The crew came by to my house yesterday morning and installed a new water heater. \u00a0I provided bottled water and then stayed out of their way while they worked – they appreciated both gestures, as well as the fan I had running. \u00a0Took a couple hours and more money than I would have liked to spend, but the end result is a new hot water tank that should be more\u00a0efficient\u00a0and safer than the old one. \u00a0The water that was on the basement floor is gone and I’ve got the dehumidifier running again.<\/p>\n
In other news… as expected, I started getting spam from Radio Shack even before my cell phone battery had arrived. \u00a0The first was thanking me for signing up for their… I frankly can’t remember what they called it. \u00a0Some kind of membership thing. \u00a0The second was coupons for things I don’t want.<\/p>\n
So, I found their customer service site, tracked down a form, and submitted my compliant. \u00a0I got an automated response telling me my message had be submitted, then a couple hours later I got a message – presumably from a human, but that can be tough to tell – informing me that they had shared my concern with the relevant groups, blah blah blah. \u00a0Meaningless. \u00a0 I unsubcribed myself from the list and if that doesn’t work, I’ll filter them in gmail. \u00a0 I mean, nobody likes to get spam – why would a legitimate business spam their customers like that?<\/p>\n
For dinner last evening, I went to the Hartville Kitchen. \u00a0Which is not just a\u00a0restaurant\u00a0– it’s more like a themed compound. In addition to the gigantic seating area in the\u00a0restaurant, they also have a gift shop, a gallery, a candy shop, a bakery, and an entire separate building that’s like a lowe’s+mendards+tractor supply. \u00a0 The food was okay, the service was reasonable – though slightly unfriendly, and I didn’t get struck my lightning when I walked into the Thomas Kincade gallery. \u00a0I don’t know that I would go back again with all the other\u00a0restaurant\u00a0options in the area, but it was a nice change of pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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