I've seen the movie, but I don't even remember that.
I had to Google it and watch a short video.
I guess it just didn't make enough of an impression.
Had to look that up too.
Definitely don't want to mention any German words....
Not a big Anchorman fan, huh?
The only problem with that... is there really are people who want to know if it's the original Caesar's Palace.
oy.
I never even considered that, but I'm sure that's right!
A phone? What's that?
A yes! A marvelous disappearing object?
I have never lost a phone...
Oh, boy.
That's always an inexpensive proposition.
Oh, they practically give those things away.
The problem with ads or people saying "Get it (or I got it) for the efficiency" can't do math.
I especially hear that with scooters and motorcycles.
I spent $5000 on this
scooter/bike so I can save money on gas!
Do you have any idea how many years it'll take before you break even?
I get that you had to replace it, don't get me wrong.
Just venting a little.
Or a lot. Whichever.
I'm right there with you. They've been pushing a new one for a while, but I asked one of the technicians one time off the record what he though. He said we'd never own another furnace as durable as the one we had in and he wouldn't touch it until we absolutely had to.
Now I have noticed we're using less gas and it actually heats the house better than the old one. So that part is nice. But we had to pay for it to get to that point.
Nice.
And it only took them three months to make it up to you.
Well, their customer service is right up there with a certain body shop... again, their technicians do great work (just not for us anymore), but their customer service was a joke.
I love it!
Yeah... it was kind of funny. When he gave me his rock bottom can't be beat price and asked me what I thought, I couldn't even put a coherent statement together. I thought it looked pretty frickin' high. I just told him I intended to get other quotes and I'd decide what I wanted to do.
He apparently didn't want my business anyway if that's the best he could do when I told him I'd be getting other quotes.
Weren't you nervous?
"I think the furnace installation was done right.... at least I hope so... I guess we'll find out when we get back."
I'd be a wreck!
Well, here's the deal. There wasn't going to be anyone in the house.
And we have insurance.
So if a furnace install is going to go sour, now's the time.
Isn't it though? Seems like we've lived that week about 3 or 4 times this winter now.
So far, I've avoided getting sick this season. DW and both kids have had it multiple times. I usually get sick the day the kids finally get better, but this flu season I must have been the only person to get a flu shot that worked.
after is better.
after is always better.
I did the same thing.
Except I caught a cold and threw my back out afterwards.
You only got it half right.
Well, you know, I'm just working my way up to your level.
That's sad. What kind of a man are you?
Can't pick up a sock?
Do you want me to cut your meat for you too?
(Says the guy who threw his back out... reaching for a Kleenex.... no lie.)
Oh, I know that feeling.
You, me and Nebo should get together.
Between the three of us, we could make up two thirds of a whole person!
Well, that might be a stretch...
Huh. I get nothing like that.
I do go to physiotherapy though.
I think the result is identical.
It just takes a few days.
Well, I'm glad it worked. But I can't complain about taking a few pills and feeling like superman within a few days. I mean that is the first time I've ever been prescribed a steroid and now I totally get why Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire did it.
It really does help recovery time though, that is for sure.
Oh, boy. I know that feeling too.
I was okay with it. You?
Not bad at all. I'm about 6'3" 240lbs and by the time I fold myself into one of those seats, I'm usually uncomfortable anyway. But it really didn't bother me as much as I expected.
Who the heck makes up these ungodly departure times?
I don't know... but our
travel agent found this flight and it was less than half the cost of the next cheapest. I can sacrifice some sleep for that!
Granted... I was getting the flights and San Diego hotel covered for the conference I was attending. But it is for Farm Bureau, not for work. I'm a county president, and our county has money set aside to send board members and officers to the national convention each year. But it only pays up to $750 per person... in this case DW and I. We essentially managed to get flights cheap enough that we covered our entire stay in San Diego and about 75% of the cost of all 4 of our plane tickets with that money. So I was willing to get up well before the sun.
Which you knew, of course, would be perfectly smooth sailing, right?
Flying, no. But sailing? Sure?
My expectations weren't high... I get frustrated enough flying by myself. I was dreading taking the kids along on the plane. As it turned out, my fear was justified.
Give her what she wants man!
Next time, just put her in with the checked bags.
No?
Well, we do have a dog crate...
Well, of course!
The grass is always greener.
Isn't it though?
Holy cow!
Just a little startling!
Nice way to be jolted right out of sleep!
Yeah, that was a shock that I never need to relive.
Well, that's good.
I've been on a flight or two where they've asked if there was a doctor on board.
Never did see what the problem was, or even if a doctor showed up.
Hopefully that means it was nothing major.
Oh, boy.
And you probably thought that wasn't possible, right?
Amazing what a lack of sleep will do to... I was going to say a child, but really it could be anyone.
Yeah... by that point we were just ready to be off the plane and away from the airport.
Aww. Poor thing.
Did you see that thing that went viral not too long ago about the parents who handed out goody bags to surrounding passengers?
It had candy and earplugs in it I think?
And then I read an article saying that shouldn't be necessary because it's a baby.
We were all there at some point and it's just part of life so accept it.
It is what it is.
I was on a flight from Minneapolis to Winnipeg (about an hour and a half I think)
and this little baby screamed the whole time.
I just felt sorry for the parents.
It's tough because you a) are embarrassed because you think the other passengers hate you and b) you just want to do something, anything to make your child feel better.
I don't envy you one bit my friend.
Just remember that eventually little girls grow up.
and then a whole other set of problems come in!!!
Yeah. I hated it. I just wanted her to calm down and preferably just go to sleep. But I really felt bad about it.
No! This almost never happens!
I know... first time I've ever experienced it.
Yeah. For the trunk. Of course.
"Well, there's this minivan... or SUV... or large boring car.... or... what's this? A Charger? I could be like I was in the Daytona 500!!!!!"
No, if I wanted speed I'd have gotten something else. The underpowered new 4 door Charger family cars don't even deserved to be compared to the old muscle car versions.
I've only seldom seen a compass.
I think the opposite. The majority of new cars don't have compasses.
Hmmm... well, pretty much all the vehicles I ever drive have them. But must of them are GM products. DW and I each have Chevy's and they have a compass. My parents' vehicles are GM and they have them, my uncle's Dodge truck has one, and DW's parents' Dodge truck and Chrysler mini van have them.
Maybe it is just a car thing. I mean we have no cars in our family. It is pretty much exclusively pick up trucks and suv's.
It did help that I looked at it on a map to know where the hotel was in relation to the airport. And the airport is close enough to the water and downtown that it really gives you some good visual points to use for navigation there.
Nice view! At least I think it is, from what I can see in your pictures.
It was. I really liked the view and the room.
NAP!!!
Thanks for the update!
That probably would have been a good idea...