OK, one minor washer update ( keeping with the cleverly contrived theme), I must dismantle the washer to ascertain the actual part failure....that task will be performed on the 'morrow ( Read more... )

The Damned thing doesn't spin......it drains, agitates, washes...doesn't spin. It's either the basket coupling or the transmission. I gotta take it apart......I'm pissed ( Read more... )

So, got the washer hose on (braided) and this morning my wife decided to wash clothes. There was an old velour blanket that somehow appeared at our house (something our son Eric confiscated from God knows where), that had been stored in the laundry room closet. When the hose burst, it shot a stream of water into the closet, so the blanket got wet. ( Read more... )

OK, picture this...a man on a mission. For those of you that actually aren't men, i.e. women, we're ALWAYS on a mission. GO...DO...BE....SEE...all those verbs (mostly no more than four letters in each verb). Like WORK...we work. We don't EMOTE. A very fine verb, mind you, but....one too many letters. Not to be confused with FEEL, although it is ( Read more... )

Last night, being my wonderfully lazy self, watching re-re-re-reruns of The Partridge Family (that Danny! I'll bet he was a hoot in prison!!), my wife asked, "Do you hear water running ( Read more... )

Let me say this right up front....I honestly feel that there is Democrat out there somewhere that would be a marvelous President. I sincerely believe that. There are wise men, liberal and conservative all over our country right at this moment, making business deals, borrowing/lending monies, brokering home sales, raising families....you name it, ( Read more... )

My favorite way to answer the phone ( Read more... )

This is a re-print requested by two friends who shall remain ....solvent ( Read more... )

I'd like to thank you all for being here today. After reading a prepared statement, I'll be glad to take a few questions from the audience. I'll start with my views on ( Read more... )

Well, I'm trying out a new client, so y'all (yes, that's Southernese for "you all") may see some pretty odd stuff appear and suddenly disappear until I figure this puppy out. I, as some of you do periodically in your LJ's, may make my site totally unreadable until I get the hang of it. I've thought about making the background and text white so that ( Read more... )