Law enforcement was wolf-packing I-40 west something fierce as I was schlepping Alex to work at the Garner Chick Fil-A. When he suggested a song from the Phil Collins playlist that was spinning at the time, I found an even better choice... ;)
Another three weeks and yet again Lowe's shows just how much of a priority actually finding a resolution is to them...
With the Supreme Court's latest travesty of a ruling from it's shadow "emergency docket" and the President's obvious admiration of how Vladimir Putin rules Russia, is it so much of a stretch of the imagination to imagine the ICE gangs who have routinely ignored the Fourth Amendment and the Constitution writ large taking the next step and actually becoming the KGB?
May Supertramp's Rick Davies rest in peace knowing that he gave so much beautiful music to the world and many hours of me trying to hit those high notes in "Goodbye Stranger"! :)
It's been an awful long twelve days of having the Traverse sitting idle in the garage but now she has the correct coolant hose installed and the coolant reservoir topped up so there's only one thing left to do...
I had thought about showing Nicholas that I can occasionally be clever and handy mending things under the bonnet of the Traverse whilst he was away at Toyota training. Let's just say that the universe had other ideas...
It's one thing to be told to "read the fine print" when returning a part in store that was ordered online. It's quite another when that fine print is completely contrary to the point you're trying to make...
In yet another episode of "this country desperately needs stronger enforcement of trespassing statutes", it seemed that today was the day that people who are often incapable of taking the hint decided to invade our neighbourhood's peace en masse including three different visits by the same AT&T nitwits! :(
Here is another post from the Facebook thread started by a mate of mine that I wanted to capture as we're now almost two years on from Hamas attacking Israel with the situation on the ground now being far more dire and deplorable. The person I was talking to pivoted to her hatred for President Trump because he "allows Netanyahu to kill all Palestineans. I do hate him for this" as well as his inability…
There seems to be a fundamental law of the universe that says that when I have a happy day that ends with a client settling their bill, then obviously I'm in need of immediate punishment that effectively spends it before deposit at the credit union. In this particular case, it was eerily similar in location and root cause to an incident just a couple of years earlier...
Hating Trump is certainly "easy" in this day and age but what I truly feel is pity for the shadow of a human being he's become and those much more clever than him that rule him from the shadows. Pity is far, far worse than hatred and it is something for which the President and his sycophants in government have no effective defence.
Another day, another call to what passes for a "Customer Care" line at Lowe's thanks to the "Appeasement Team" failing to follow through with the promised take-it-or-leave-it letter in the post...
One of the most memorable villains ever on film is also the same chap who played Bernadette on "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". But then that was Terence Stamp to a "T"...such contradictions but also such a sublime talent! He will be missed... :(
Miguel's aunt has come to North Carolina to visit which is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Szent István Nap (St Stephen's Day) a week early with some Hungarian comfort foods! :)
Some very un-Corolla like noises come from under Meghann's bonnet and that's when we discovered two stowaways... :)
It's the summer season of nasty storms and of course that brings out the roofing contractors who are ready, willing, and if you agree able to try to scam your insurance company for a new roof. Unfortunately, this year has they're bringing their A-game of annoying and stupid behaviour to my doorstep and postbox... :(
A Camel in the scorer's booth...who would have imagined it? :)
It's not often you find the referees in the penalty box they normally consign the naughty players to but here you go... :)
After decades of inspections that were ten minutes and forking over some cash, the emissions testing regime for this year has been an exercise in frustration and stress beyond belief. At least the Traverse has finally passed for another year and hopefully the emissions testing will go the way of the dodo in Wake County before next year's renewal season!
Two days of "management" considering an appeal of their initial settlement offer and they managed to come up with...the exact same figure I already had from Ms Kayla at the Knightdale Lowe's store. That seems to be an argument that there's a whole bunch of people in Mooresville who need redundancy notices in the worst way...
The difference between a good commanding officer and a bad one is about the length of time it takes to snap one's fingers. That adage from the US Army's Command and General Staff College is as true today as it was back when I first heard it...
There's a new refrigerator in the kitchen in the cool-down period thanks to an awesome installation crew who passed the basic test of what to do first when removing the old refrigerator!
Lowe's refrigerator delivery, part deux! And whilst I'm desperately hoping it's not the complete Charlie-Foxtrot that was the first one, the signs and portents aren't exactly reassuring... :(
What should have been a simple installation of a new refrigerator turned into the stuff of nightmares all because the installation technician Lowe's sent round couldn't be bother to shut the valve to the water supply to the refrigerator prior to disconnecting the existing hose. And then their warehouse supervisor as well as offshore outsourced "customer service" made the situation far worse... :(
Whilst his passing might have been overshadowed by Ozzy's, Chuck Mangione's influence on my musical tastes cannot be understated and that's why "Feels So Good" was blasting from the speaker during the Zamboni break!
