The Spears-Martin Dartboard Room

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:36 pm

Well, I am in a foul mood T, I have to dig a ditch for a waterline this evening

Besides, I can't pass an opportunity up to get a jab in at Weasel

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:38 pm

Originally posted by Weasel
It was just an example..(No computer involved ) The main thing I was after..or looking for, If a shop tells you "Yes I can fix it, but the rest is old as well and might fail at any moment" should the shop go ahead and fix it? or refuse?

It's a tough situation. In my job, I have often punctured the side-walls of the tires on our company trucks (that's what happens when you drive across creosote....). Invariably, we take the tires to the repair shop and they say, "We can't fix the side wall hole, you need a new tire." I say, "Are you sure?" They say, "Well, we could, but the whole thing might blow." I say, "Go ahead." They grumble and say, "Okay, but we can't warrentee the fix."

I've never had one of those tires blow again. Except when I get more creosote stuck in them....

I suspect that they might be partially right, and there is a certain danger involved with the patch possibly blowing. But given the rough handling, we are likely to replace the tire eventually anyway, and the temporary fix is good enough at the time. I suspect also that they are trying to get us to buy a new tire now rather than later, which would be more profitable to them...

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:39 pm

@ BS Yuck

That sounds like the opposite of fun

*hug* Let me get you a drink to fortify you

I agree it's fun to tease Weasel

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:47 pm

@T....yeah, it sucks, but it beats well water.

As it is, I have to buy water from the store for drinking, as you can't get past the smell with what I have now.

Thanks for the beer

How's things with you?

Hello Gwally, hope your vacation went well

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 12:56 pm

Originally posted by Bloodstalker
Hello Gwally, hope your vacation went well

Thanks, BS. Yes, it was most fun! But now back to the grind....

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:36 pm

@ BS

I sympathize, when they started using Colorado river water here, it destroyedwater pipes, appliances, killed goldfish and tasted like stagnant swamp water

Another reason to stick to bottled beverages

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:42 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya

@ BS I sympathize, when they started using Colorado river water here, it destroyedwater pipes, appliances, killed goldfish and tasted like stagnant swamp water Another reason to stick to bottled beverages

Well it would taste funny if it had dead goldfish in it

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:47 pm

@ Ysh

I think I'd rather have the dead fish than the water

It was extremely nasty

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:49 pm

If you think that's bad . . .

Originally posted by T'lainya
@ BS I sympathize, when they started using Colorado river water here, it destroyedwater pipes, appliances, killed goldfish and tasted like stagnant swamp water Another reason to stick to bottled beverages

Up here in West Virginia, there are stretches of the Ohio River that used to spontaneously burst into flame from all of the chemicals the steel mills used to dump in the river.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:51 pm

The river water had chunks of minerals and other stuff in it when it came through the taps

Nasty stuff

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 1:58 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya
@ Ysh I think I'd rather have the dead fish than the water It was extremely nasty

LOL!

A few years ago I was on a civil service residential course, and we received a newsletter informing us of the fact that they were in the process of replacing old iron piping - which might explain the brown water we had to shower/bathe in

It looked like sewerage (without the lumps!!), but thankfully did not smell. I didn't taste it though

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:03 pm

@ Ysh LOL The city had to spend 10s of 1000s of dollars to replace everyones water heaters, plumbing etc

great idea they had there

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:12 pm

My wife and I are going to spend a couple of weeks renting a house down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina--in about two weeks' time. From having been there several times before, we know to bring bottled water in case there's a run on it in the local supermarkets. (There usually is. Tenants move in Saturday and Sunday, and when they do, there's always a run, as soon as people taste the stuff.) The local treated water tastes like it was sent directly from HLD's region in West Virginia. Sulfur has the most delicate aroma...

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:49 pm

@ Fable The stuff we had smelled like chlorine on a good day..on a bad day..

undescribable

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:51 pm

Greetings again......I..........uh.........got lost doing my errands today........

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:00 pm

@ Ty

Lost? Hmmm or distracted

How are you?

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:03 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya
@ Ty Lost? Hmmm or distracted How are you?

I got lost.

I thought route 16 connected to route 495. Little did I know, the bridge I crossed uner halfway through, was 495. So I was looking for an exit for quite a while, and noticing a sign that said I was in a town I never heard of before, I decided it was best to turn around. Fortunetly I managed to find route 129 so that I could then make my way to 495, finish the job and get home. Here I am. An adventure I didnt think I had to do today....

Im alright, though. How about you?

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:08 pm

Yikes

That sounds like a pain. I had something like that happen once visiting someone in Flagstaff..she said to take the first exit for whatever road..it wasn't it was the second one...

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:19 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya
Yikes That sounds like a pain. I had something like that happen once visiting someone in Flagstaff..she said to take the first exit for whatever road..it wasn't it was the second one...

See you could actually get annoyed at someone else. This was my fault. I just assumed that I knew the route correctly. Nope.

But I learn from such mistakes. It only took an hour and a half away from the day. But I got to see new roads and new sites in the area. Whoopdi-doo!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 3:23 pm

LOL as long as it was a pleasant drive