Monthly Archive for December, 2007
Santa Claus stopped by yesterday afternoon to check up on the boys and get an early jump on the Holiday Season. According to Mr. Claus he was in town to get some good food for the reindeer as their grazing lands up north were covered in snow up to their antlers.
During his visit Santa opened by reading the boys a story. After the story was over, each boy had a turn on Santa’s lap. Santa even brought one present for each boy early!
Santa graciously posed for numerous pictures.
Gravatars are back on this site. I figured since they were acquired by AutoMattic I would give them another shot.
The starter in my truck has been going for a while. I mean a year. So it really should not have been a shock to me that it finally reached a point where it was no longer reliable. (By that I mean I could still clutch start it, but there is not always a downhill grade nearby.)
Fast forward two months. (Yes, I let it sit that long. Good thing I work from home a lot.)
I was intent upon fixing it myself. Changing a starter is not really that technical, and it would save me a couple hundred dollars. That is until I got started. I decided I was not adept enough to handle this on my own and enlisted the help of a friend. About a half hour into the project we decided that we were really not sure that we could get the new starter on.
I ended up taking it to the dealer as they gave me the best estimate (shocking, I know.) I pulled into the garage at the dealership and they asked to turn off the truck. I asked the guy if he was sure about that and he said, “Oh, you’re the guy with the starter.”
I LOL’d.
I really hate paying someone else to do these types of things. I hate it even more when I have to pay them for reasons other than the fact that I am too busy.
