Daily Life Home Random Rants

Water, aqua, shui – expensive in any language

The plan for this past weekend was to get the jacuzzi cleaned and working before I got back to work on Monday. Here’s what actually happened. I cleaned it and then filled it with the hose. I turn on the motor and all seemed well until I looked underneath and saw the dribbles of water coming from the pump motor. Either the motor’s leaking or one of the tubing to the jets. I basically now…

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Daily Life Random Rants School

Customer support – an all around bad day

Today really bit the big one. I knew it was going to be bad when I looked out the window and saw that billowing ugly mess of clouds on the horizon. I should’ve stayed in bed. Had to get a lot of personal things done, so I called the boss and told him I’m taking a vacation day. Well I think I got two things done out of six, before I headed off to class…

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Daily Life Random Rants School

The signs of maturity, and how to avoid it

It’s almost been a month. I DID say things were going to be busy once the school term started. Complete understatement. I haven’t had time to do anything and I’ve had to work the hours I miss during school days. I haven’t been able to get my car inspected, and I discovered on Sunday that the vehicle tax sticker I bought in December has been sitting in my glove compartment for the last two and…

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Daily Life Job Random Rants

Signs of old age, phallic symbols and hair loss

Well, it’s certainly been a busy week. We finally got a project at work to the point where it’s usable. Now we just have to add the million other features that were spec’d. Actually, the stuff is in there now. It’s just never been tested. We’ll get to that point once we get some parts in. My sister and brother-in-law has been sending some pictures of their vacation in New Zealand. The pictures are .…

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