Daily Archives: June 16, 2011
Pizza and Epoxy . . .
My morning started today a little before 9 with abrupt silence. Our white noise machine in the bedroom had gone quiet. And that means the power had gone off.
And that usually means that Jan has forgotten that we’re on 30 amps here.
“Jaaannn!”
“Sorrryy!”
As it was, it wasn’t Jan’s fault . . . this time.
I got dressed and went outside to reset the breaker, and discovered the real problem.
The breaker was hot, and wouldn’t reset. It was spongy like it had rubber bands inside.
I decided to let the breaker cool off and see what would happen. In the meantime I got my 30 amp to 20 amp adapter out of the electrical bay and move us over to the 20 amp outlet.
About 20 minutes later I went outside to check the breaker just as the honey wagon truck pulled up to dump our tanks. I tried the breaker again, and, although cool now, it still would not reset.
I mentioned the problem to the honey wagon guy and he said he would get someone out as soon as he could. Said the only problem might be is that they were re-epoxying the family pool this morning and they had everyone called in to work on it because once they mixed the epoxy they only had 20 minutes to get it applied. I told him no problem, and that we were doing fine on 20 amps.
But lo and behold, about 30 minutes later, a guy pulls up in a truck, checks the breaker, and starts to remove the screws on the breaker box. Luckily for him, the box was equipped with plug-in breakers, so he just had to pull out the old one and plug in the new one.
And less than 5 minutes later we had 30 amp again.
Now that’s great service!
About 12:45 Jan and I headed into Bend to see the move ‘Thor’. I was somewhat leery about the movie because I grow up reading the Thor comic books in the early 60’s, and I always hated the way they sometimes change the story completely.
On the way I got a shot of Mt. Bachelor, one of the Three Sisters mountain range, west of us. This would be our view from the park if it weren’t for all the trees.
Back to ‘Thor’, I was pleasantly surprised. They did change some of the origin facts, but that didn’t hurt the movie. We both enjoyed it and look forward to others in the series.
Leaving the cinema, we drove over to the Boston’s Pizza we had discovered yesterday. We first ate at a Boston’s in Dawson Creek, BC, Canada in 2008 on our way to Alaska, and since then we’ve stopped to eat there whenever we find one.
Once again, Boston’s did not disappoint. I don’t know what their crust is, but it’s always crispy, never doughy, and never that slick wetness on top of the crust and under the sauce. They also apparently put the pizza under a broiler for a few minutes before serving it so the pepperoni is crispy on the edges.
Just delicious!
After we got home about 5 Nick Russell called about 7:30 to talk about our plans for the next few weeks. It looks like our schedule could change, but we’ll have to wait and see.
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Thought for the Day:
Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.
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