Our RV Adventures

Well, the Comcast – Spectrum phone switch-over struck again. But now AT&T is in the mix, which only makes it worse.

Just about the time that things had settled down with our phone system, we lost our 800. number in a three-way handoff between Comcast, AT&T, and Spectrum, kind of a Mexican Standoff. Of Sheldon would want to ‘clarify nomenclature’ on that.

After going round and round for a while, we discovered the problem. And as has happened several times in the past, the problem originated with the previous IT. Apparently for some reason he went into a bunch of accounts and changed the PIN numbers on them

And without the pin number the transfer couldn’t be made. After being on the phone for about two hours, my client had about given up. So I told him that every time he talked to somebody, and they couldn’t help him, ask to talk to their supervisor. And so on. And so on.

It took him about 30 minutes this time to get to someone who could help, and it should be fixed in the next 24-72 hours. We’ll see.

As part of my recent Instant Pot trials and tribulations, I did manage to order a silicone steamer basket for our unit.  Hope we can try it out soon.

Instant Pot Silicone Steamer Basket

For dinner tonight we drove over to the Victory Lakes area at i-45 and FM646 to have dinner. We were in the mood of burgers, but this time we went for Five Guys Burgers & Fries We haven’t eaten at one in a number of years, so it was about time.

The burgers were great as always and the fresh cut fries were delicious.

We had been warned that awhile back Five Guys had really cut back on the size of their fry orders. Previously the small order overflowed the bag and was more then enough for the two of us. So anticipating the cutback, we ordered the regular batch, and it was the perfect size.

Finishing up we made quick next-door Wal-Mart stop for a few things, as well as gas on the way home.

I did track down a guy that may be able to make our new window awnings. I’m going to take one of our small rear window awnings into him and see what he can do. Hopefully I’ll be able do it tomorrow.

Tomorrow we’re getting together for dinner with our son Chris, and hopefully some or all of his family. Looking forward to it.

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The Word of the Day is: Mandarin

Thought for the Day: 

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for ‘Dream-Solving’ a problem. At least without double-checking it.

I’ve mentioned before that when I’ve got a problem to solve, quite often I’ll ‘sleep on it.’ Whether it’s something I’m trying to fix or build, or a computer or software problem, it’s  surprising how often it works.

Usually.

I ending up napping during Wheel of Fortune last night and when I woke up, I thought I’d come up with a solution to why our new Instant Pot fails as a slow cooker. At least in comparison to our old Hamilton-Beach slow cooker.

When I’m working on the blog during the day I’ll jog down themes or ideas, fleshing them out then or maybe later. And in this case I wrote down my idea immediately and then set it aside.

But something kept nagging me the rest of the evening. However I couldn’t put my finger on it.

But then as soon as I  posted the blog and sat back to read some on my Kindle, it suddenly dawned on me. And by the time I checked my email and comments, “Nooo, don’t do it’s” were pouring in. So next time I’ll reread everything before I post.

I called in some prescriptions for Jan this afternoon, two transferred down from the Wal-Mart in Conroe, and two from the Sam’s Club. And about 30 minutes later I got a text rom Sam’s saying the two prescriptions were ready, and the cost was $133.92.

WTH!

When I called in the prescription, I told them to be sure to price them under my Sam’s Plus card and even gave them the card number. So I called them back and guess what?  They hadn’t priced it against my card.

And when they did, the cost dropped to $24. Much better.

I guess they still like me. At least I got an email today from the Escapees wanting to know if Jan and I want to do our Gate Guarding for Fun? and Profit seminar at the upcoming 58th Escapade being held in Sedalia, MO May 27th to June 1, 2018.

Guess we’ll have to think about it, since we haven’t really talked about attending. We had planned to do FL and some of the east coast next year, so we’ll have to see.

We’ve got until January 15th to get our application in, so we’ve got time to decide.

It looks like winter is trying to creep back in. For the last couple of weeks it’s been days in the 80’s and nights in the low 70’s. But it’s going down to 60° tonight and 53 tomorrow night. And even better, days’ in the 60’s and low 70’s. Sure hope it holds.

The Word of the Day is: Stridulate

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