Daily Archives: January 7, 2011
Toys and Tea Rooms . . .
Another early morning started when we left the rig about 9 am heading up the road to Webster for Jan’s 9:45 dental appointment.
While she was there, I ran some errands, ending up at EPO (Electronics Parts Outlet), one of my favorite places to explore.
They have computer stuff, electronic parts and tools, science kits, and best of all,
TOYS…lots of Toys!
And as Jan says, I can resist anything but temptation. I saw a new helicopter that I just had to have. It’s a new 3 channel model that has both gyro-stabilizers and an accelerometer, so it’s very stable and easy to control.
And a lot of fun to annoy the cats with. Of course sometime the cats annoy it back.
I’ve lost several copters that way.
You can see it fly here.
As I was leaving EPO, I got a call from Brock’s Car Care telling me what they’d found on my truck. And as I suspected, a stuck brake caliper was the problem. So the caliper, pads, and rotor on the right side had to be replaced. But because of the higher pressure in the brake lines caused by the stuck caliper, this caused the left side to stick and grind down the pads and the rotor on that side too, though not as bad.
Brock’s said the total would be about $650. So next I called my extended warranty company to see what they would be able to take care of.
And the answer, as I suspected, was pretty much nothing. They ended up paying $70 of it.
Which was 1 brake caliper. Apparently they pay for the bad part, but not anything the bad part damages. Huh?
Oh well, I’d been trying to remember to cancel them anyway. This just gives me incentive.
I’d originally got the warranty free for the first year when I bought our 2004 Dodge Dakota in December 2007, and then kept it going since then. But this is the first time I’ve used it, because nothing has gone wrong so far, just maintenance stuff.
Jan was done about 11:30 so after picking her up we drove over to Jason’s Deli for lunch. Jan loves their Muffalettas and Broccoli Cheese Soup, and I really like their Southwestern Chicken Chili, so we were both happy.
Finishing lunch, we headed home to the rig. While Jan feed the birds and then sat outside with Mister and enjoyed the nice weather, I went back to finish flushing out the water heater, now that I got the drain plug off.
I use one of these wands to do a better job of flushing it out. It goes on the end of your water hose and lets you get up in there and get all the ‘gunk’ out. You’d really be surprised how much stuff comes out.
One more job on my pre-flight checklist done.
We left out again about 3pm so Jan could meet Lowell and Landon at Landon’s pediatrician’s office.
Brandi had noticed a lot of wax in Landon’s right ear and wanted to get it checked out. Jan was along for moral support and to help manage all the bags, bottles and carriers that seem to accompany any moving of Master Landon. He has his own ‘posse’.
It turns out that Landon does have a slight ear infection, so the doctor prescribed an antibiotic to take care of it.
I left them there while I went by Home Depot to get some more Teflon tape and then by Sam’s Club to pick up our prescriptions for the month.
Then I headed over to the house to wait for them. On the way I got a call from Brock’s saying my truck was ready. But I had to wait for Jan get there so I could go get it.
After Jan got there and we got our truck, we drove over to Texas Tea Room to supper. Then it was finally back home for the night.
More tomorrow…
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Thought for the Day:”There is nothing so aggravating in life as being condescended to by an idiot"
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