Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Sorry Shelly. Hopefully it will be easy (i.e. cheap) to find and fix.
NightWoundsTime Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Walked out the door on the way to work and slipped on a nice fresh algae patch on my steps. Went sideways and popped my kneecap out of place for a second. Hurt like hell, and it's still sore. Of course I didn't go to work like that. Had a big day too, lots of extra money involved. Grr. Had a charitable moment last night involving a cute blonde thing. I'd like to think I'd help anyone in her situation though. I was on a Walmart run, long story. ...I emptied out $16 bucks from my wallet supposedly for gas. In the end she took my phone number and gave me a call from the disposable phone in her hand, told me where she supposedly works, and promised to pay it back. We shall see. Update on this, I called her after a couple weeks (Her phone was off for most of that time). She returned the call, I was already home and it was raining so I asked her to call me the next time she was working, because I'm up and down the road all the time. So far no return call. I considered going to her restaraunt with a few people and demanding free food, but it's a terrible country buffet thing and is best avoided even if free.
morphsci Posted July 18, 2012 Author Report Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Sorry about the knee Matt, I can empathize. We finally signed all the paperwork or our mortgage refi. The best part was last week though when CitiMortgage (our current mortgager) called to find out why we were not going with their offer. It was very cathartic to tell them it was because they were a bunch of greedy, corporate, douchebag cunts (exact phrasing). The silence and hurried, extra pleasant goodbye was priceless. Edited July 18, 2012 by morphsci 2
Voltron Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Right on Jim! Stick it to the Corporate Cunts! And by the way, that will be $99.99 for use of CUNTS®. PayPal accepted.
morphsci Posted July 18, 2012 Author Report Posted July 18, 2012 ... And by the way, that will be $99.99 for use of CUNTS®. PayPal accepted. The check is in the mail
Augsburger Posted July 18, 2012 Report Posted July 18, 2012 Jim, you shoulda said "so sue me". Just sayin'
boomana Posted July 19, 2012 Report Posted July 19, 2012 Wow, lots of happenings, so assume congrats and damns as needed. I see in tomorrow's news that Vicki's employer has won (more or less) it's dust up with the beachside NIMBYs. I don't much care for NIMBYs, generally. This was actually pretty big for us as it's been ongoing for a long time, even if it was a small victory.
shellylh Posted July 19, 2012 Report Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) First bid on the gas problem, not good news: ~$11,000 and it will take 3-5 days. They basically want to run all new gas pipes from the meter in the back yard to all the appliances. The other problem is that they need to also tear up the deck because we have very little space in our back yard that doesn't have a deck or tree. Didn't really like that deck (and the wood is rotting a bit anyway) but it does keep our entire backyard from becoming a jungle. We knew the bid would be high (since this place is a well known good but expensive plumbing company in the neighborhood) but I was not expecting quite that high. We're going to get at least one more bid to compare it to. Time for the gym so I can get a warm shower and then a drink. Edit: Could have bought a really nice bike + SR-009 for that cost. Edited July 19, 2012 by shellylh
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