Crazy From The Heat
Ok, I probably shouldn't be bitching about the heat when the rest of the country is worse off than we are but this heat is killing me. Seattle hit 98 today and what was unusual about it was the 90% humidity. Of course I live fairly far away from the water so it hit triple digits out here in Fall City. Just oppressive. Though it was been hotter temperature wise here, I've never felt so sticky. The forecast says two more days of this. Thank the sweet baby jebus for central air conditioning!
The Black Cloud Above Me
On Friday, I paid my car off in full and on the way in to work, thought to myself how good this car had been to me. Never once had it broken down in an unsafe spot or cost me a lot of cash to maintain.
On Saturday, while driving to a friend's single malt Scotch tasting party, my car died at a gas station parking lot in Issaquah. I mean died hard. Luckily, I had purchased a premium AAA membership a few weeks before so I gave them a call since Amy was not abvailable. Two hours later, the tow truck driver showed up, took a look at the car, looked back at me and said "DuuuuuDE...." We towed it to the Saturn dealership and dropped the keys off. So I asked them to just fix what will enable me to get the car home. Lame.
I got a call this morning saying just about everything was broken beyond repair and that I needed $4,880 worth of repairs. The car itself is worth about $2,300 including the custom wheels/tires and the enhanced stereo system. If I'm lucky.
So GM must have a good racket. As soon as the customer pays off thier obligation, send a signal to make x,y,z break. In these times of low margins on automobiles, that's the only way to compensate the dealer.
Update: I received a second call from the dealer who gave me a new quote of $6,390. Lol. For a car that looks as good as mine both inside and outside and has had it's oil religously changed every 3,000 miles, I find that hard to believe. Granted it hasn't been into the actual dealer since the 50,000 mile service, but that was only 23,000 miles ago. I can't justify spending 3x what the car is worth wholesale so it looks like it's gonna get junked. Lame.
I Hate the 4th
Sorry folks but fireworks are just lame and aren't worth the stress they put animals through. All of my countrified neighbors think the booms and sparks are just the greatest thing. I however, will be the one picking up the remnants in my yard.
Eureka!
It is more than likely that I am, yet again, a day late and a dollar short but man, I'm on fire tonight. I have suddenly and unexpectedly think I've solved some major problems at work. My Engineering team has been firefighting for so long that I failed (didn't have any time for) to see the "big picture." I do now and could care less that it's 1:50 A.M.
(This is really more of a "note to self" than a real post so I apologize for the vagueness. I just wanted to record this moment and will write more about what happened on Thursday as time allows).
