Got antsy to get my firewood duty done. Took a few separate trips but I got it done without freezing. Probably top off later. Up to a whole 5 now.
Finally got my dang Christmas cards out. Blue skies,sunshine and a whole 10 degrees. Doesn't feel a dang bit warmer than it did this morning. It's just cold.
My *BEST* year!... since retiring! 15.1% under budget!
Oh... cards... you were talking about cards. I was done
with those almost 2 weeks ago.
My *BEST* year!... since retiring! 15.1% under budget!
Oh... cards... you were talking about cards. I was done
with those almost 2 weeks ago.
So, Battery saga over with.
They refunded the money. Saga if you're interested:
Once that was all done, took mom on another Christmas shopping trip and to the grocery store with a free lunch stop for the trouble. She's happier now, she gets anxious if it gets too close to Christmas and she's not done. And there's weather on the way. Because Winter. Can't have that. Gotta be ahead of it.
So now I'm back.
Hi snails.
They refunded the money. Saga if you're interested:
So I was pretty sure after spending all that time charging it and having it not have any amps that it was a bad battery. And when I first brought it home and put the charger on it, it was only at 60%...see previous post.
I stopped off at AutoZone (who does free tests) and asked them to load test it. He had a load tester, so he walked out in the cold to my car and checked the battery I had sitting in the back ready to return to the OTHER store where I purchased it. It tested bad. Ah HA! Confirmation! Vindication!
So I went to that unnamed large retailer and returned the battery. He asked me if I wanted an exchange or a refund. Well, I thought about it and asked him "can you test the NEW one to tell me if it's OK? Do you test batteries?" He didn't know, but would call. Tried to call the Auto department, and nobody answers! So he doesn't know but probably not. So I'm thinking, "I don't want to go through this again." So I told him to refund the cash to the Credit Card. That's the reason I went to that store to begin with...because cash flow this month is tight, and putting it on a CC was an advantage. But if this crap happens, not fun at all.
So got the refund no problem. And went back to that AutoZone where they were so nice, and it turns out that my battery that I've had for 4.5 years still has a partial warranty. So I got a few bucks off a replacement since I had purchased it there 4.5 years ago (didn't remember, and didn't expect much back as it's pro-rated after 3 years for a max 5 years).
Anyway, got a new battery, swapped the old one, got a few bucks off, installed it right there in the parking lot (had tools, but they would have loaned them and/or probably even installed it. Only took 5 minutes.)
Off and running on a new battery. Finally.
Moral: Don't buy batteries from retailers where they sit around for 6 months on the shelf and who can't even test them. Even if you have a CC.
So after that:
I stopped off at AutoZone (who does free tests) and asked them to load test it. He had a load tester, so he walked out in the cold to my car and checked the battery I had sitting in the back ready to return to the OTHER store where I purchased it. It tested bad. Ah HA! Confirmation! Vindication!
So I went to that unnamed large retailer and returned the battery. He asked me if I wanted an exchange or a refund. Well, I thought about it and asked him "can you test the NEW one to tell me if it's OK? Do you test batteries?" He didn't know, but would call. Tried to call the Auto department, and nobody answers! So he doesn't know but probably not. So I'm thinking, "I don't want to go through this again." So I told him to refund the cash to the Credit Card. That's the reason I went to that store to begin with...because cash flow this month is tight, and putting it on a CC was an advantage. But if this crap happens, not fun at all.
So got the refund no problem.
And went back to that AutoZone where they were so nice, and it turns out that my battery that I've had for 4.5 years still has a partial warranty. So I got a few bucks off a replacement since I had purchased it there 4.5 years ago (didn't remember, and didn't expect much back as it's pro-rated after 3 years for a max 5 years).Anyway, got a new battery, swapped the old one, got a few bucks off, installed it right there in the parking lot (had tools, but they would have loaned them and/or probably even installed it. Only took 5 minutes.)
Off and running on a new battery. Finally.
Moral: Don't buy batteries from retailers where they sit around for 6 months on the shelf and who can't even test them. Even if you have a CC.
So after that:
She's happier now, she gets anxious if it gets too close to Christmas and she's not done. And there's weather on the way. Because Winter. Can't have that. Gotta be ahead of it. So now I'm back.
Hi snails.
vagueness =/= all-inclusiveYou
Please make your vagueness vanish.
Thank you.
(But good for you anyway)
If you are referring to cards... Don't you know people who
some people! right, atty?
have their cards timed PERFECTLY to arrive on the Friday
after Thanksgiving?!?! "Some people" THOSE people. I get
TWO of those - every year without fail.
Oreo loves his little house.
As far as "...is better than it looks...", that 40 degrees with rain looks completely
FABULOUS to me. As long as there is no frozen precipitation predicted for that
ONE DAY OF THE YEAR (is that asking TOO much???), then I am fine with whatever
else Mom Nature wants to throw at us up here.
