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July 14, 2008:  I installed an electric hot water heater in my mother's home. I removed the oil burner connection for hot water and piped the cold supply and hot output with copper tubing. I sweated as did the pipes. I got a plumber like feeling and went for days with my "crack" showing above the seat of my pants. Seemed strange at first in church but the wrench hanging from my belt solved any fashion faux pas.

July 16, 2008:  I put my mother's sofa in the trash; she resisted its disposal for years despite the sofa's useful life terminating in 1998. It maintained the aroma of many senior accidents of both my parents and it's structural integrity was lost after well over 30 years of use. Mind you we got it used...for free in the 1970's. I made certain to escort mom off the couch before placing it at the curb.
August, 7, 2008: We were contacted by Comcast today at exactly 1123 hours (7 August 2008) at my mom's home.
I wrote to these morons via their customer service website, saying the following: "1. I thought the number was mis-dialed as the person on the other end was hard to understand. Finally in a think broken-english accent (perhaps from India), the background noise of other tele-marketers the man, after several tries butchered my name and indicated he was from Comcast and tried to sell me a cable-internet-phone package. After a time of difficult to understand broken-English I indicated I was not interested.
2. Firstly both my mom and I were interrupted from a nap. I was up this morning at 0330 hours. So I am pretty upset.
3. Secondly we have been on the "do not call list" for a while and this violates the provisions of this list. I will report this to the appropriate agency.If Comcast wishes to out source it's tele-marketers (or sales people) that's bad enough, but at least teach these people clear English. Secondly, please ensure I am not called again."