I suddenly wish I lived in California so I could vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Very cool. I was awake at 2 AM and did my usual crawl out of bed and into the black leather sofa chair to surf the net when I read the news. I definitely made the ‘OHHH!’ sound. Chew Chew will confirm.
The saga of my stolen Casio wristwatch continues. The postal service police are a pain in the ass to contact. In the meantime, I’ve been in CSI mode and was able to watch full motion video of the actual delivery on 7/19. I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that the postman just forged a signature and either 1) kept the package for himself or 2) didn’t actually drop the package off until Monday. Not sure why he claims someone signed it, cuz he is in and out of there with only minimal ”Good morning” contact with other residents. The reason why I think he may have not really dropped it off until Monday? The package left on 7/19 is too narrow. When I came back in from Houston on Sunday evening — I ignored it. A package on 7/21 (Monday) left near my mailbox was picked up by some suspicious character before I got back from work. This guy owns a condo in the building on the 5th floor. I say suspicious because when he took the package, he kind of paused, looked to the side as if he was checking to see if anyone was coming, and then picked up the package and took off. I have to wait until Monday for a description of the box from the seller. For crying out loud, if you buy anything from eBay, make sure the seller tells you EXACTLY when he puts something in the mail and when to expect it, along with how he is shipping it and insuring it *AND* make sure your mailman is competent. Okay, so, I do not know how to assure competence, necessarily, but I believe a simple I.Q. and urinalysis will suffice. Regardless of that outcome, I assume a severe beating may be necessary to recover the watch. We shall see.
And speaking of incompetence… the guys who did the siding on my house managed to fry the garage door opener by mis-wiring an electrical box they had to remove while siding the car port. These same savants had a similar problem when they mounted the outside air conditioner condenser unit breaker box. When they remounted it to the wall they put a bolt THROUGH the freakin’ wire. This heated up until eventually burning up in the box while my roommate Queen Beth was out of town. Luckily, the fire was confined to the breaker box. It was all replaced last night by my awesome A/C Repair Guy. Needless to say, I am making sure I have decent homeowner’s insurance given the possibilities for disaster.
On a lighter note, this guy Gary has joined the tiny ranks of my fellow Back to the Future DeLorean replica makers. Honestly, I am not really a replica maker. I farm out the work, mostly. I do have a few pieces that I’ve fashioned out of wood, but Gary as gone all out by making everything himself. Visit his site and check it out. Good stuff. I’m linked, so I will return the favor when I eventually have this rare thing called ”free time” and revamp my site.
