Upon entering the garage and opening it yesterday morning, WifeGeeding and I both smelled a strong odor we thought was natural gas. After a cursory look-over, we call Atmos and they had someone over in about fifteen minutes. The Atmos employee couldn’t have been friendlier or more professional, and was extremely thorough in his inspection. Thankfully he didn’t find any leaks and he fine tuned a few things since he was here. None of us could figure out the smell, and it hasn’t come back.
We took a family trip to Wal-Mart yesterday and I was surprised at the number of people I saw vaping inside with those e-cigarette type devices. We also spotted a Lunchable with green mold that had a sell by date of June 1, 2015.
I just want to go on record that I offered the starting NFL lineman in our neighborhood ear protection as he worked on his dually that kept honking when messing with the battery. Don’t blame me if he false starts because of bad hearing, I tried.
My father-in-law told me I could invite any of my friends to hunt on his land in East Texas, so I extended that invitation to our NFL lineman neighbor. He appreciated the gesture but stated he owns hunting land in both East and West Texas.
One more note about him, he’s currently beardless, but his wife hates it, so it will be back by training camp.
I took advantage of Amazon’s 30-day free trial of their Prime service to check out their Prime Day sale that was supposed to put Black Friday to shame. Prime Day was a very underwhelming experience.
This is the most impressive mini-van I’ve ever seen.
The dipped ice cream cone is highly over-rated.
This quote about Tesla Motors from Gov Abbott stuck out, “If you’re going to have a breakdown in a car, you need to have a car dealership there to make sure that the vehicle is going to be taken care of. We haven’t seen that from Tesla.” According to Tesla’s website, there are three service stations in Texas. Part of me thinks when the company decided not to choose Texas to build their battery plant, not allowing direct sales was a bit of retribution.
I’ve been seeing the term “Dubsmash” for a while but haven’t had a clue what it was, but I became familiar with it yesterday following Marvel related stuff.
Earlier this week the last snow pile in Boston finally melted. I expected a lot of dirt and trash to be in that pile, but I wouldn’t have expected “storm drain covers, catch basin covers, more than a handful of fire hydrants.”
"None of us could figure out the smell, and it hasn’t come back."
Good job laying low dude. I never claim mine, either.
"We took a family trip to Wal-Mart yesterday "
Your travel agent sucks. My wife is a good trip planner. I know she can beat Wal Mart.
"Prime Day was a very underwhelming experience."
I agree. I bought stuff, but it was all stuff that was in my cart/wish list for upcoming events that I was going to buy anyway. If it was cheaper than usual yesterday, I bought it. And you can justify a Prime membership on free shipping and the gas you save driving around buying stuff. We save a ton of money by using Prime instead of driving all over town. You just have to wait a day or so to get it, which is no big deal because I can put off any project for a day.
"Tesla Motors from Gov Abbott stuck out"
That is straight out of the Texas Auto Dealers' Association lobbying handouts. It is complete BS. I never, and I mean never, take a car to the dealership. Even under warranty I find other places that I trust more.
"That is straight out of the Texas Auto Dealers' Association lobbying handouts. It is complete BS." – Jason nailed that one.I was going to say the same thing. The state could easily allow direct sales, but then how would the middle man make his cut? They would prefer only dealers work on cars.
Amazon Prime Day was Amazon's garage sale. All the funky junk that never sold sprinkled with a couple of nice deals, but you had to be early to find them.
About your Wal Mart trip – I have several times found out of date products at the Brookshires in Bridgeport. Almost every time I go in (I shop there more than anywhere else because of the convenience) I find several out of date items on the shelves. And lately, the last three trips to the store ended with a return trip because all my groceries did not end up in my car.
"None of us could figure out the smell, and it hasn’t come back."
Good job laying low dude. I never claim mine, either.
"We took a family trip to Wal-Mart yesterday "
Your travel agent sucks. My wife is a good trip planner. I know she can beat Wal Mart.
"Prime Day was a very underwhelming experience."
I agree. I bought stuff, but it was all stuff that was in my cart/wish list for upcoming events that I was going to buy anyway. If it was cheaper than usual yesterday, I bought it. And you can justify a Prime membership on free shipping and the gas you save driving around buying stuff. We save a ton of money by using Prime instead of driving all over town. You just have to wait a day or so to get it, which is no big deal because I can put off any project for a day.
"Tesla Motors from Gov Abbott stuck out"
That is straight out of the Texas Auto Dealers' Association lobbying handouts. It is complete BS. I never, and I mean never, take a car to the dealership. Even under warranty I find other places that I trust more.
"That is straight out of the Texas Auto Dealers' Association lobbying handouts. It is complete BS." – Jason nailed that one.I was going to say the same thing. The state could easily allow direct sales, but then how would the middle man make his cut? They would prefer only dealers work on cars.
Amazon Prime Day was Amazon's garage sale. All the funky junk that never sold sprinkled with a couple of nice deals, but you had to be early to find them.
That toyota van looks great. That is what the Pontiac Aztek should have been… and we'd still have Pontiacs…. oh well now.
About your Wal Mart trip – I have several times found out of date products at the Brookshires in Bridgeport. Almost every time I go in (I shop there more than anywhere else because of the convenience) I find several out of date items on the shelves. And lately, the last three trips to the store ended with a return trip because all my groceries did not end up in my car.
You have to be very diligent when shopping today.
Well, I’m no NFL lineman, but could pose as one of the hunting is good in East Texas. ; )
And agreed on Prime Day. I was surprised the offerings were so poor. I expected it to be much better as a recruiting tool for prime service.