I had a woman call me with a four question survey tonight.
I said "Sure, why not ?"
Q1) How many people live in your home under the age of 15 ?"
A1) "None."
Q2) How many people live in your home between the ages of 15 and 17 ?"
A2) "None."
Q3) How many people live in your home between the ages of 18 and 21 ?"
A3) "None."
Q4) How many people live in your home between the ages of 22 and 34 ?"
A4) "None."
She was incredulous.
She asked me if I heard the fourth question and repeated it.
I said, "Let me look. Nope. Just me, and that was six questions."
I guess my household doesn't meet any of their demographics.
A household with no one under the age of 35 ? Inconceivable !
:-P
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Plumbers
My landlady called me Tuesday night and told me that I needed to let some plumbers into the flat. It seems that while they were working on the flat below mine they noticed some water dripping from above and wanted to inspect my master bath. Fine no problem I'll take the morning off. They didn't show up until around 2:30 PM.
The guy (Mike) pointed out that none of the fixtures were sealed and also noted that the flat below was dry that day (because I didn't use the shower that morning). He said he'd be back with his boss first thing in the morning the next day with a camera snake to make sure there wasn't anything else wrong. 8:00 AM. Three times he assured me they would be here at 8:00 AM. What the heck, I already took an entire day off, what's a few minutes in the morning ?
I waited until 10:30 AM Thursday. I looked out the door every 5 to 10 minutes. No van. No activity in the flat below. Nothing. No calls. No knocks on the door. I had the front jalousies wide open so I could hear everything. Nothing. So I left a note on my door and went to work.
Mind you I've already missed a day and a half of work.
Not that I like my job, but I need to pay my bills plus buy beer for me and catnip for my cat.
When I talked to my Landlady Thursday night she told me that they said they had knocked on my door all morning. I explained that was a flat out lie. She suggested that I leave one of my keys in the lock box so they could get in without me having to take any more time off.
OK. You know, bad enough they waste my time and stand me up. Hawaiian-Time only goes so far. But now I know they're liars. Why the heck would I trust them in my flat unsupervised. No. They can come in here on my schedule now and not theirs.
You know my Ace ? They can't complete their work on the flat below until they inspect my flat. They have the incentive to work with me, not the other way around.
:-P
The guy (Mike) pointed out that none of the fixtures were sealed and also noted that the flat below was dry that day (because I didn't use the shower that morning). He said he'd be back with his boss first thing in the morning the next day with a camera snake to make sure there wasn't anything else wrong. 8:00 AM. Three times he assured me they would be here at 8:00 AM. What the heck, I already took an entire day off, what's a few minutes in the morning ?
I waited until 10:30 AM Thursday. I looked out the door every 5 to 10 minutes. No van. No activity in the flat below. Nothing. No calls. No knocks on the door. I had the front jalousies wide open so I could hear everything. Nothing. So I left a note on my door and went to work.
Mind you I've already missed a day and a half of work.
Not that I like my job, but I need to pay my bills plus buy beer for me and catnip for my cat.
When I talked to my Landlady Thursday night she told me that they said they had knocked on my door all morning. I explained that was a flat out lie. She suggested that I leave one of my keys in the lock box so they could get in without me having to take any more time off.
OK. You know, bad enough they waste my time and stand me up. Hawaiian-Time only goes so far. But now I know they're liars. Why the heck would I trust them in my flat unsupervised. No. They can come in here on my schedule now and not theirs.
You know my Ace ? They can't complete their work on the flat below until they inspect my flat. They have the incentive to work with me, not the other way around.
:-P
Egypt
It looks like the situation in Egypt has gone as best as anyone could hope for.
We'll see what the coming weeks and months bring.
Hopefully when they elect a new government they won't be as insane as the "Palestinians" in Gaza were in 2006.
We'll see what the coming weeks and months bring.
Hopefully when they elect a new government they won't be as insane as the "Palestinians" in Gaza were in 2006.
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Obama's "tough budget cuts" in pictures
Doug Ross shows what Obummer's "cuts" really amount to.
Click on the pic and bring a microscope.
Click on the pic and bring a microscope.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Pathetic
W.T.F.
$32 Billion is only zero point 9 percent of a $3.5 Trillion budget.
Really House Republicans ?
This is the best you can do ?
Paul Ryan: I'd like to 'exceed' the $32B in cuts I proposed
$32 Billion is only zero point 9 percent of a $3.5 Trillion budget.
Really House Republicans ?
This is the best you can do ?
Paul Ryan: I'd like to 'exceed' the $32B in cuts I proposed
The Golf Club
There’s a local radio program named, “The Golf Club”.
They play a commercial where the hostess, Danielle Tucker says “The Golf Club” every other sentence.
By the time the spot is over, I want to take The Golf Club to her face.
:-P
They play a commercial where the hostess, Danielle Tucker says “The Golf Club” every other sentence.
By the time the spot is over, I want to take The Golf Club to her face.
:-P
Anna Nicole Smith, Still Dead
I think we'll all always remember where we were when we heard Anna Nicole Smith died.
;-P
;-P
Sunday, February 06, 2011
The Game
I'm watching The Game.
By which I mean the 1997 movie with Michael Douglas.
Click on the pic to play the trailer.
By which I mean the 1997 movie with Michael Douglas.
Click on the pic to play the trailer.
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Thursday, February 03, 2011
How Beer Saved The World
Click on the pic to play.
Part 1 of 3.
“Without beer, we’d probably still be living in caves”
I always suspected as much.
Hat Tip: TheDailyWh.at
Monday, January 31, 2011
Traffic Report
I've noticed from time to time that the local radio station, KHNR will replay the traffic report.
Now normally this can be irritating as I know that things have changed in the last fifteen minutes.
This evening, they kept replaying the traffic report from 8:00 AM.
They did this the entire trip home.
Nice to know that the jam at the H1-H2 Merge finally cleared up.
Jack-holes.
Now normally this can be irritating as I know that things have changed in the last fifteen minutes.
This evening, they kept replaying the traffic report from 8:00 AM.
They did this the entire trip home.
Nice to know that the jam at the H1-H2 Merge finally cleared up.
Jack-holes.
So You're In For A Blizzard
So a lot of you are bracing for a blizzard.
Here's what you can do to keep warm in the event that you lose power and heat.
Take a small coffee can (metal) and stuff a roll of toilet paper in it.
Fill with rubbing alcohol.
Light.
It gives a steady flame for hours.
The toilet paper acts like a wick, hardly any of it burns.
The can stays cool, you can pick it up with your bare hands.
I did this during the ice storms of 2007 back when I lived in Missouri.
I'd lost power and heat for over a week, below freezing the whole time.
It kept my bedroom in the 60s.
In the morning I would light a second one to warm the room up faster and then moved the second one into the bathroom.
If all you have is a large coffee can (metal) stuff two rolls of toilet paper in it.
You can also use it as a make-shift stove.
Take some wire hangers and bend around the can to form a grill.
You can cook cans of soup on top of it.
You can also make coffee that way if you have an old fashioned coffee percolator. In a pinch you can warm water in a can and manually pour the water over the basket of your automatic-drip coffee maker.
Do NOT use gasoline, Coleman Fuel or any other fuel.
Only try this with rubbing alcohol, i.e.: ethanol (ethyl alcohol) or isopropyl alcohol.
I used both 70% and 90%. The 90% of course burns hotter and goes quicker so I used that to warm a room quickly and then switched to 70% to maintain temperature.
Stay warm !
Here's what you can do to keep warm in the event that you lose power and heat.
Take a small coffee can (metal) and stuff a roll of toilet paper in it.
Fill with rubbing alcohol.
Light.
It gives a steady flame for hours.
The toilet paper acts like a wick, hardly any of it burns.
The can stays cool, you can pick it up with your bare hands.
I did this during the ice storms of 2007 back when I lived in Missouri.
I'd lost power and heat for over a week, below freezing the whole time.
It kept my bedroom in the 60s.
In the morning I would light a second one to warm the room up faster and then moved the second one into the bathroom.
If all you have is a large coffee can (metal) stuff two rolls of toilet paper in it.
You can also use it as a make-shift stove.
Take some wire hangers and bend around the can to form a grill.
You can cook cans of soup on top of it.
You can also make coffee that way if you have an old fashioned coffee percolator. In a pinch you can warm water in a can and manually pour the water over the basket of your automatic-drip coffee maker.
Do NOT use gasoline, Coleman Fuel or any other fuel.
Only try this with rubbing alcohol, i.e.: ethanol (ethyl alcohol) or isopropyl alcohol.
I used both 70% and 90%. The 90% of course burns hotter and goes quicker so I used that to warm a room quickly and then switched to 70% to maintain temperature.
Stay warm !
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Happy Benjamin Franklin's Birthday !
I think it's nice that work gave us the day off.
I think I'll celebrate with a beer.
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