Let Sleeping Dogs Rant

[TBoneTX 45,571]

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

I have a cough and a bit of a scratchy throat

Immediately drink and smoke to excess and this will be less of a worry, si mam ma'am.

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

Many hours we went

Number of powerless hours precised, si and see and  mam ma'am.

11 hours ago, mam521 said:

he's the one too cheap

We are the one too cheap, blasphemy mam ma'am!

Surpassed only by WCG, our idol man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

We had to brush needy miu Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times yesterday/last night, needy miu man.

 

Lunch was 2 ham/cheese sandwiches, indict all but the cheese and ingest we man.

Went to Post Office and it immediately began to monsoon, great timing man.

 

Took blessedly uninterrupted siesta, zzz we man.

Din-din was Re-Modified* Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

     *onecan Cream of Potato soup substituted for Cream of 'Shroom, filling and tasty man

 

At night when rain had quit, went to supermarket for staples, fold spindle mutilate we man.

Infernal place was completely OUT of Powerade Zero grape,  man.

We had to fill in with Gatorade Zero grape, nearly twice the price man.  

 

We are going to have to pay nearly $Many,000 -- si man, $Many,000 -- for our portion of hurricane-downed fence,  man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and Mini-B. are in the former's hometown for a week, border-Amazon Ecu man.

Everyone there misses us, same here man.

We are actually quite homesick, or Ecu-sick, for the place, like it very much we man.

We must find a bilingual rubia to accompany us in the future, good luck with that man.

 

The good news is that ex-Mrs.-T-B. is resolved to make Mini-B. get his hairs cut, months overdue man.

Mini-B. looks like a poodle or English dogsheep with curls covering eyes down to nose, egad man.

We would like to be a fly on the wall during the haircut-convincing and actual process, hee hee man.

Last time we were there, a cut-hairing was $2 + half a buck ($Many [$2+1] for gringos), unparalleled man.

 

Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

Doc appointment for us tomorrow, routine man.

And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,093]

16 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

The good news is that ex-Mrs.-T-B. is resolved to make Mini-B. get his hairs cut, months overdue man.

Mini-B. looks like a poodle or English dogsheep with curls covering eyes down to nose, egad man.

We would like to be a fly on the wall during the haircut-convincing and actual process, hee hee man.

Last time we were there, a cut-hairing was $2 + half a buck ($Many [$2+1] for gringos), unparalleled man.

 

Mini-Dave got his first haircut, years ago, after PRG got one too many comments about our cute little girl. And pretty much makes sure he gets his hair cut every month (since Covid, she has done mine too).

 

Nephew-Dave (who's in his last year of middle school, IIRC) has very long hair; PRG always tells me whenever we see him (though back in our hotel or whatever and far from sister-Dave) that she'd never let her son keep his hair that long ...

[TBoneTX 45,571]

5 hours ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

she'd never let her son keep his hair that long ...

We forwarded to ex-Mrs.-T-B. the verbatim passage from the skool P&P manual about hair, si man.

We give this project only even odds of succeeding, and  and  man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Caucused with doc, caucus we man.

We shall live until we die, confirmed conclusion man.

 

Had several register-receipt CVS coupons to use, $i man.

Got jug of Tide detergent, always good to have man.

Store sale was $Many ($2+1) off, nice boon man.

Coupons were applied, $i man.

WUOCs, final amount due was Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) pennies, financially savvy we man.   

 

Gassed T-B.-mobile at Costco, gassy we man.

Parking space available, so went in for lunch, opportunistic we man.

Lunch was the beef hot dog + (Diet) Pepsi, ingest and diet we man.

 

Went from Costco to Costco Business, everything there on our list man.

Got our Many (2+1) items without succumbing to further temptation, financially savvy we man.

 

At casa, treated/lunched expectant miu, service miu we man.

Went back out to supermarket, might as well man.

Found one Manyzen bottles of Powerade Zero grape, refrigerator again full with it man.

 

A satisfying siesta was then taken, zzz we man.

 

Din-din was Modified Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

 

Spectacular evening weather, Texas weather Many man.

 

Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man.

Midday caucus with refrigerator repairman on Thursday, fix ice-maker & perhaps clean coils man.

Shall also finalize Friday ES itinerary, itinerary we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Thursday report, see man:

 

Actually, boring Thursday report, yawn man.

It rained ALL day, How Dry We Aren't man.

We did not leave the casa, no man.

 

Breakfast/lunch was 2 dying bananas sliced with pancake syrup on top, tasty/filling ingest we man.

 

We called a fridge-repair co. to look at our ice-maker, a dud for years man.

Guy showed up after the Many-hour window, traffic & rain man.

The heating element (to keep ice in cube/crushed form) is dead, bye man.

Needs a new entire apparatus, what we expected man.

The apparatus costs $Many00 and the labor costs $Many00 for a total of $Many00, oh well man.

The good news is that the technician will clean our coils for free, not in bad shape man.

We will schedule his return when the apparatus is in hand, OK man.

 

We asked the technician whether we should get a new fridge, ours Many years old man.

He said, "No, man -- yours was built when Frigidaire/Electrolux was decent, si man," si man.

 

We asked him which brands were best, inquire we man of he man man.

He said Bosch first, si man.

LG is next-best, a little cheaper than Bosch man.

He said that Whirlpool/Frigidaire/Electrolux now sucks, same company now man.

He said to avoid Samsung like the plague, everything breaks one part after the other man.

He even said that Samsung packed the wrong part in a box from the factory,  man.

We seem to remember that Ontarklar had trouble with Samsung or LG, enraged Ontarklar man.

 

Din-din was Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

 

Miu has awakened in bored and needy form, demanding miu man.

 

No word on whether Mini-B. got his hairs cut, time is wasting man.

 

Party with the rubias tonight, cavort we man.

Fence repairman is to show up Friday morn at o'-dark-Many,  and probably monsooning then man.

We have itineraried Many (2+1) ESs and a huge church GS for Friday, itinerary we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

[Ontarkie 14,291]

Yes Samsung was a dud. So was GE went through 5 of those from Costco, finally told them to forget it is and give me back my money. 

If you have an older fridge keep it until you can no longer get parts for it. They sure are not making them like they used to. 

I'm surprised the Teck told you LG as a second. They are just as bad as Samsung, they use the same parts. 

[TBoneTX 45,571]

2 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

I'm surprised the Teck told you LG as a second.

We were, too, si D ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Friday GS/ES report, see man:

On 7/25/2024 at 7:27 PM, TBoneTX said:

We have itineraried Many (2+1) ESs and a huge church GS for Friday, itinerary we man.

We attended all, honorable we man.

All yielded the take, whee and see man:

 

 -- 2 hand-towels or small bathmats (one = Vera Wang) = $1, steal man

 -- long-sleeved pocket T-shirt = $2, OK man

 -- Many (2+2+2+1) T-shirts for Mini-B., shirt for Mini-B., shirt for T-B., shorts for T-B.

          = $Many ($2x2x2 +2), deal man

 -- 2 Oneida tablespoons, 1 Oneida teaspoon, NIP pack anchor bolts = $2 + half a buck, steal man

Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2x2 - half a buck)

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Thrilling Friday-on-Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man:

 

Met neighbor & fence-repairman at o'dark-Many, helped by caffeine pill we man.

Fence hombre is from Guatemala, Guatemalteco man.

We talked to him a little in Spanish, "your Spanish is very good, si man" said he man, si man.

 

Breakfast was a greenish banana, ingest and diet we man.

 

Fence demolition started, big yard man.

It began to monsoon, soaked Guatemaltecos man.

They hauled it all off, bye man.

Job should be finished on Sunday, weather permitting man.

 

We went GS/ES-ing, si man.

The GS (annual sale in church hall) was highly underpopulated, perhaps the rain man.

We browsed unhurriedly/uncrowdedly, nice in that venue man.

Most of that purchase was new nightshirts for Mini-B., outgrown old ones wee man man.

 

Groceried for last of Mama T-B.'s desired vittles, must use coupon for senior she man man.

Miu highly demanding upon our exhausted return to the casa, treat/lunch me Daddy man.

Lunch (at Many p.m.) was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest and diet we man.

 

Called Mama T-B. to deliver stuff, agree senior she man.

Hurt ourself carrying it up one stairflight, elevator still out of order man.  

Mama T-B. generally appreciative, scrutinize all store receipts senior she man.

Mama T-B. then sat us down for the required lecture on multiple topics,  man.

Kept us there for 2 hours,     man.

Mama T-B. does think that we look a little skinnier, at least there's that man.

 

Returned to casa and demanding miu, feed us another lunch Daddy man.

Din-din was Modified Tuna Glop, ingest and diet we man.

Long-overdue hourlong siesta thereafter, zzz we man.

 

Warshered/baked/stowed Mini-B.'s new threads, si man.

He & ex-Mrs.-T-B. greatly enjoying latter's hometown in Ecu, homesick therefor we man.   

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. says she's "still negotiating" with Mini-B. re his haircut, just do it man.  

 

We have unenthusiastically itineraried 2 GSs for Saturday, might/might not go man.

Miu is again lobbying for attention, needy miu man.

No party with the rubias tonight, too exhausted we man.

And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

[Neonred 3,576]

On 7/25/2024 at 10:57 PM, Ontarkie said:

Yes Samsung was a dud. So was GE went through 5 of those from Costco, finally told them to forget it is and give me back my money. 

If you have an older fridge keep it until you can no longer get parts for it. They sure are not making them like they used to. 

I'm surprised the Teck told you LG as a second. They are just as bad as Samsung, they use the same parts. 

Just about 3 weeks ago we had an issue with our refrigerator.  It's a French door fridge and the wife apparently didn't close one door all the way.  Got up in the morning and heard a lot of noise from the fridge.  Sounded like the compressor was working really hard, and it was loud.  Talked with a friend that has an ac and appliance repair business and he thought it was freezing up and told me to unplug it for about 12 hours.  Did that but nothing changed.  Figured it would need a new compressor, but decided not to put that kind of money into an 8 year old Whirlpool (more about that in a bit) so very quickly ordered a new one from Costco that could be delivered in 3 days.  Next morning I got up and noticed the fridge was quiet again and cooling fine.  I hoped that by the time we returned from work it would be loud again to make me feel better about already ordering a new one.  Nope, it was perfect when we returned home.  Oh well, at least we will have a new, $1600 fridge.  had to go to Lowes that night so I looked at fridges to see what I had ordered, another Whirlpool essentially the same as we had except they changed the ice maker and I hated the useless narrow shelves now on the door.  Liked the similar LG better, but we had a bad experience with an LG washer.  What to do?

 

Discovered the ice maker in our fridge was no longer working and checked the error codes.  Seems that was the source of our original problem.  Ordered a new ice maker for $80 and installed it last weekend.  Everything is great now.

 

When we built this house 24 years ago it came with builder grade GE appliances, and maybe they were one step up from builder grade.  The dish washer was garbage and I replaced that after one year.  Never liked the side by side fridge.  Freezer side was too narrow, and the ice maker was horrible.  When we decided to replace it I checked Consumer Reports and they said the French door Samsung was the best, and that's what I bought.  BIG mistake.  Just after the warranty expired it died.  Internal refrigerant leak and was advised to just by a new fridge.  Went with the Whirlpool even though it wasn't top rated by Consumer Reports but it is made in the US and parts are easy to get.  No real complaints.  Seems like most manufacturers have trouble with ice makers.  Thankfully it was easy to fix even with the "in the door" ice and water.

[Ontarkie 14,291]

7 hours ago, Neonred said:

Just about 3 weeks ago we had an issue with our refrigerator.  It's a French door fridge and the wife apparently didn't close one door all the way.  Got up in the morning and heard a lot of noise from the fridge.  Sounded like the compressor was working really hard, and it was loud.  Talked with a friend that has an ac and appliance repair business and he thought it was freezing up and told me to unplug it for about 12 hours.  Did that but nothing changed.  Figured it would need a new compressor, but decided not to put that kind of money into an 8 year old Whirlpool (more about that in a bit) so very quickly ordered a new one from Costco that could be delivered in 3 days.  Next morning I got up and noticed the fridge was quiet again and cooling fine.  I hoped that by the time we returned from work it would be loud again to make me feel better about already ordering a new one.  Nope, it was perfect when we returned home.  Oh well, at least we will have a new, $1600 fridge.  had to go to Lowes that night so I looked at fridges to see what I had ordered, another Whirlpool essentially the same as we had except they changed the ice maker and I hated the useless narrow shelves now on the door.  Liked the similar LG better, but we had a bad experience with an LG washer.  What to do?

 

Discovered the ice maker in our fridge was no longer working and checked the error codes.  Seems that was the source of our original problem.  Ordered a new ice maker for $80 and installed it last weekend.  Everything is great now.

 

When we built this house 24 years ago it came with builder grade GE appliances, and maybe they were one step up from builder grade.  The dish washer was garbage and I replaced that after one year.  Never liked the side by side fridge.  Freezer side was too narrow, and the ice maker was horrible.  When we decided to replace it I checked Consumer Reports and they said the French door Samsung was the best, and that's what I bought.  BIG mistake.  Just after the warranty expired it died.  Internal refrigerant leak and was advised to just by a new fridge.  Went with the Whirlpool even though it wasn't top rated by Consumer Reports but it is made in the US and parts are easy to get.  No real complaints.  Seems like most manufacturers have trouble with ice makers.  Thankfully it was easy to fix even with the "in the door" ice and water.

We had a samsung side by side when we first moved here. It was one thing after the other. But we were told it was the economy fridge. So we bought another Samsung but French door. I loved it, it was huge which we needed. But then the middle drawer managed to cut the wire. I googled it and came across a FB group. I called Samsung and they agreed to a free repair. Turned out to be a big issue with Samsung. The FB group advised to put in a thermometer into the fridge. Turned out it wasn't keeping temperature and was the issue with my stomach trouble all those years between both fridges. I had so many tests, scopes and bloodwork. I called my GI specialist and told him about the fridge. Right away he told me to stop using it. After about two weeks of not using it all my stomach issues went away. It was out of warranty but thanks to the FB group I was able to fight samsung and got all my money back.

 

I wanted another French door and why I went through 5 GE's with Costco. I gave them a chance thinking maybe it was due to covid and the chip shortage. But even when the last one was finally delivered without being busted up it did not keep temperature either. I think it has something to do with the ice makers being inside the fridge. If it was in the ceiling of the fridge it would have been better but that model didn't come in the size I wanted. 

 

So here we are with a Whirlpool side by side and not once does my alarm go off for bad temperatures. /knocks on wood. 

[Neonred 3,576]

I should have said that Costco was great and there was no problem cancelling the order.  I thought I had cancelled but they arrived to deliver the fridge.  I said "you must not have gotten the message...."  They said "no problem.  We'll take care of it."  And that was it.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

A bunch of cool discussion about fridges, ha ha man.

 

We saw that SAT (Steveklar) logged on to VJ earlier, no see Steveklar man for far too long man.

[Ontarkie 14,291]

1 hour ago, Neonred said:

I should have said that Costco was great and there was no problem cancelling the order.  I thought I had cancelled but they arrived to deliver the fridge.  I said "you must not have gotten the message...."  They said "no problem.  We'll take care of it."  And that was it.

Yes Costco was great and why I wanted to buy from them. They do have awesome customer service.