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I wish I lived somewhere where I didn't need air conditioning.

I'm not about to suffer through summer in Florida without central air. MAYBE if I lived near the coast. We're too far inland for the nice breezes so all we get for summer is hot and humid.

Edit: But our winters make up for it. ;)
And what I learned in HI, having A/C in the house keeps the creepy-crawlies away! :) Geckos, scorpions, centipedes and yard roaches don't like A/C.
 

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Good evening all. Today royally sucked. We had an alarm come in on an HVAC unit. I went to check to see what it was, and FOUR of the 6 units in that area were down. The temp has to maintain under 75 all the time. It was almost 90.

That $100k project we had... what a pain. The engineers kept trying to blame me that we didnt have the materials on hand. No, jackasses, you have to ORDER THEM.

My manager was less than thrilled to see the pile of material that still had to be checked in. His jaw dropped when I showed him the amount of stuff that I had already done. And then dropped farther when I explained that in two days I had three carts stacked up higher than I am tall.

I stayed until about 7pm to try to get caught up. An endeavor I failed miserably at. I had to miss Kat's practice tonight to do it too.

During lunch, I was able to pick out a few bikes I liked on craigslist. Came home and showed them to the wife, she took my list of six and chopped it to three. Thankfully, it was the three I liked the most. Now, its just a waiting game. Waiting on the guy to actually buy the boat. Then talking it over with Mrs E to see if "we" want to buy a cheap bike outright, or finance a couple thousand dollars for one.

But for now, Im going to bed. I have a feeling its going to be a rough day tomorrow too.
 

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And what I learned in HI, having A/C in the house keeps the creepy-crawlies away! :) Geckos, scorpions, centipedes and yard roaches don't like A/C.

Haha! Nooooo! You WANT the geckos!! When we lived on Guam (where we had no A/C, but it wasn't so humid and stuffy), we would catch them and bring them inside. Geckos eat the skeeters! (edit: they eat roaches, too!)

Maybe that's why I don't really mind spiders. Anything that eats mosquitoes is welcome in my house. We actually have a pet spider in our bathroom. She's been hanging out in the window for a couple of months now. I won't kill her because on occasion I find dead mosquito and ant bodies in her little web. We just have to watch her and make sure to squash any egg sacs that appear. One's fine, we don't need an infestation of baby spiders in our bathroom!
 
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Haha! Nooooo! You WANT the geckos!! When we lived on Guam (where we had no A/C, but it wasn't so humid and stuffy), we would catch them and bring them inside. Geckos eat the skeeters!

Maybe that's why I don't really mind spiders. Anything that eats mosquitoes is welcome in my house. We actually have a pet spider in our bathroom. She's been hanging out in the window for a couple of months now. I won't kill her because on occasion I find dead mosquito and ant bodies in her little web. We just have to watch her and make sure to squash any egg sacs that appear. One's fine, we don't need an infestation of baby spiders in our bathroom!

Oh I agree with you! :) We didn't have A/C in HI, mostly because we moved there from Norfolk and it was a 200% improvement! :lol: We didn't get scorpions or centipedes very often, and the roaches were really "yard roaches" and stayed outside. You didn't want to walk in the yard when the sprinklers were on though, because they'd all start climbing up your legs to get out of the water! 8-o
 

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Oh I agree with you! :) We didn't have A/C in HI, mostly because we moved there from Norfolk and it was a 200% improvement! :lol: We didn't get scorpions or centipedes very often, and the roaches were really "yard roaches" and stayed outside. You didn't want to walk in the yard when the sprinklers were on though, because they'd all start climbing up your legs to get out of the water! 8-o

Remind me to never move to Hawaii. This sounds like my worst nightmare.
 

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Ok...I'm home, I'm bushed, I'm behind on all the posse news, but I'll try!

James: I hope you're getting OT for all this extra work. Your project teams deserve to be fired for not managing their projects properly. I'd be happy to help with any bike input I might be able to give. I've been riding since I was 8, rode for a living for 5 years in my previous life.

JD: Kayaks are a blast. We used to kayak the back bay in Newport Beach, California. Daybreak in a kayak is a transformational experience.

Air conditioning: One of my fondest desires is to live somewhere I don't NEED A/C. I'd be happy living in a refrigerator. I love cold weather. If it was up too me, summer highs would be 82.

Cockroaches: I'd rather wrestle a diamondback with my bare hands. If one ran up my leg I'd have to be institutionalized permanently. Give me snakes, spiders, wolves, bears, rabid pit bulls...ANYTHING but cockroaches. It's a battle not to turn into a screaming adolescent girl when I get caught near one of those things. Palmetto bugs??? NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

I'm sure I missed a ton, but that's all the news that's fit to print (and that I remember)!
 

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I'm pretty sure FV mentioned a few pages back that she was not satisfied with the latest batch of flavorings she received to make the tea and until it got resolved the Sweet Tea would be off the site. I'm hoping it's temporary, Sweet Tea was a favorite of mine.

Ah, ok... I remember her saying something now. It sounds really good, I hope the flavoring issues are resolved soon. Just goes to show you the quality that goes into her work. I'd rather wait for sweet tea done right than vape something subpar anyhow. :D
 

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James sorry about your bad day. I hope today is a lot better and you won't have to stay so late.:)

Any type of critter that's supposed to be outside I do not want inside. Dogs, cats, and birds sre my limit. Snakes are my worst nightmare. Rodents run a close second. I have an intense fear of baby flies (I can't even say the m word). If I see them on tv I will gag.
 

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Morning.

Contacted a dude about a bike. 1996 Ninja ZX-6. Dont know mileage or anything else about it, but hopefully he will email me back with answers and more pix. Hoping I can talk him down to $1800 from $2000, and not have to finance a more expensive bike. With any luck, I will have enough cash leftover for safety gear.

I finally opened my CC order that came in yesterday. I got a charger to replace the two bay one that mysteriously broke. Also snagged another jug of House. And I realized that I hadnt had C5 in way too long. And Mint was even longer ago. Now I just need to prep a couple of cartos (yes, I still use cartos) and load 'em up. And clean the three I use for House. I may have to work over today just to make sure I get all of my vaping stuff taken care of. :D
 

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Believe it or not, I have finished painting baseboards, window frame, and doors in my bathroom. As well as scrubbing the front of the cabinets in both bathrooms and sweeping the house. I'm about to move on to vacuuming the bedrooms then start chili for the crackpot for supper. Hubbys enjoying some recliner time.. :glare:
 
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