Harry Tarklar and the Thrifty Hallows

[SAT 9,609]

Gump came by, with baby Gump

[SAT 9,609]

I was trying to feed the older kid, no time to entertain him. He was a little late for breakfast.

Maybe I have a little foresight. But every time I see him, I think to myself, dude what are you going to do 15 years from now?

Sadly, the answer may be, live off us.....

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

All trim in living room is now officially painted.

[SAT 9,609]

Bringing the kid to a children's Christmas party.

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

My internet must be feeling reminiscent of the past, specifically 1996.

Kiddo threw up buckets last night and I just coughed so hard I threw up on the floor.

Life is fantastic.

[Asia 2,498]

Awww... Hugs, Nola

[SAT 9,609]

My internet must be feeling reminiscent of the past, specifically 1996.

Kiddo threw up buckets last night and I just coughed so hard I threw up on the floor.

Life is fantastic.

You guys are not better yet?

[kitthekat 1,317]

My internet must be feeling reminiscent of the past, specifically 1996.

Kiddo threw up buckets last night and I just coughed so hard I threw up on the floor.

Life is fantastic.

sorry to hear it i hope you and the kiddo feel better soon.

[NikLR 13,227]

That's great!

YAY!

Awwwww, Semi-wee ma'am...

What's not to love, you did a great job.

Aw thanks!

My internet must be feeling reminiscent of the past, specifically 1996.

Kiddo threw up buckets last night and I just coughed so hard I threw up on the floor.

Life is fantastic.

That really sucks. Keep hydrated!

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

You guys are not better yet?

Thought we were. I've been throwing up when I cough for at least a month though. Think it might just be a pregnancy thing.

[SAT 9,609]

Ok, 2 rookie cops just got ambushed and are likely to die in the ghetto here. I blame this ####### of a scrum we call a mayor.

This is personal now.

[Pooky 3,780]

The restorative powers of a loved one's smile are amazing. ?

[NikLR 13,227]

Ok, 2 rookie cops just got ambushed and are likely to die in the ghetto here. I blame this ####### of a scrum we call a mayor.

This is personal now.

I blame the other morons who say that the police should not be respected. I will grant that they can and have abused their power, but as a whole, those instances are not common place compared to how often they help someone.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

All trim in living room is now officially painted.

Are you fit and trim, huh ma'am?

1. Kiddo threw up buckets last night and I just coughed so hard I threw up on the floor.

2. Life is fantastic.

1. Good grief, un-ingest ma'am and wee ma'am.

2. In addition, it's a barrel of monkeys, whee ma'am.

it might just be a pregnancy thing.

Our expert can confirm this beyond doubt: D ma'am.

The restorative powers of a loved one's smile are amazing.

For what, unto whom, and in what circumstance or venue, huh man?

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Saturday report, see and grrrr man:

Awoke at o'dark-Many, grog man.

Prepped for GSs and errands, prep man.

Severely cut self with use of razor blade that was long past its useful life, ouch man.

Nevertheless, hit trail at Many:Many a.m., timely man.

First GS had nothing, no man.

As stated yesterday, deja see vu man:

Scored big-time on quarts of semi-synthetic motor oil from Autozone.com, whee man.

Serendipitously got Many (2x2x2x2x2+[2x2x2x2]) quarts for $1 each, yippee man.

Picked up Many (2x2x2+2+2) quarts at first store this eve, Christmas comes early man.

Shall do similarly with remaining Many (2x2x2x2x2+2+2) quarts on Saturday, errands man.

Second AutoZone store had only Many (2x2x2+2+2+1) quarts of the Many (2x2x2x2+2+2+2+2) needed, sigh man.

Manager promised to wrangle the remaining Many (2x2x2+2+1) quarts from another store, si man.

Went on further errands, si man.

Got 2 free items without purchase at Harbor Freight, junk-but-free man.

Second GS had a shirt that surprisingly fit, me man. Talked them down from $2 to $1, discount man.

Many'rd GS had nothing, but pushy guy running it was a computer consultant, shut up man.

He offered us a cool multifunction gadget: a level, screwdriver, flashlight, etc., interesting man.

We talked him out of Many (2x2x2-1) more on the pretext of referring business to him, duh man.

At least we got something out of the long drive just to see his overpriced stuff, egad man.

Beat it to casa to meet Mrs. T-B.'s deadline, She Who Must Be Obeyed man.

However, Mrs. T-B. wanted to laze rather than do her stated thing, she laze man.

We therefore ate lunch and went back out on errand trail, si man.

Traded leftover T-B.-jalopy oil filters to Napa Auto Parts for some cool stuff, cool stuff man.

Went to Many'rd AutoZone, where they had only Many (2x2x2+2+2) quarts reserved, sigh man.

They found Many (2x2x2-1) quarts in-house, leaving a deficit of Many (2x2+1) quarts, red man.

They stated that they couldn't get hold of any more, but that AZ #2 had extras, whee man.

This was to work well, because they were our next stop to retrieve the missing Many quarts, si man.

However, at AZ #2, they wanted to charge us full retail for the missing Many (2x2+1) quarts, wait man.

Manager couldn't do swap of on-line closeout stuff, allegedly man.

Manager refused to sell us the closeout oil at closeout price, excuses man.

Manager ordered us to go home to order the stuff on-line, inefficient man.

After another trip to AZ #Many, another to AZ #2, and 2 trips to casa inbetwixt, we got upset, grrr man.

We called the AZ Customer Disservice line, explain & complain man.

Customer Disser defended all guilty parties at AZs #2 & #Many, who's the customer man.

Customer Disser concluded that I.T. Department had screwed up, and would "send them a note," gee man.

We asked how we were to get our promised order, huh man.

Customer Disser said to wait till Tuesday or try to reorder on-line, blow-off man.

Fortunately, ship-to-casa option featured free shipping, amazing man.

Customer Disser asked if we would like a Frequent AutoZone number, amazing man.

We politely told her that this was our first & last business with Autozone.com, take that ma'am.

We further told her that our further business would go to Napa or O'Reilly, further ma'am.

Customer Disser then said, "Alrighty then..."

We said, "There is nothing 'alrighty' about any of this, no man! You've spent the entire time defending your various "systems" instead of bending over backwards to serve the customer, see man! We shall never darken the door of any AutoZone store again, and we shall furthermore relate this entire story to others when it happens to come up in conversation, so there man!"

We then hung up, bye man.

We will see if we get our Internet order, don't hold breath man.

This Many-&-a-half-hour debacle cost us several planned weekend activities/chores, lost time man.

We then steamingly drove from casa to dry-cleaners to pick up stuff 2 minutes before closing, speed man.

We then returned to casa for a nap, during which our blood pressure didn't sleep, no zzz man.

We then awoke, played with Mini-B., and took him and Mrs. T-B. to Aldi Foods, wee & she man.

With Mrs. T-B. present, we spent $Many, rather than the typical $Many, sigh man.

In fact, we shall have to go again tomorrow for Round 2, courtesy of she man.

We have dished and must de-dish the warsher, mandatory on Saturdays man.

We must de-dryer the kitchen rags et al., optimally done on Saturdays man.

Sunday = laundry, Thread Laundress man.

Sunday also = mow-lawning, undone today thanks to AZ, grrr man.

Sunday also = reorganize kitchen pantry, perhaps sacrificed thanks to AZ, grrr man.

Cat prep hopeful zzz man.

Mornin', Commie-babe with +1 inventory!

Edited December 21, 2014 by TBoneTX