Daily Archives: June 23, 2016
Rebates and More Remotes . . .
Today turned out to be really nice, with a high of 90 and a lot of clouds cutting down on the sun,
Of course the two big oak shade trees overhead didn’t hurt either.
With the help of reader Art Raeck, I did figure out how to get the DirecTV remotes apart. What was confusing me was that I took one apart about ten years ago for this same problem, and although it looked the same on the outside, it came apart completely different from the way it does now.
But of course I’ve already got new ones coming tomorrow, so it’s all kind of moot now.
Don’t know about ya’ll, but a couple of days ago Amazon gave me money back. After a recent court settlement with Apple for anti-trust violations, involving them illegally jacking up the price of e-books, they had give money back to buyers. So I got $20.14 credited to my Amazon account.
I had assumed that the credit would just apply to more books, but it applies to anything you order.
Nice?
Of course lawyer’s who negotiated the settlement got $50 million.
I’ve looked a little more into the long-term annual/semi-annual lease situation here at Colorado River and found a couple of pluses and at least one minus.
The pluses are that we get a physical address, and can receive both US Mail and packages without the extra service charges. The minus is that we become responsible for the site upkeep, i.e., mowing, trimming, etc.
I don’t know if we can pay extra to have the park guy do it or not. We’ll see.
Tomorrow we’re heading down to the Clear Lake area to meet Chris, Linda, and Piper at Outrigger’s in Kemah for lunch. Outrigger’s, located under the Kemah Bridge, is one of our favorite local fresh seafood places, and we try to eat there whenever we can.
Next up, I going to get a new battery for the truck. This one seems to be on its last legs. The best deal I found on line was a Duracell from Batteries Plus. And there’s one down in Webster, so that works.
I actually didn’t know that the Batteries Plus places even sold car and truck batteries, but I guess they do. I did call them this afternoon to be sure they had one in stock.
Then after Jan and I get haircuts, we’re meeting up with a friend so I can get her new stereo/DVD/TV system wired up correctly. And finally it’s on to dinner with them, and then head toward home.
On the way, we’ll make a stop at Brandi’s to pick up our mail and packages.
Thought for the Day:
“I was married by a Judge. I should have ask for a Jury.” – Groucho Marx
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