As I was doing my inspection, I found a pretty good sized puddle of oil under it. Owner claims it was A/C condensation (funny, it looked like oil, felt like oil, smelled like oil...which is quite a bit different than condensation).
What? you didn't taste it just to make sure? I thought you were more thorough than that.
Sounds to me like this guy was trying to get GG to blow up his hooptie so he could make a claim for damages. He didn’t count on running into a smart cookie like Graphicguy.
Whatever....LOL! It’s not like the oil puddle wasn’t hard to find. Although, I did note he parked the car on blacktop and not his concrete driveway. Harder to see the oil puddle, but it was pretty easy to find one I looked underneath.
I gave the guy the “fam” price since he knew one of my cousins. I charge an hourly or mileage rate. The car’s owner chose the hourly rate (about a 7 hour drive). I explained to him that it’s a crap shoot for hourly as he’d be paying for any traffic jams, weather related delays, etc. No delays? It’ll be less expensive than the hourly rate. But, something goes sideways?
I thought I was doing him a favor, until I did the inspection. I showed him where I thought the oil was coming from....cursory inspection, it looked like the oil pan gasket was the culprit, but who knows?
He wanted a guaranteed hourly charge. I suggested he just pick the mileage rate. Even taking a detour with extra mileage, the mileage rate is going to be fairly easy to plan for. Don’t know why, he didn’t want to do that. In brief, he wanted the cheap rate with me taking the risk of being stranded in his car.
Anyway, I wasn’t going to argue. So, I just thanked him for the opportunity and walked away. That’s about 30 minutes of my life I’d like to have back.
I had an odd thing happen with my HVAC; the indoor coil froze up. It had been replaced under warranty and the system was not low on Freon. I talked with the tech I use and we narrowed the problem down to the Honeywell pleated filter I had just replaced- too restrictive. I switched off the A/C while still running the system’s blower and in a couple of hours the coil was completely thawed out. I replaced the filter with a cheap un-pleated filter and the problem was solved.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Years ago attractive younger women started holding the door to the post office and or smiling at me. I realized then they considered me harmless, or they felt sorry because I was driving a Chevy.
You are amazing. You can see anti-GM cabal even among young girls who probably don't even know what GM stands for.
I knew someone would catch it. I put that on there just to see who it would incite to a reaction. LOL.
Just came back from Walmart. I thought it odd that @abacomike found doors separate for the two parts of a Walmart store. Today I found one of our stores has "closed" the center entrance and only allows entry through the grocery end of the store. I had to walk a mile to get to the things I wanted right inside the closed entrance.
I complained to the asst manager talking to the checkout lady that they needed to mark it with a larger sign that it's closed. I suggested using some of the money corporate is donating to a cause that they brag about when she told me corporate made them close the entrance. They have the same blue tape across that they had before to make people enter and exit on two halves of that entrance. As I was leaving others were parking near that entrance to go in. But they'll get there and read a tiny sign that's not visible from your car in the parking lot.
I've changed my shopping to other stores, but there are a few things substantially cheaper and easier to find at WallyWorld. I vote with my feet, but I've got a pen and a phone as well.
Does nobody else find internet videos where the camera is perfectly positioned suspicious? There are far more details in that video to male me think its fake than there are to support its validity.
Yeah the camera work on that is too professional.
What’s with the Burger King hat and the underwear?
Maybe Omar’s grandma should have slapped him.😢
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Does nobody else find internet videos where the camera is perfectly positioned suspicious? There are far more details in that video to male me think its fake than there are to support its validity.
Yeah the camera work on that is too professional.
What’s with the Burger King hat and the underwear?
Does nobody else find internet videos where the camera is perfectly positioned suspicious? There are far more details in that video to male me think its fake than there are to support its validity.
Yeah the camera work on that is too professional.
What’s with the Burger King hat and the underwear?
Maybe Omar’s grandma should have slapped him.😢
He still should be shot for bad acting, and for wearing those red shorts with a turquoise shirt.
I had an odd thing happen with my HVAC; the indoor coil froze up. It had been replaced under warranty and the system was not low on Freon. I talked with the tech I use and we narrowed the problem down to the Honeywell pleated filter I had just replaced- too restrictive. I switched off the A/C while still running the system’s blower and in a couple of hours the coil was completely thawed out. I replaced the filter with a cheap un-pleated filter and the problem was solved.
I always use the cheap filters for max airflow. I just replace them more often.
Just finished cleaning all the filters at our summer home. These are on the mini split units. I was surprised how much they picked up in a relatively short time. The campground is a little dusty with the crushed shell roads.
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The politicization of one of the single most important deterrents we have —mask-wearing— is one of the saddest aspects of this whole disaster. And we all pay the price.
Wearing a mask and social distancing...the two most basic musts to stop the spread. The said on one news network, young people are having COVID parties, some want to catch the virus, some want to play Russian Roulette to see if they can avoid it. The world gets crazier.............
When I posted about Covid parties one of our smarter members found evidence that the story was bogus. Yet I still hear the Covid party story bandied about on the national news. Makes it hard to believe anything.
The report (CNN) ended saying they couldn't prove it took place, or it didn't take place. But, if you do some reading....there are usually parties for everything, including chicken pox parties - usually people who don't want a vaccine, because there is a vaccine for CP, so if it did happen...it wouldn't be a huge surprise.
The media today reminds me of those paid "expert witnesses" that law firms use. They always tell you just what the boss wants to hear with total disregard of the actual facts.
We installed a York system back in July of 2018 and it's a great unit, super cold. We keep it at 79 and it's quite comfortable, sometimes too cold! Paid a lot but it's a 17 seer system so didn't really mind that much. Just hope it lasts until we're out of here in a few years!
My wallet would be so much happier if I could keep our AC at 79. 73 is usually the sweet spot and a few degrees lower at night if it’s not too warm out (gets stuffy if it doesn’t run).
We keep ours at 78, not hot but not bo e chilling cold either. Just enough to be comfortable and get rid of the humidity.
During the day, I keep the AC set at 77 if I am home, 78 if I am out of the condo. In the evenings, I keep the setting at 77, but I drop it to 76 if it is very humid and warm at night. Back up to 77 when I wake up. Seems to be comfortable for me.
@sandman6472@abacomike You both are making me feel guilty. Our AC runs at 73 until a really high sun load day where the heat load comes through the brick after a few hours and the AC runs too much and dries the air I think giving a really cold feel; then we up it to 74 Deg G. A few times last summer had to go up to 75.
Some days with light sun I set it down to 72 deg F to make it dehumidify enough.
I can just see the warming folks cringing that I run our unit so cold. The ads on TV say something about 78 deg or higher to be energy efficient.
Our son and DIL new home has a Nest thermostat that's supposed to "adapt."
The media today reminds me of those paid "expert witnesses" that law firms use. They always tell you just what the boss wants to hear with total disregard of the actual facts.
The mission statement for today's media is:
"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."
I had a case where a a father was fighting with his son over a set of car keys(he thought the son had too much to drink), the father and son both fell on the ground and the father suffered a broken neck and died. It was originally charged(appropriately) as Manslaughter 2nd. My predecessor decided to get some media coverage and re-indicted it as Murder.
When I got the case I reviewed the file; there were three witnesses- the defendant's girlfriend, the father's girlfriend, and a person walking down the sidewalk. The stories differed in substantial respects, so I called the Medical Examiner and asked which description of the event was most likely to have caused the fatal injury. The M.E. said, "Any of them." I then pulled up some archived news footage and found a televised interview with the vic's girlfriend(our "star" witness) who said, "I'm sure his son didn't intend to kill him."- so there went the Murder charge. I ended up amending it back down to Manslaughter 2nd. On the plea date I spent several minutes explaining on the record the above facts and how they related to my decision to amend the Murder charge. He was sentenced to 10 years, and since he had been in for over 2 years he would already be eligible for parole. No media was present.
On the day of the final sentencing hearing a reporter from a local TV station was present. She didn't ask us any questions before or after the hearing. The lead on her story?
"Man who beat father to death about to walk out of jail"
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Years ago attractive younger women started holding the door to the post office and or smiling at me. I realized then they considered me harmless, or they felt sorry because I was driving a Chevy.
You are amazing. You can see anti-GM cabal even among young girls who probably don't even know what GM stands for.
I knew someone would catch it. I put that on there just to see who it would incite to a reaction. LOL.
Grandma is legend here. Last year a mom who lives across the street with her family of 3 came by to visit and the Grandma topic came up. She said her kids sometimes beg to go see Grandma because of the home cooking and attention she gives.
She also told me that when she was pregnant with her youngest that she was having some issues in her 3rd trimester which worried her husband. She thought her husband was over-reacting one day when he pleaded with her to get in the car and let him take her to the ER. She told him no and - get this - the husband threatened to go across the street and tell Grandma! Lol! She thought he was bluffing. Nope.
5 minutes later, Everybody's Grandma was in the mom's bedroom telling her to get dressed and come downstairs with her so she could go with her to the hospital. She had never told me this before and I know her husband and kids. I laughed and asked how she got away with disobeying Grandma.
She said, "I didn't fight about it! I had to go along with her because, you know, she's Grandma." So I asked if that meant that she really is your Grandma? "No she's Everybody's Grandma." Well I'd already heard that one!
Turns out it was a blessing because my neighbor was diagnosed at the hospital with preeclampsia. She was in the hospital for a long time and they decided to do a C section earlier than planned but the baby was fine and now believes that Everybody's Grandma really is his Grandma.
RE: Running man as a bad actor. Maybe. But if that flop was fake he deserves an NFL contract. Or an Emmy (Giffy?).
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
@sandman6472@abacomike You both are making me feel guilty. Our AC runs at 73 until a really high sun load day where the heat load comes through the brick after a few hours and the AC runs too much and dries the air I think giving a really cold feel; then we up it to 74 Deg G. A few times last summer had to go up to 75.
Some days with light sun I set it down to 72 deg F to make it dehumidify enough.
I can just see the warming folks cringing that I run our unit so cold. The ads on TV say something about 78 deg or higher to be energy efficient.
Our son and DIL new home has a Nest thermostat that's supposed to "adapt."
If I set my AC to anything lower than 76, I actually get cold. We are used to a hot, humid climate. Once the AC has reduced the humidity indoors, it gets very comfortable at 76-77 degrees. I am used to temps in the 90's all summer.🤓🤪😜
I set mine for 77-78, but over the course of the day I can have quite uneven temperature in the house. It's probably because I have some duct blinds closed vs. others. I have heating set around 73 degrees those few days of the year I need it, depends on the time of day.
To my Canadian And New York Friends here at Edmunds, I have another vehicle delivery to Buffalo, NY. I was thinking of visiting Niagara Falls while I’m there. Is Canada still closed to people from the U.S.?
Cannot get into Canada right now - if you can get in (eg family needs care) it’s mandatory 14 day quarantine.
But there's no great big wall to stop anyone!
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You guys living in warmer climes with your A/C set to the upper 70s would never last up here. One thing I remember from the late 80s might put it into context. We were in the process of buying a multi-million dollar computer mainframe system (oh how times have changed) to do property assessment valuation province-wide. Given the amount of money involved it was a long and detailed evaluation of the different short-listed options that necessitated site visits. The vendors chose the sites that they thought would show off their system best for us.
One of them was in Volusia County FL, so 3 of us went there, in June. When we stepped off the aircraft it was 95 degrees and 95% humidity. The locals felt it was a bit on the warm side while us Canadians were dying. We checked into our hotel in Orlando and when we went to our rooms all were around 77/78 degrees. This felt unbearably warm to us so unknown to each other we each set our room's A/C to 68. Ahh, relief. Once it settled in at that temp it felt normal to us. The vendor rep (a Florida native) was staying down the hall and rounded us up for dinner, and was astounded at the cool blast he got when each of us opened our room door.
The other thing none of us could get our heads around was that the locals in the office we visited were all wearing white cotton t-shirts under their dress shirts and ties. "Helps with the perspiration" they said. Up here you might do that in winter for a bit of extra warmth, but never in summer. But later on we tried it ourselves and it seemed to help, though it felt strange.
All about what you are used to. I imagine those Florida fellows wouldn't like it here in February.
Grandma is legend here. Last year a mom who lives across the street with her family of 3 came by to visit and the Grandma topic came up. She said her kids sometimes beg to go see Grandma because of the home cooking and attention she gives.
She also told me that when she was pregnant with her youngest that she was having some issues in her 3rd trimester which worried her husband. She thought her husband was over-reacting one day when he pleaded with her to get in the car and let him take her to the ER. She told him no and - get this - the husband threatened to go across the street and tell Grandma! Lol! She thought he was bluffing. Nope.
5 minutes later, Everybody's Grandma was in the mom's bedroom telling her to get dressed and come downstairs with her so she could go with her to the hospital. She had never told me this before and I know her husband and kids. I laughed and asked how she got away with disobeying Grandma.
She said, "I didn't fight about it! I had to go along with her because, you know, she's Grandma." So I asked if that meant that she really is your Grandma? "No she's Everybody's Grandma." Well I'd already heard that one!
Turns out it was a blessing because my neighbor was diagnosed at the hospital with preeclampsia. She was in the hospital for a long time and they decided to do a C section earlier than planned but the baby was fine and now believes that Everybody's Grandma really is his Grandma.
RE: Running man as a bad actor. Maybe. But if that flop was fake he deserves an NFL contract. Or an Emmy (Giffy?).
My mother-in law was like that. She was everybody’s grandma. The moral authority of the entire family but very loving and friendly even after you did something to tick her off.
She like many of the older generation (and that’s from my perspective) disapproved of tattoos on women. Well, my young niece decided to get a huge butterfly plastered across her back and shoulder as her first effort. The whole family was aghast and grandma was in tears over it. But rather than shame the niece she told her once that she thought it was stupid and then helped her do proper aftercare to avoid infection.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Ours is set to 74-75, but we don't run it all the time. In fact, it just kicked on a few minutes ago (noon MDT) and, depending on how quickly it cools off when the sun goes down, we'll flip it off around 8 or 9 tonight. But, thunderstorms are predicted later, so I may turn it off earlier.
Over the next 10 days, the high is expected to be anywhere from 78 to 91.
We installed a York system back in July of 2018 and it's a great unit, super cold. We keep it at 79 and it's quite comfortable, sometimes too cold! Paid a lot but it's a 17 seer system so didn't really mind that much. Just hope it lasts until we're out of here in a few years!
My wallet would be so much happier if I could keep our AC at 79. 73 is usually the sweet spot and a few degrees lower at night if it’s not too warm out (gets stuffy if it doesn’t run).
We keep ours at 78, not hot but not bo e chilling cold either. Just enough to be comfortable and get rid of the humidity.
During the day, I keep the AC set at 77 if I am home, 78 if I am out of the condo. In the evenings, I keep the setting at 77, but I drop it to 76 if it is very humid and warm at night. Back up to 77 when I wake up. Seems to be comfortable for me.
The media today reminds me of those paid "expert witnesses" that law firms use. They always tell you just what the boss wants to hear with total disregard of the actual facts.
The mission statement for today's media is:
"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."
I had a case where a a father was fighting with his son over a set of car keys(he thought the son had too much to drink), the father and son both fell on the ground and the father suffered a broken neck and died. It was originally charged(appropriately) as Manslaughter 2nd. My predecessor decided to get some media coverage and re-indicted it as Murder.
When I got the case I reviewed the file; there were three witnesses- the defendant's girlfriend, the father's girlfriend, and a person walking down the sidewalk. The stories differed in substantial respects, so I called the Medical Examiner and asked which description of the event was most likely to have caused the fatal injury. The M.E. said, "Any of them." I then pulled up some archived news footage and found a televised interview with the vic's girlfriend(our "star" witness) who said, "I'm sure his son didn't intend to kill him."- so there went the Murder charge. I ended up amending it back down to Manslaughter 2nd. On the plea date I spent several minutes explaining on the record the above facts and how they related to my decision to amend the Murder charge. He was sentenced to 10 years, and since he had been in for over 2 years he would already be eligible for parole. No media was present.
On the day of the final sentencing hearing a reporter from a local TV station was present. She didn't ask us any questions before or after the hearing. The lead on her story?
"Man who beat father to death about to walk out of jail"
Broken neck from falling to the ground? Doesn't seem likely. Son throwing, tackling or body slamming his father to the ground...more likely. But, the unbiased story of the person walking down the sidewalk would seem to be more believable than the girlfriends. Girlfriends can't be believed! LOL.
Thermostat set at 73 or 74 for a/c.
The heat exchanger on a previous furnace cracked and had to be replaced. My HVAC guy said the thick reusable filter I was using was likely to blame. Said the thick filter impedes air flow and overheats the air. Replaced under warranty, so I wasnt.going to argue.
I remember going over my Mom's and it feeling very warm. She would say, I don't know why, the air conditioning is on. I'd look at the thermostat and it would be set to 80+.
2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
The politicization of one of the single most important deterrents we have —mask-wearing— is one of the saddest aspects of this whole disaster. And we all pay the price.
Wearing a mask and social distancing...the two most basic musts to stop the spread. The said on one news network, young people are having COVID parties, some want to catch the virus, some want to play Russian Roulette to see if they can avoid it. The world gets crazier.............
When I posted about Covid parties one of our smarter members found evidence that the story was bogus. Yet I still hear the Covid party story bandied about on the national news. Makes it hard to believe anything.
The report (CNN) ended saying they couldn't prove it took place, or it didn't take place. But, if you do some reading....there are usually parties for everything, including chicken pox parties - usually people who don't want a vaccine, because there is a vaccine for CP, so if it did happen...it wouldn't be a huge surprise.
The media today reminds me of those paid "expert witnesses" that law firms use. They always tell you just what the boss wants to hear with total disregard of the actual facts.
That particular story may have been real, may not have been real. But there are videos of two street parties since then that you can watch...one in Florida, one in New York....no social distancing, no masks, lots of yelling, dancing, and no one wearing a mask.
Broken neck from falling to the ground? Doesn't seem likely. Son throwing, tackling or body slamming his father to the ground...more likely. But, the unbiased story of the person walking down the sidewalk would seem to be more believable than the girlfriends. Girlfriends can't be believed! LOL.
That was another twist in the case; the neck injury the M.E. described was a bit unusual; I spent a few hours checking medical journals and that type of injury is virtually never the result of a fight- the cases I found involved falls of over 50', high speed car/motorcycle accidents, and some odd industrial accidents. None of the witnesses in my case described a body slam or tackle; at worst the vic lost his footing and fell with his son falling on top of him. So if I go to trial the defense will make the M.E.’s COD a major issue, and vic’s girlfriend will be confronted with her statements from the TV interview. You never know what a jury will do, but I thought that there was a real chance that he might walk.
My assistant has a sex case that we already know is going to crash and burn, but the victim is adamant about going forward. Our own DNA evidence contradicts much of her story; it doesn’t exonerate the defendant but it makes our victim look dishonest at best. All we can do is try it in front of a jury at the end of their term of service- so that the case won’t poison a panel that we will need to try other cases in front of.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
It’s funny all this AC talk... we were down the shore so my Mom was here by herself. AC was set on 75. She was cold at 73. Lol.
A/C is generally between 73-75 and furnace is 66-68. My parents and in-laws use our winter settings for summer and summer settings for winter. We either freeze or sweat when we go there and of course they throw comments back our away when they visit
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I've been on a few juries. I recall one of the longest involved some doctors testifying as paid witnesses as described in an earlier post. With a 3 party trial which ended up as a 2 party trial where someone settled and no longer was involved, it was pretty boring at times. I thought I did well picking up the "tells' of the paid medical witness. When he was going to lie, or to use the political speech term of "stretch the truth," he would focus his eyes directly front to avoid twitching or switching from memory to composition giving away how he was getting the answers.
It also helped they left a nurse on the jury who had experience with back injuries and the xrays and other scans of them.
I looked at the damage to the car the lady was driving and tried to picture the relative speeds and momentums involved to do the damage as shown in the only picture of the car the lady was driving. IT was a Honda hit directly on the A-pillar, without a lot of damage showing.
The politicization of one of the single most important deterrents we have —mask-wearing— is one of the saddest aspects of this whole disaster. And we all pay the price.
Wearing a mask and social distancing...the two most basic musts to stop the spread. The said on one news network, young people are having COVID parties, some want to catch the virus, some want to play Russian Roulette to see if they can avoid it. The world gets crazier.............
When I posted about Covid parties one of our smarter members found evidence that the story was bogus. Yet I still hear the Covid party story bandied about on the national news. Makes it hard to believe anything.
The report (CNN) ended saying they couldn't prove it took place, or it didn't take place. But, if you do some reading....there are usually parties for everything, including chicken pox parties - usually people who don't want a vaccine, because there is a vaccine for CP, so if it did happen...it wouldn't be a huge surprise.
The media today reminds me of those paid "expert witnesses" that law firms use. They always tell you just what the boss wants to hear with total disregard of the actual facts.
That's routine every day business in a Traffic Courtroom!!! It hurts every fiber of your being and soul if you are one that believes in honesty, integrity, and that the truth and accuracy matter!
'21 BMW X3 M40i, '15 Audi S4, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
@fintail Playing devil's advocate, The problem with Business Insider as a news source is this; I'm quoting from the linked article:
"According to Reuters, Sweden's central bank this month forecast that the country's gross domestic product — a measure of the size of a country's economy — would shrink by 4.5% this year, contrasting with a previous prediction that its GDP would rise by 1.3%. The Times added that Sweden's unemployment rate rose from 7.1% in March to 9% in May."
Here's where an honest writer would state how the US compares, how much did our economy shrink as a % of GDP compared to the 4.5% Sweden shrunk. How did the US unemployment increase compare to Sweden's 1.9% increase?
I have a feeling these figures contradict or at least don't support the articles assertions and conclusions, but they should be included and explained, not left out and ignored in a deliberate attempt to mislead IMHO.
I'm very used to seeing bias in news and media though. Getting pretty good at spotting it from practicing on written "speed kills" myths from the IIHS, NHTSA, and any others that join in.
'21 BMW X3 M40i, '15 Audi S4, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
@fintail Playing devil's advocate, The problem with Business Insider as a news source is this; I'm quoting from the linked article: I'm very used to seeing bias in news and media though. Getting pretty good at spotting it from practicing on written "speed kills" myths from the IIHS, NHTSA, and any others that join in.
Just came back from Walmart. I thought it odd that @abacomike found doors separate for the two parts of a Walmart store. Today I found one of our stores has "closed" the center entrance and only allows entry through the grocery end of the store. I had to walk a mile to get to the things I wanted right inside the closed entrance.
I complained to the asst manager talking to the checkout lady that they needed to mark it with a larger sign that it's closed. I suggested using some of the money corporate is donating to a cause that they brag about when she told me corporate made them close the entrance. They have the same blue tape across that they had before to make people enter and exit on two halves of that entrance. As I was leaving others were parking near that entrance to go in. But they'll get there and read a tiny sign that's not visible from your car in the parking lot.
I've changed my shopping to other stores, but there are a few things substantially cheaper and easier to find at WallyWorld. I vote with my feet, but I've got a pen and a phone as well.
I ran into the same situation at my local Wally’s. They closed the entrance closest to the pharmacy so all the old codgers had to walk the length of the store twice to get their pills.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Just came back from Walmart. I thought it odd that @abacomike found doors separate for the two parts of a Walmart store. Today I found one of our stores has "closed" the center entrance and only allows entry through the grocery end of the store. I had to walk a mile to get to the things I wanted right inside the closed entrance.
I complained to the asst manager talking to the checkout lady that they needed to mark it with a larger sign that it's closed. I suggested using some of the money corporate is donating to a cause that they brag about when she told me corporate made them close the entrance. They have the same blue tape across that they had before to make people enter and exit on two halves of that entrance. As I was leaving others were parking near that entrance to go in. But they'll get there and read a tiny sign that's not visible from your car in the parking lot.
I've changed my shopping to other stores, but there are a few things substantially cheaper and easier to find at WallyWorld. I vote with my feet, but I've got a pen and a phone as well.
I ran into the same situation at my local Wally’s. They closed the entrance closest to the pharmacy so all the old codgers had to walk the length of the store twice to get their pills.
Just like Edmunds.. trying to weed out the elderly, to get a better demographic.
Just came back from Walmart. I thought it odd that @abacomike found doors separate for the two parts of a Walmart store. Today I found one of our stores has "closed" the center entrance and only allows entry through the grocery end of the store. I had to walk a mile to get to the things I wanted right inside the closed entrance.
I complained to the asst manager talking to the checkout lady that they needed to mark it with a larger sign that it's closed. I suggested using some of the money corporate is donating to a cause that they brag about when she told me corporate made them close the entrance. They have the same blue tape across that they had before to make people enter and exit on two halves of that entrance. As I was leaving others were parking near that entrance to go in. But they'll get there and read a tiny sign that's not visible from your car in the parking lot.
I've changed my shopping to other stores, but there are a few things substantially cheaper and easier to find at WallyWorld. I vote with my feet, but I've got a pen and a phone as well.
I ran into the same situation at my local Wally’s. They closed the entrance closest to the pharmacy so all the old codgers had to walk the length of the store twice to get their pills.
What is the real reason for separate entrances.........there must be some reason? Edmunds I can see wanting to weed us out...but, Walmart?
I liked the way Lethal Weapon movies explored the youth culture plot with violence and cell phones.
Danny Glover wasn't only worried about his new young partner when he complains, "I'm getting too old for this..." The real visual for that scene was this futuristic 1987 portable cell phone which only the kids could love and appreciate.
Lethal Weapon 4 showcased Joe Pesci having an old man rage about cell phones in a scene with Chris Rock. "They get you with cell phones!"
Years ago a nurse at my doctor's office heard me complain about Kroger pharmacy making me wait at the store to pick up meds even after they left messages on my phone that the prescriptions were "ready." She gave me a card for a local pharmacy which offered home delivery and a way to let go of one old man rant.
By the way have you ever needed to contact your friendly, caring big box store pharmacy after biz hours? The mom and pop pharmacy which I switched to not only delivers, the owner gave me his cell phone number in case of some after hours issue. That's how they get ya kid!
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
From complaints all around, including here, it seems old New Hampshire slogan evolved into "Give me convenience or give me death". These guys (Walmart, et al) do their best to create environment less conducive to the virus transmission. Some of the ideas may not be wisest, but I think we should stop this constant complaining about rather small inconveniences. Little extra walk never hurt anybody, except perhaps hardest cases of people with bad health conditions, but those should probably get on a scooter.
We are in the middle of raging pandemic and our governments basically left us all to fend for ourselves and many officials keep insisting there is nothing really to worry about, finding ever new excuse for their inaction or sometimes worse - they sabotage each other for political gain. All we are left is business owners trying to figure it out on their own. I'd rather experience small inconvenience here and there imposed on me, if I believe they were done on a good will, than go to places owned by oblivious or uncaring owners. I've seen a lot to be desired, but not in the department of "oh, it's such a hardship to walk extra couple of hundred yards", but rather "why couldn't you put a simple tape across to separate in and out traffic, or make one way aisle signs more conspicuous, or why did you stop disinfecting carts just in time when the spread got worse. These are things worth complaining about in my opinion, not extra yards of a walk.
So my wife wakes up this morning explaining her IPhone 11 Pro Max will not respond to any touch inputs. I do all the normal stuff, hard reboot etc. I then did an ITunes update and then wipe and restore. All fail. It must be a hardware problem.
Luckily we have a spare IPhone my son plays with. Swap SIM cards, factory reset and fresh ICloud sign in. Wife has phone for work.
Now ... try and make appointment with an Apple store. They are all booked until the 31st. Call Apple. On hold forever, so I hung up and attempted to do it online. That worked and it’s under warranty so I just have to drop it off at the UPS store. There is one a few towns south about a 20 minute ride.
I get there and it’s “temporarily closed”. Funny, the website didn’t show that. Now of course the next closet one is 30 miles in the other direction. At least that one was open. For the locals .. this was Sea Isle to Rio Grande all the way back up to Margate. At least I got to see Lucy and three Lambos and two Ferraris.
All this mess for a darn phone. First world problems for sure!
Long? You gotta do a lot better than that. That post won’t draw yawns like some of mine. 😳
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Years ago a nurse at my doctor's office heard me complain about Kroger pharmacy making me wait at the store to pick up meds even after they left messages on my phone that the prescriptions were "ready." She gave me a card for a local pharmacy which offered home delivery and a way to let go of one old man rant.
By the way have you ever needed to contact your friendly, caring big box store pharmacy after biz hours? The mom and pop pharmacy which I switched to not only delivers, the owner gave me his cell phone number in case of some after hours issue. That's how they get ya kid!
I used to have a great pharmacy/pharmacist, but he retired from the biz and every pharmacy I've dealt with since has been various degrees of awful. None of them big-box either. The one prior to my current one was just terrible. Used them for years and I swear that every single time I went there to pick up a Rx that they called to tell me was ready, they couldn't find it. It was uncanny. Plus they always treated me like I was a first-timer, no recognition that I was the guy who was in there every other week, even when dealing with the same staff person at the counter. Add to that being given someone else's drugs, long waits because everyone ahead of you at the counter was also experiencing problems, being overcharged because their computer system didn't recognize my drug plan, all sorts of snafus. I finally bailed on them a year or so back.
But all pharmacies across Canada got a self-inflicted black eye when COVID hit. Citing concerns over potential drug shortages, they all went to dispensing no more than a 30-day supply starting around the end of March. Now there were no unusual shortages then but OK, I could understand their concern. But that meant a couple of things: they were making people come into the place 3 times as often at a time when people were avoiding such contact. And even better, they were charging the same co-pay/dispensing fee for the 30 day supply that they did for a 90 day supply. So you were now paying that 3 times as much too, with them claiming that they were doing 3 times the work so why not? Well, that was their decision, not the customers, that's why not. But because it was a nationwide decision by their professional association there was no way for a customer to avoid it. It really bought them as a group a lot of ill-will because it seemed like profiteering in a crisis. No shortages ever emerged and the policy was quietly rolled back after 2 or 3 months.
So my wife wakes up this morning explaining her IPhone 11 Pro Max will not respond to any touch inputs. I do all the normal stuff, hard reboot etc. I then did an ITunes update and then wipe and restore. All fail. It must be a hardware problem.
Luckily we have a spare IPhone my son plays with. Swap SIM cards, factory reset and fresh ICloud sign in. Wife has phone for work.
Now ... try and make appointment with an Apple store. They are all booked until the 31st. Call Apple. On hold forever, so I hung up and attempted to do it online. That worked and it’s under warranty so I just have to drop it off at the UPS store. There is one a few towns south about a 20 minute ride.
I get there and it’s “temporarily closed”. Funny, the website didn’t show that. Now of course the next closet one is 30 miles in the other direction. At least that one was open. For the locals .. this was Sea Isle to Rio Grande all the way back up to Margate. At least I got to see Lucy and three Lambos and two Ferraris.
All this mess for a darn phone. First world problems for sure!
Long? You gotta do a lot better than that. That post won’t draw yawns like some of mine. 😳
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I gave the guy the “fam” price since he knew one of my cousins. I charge an hourly or mileage rate. The car’s owner chose the hourly rate (about a 7 hour drive). I explained to him that it’s a crap shoot for hourly as he’d be paying for any traffic jams, weather related delays, etc. No delays? It’ll be less expensive than the hourly rate. But, something goes sideways?
I thought I was doing him a favor, until I did the inspection. I showed him where I thought the oil was coming from....cursory inspection, it looked like the oil pan gasket was the culprit, but who knows?
He wanted a guaranteed hourly charge. I suggested he just pick the mileage rate. Even taking a detour with extra mileage, the mileage rate is going to be fairly easy to plan for. Don’t know why, he didn’t want to do that. In brief, he wanted the cheap rate with me taking the risk of being stranded in his car.
Anyway, I wasn’t going to argue. So, I just thanked him for the opportunity and walked away. That’s about 30 minutes of my life I’d like to have back.
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I complained to the asst manager talking to the checkout lady that they needed to mark it with a larger sign that it's closed. I suggested using some of the money corporate is donating to a cause that they brag about when she told me corporate made them close the entrance. They have the same blue tape across that they had before to make people enter and exit on two halves of that entrance. As I was leaving others were parking near that entrance to go in. But they'll get there and read a tiny sign that's not visible from your car in the parking lot.
I've changed my shopping to other stores, but there are a few things substantially cheaper and easier to find at WallyWorld. I vote with my feet, but I've got a pen and a phone as well.
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What’s with the Burger King hat and the underwear?
Maybe Omar’s grandma should have slapped him.😢
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Just finished cleaning all the filters at our summer home. These are on the mini split units. I was surprised how much they picked up in a relatively short time. The campground is a little dusty with the crushed shell roads.
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You both are making me feel guilty. Our AC runs at 73 until a really high sun load day where the heat load comes through the brick after a few hours and the AC runs too much and dries the air I think giving a really cold feel; then we up it to 74 Deg G. A few times last summer had to go up to 75.
Some days with light sun I set it down to 72 deg F to make it dehumidify enough.
I can just see the warming folks cringing that I run our unit so cold. The ads on TV say something about 78 deg or higher to be energy efficient.
Our son and DIL new home has a Nest thermostat that's supposed to "adapt."
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How to change your blinker fluid.
"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story."
I had a case where a a father was fighting with his son over a set of car keys(he thought the son had too much to drink), the father and son both fell on the ground and the father suffered a broken neck and died. It was originally charged(appropriately) as Manslaughter 2nd. My predecessor decided to get some media coverage and re-indicted it as Murder.
When I got the case I reviewed the file; there were three witnesses- the defendant's girlfriend, the father's girlfriend, and a person walking down the sidewalk. The stories differed in substantial respects, so I called the Medical Examiner and asked which description of the event was most likely to have caused the fatal injury. The M.E. said, "Any of them." I then pulled up some archived news footage and found a televised interview with the vic's girlfriend(our "star" witness) who said, "I'm sure his son didn't intend to kill him."- so there went the Murder charge.
I ended up amending it back down to Manslaughter 2nd. On the plea date I spent several minutes explaining on the record the above facts and how they related to my decision to amend the Murder charge. He was sentenced to 10 years, and since he had been in for over 2 years he would already be eligible for parole. No media was present.
On the day of the final sentencing hearing a reporter from a local TV station was present. She didn't ask us any questions before or after the hearing. The lead on her story?
"Man who beat father to death about to walk out of jail"
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She also told me that when she was pregnant with her youngest that she was having some issues in her 3rd trimester which worried her husband. She thought her husband was over-reacting one day when he pleaded with her to get in the car and let him take her to the ER. She told him no and - get this - the husband threatened to go across the street and tell Grandma! Lol! She thought he was bluffing. Nope.
5 minutes later, Everybody's Grandma was in the mom's bedroom telling her to get dressed and come downstairs with her so she could go with her to the hospital. She had never told me this before and I know her husband and kids. I laughed and asked how she got away with disobeying Grandma.
She said, "I didn't fight about it! I had to go along with her because, you know, she's Grandma." So I asked if that meant that she really is your Grandma? "No she's Everybody's Grandma." Well I'd already heard that one!
Turns out it was a blessing because my neighbor was diagnosed at the hospital with preeclampsia. She was in the hospital for a long time and they decided to do a C section earlier than planned but the baby was fine and now believes that Everybody's Grandma really is his Grandma.
RE: Running man as a bad actor.
Maybe. But if that flop was fake he deserves an NFL contract. Or an Emmy (Giffy?).
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One of them was in Volusia County FL, so 3 of us went there, in June. When we stepped off the aircraft it was 95 degrees and 95% humidity. The locals felt it was a bit on the warm side while us Canadians were dying. We checked into our hotel in Orlando and when we went to our rooms all were around 77/78 degrees. This felt unbearably warm to us so unknown to each other we each set our room's A/C to 68. Ahh, relief. Once it settled in at that temp it felt normal to us. The vendor rep (a Florida native) was staying down the hall and rounded us up for dinner, and was astounded at the cool blast he got when each of us opened our room door.
The other thing none of us could get our heads around was that the locals in the office we visited were all wearing white cotton t-shirts under their dress shirts and ties. "Helps with the perspiration" they said. Up here you might do that in winter for a bit of extra warmth, but never in summer. But later on we tried it ourselves and it seemed to help, though it felt strange.
All about what you are used to. I imagine those Florida fellows wouldn't like it here in February.
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I keep the heat on 68 which I’m sure for most is on the cool side.
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Don’t feel guilty! Your house, your comfort is what matters!
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She like many of the older generation (and that’s from my perspective) disapproved of tattoos on women. Well, my young niece decided to get a huge butterfly plastered across her back and shoulder as her first effort. The whole family was aghast and grandma was in tears over it. But rather than shame the niece she told her once that she thought it was stupid and then helped her do proper aftercare to avoid infection.
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Suck it, Eco-Weenies!
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Over the next 10 days, the high is expected to be anywhere from 78 to 91.
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Thermostat set at 73 or 74 for a/c.
The heat exchanger on a previous furnace cracked and had to be replaced. My HVAC guy said the thick reusable filter I was using was likely to blame. Said the thick filter impedes air flow and overheats the air. Replaced under warranty, so I wasnt.going to argue.
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So if I go to trial the defense will make the M.E.’s COD a major issue, and vic’s girlfriend will be confronted with her statements from the TV interview.
You never know what a jury will do, but I thought that there was a real chance that he might walk.
My assistant has a sex case that we already know is going to crash and burn, but the victim is adamant about going forward. Our own DNA evidence contradicts much of her story; it doesn’t exonerate the defendant but it makes our victim look dishonest at best. All we can do is try it in front of a jury at the end of their term of service- so that the case won’t poison a panel that we will need to try other cases in front of.
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It also helped they left a nurse on the jury who had experience with back injuries and the xrays and other scans of them.
I looked at the damage to the car the lady was driving and tried to picture the relative speeds and momentums involved to do the damage as shown in the only picture of the car the lady was driving. IT was a Honda hit directly on the A-pillar, without a lot of damage showing.
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"According to Reuters, Sweden's central bank this month forecast that the country's gross domestic product — a measure of the size of a country's economy — would shrink by 4.5% this year, contrasting with a previous prediction that its GDP would rise by 1.3%. The Times added that Sweden's unemployment rate rose from 7.1% in March to 9% in May."
Here's where an honest writer would state how the US compares, how much did our economy shrink as a % of GDP compared to the 4.5% Sweden shrunk. How did the US unemployment increase compare to Sweden's 1.9% increase?
I have a feeling these figures contradict or at least don't support the articles assertions and conclusions, but they should be included and explained, not left out and ignored in a deliberate attempt to mislead IMHO.
I'm very used to seeing bias in news and media though. Getting pretty good at spotting it from practicing on written "speed kills" myths from the IIHS, NHTSA, and any others that join in.
I don't think anyone on the planet is going to accuse the US of handling this one properly.
Some language is a bit strong.
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Edmunds I can see wanting to weed us out...but, Walmart?
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I say, do what you have to do, everything helps......and the extra walk is probably good exercise.
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Danny Glover wasn't only worried about his new young partner when he complains, "I'm getting too old for this..."
The real visual for that scene was this futuristic 1987 portable cell phone which only the kids could love and appreciate.
Lethal Weapon 4 showcased Joe Pesci having an old man rage about cell phones in a scene with Chris Rock.
"They get you with cell phones!"
Years ago a nurse at my doctor's office heard me complain about Kroger pharmacy making me wait at the store to pick up meds even after they left messages on my phone that the prescriptions were "ready." She gave me a card for a local pharmacy which offered home delivery and a way to let go of one old man rant.
By the way have you ever needed to contact your friendly, caring big box store pharmacy after biz hours? The mom and pop pharmacy which I switched to not only delivers, the owner gave me his cell phone number in case of some after hours issue. That's how they get ya kid!
We are in the middle of raging pandemic and our governments basically left us all to fend for ourselves and many officials keep insisting there is nothing really to worry about, finding ever new excuse for their inaction or sometimes worse - they sabotage each other for political gain. All we are left is business owners trying to figure it out on their own. I'd rather experience small inconvenience here and there imposed on me, if I believe they were done on a good will, than go to places owned by oblivious or uncaring owners. I've seen a lot to be desired, but not in the department of "oh, it's such a hardship to walk extra couple of hundred yards", but rather "why couldn't you put a simple tape across to separate in and out traffic, or make one way aisle signs more conspicuous, or why did you stop disinfecting carts just in time when the spread got worse. These are things worth complaining about in my opinion, not extra yards of a walk.
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But all pharmacies across Canada got a self-inflicted black eye when COVID hit. Citing concerns over potential drug shortages, they all went to dispensing no more than a 30-day supply starting around the end of March. Now there were no unusual shortages then but OK, I could understand their concern. But that meant a couple of things: they were making people come into the place 3 times as often at a time when people were avoiding such contact. And even better, they were charging the same co-pay/dispensing fee for the 30 day supply that they did for a 90 day supply. So you were now paying that 3 times as much too, with them claiming that they were doing 3 times the work so why not? Well, that was their decision, not the customers, that's why not. But because it was a nationwide decision by their professional association there was no way for a customer to avoid it. It really bought them as a group a lot of ill-will because it seemed like profiteering in a crisis. No shortages ever emerged and the policy was quietly rolled back after 2 or 3 months.
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Lol! Great line because that's the new two-fer!
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