"Unknown, Captain...."
Sep. 17th, 2021 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captainsblogLots of unknowns today. Some good, some less so.
* The AC is installed and operating. Only weird thing, though? Damn it's quiet. So quiet, half the time we don't even know it's on. I modestly proposed a Belling the Cat solution of putting some kitty collars in the heat registers so we'd get a tinkly-winkly sort of noise when the thing is on. Considering what these delinquents will play with, probably not a good idea.
* I then got a somewhat embarrassing call from the installers, that the debit card I gave them to pay for the project had been declined. I confirmed they took down the numbers correctly and called them in. That confirmed it was an issue- probably a fraud based one- on the bank end. Have you ever tried calling a bank? If you don't have a specific employee's direct dial number, you are routed through Voice Mail Hell that makes it virtually impossible to reach a human being. I finally did so by hitting 5, a choice that didn't exist but which didn't pop an error like hitting zero did. I told the person on the other end that it was kinda like running in to the wall at Platform 9¾: It's kinda nice once you get there! This pretty old train, plus I hear there's this castle with wizards! Sure enough, their default for declining single transactions was set at $4,000; they upped it sufficiently to get the order through.
* Speaking of fraud, nobody was taken in by this one:
Duh, I replied. Everybody knows the IRS only takes ITUNES gift cards!
* Ended the day with a final unknown. I took my AutoZone printout to our mechanic to see just how deep we're in for this repair. We still don't know; the part they list at $225 is coming up in their system at over $300. It's about the size of a spark plug with a sheaf attached. They'll get back next week.
And that's about it. Eleanor's taken over the kitchen tonight, I have a full rich day planned for tomorrow, and all three of my teams are in action between tonight and Sunday, tripling the chances of serious suckage:P
* The AC is installed and operating. Only weird thing, though? Damn it's quiet. So quiet, half the time we don't even know it's on. I modestly proposed a Belling the Cat solution of putting some kitty collars in the heat registers so we'd get a tinkly-winkly sort of noise when the thing is on. Considering what these delinquents will play with, probably not a good idea.
* I then got a somewhat embarrassing call from the installers, that the debit card I gave them to pay for the project had been declined. I confirmed they took down the numbers correctly and called them in. That confirmed it was an issue- probably a fraud based one- on the bank end. Have you ever tried calling a bank? If you don't have a specific employee's direct dial number, you are routed through Voice Mail Hell that makes it virtually impossible to reach a human being. I finally did so by hitting 5, a choice that didn't exist but which didn't pop an error like hitting zero did. I told the person on the other end that it was kinda like running in to the wall at Platform 9¾: It's kinda nice once you get there! This pretty old train, plus I hear there's this castle with wizards! Sure enough, their default for declining single transactions was set at $4,000; they upped it sufficiently to get the order through.
* Speaking of fraud, nobody was taken in by this one:
Duh, I replied. Everybody knows the IRS only takes ITUNES gift cards!
* Ended the day with a final unknown. I took my AutoZone printout to our mechanic to see just how deep we're in for this repair. We still don't know; the part they list at $225 is coming up in their system at over $300. It's about the size of a spark plug with a sheaf attached. They'll get back next week.
And that's about it. Eleanor's taken over the kitchen tonight, I have a full rich day planned for tomorrow, and all three of my teams are in action between tonight and Sunday, tripling the chances of serious suckage:P
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Date: 2021-09-18 01:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-09-19 09:44 pm (UTC)Ironically, I almost wish I DID have one, given what this stupid part is gonna run.
Yep
Date: 2021-09-18 09:24 am (UTC)