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Monday -- A new week / a new month

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Well, I'm back at the crap shack and the day just keeps getting better. hmm

Sorry about the car DS. Hopefully is doesn't cost too much.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Good day all.

Ugh, I sympathize with you DS. I hate being without a car.

I did a lot of swimming this weekend. Sometimes I avoid going to the pool, especially when it's busy, because I'm a bit insecure about being seen in a bathing suit. But the pool was fairly quiet this weekend. At one point, I was swimming alone (yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to, but I prefer it that way), just doing laps, when a neighbor came into the pool, said hi, and swam a few laps and got out. Then he asked me if I was training to be a swimmer because of all the laps I was swimming, and I was thinking that I must be pretty camouflaged under the water, because even when I was skinny I never had a swimmers body. I considered that he might be flirting, or maybe just being nice. So I finished up my laps and sat in the sun and read my book for a while. Then he chatted me up again about how many laps I swam and said he couldn't do more than a few without getting winded. So I'm thinking he's still just being nice. Then later, he playfully splashes me. Okay, that's definitely flirting. While I'm sunbathing in my swimsuit.

Thank you Mr. (possibly kind of creepy) Neighbor Dude. You just gave me the confidence I needed to keep up this swimming thing and not be so embarrassed to be seen in my swimming suit.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Monday, Monday.

We were very fortunate . . . yesterday Mrs Web said "it feels hot in here, is the air conditioner working right?". I looked at the temp and it was 81 in here. I could hear the outside unit running, but the blower in the furnace was not. Our furnace is in the attic so I went up there and messed around with what I could to try to figure out what the deal was. The blower would spin freely, but didn't act like it would even try to run. It was incredibly hot up there so I didn't spend any more time than I had to.

I went up the street to a church friend's house who works for the gas company (they also do heating/air repairs). My intention was to ask him for advice on things to check. He was like "Come on, let's go look at it". I said "No, its in the attic and its too hot up there, you don't need to come suffer like that on a Sunday." He insisted we go.

We spent about 20 minutes up there and he determined that the control board had gone bad. We went down to the gas company and they had a universal board on hand what would work ($200). I told him we could survive the night and we could put the board in first thing the next day when it would be cooler. Again, he insisted we get it done. So we did. It was another 45 minutes up there with sweat literally running off of us. Normally it wouldn't take that long but since it was a compatible board rather than the same thing, we had to read the instructions for all the wiring routing rather than plug/unplug from the old to the new.

Anyway, we got it up and running again. We were both soaked with sweat. He wouldn't let me pay him.

I went and got him $80 in gift certificates to two restaurants so he'd have to accept it.

The fortunate thing is that it didn't happen while we were on vacation. I had turned the thermostat to 80, but left the AC on while we were gone so it wouldn't get too hot. The way it was going with the outside unit running, but the inside part not, I wonder if it would have done damage to the outside unit too.

Anyway, we're running again thanks to a friend and $280.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Wow Web, you did get lucky.

I'm sorry Fuzzy. If we could get you out of there, we would.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

Sounds like it was an eventful weekend for most of you. I was up north. Not much happened. I managed to only sunburn the right side of me during the trip back in the car with all the traffic and no ac. So naturally my arm went out the window. But my leg got burned too. So since I'm driving today, I'm throwing my left arm out the window every chance I get trying to balance the color out

The Girl and the new boyfriend came over last night for dinner. Her birthday is in a few days. This one is only 17 but is cuter and seems more polite. But when they are together it is ridiculous. They ignored us for half of the night with there bickering and rough-housing. It was a long night.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I agree with Woo. Sounds like most of you had pretty eventful weekends. Mine was short and boring.

DS, sorry about the car. I too hate being without one, I feel like a bird without wings, trapped within a few block radius of my house. I hate cars in general though too, my goal is to eventually work within walking distance from the house and only need a car for vacations and such. Right now I'm walking distance to the majority of my family, my dentist, my grocery store, my bank and the farmers market. If I can land a job within a few blocks of here I'm set!

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Anyone interested in possibly changing jobs with me? OH called and wants to come for an audit. I can't win.

JR - I wouldn't suggest trying to do your regular grocery shopping and then walk home.

I also suggest you don't steal the shopiing cart to push your groceries home. And don't tell me that you are just borrowing it because you will take it back the following week to use it.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

I know someone here at work that when his car broke down during the week he pushed the cart home for 3 miles and then pushed it back.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Fuzz, I am literally at the end of the grocery store parking lot. I tend to shop five times a week rather than one big trip a week. The only time I take the car is if I'm buying soda because I usually get five cases at a time.

The working near home probably sounds like a pipe-dream too, but actually I'm within 4 blocks of a major industrial center with about 10 national companies and another 10 fairly big local companies. I check their websites every Monday for job openings. Which reminds me...

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Woo Hoo wrote:
I know someone here at work that when his car broke down during the week he pushed the cart home for 3 miles and then pushed it back.

Wow! That's probably about as far as a cart ever got from the store! My first job was as a utility clerk at a grocery store. I used to love being told a cart was seen three or four blocks away. It was an excuse to go on a nice long walk.

My co-worker Joe (who sadly I heard died recently of a heart attack) used to be gone for an hour when he went on a cart run. One day I went out to find him because he was gone so long and I found him sitting on a huge snowpile by the Burger King eating a bag of fries.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

When it comes to seeing how you would do if you didn't have a car, I just found out about http://www.walkscore.com/. I only score a 48, because the grocery store is so far away.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Incredible. There's a website for pretty much ANYTHING these days huh?

My results...

Compare Your Score

West Allis top 10%: 76

Your score: 80

West Allis average: 63

You are in the top 1% of West Allis residents.

I would say that's a confirmation that a walking lifestyle is doable for me if I can just land a job nearby.

-- Edited by Jeremy Riggs on Monday 1st of August 2011 09:36:18 AM

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Speaking of the grocery store, I best get some socks and shoes on and head over for some veggies & yogurt, I'm out of veggies and down to only three yogurts left. I've been trying to have one every day because I've read that they're great for helping digestion and fighting off germs. Those active cultures are like little military troops, fighting the bad guys in your system!

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Jeremy Riggs wrote:
The working near home probably sounds like a pipe-dream too, but actually I'm within 4 blocks of a major industrial center with about 10 national companies and another 10 fairly big local companies. I check their websites every Monday for job openings. Which reminds me...

Do they have any openings for an accountant. And do you have an extra room?

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I'm sure they do. We have a HUGE Blue Cross/Blue Shield building. They've probably got some accountants in there.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Well, this is shaping up to be an interesting day. My boss called and said that police have the road blocked off, so she can't get back to the office. So I went outside and looked. There have been shots fired, and police were walking around with shotguns. So I came back in and looked at Twitter:

theheraldtimes The Herald-Times
Police incident: Rogers is blocked by police as far back as Patterson, our reporter on scene says.
4 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

theheraldtimes The Herald-Times
We have a reporter and photographer going to the Rogers/Rockport area to check out the shorts fired; police ask all to stay indoors.
6 minutes ago

theheraldtimes The Herald-Times
Police say possible shots fired at Rockport and Rogers; police telling everyone to stay away from the area.
11 minutes ago

theheraldtimes The Herald-Times
Traffic on South Rogers near Rockport is blocked; we have a report of a hostage situation; gun involved. We're checking this report.

WFHB_News WFHB News
one female shot, gunman has not been apprehended. Bloomington Police still urging those in the Rockport and Rodgers area to stay indoors
12 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

WFHB_News WFHB News
Gunman on Rockport and Rodgers. Those in the area please lock doors and windows. Citizens, please stay away from the area.

OMG, I just heard 3 more shots!

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Yikes!

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Wow. Scary stuff. Keep the doors locked!

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

cry

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

More shots, and an ambulance just went by. We're really just two doors down from the intersection where this is all going down at, but I can't get a real good view from my office window.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Apparently, the situation has been resolved, but now they're looking for a shell casing.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Well NOW it's a MONDAY huh?

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

And where was your protection in case you needed it?

I enjoy that everything said stay away, but you know people saw something going on and went over there.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

confuzzed wrote:
And where was your protection in case you needed it?

I enjoy that everything said stay away, but you know people saw something going on and went over there.

Actually, there weren't a lot of gawkers, which surprised me. It's mostly a residential area though, so I assume most people were at work.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

See that red bush? What's hard to see is the tall fence that runs right next to it. Parked right next to that fence and those bushes: my car. I'm really surprised you can't see it in this pic.

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