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First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that
dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Don't buy into that about what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It all
wears. See, you just don't have any choice but keep putting one foot in front of the other so, you do it. "CatNipped" wrote in message ... First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). One of the drawbacks to home ownership--not having a landlord to call for repairs! We have a well and sometimes the pump quits working--we are then out of water til my hubby can figure out what's wrong. It's good at least you don't have to pay to have some repair your A/C! Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ Gads, sometimes it never ends! I wish you were closer--we have a trap but we're in California so that doesn't help much. Purrs that things get sorted out, Garvin, ceiling and all. Bonnie |
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CatNipped wrote:
First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). Good news about not needing the A/C guy. But be sure to yank up that section of the carpet + padding, a good foot around the obviously wet area. I don't have to tell *you* about mold. If it got wet along the baseboards/drywall put some fans on the area, ASAP. Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. The animal control people back home let you rent those traps for a small (can't recall how much, it was just a few $) refundable deposit, if that helps. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; Griping is much more fun Really, we all need to vent from time to time even when we've already made up our minds what to do. Jill |
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Do you have any feed stores in your area? When I needed to trap Samuel
Redcat I borrowed a trap from the local feed store. Dan |
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OT: Rent vs. Own (WAS: Updates - Garvin, etc.)
22brix wrote:
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman One of the drawbacks to home ownership--not having a landlord to call for repairs! We have a well and sometimes the pump quits working--we are then out of water til my hubby can figure out what's wrong. It's good at least you don't have to pay to have some repair your A/C! You know, people have criticized me for years about renting vs. owning. Not that it's any of their business, but it works out perfectly for me. I don't pay for repairs, I just call the office and they send the people out. Night, day, weekends, holidays, doesn't matter. I have a large 2 br/2 bath flat (literally flat, one level, no stairs, no upstairs neighbors to deal with and only one adjoining neighbor). I have a lovely spacious private patio; I don't have to worry about yard-work. The pine needles are a pain but for a $5 tip I can get their yard guys to blow them away if I'm lazy... I do have a push broom, which isn't a pleasant chore in 98F temps in the early morning in the summer In the 10 years I've been living there they've had to replace the A/C, the water-heater (and the carpet and padding where it leaked into the dining room since the water heater is under a kitchen counter). They've replaced one toilet (and the carpet where the water ran out into the master bedroom). They've replaced the dishwasher & garbage disposal. When my refrigerator died (I brought my own, with a reduction in rent) they put one of theirs in. Every three months they replace the filter for the heat/A/C and check (and replace as needed) the batteries to the two smoke alarms. They provide a kitchen fire extinguisher and check it at the same time. My rent increases have never been outrageous (I think $30 for one year was the most ever). There wasn't a rent increase at all for 2008. My rent is less than what the mortgage on a comparably sized house is, yet I don't have to maintain a yard and I don't have to do a darn thing when something goes wrong other than pick up the phone. It's great! These people who don't understand renting vs. homeowning scream, "But you're not building equity!" So what? I'm also not taking out home equity loans to repair a bunch of stuff. G Jill |
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"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Apr 3, 1:22 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters hehttp://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ I don't blame you one bit for griing. Griping is NOT whining..at least you are DOING SOMETHING (as in, "Do something, Muttley!" a la Dick Dastardly) about all the problems and have plans to remedy situation. But.....*you have HEAT!!?? Hopitus is sorely tempted to go up to I-70, stick out my thumb, wave "hi" to Sherry as we zoom through OK, and land on Your doorstep with Garvin...not for food but for heat....control, control, control...... The last few days it's been in the high 80Fs here. You can imagine how hot it had to be in the attic at mid-day! You'd might want to stay here until around June or July when it's in the high 90Fs, but by August you'd be running for your life as it climbs well over 100F - all in 100% humidity (we don' need no stinkin' saunas here!). Hugs, CatNipped |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message . .. 22brix wrote: "CatNipped" wrote in message ... First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman One of the drawbacks to home ownership--not having a landlord to call for repairs! We have a well and sometimes the pump quits working--we are then out of water til my hubby can figure out what's wrong. It's good at least you don't have to pay to have some repair your A/C! You know, people have criticized me for years about renting vs. owning. Not that it's any of their business, but it works out perfectly for me. I don't pay for repairs, I just call the office and they send the people out. Night, day, weekends, holidays, doesn't matter. I have a large 2 br/2 bath flat (literally flat, one level, no stairs, no upstairs neighbors to deal with and only one adjoining neighbor). I have a lovely spacious private patio; I don't have to worry about yard-work. The pine needles are a pain but for a $5 tip I can get their yard guys to blow them away if I'm lazy... I do have a push broom, which isn't a pleasant chore in 98F temps in the early morning in the summer In the 10 years I've been living there they've had to replace the A/C, the water-heater (and the carpet and padding where it leaked into the dining room since the water heater is under a kitchen counter). They've replaced one toilet (and the carpet where the water ran out into the master bedroom). They've replaced the dishwasher & garbage disposal. When my refrigerator died (I brought my own, with a reduction in rent) they put one of theirs in. Every three months they replace the filter for the heat/A/C and check (and replace as needed) the batteries to the two smoke alarms. They provide a kitchen fire extinguisher and check it at the same time. My rent increases have never been outrageous (I think $30 for one year was the most ever). There wasn't a rent increase at all for 2008. My rent is less than what the mortgage on a comparably sized house is, yet I don't have to maintain a yard and I don't have to do a darn thing when something goes wrong other than pick up the phone. It's great! These people who don't understand renting vs. homeowning scream, "But you're not building equity!" So what? I'm also not taking out home equity loans to repair a bunch of stuff. G Jill Everyone should shut up and leave you alone about not building equity for about the next five years. That's how long it will take most of us to recoup the equity losses from the mortgage market meltdown. As long as we stay put, it really doesn't matter much what the resale on our house is now, vs a year ago vs next year. But it is brutal for anyone who has to sell right now. Jo |
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"hopitus" wrote in message ... On Apr 3, 1:22 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: First, the A/C disaster. DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman (and boy do they gouge in hot weather in Houston). However we still have a caved in ceiling and a wet carpet - this we'll just live with a while until we can buy the materials to repair it (it's not like anything else in the house is in good repair, so at least we match!! ;). Now to Garvin. He lets us pick him up so we're going to wait until Saturday and try to put him in a carrier to bring him to the S.N.A.P. clinic for testing, shots and worming (they're open 7 days a week so we can try again on Sunday if we don't succeed on Saturday). I couldn't get a Saturday appointment at the surgical clinic for neutering - the were booked until May (they're open Tuesdays through Saturday). The soonest at all opening they had is for next Thursday, the 10th. I'll have to take some time off next Thursday to drop him off at 7:30, go to work, then take some time off to pick him up between 3 and 4. One hitch... They will not take him unless he is in a "Have-a-heart" trap. They said strays can turn vicious and they can't afford to have a tech stick his hand in the carrier with a sedative injection - with a trap they can jab him through the bars no matter where he goes inside. Now I have to find someone I can borrow a trap from because we sure can't afford to buy one for a one-off use! I once borrowed one from Sunmart Rescue (where I adopted Archer and Ozzy) so I'm hoping I can do so again - but they're only at PetsMart on weekends, so I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime I'm going to call the Spring animal shelter to see if they might have one I can borrow. As usual, nothing ever goes easy for us - I guess I should be philosophical and say that that only makes us stronger, but I think I'll just gripe about our bad luck instead! ; -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters hehttp://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ I don't blame you one bit for griing. Griping is NOT whining..at least you are DOING SOMETHING (as in, "Do something, Muttley!" a la Dick Dastardly) about all the problems and have plans to remedy situation. But.....*you have HEAT!!?? Hopitus is sorely tempted to go up to I-70, stick out my thumb, wave "hi" to Sherry as we zoom through OK, and land on Your doorstep with Garvin...not for food but for heat....control, control, control...... Don't even knock the occasional whine. Once in a while you just have to bring out the cheese and crackers and go with it. I could go for a nice Chardonnay with maybe some smoked gouda and some bagel crisps. However I like ice in my wine so nobody watch. Even in really good wine. Guess I'm a heathen. Jo |
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On Apr 3, 3:43*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Apr 3, 2:36 pm, "jmcquown" wrote: 22brix wrote: "CatNipped" wrote in message ... First, the A/C disaster. *DH took a day off work today (like we need that dock in pay), and climbed up into the attic to look at the A/C. He puttered around all morning and could see anything obviously wrong (the A/C was still working all this while, but the drain pan was overflowing). He had to leave the A/C on continuously and wait until the hottest part of the day (oh my poor baby up there in that heat!!!) to duplicate the problem. *He finally took a "snake"(?) and "snaked" out the drain pipe that leads outside and found that it was clogged and the "snake" unclogged it. *So, thank Bast, we don't have to call out an expensive A/C repairman One of the drawbacks to home ownership--not having a landlord to call for repairs! *We have a well and sometimes the pump quits working--we are then out of water til my hubby can figure out what's wrong. *It's good at least you don't have to pay to have some repair your A/C! You know, people have criticized me for years about renting vs. owning. *Not that it's any of their business, but it works out perfectly for me. *I don't pay for repairs, I just call the office and they send the people out. Night, day, weekends, holidays, doesn't matter. I have a large 2 br/2 bath flat (literally flat, one level, no stairs, no upstairs neighbors to deal with and only one adjoining neighbor). *I have a lovely spacious private patio; I don't have to worry about yard-work. *The pine needles are a pain but for a $5 tip I can get their yard guys to blow them away if I'm lazy... I do have a push broom, which isn't a pleasant chore in 98F temps in the early morning in the summer In the 10 years I've been living there they've had to replace the A/C, the water-heater (and the carpet and padding where it leaked into the dining room since the water heater is under a kitchen counter). *They've replaced one toilet (and the carpet where the water ran out into the master bedroom). They've replaced the dishwasher & garbage disposal. *When my refrigerator died (I brought my own, with a reduction in rent) they put one of theirs in. Every three months they replace the filter for the heat/A/C and check (and replace as needed) the batteries to the two smoke alarms. *They provide a kitchen fire extinguisher and check it at the same time. My rent increases have never been outrageous (I think $30 for one year was the most ever). *There wasn't a rent increase at all for 2008. *My rent is less than what the mortgage on a comparably sized house is, yet I don't have to maintain a yard and I don't have to do a darn thing when something goes wrong other than pick up the phone. *It's great! These people who don't understand renting vs. homeowning scream, "But you're not building equity!" So what? *I'm also not taking out home equity loans to repair a bunch of stuff. G Jill The hell with equity....equity goes quickly down the drain when economics force home sales near your mortgaged home go for half what you paid for yours due to the "iffy mortgage/foreclosure" crisis....putting YOUR remaining mortgage in the "upside-down" category (you owe more than your home is assessed: very bad very bad). The only great thing I ever found about owning was the tax credits for mortgage interest....a humongous break *as long as you are still working*. I don't need it anymore; income lower.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Forget equity. The #1 advantage, IMO, to owning your home is that there's no one to tell you what you *can* and can't do. OTOH, there probably *should* have been someone there to tell me that I sucked at sponge- painting and it was a very bad idea. By the time the mortgage-burning ceremony comes around, the house is 20 years old or so, and payments are replaced with repair costs, and the remodeling costs to get rid of all the harvest gold that you thought was such a marvelous color 25 years ago. Sherry Sherry |
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