Monthly Archives: June 2018
Like Sands Thru The Hourglass . . .
I left for my clients this morning about 30 minutes early so I could stop off at the local WalMart to drop off my bad tire to have them mount a new one on it. Then I could come back later and have them swap it out on the truck.
But it was all for naught. This WalMart normally seems pretty good, with a lot of checkouts open and well-stocked shelves. But their automotive department is just pitiful.
They had a room full of customers and only one of the three terminals manned. When I got there they were just finishing up with one customer, with next one right in front of me. But there everything pretty much stopped.
The customer and the service guy would talk for a few minutes and the service guy would disappear for 10 minutes or so, then come back and it would start all over again. And by this time the waiting area was starting to fill up with people. Worse they were letting anybody come in and check out, even with no automotive items, just groceries.
So finally after about 35 minutes, I left, as well as a number of other customers who were tired of waiting.
Work today consisted mostly of me trying to anticipate and then prepare for what could go wrong while I’m gone, as well as being sure that they had plenty of labels printed up and copies of the instructional DVD’s made. I we’ll see if I have everything covered.
Coming home I stopped off at the nearby NTB Tire place, dropped off my tire, and was out the door in less than 10 minutes. And I have an appointment tomorrow morning to have it installed. Should have done this to start with.
Getting home I loaded up the truck with just about the last of the stuff for the storage room and we headed out. But our first stop was up in Webster to have dinner at East Star Chinese Buffet once again.
They really go all out, with shrimp, oysters, crawfish, crablegs, steak, and all the standard stuff, too. And they’re constantly bringing out small batches to refill the serving trays, so everything’s always hot and fresh.
One of the best Chinese Buffets we’ve eaten at.
Then it was off to, first Sam’s Club for a prescription, then WalMart for a few things for our trip, and then the storage room on the way home to drop off our cargo.
Time is short and we still have a lot to do before we leave.
Thought for the Day:
This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time. Plan accordingly.
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Getting Close . . .
Jan and I spent most of the day sorting through the last of the stuff, deciding what goes to the storage room and what stays with the rig.
But taking a break for a bit, I took a look at replacing the oven light in our Sharp 1850 microwave. It died a week or so ago, which I guess is pretty good, since in 11 years we’ve never had to replace it before.
I have the service manual for it, but at first it wasn’t very encouraging. It seemed to say that to replace the oven light I would have to drop the unit from its hanger on the wall.
Well that would be pretty stupid.
But I finally figured out that since this was a complete service manual, like replacing the computer board, or the magnetron, or the stirring motor. So that every repair starts with removing the unit from the wall
After that it was just a matter of pouring through 38 pages of fine print to find the side note about how to replace oven light. And when I got into it, I found this.
The glass bulb, though still intact, had broken off, leaving just the base stuck in the socket. It took some finagling, but I finally got the base out using a pair of needle nose pliers. It’s just a standard 30W appliance bulb so I’ll pick one up tomorrow from WalMart.
While I was researching all this, I did come across a couple of interesting websites that those of us who like to repair things might like. Check’em out.
http://electro-medical.blogspot.com/
https://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/
Another thing I did this afternoon to lay out the maps of our upcoming travel days, entering them into my Delorme Street Atlas GPS program, including any planned stops along the way.
For those of you wondering or debating about a Passport America membership, we will save $155 on this trip using PPA. That’s more than 3 times what the yearly PPA membership will cost you.
And on our Western trip last year, from February 2017 to June, we saved over $1000, including two weeks at a park in Apache Junction, and three weeks at a park near Rapid City. All at half price.
Tomorrow and Tuesday will be my last two days this week with my client until we get back on July 9th, but I’ll be handling things on line as much as possible.
Thought for the Day:
I’m started to think that it’s just matter of time before they add ‘Syndrome’ to my last name.
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