Sunday, March 11, 2012

I am losing my sense of humor

Little things are dragging me down the rabbit hole. One stove burner is intermittent, one light in the bathroom is intermittent, and the coffee grinder went AWOL. When I finally got the coffee grinder working and it ended it's cycle I heard a beeping, the alarm system was beeping. According to the alarm company I had a low battery. This took 2 phone calls as in the middle of the first call the phone went dead, the land line. I was starting to get suspicious I was starring in a horror movie, ala Doris Day in one I think was called Midnight Lace.

So after continuous beeping and multiple phone calls I had to drag the step stool to the basement and pull the red wire from the mini "car battery" and then lay on the filthy floor and unscrew the plug in thing. The screw was of course cocked in the hole and a pain in the ass to get it loose.

I think if we get an opportunity to move we should rent.

Alarm company is scheduled for the morning.

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  1. I paid around 30 dollars for an alarm system repair. S'pposedly it needed and got a new battery. But then two weeks later the battery showed up faulty again, and I replaced it myself, so I have no idea what the trained professial repairman did. I am guessing *nothing*.

    I am glad you got it fixed. Oh, I just saw that the home for the Home Alone movie is for sale, I think around a million and a half, plus Michael Jordan's place, for a liTTle biT more.

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    1. Guy showed up at 8 this morning and the 2 repairs were no charge, it is included in the service. And he put a strap on the plug into the outlet thingy so the next time I can just snip it with my Leatherman. He was impressed I used a leatherman for my power down chore.

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  2. I hope it is still better than China.

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    1. It is so wonderful to eat what I want, drink what I want, and watch TV and listen to the radio. Get in the car and go where I want.

      I just did not sign on for a long distance relationship and after this many years it is hard. I was spoiled by Big Daddy and now I am the Lone Ranger here on the range.

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  3. So after continuous beeping and multiple phone calls I had to drag the step stool to the basement and pull the red wire from the mini "car battery" and then lay on the filthy floor and unscrew the plug in thing. The screw was of course cocked in the hole and a pain in the ass to get it loose.



    I had no idea you were such a maguyver!

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  4. I cancelled my alarm service years ago. It was only recently that I learned that the alarm is still active in the house. Every now and then, I hear a beep and hit a reset button, any reset button. I found the battery but am a wuss. I'm afraid that if I disconnect the freaking thing, claxons will sound and won't stop.

    I called the alarm co. about this and was told by someone with major attitude issues that they would charge me $200 to come out and fix it because I don't have the service anymore.

    Sometimes I really hate living in New Jersey.

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