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teammonster) wrote2009-11-12 09:38 pm
teammonster) wrote2009-11-12 09:38 pm
Battery and Faucet
Today the battery on my car died and left me stranded in the parking lot at work for an hour and a half.
(Last month the battery on my car died and left us (all!) stranded in the middle of the woods for an hour.)
The internet says to replace a battery if it is over 3 years old (check) and has had to be jumpstarted (double check).
When the AAA guy came to give me a jump start tonight, he said I had a "bad cell" in my battery and I needed to get a new one. So he called another AAA guy who had batteries in his truck and sent him to meet me after I drove home. When the secondary AAA guy got there, he said my battery was fine and he wouldn't sell me a new one because his boss would be mad at him. WTF? *I* will be mad at him if I end up stranded somewhere again!! So we made him replace the battery with a new one. Hopefully this one works.
In the past month, we have used AAA 4 times. Two per car. Sigh. Getting our money's worth out of the AAA membership...
I found a faucet solution for our bathroom shower on the internet tonight. Our bathroom has 4 handles instead of two. Most sets are sold with one giant handle, or two handles and a valve. (And are UGLY.) We have a super tiled bathroom (which I love) but the faucets are original to the house so they leak. Right now we have a jury rigged solution with a whole tube of caulk and some yarn that the water drips down. Tonight I found these:
Perfect!
Except they are out of stock. They have the same items at Lowe's, for about $100 more for each set. I guess I will wait until the website gets them back in?
I hope my car works tomorrow.
(Last month the battery on my car died and left us (all!) stranded in the middle of the woods for an hour.)
The internet says to replace a battery if it is over 3 years old (check) and has had to be jumpstarted (double check).
When the AAA guy came to give me a jump start tonight, he said I had a "bad cell" in my battery and I needed to get a new one. So he called another AAA guy who had batteries in his truck and sent him to meet me after I drove home. When the secondary AAA guy got there, he said my battery was fine and he wouldn't sell me a new one because his boss would be mad at him. WTF? *I* will be mad at him if I end up stranded somewhere again!! So we made him replace the battery with a new one. Hopefully this one works.
In the past month, we have used AAA 4 times. Two per car. Sigh. Getting our money's worth out of the AAA membership...
I found a faucet solution for our bathroom shower on the internet tonight. Our bathroom has 4 handles instead of two. Most sets are sold with one giant handle, or two handles and a valve. (And are UGLY.) We have a super tiled bathroom (which I love) but the faucets are original to the house so they leak. Right now we have a jury rigged solution with a whole tube of caulk and some yarn that the water drips down. Tonight I found these:
Perfect!
Except they are out of stock. They have the same items at Lowe's, for about $100 more for each set. I guess I will wait until the website gets them back in?
I hope my car works tomorrow.