Wednesday

The Tahoe trip is getting pretty close on the radar screen!

The new plan for the QCA contingent is an early Friday departure rather than the Thursday night one as discussed here on Monday.  We don't leave C-town until noon on Friday and there's some cheap parking near Midway that makes the stay-park-fly option at a hotel less attractive.  Plus, I don't need another hotel-bed-night if it's not absolutely necessary!

I took the morning off from a ride, and missed getting soaked in an early shower.  Suite!  Maybe a little effort at lunch or late afternoon.

The new hot water heater is in place.  Relatively easy for me.  Writing a check.  If it took an experienced guy 3+ hours to complete the task (along with a co-worker to help with hauling the new unit downstairs and taking the old one out), how many days would it have taken LtPC to screw it up on my own (to save a couple hundred bucks)?  The joys of home ownership.

And the satellite store confirmed what I had deduced: my receiver is toast.  A new one will be sent to my home by DirectTV, and I'm to return the faulty one.  (The local store doesn't handle receiver replacements.)

Staying with the theme of service-repairs-in-my-life, the $200+ freon charge to my house's air conditioning unit was pretty much ineffective.  Constant running now barely gets the indoor temperature under 80 degrees.  Hello new heating and cooling system come October.  Let's keep that economy moving!

Shifting gears to the positive side of life, the new wine decanter works!  A full test was performed last night using a nice bottle of Rodney Strong cabernet.  Excellent effects all the way around!  Thanks to all.

Have a great day.  Stay cool!

BCOT