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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #420 on: August 23, 2023, 06:32:58 AM »
Amber's birthday gift!
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #421 on: August 23, 2023, 08:31:15 AM »
A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt.  :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?

I'm not sure if it's only an American thing, though it's commonly said, a honey-do list, which are generally task or errands given to a spouse or partner. As in, here's some things I'd like you to do honey.  :orly: I ordered a cord concealer kit for a cord that's been bugging me for a long time, but I wanted him to do it because I can't see straight and I would likely stick it crooked to the wall.  :dunno:

My honey do lists often tend to become "Honey, overdue" lists.

Certain things get priority status, though. Safety, plumbing or electrical, always taken care of immediately.
We had a dishwasher leaking and some paint had peeled in a spot. THAT was moved to the top of the list once the appliance was replaced.
Could not allow peeling paint in our new home!
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #422 on: August 23, 2023, 08:38:05 AM »
Today in the mail, my CD order from Japan!
I placed an order for some specialty SACD discs from a Japanese company. Ugly shipping charges, but I ordered several to help offset that some.

I was fully prepared for it to take forever and a day to get here, but it only took three weeks!
New music!
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #423 on: August 23, 2023, 11:45:44 AM »
A honey-do project I ordered for Sugarbutt.  :zoinks:
What's honey-do? Is it an American thing?

I'm not sure if it's only an American thing, though it's commonly said, a honey-do list, which are generally task or errands given to a spouse or partner. As in, here's some things I'd like you to do honey.  :orly: I ordered a cord concealer kit for a cord that's been bugging me for a long time, but I wanted him to do it because I can't see straight and I would likely stick it crooked to the wall.  :dunno:

My honey do lists often tend to become "Honey, overdue" lists.

Certain things get priority status, though. Safety, plumbing or electrical, always taken care of immediately.
We had a dishwasher leaking and some paint had peeled in a spot. THAT was moved to the top of the list once the appliance was replaced.
Could not allow peeling paint in our new home!

Just a couple of hours after I posted about how I prioritize plumbing, my neighbor rang the doorbell. FFS!! WTF!!??!!
OK, she wanted inform us that our side outdoor faucet is just running and flooding everything.

So, she was doing us a favor.
Coincidentally, about a week ago she was complaining about our sprinkler system going too much and making the place between our houses too wet. I told her that since the rains started up last month I have turned the sprinkler system off. It's not running. But she was right. There was swamp between our houses. I passed it off as a damn lot of rain, which we have had.

Turns out today it is one of those safety check valves that screwed up last spring on the other side of the house. Fortunately, last spring I bought a spare when I fixed the other one. Those things are $38 a pop, so keeping a spare is no small endeavor.

Now I have both current and ready for twenty more years of service.
I hope. Jacking with those things is a major pain! For one thing they are designed to never be removed. There is a set screw that is tightened, tightly that is made to break off if you try to take it off. This actually makes repairs more difficult. But, I got it done.

I suppose I had some neggie kharma coming after talking like I did before about my honey do list priorities.

:rofl:
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Ghandi: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The end result of life's daily pain and suffering, trials and failures, tears and laughter, readings and listenings is an accumulation of wisdom in its purest form.

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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #424 on: August 23, 2023, 03:15:29 PM »
Zip bupkes nada zilch    :P
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #425 on: September 01, 2023, 02:23:57 PM »
A book I ordered.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #426 on: September 01, 2023, 08:03:55 PM »
A guide for the referendum next month for a Voice to Government for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I'm going to vote yes.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #427 on: September 02, 2023, 05:37:33 PM »
A check I have been waiting for :2thumbsup:
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #428 on: September 04, 2023, 11:38:13 AM »
Supposedly a bluetooth thingie.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #429 on: September 04, 2023, 02:23:22 PM »
No mail today, Labor Day Holiday!
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #430 on: September 05, 2023, 07:54:39 PM »
Kayleigh got some blood test results. She's fine. She also got a Star Trek Borgified phaser rifle and a smaller phaser which has a good kick to it.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #431 on: September 15, 2023, 10:48:10 PM »
Local political pamphlets about the upcoming referendum and also candidates running for council membership.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #432 on: September 20, 2023, 02:44:35 PM »
Don't think there was anything.
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #433 on: September 22, 2023, 06:13:21 PM »
The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning.  :thumbup:
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Re: What's in the mail today?
« Reply #434 on: September 23, 2023, 02:12:49 PM »
The new robovac. :woohoo: It's charging today and I'll give it a test drive in the morning.  :thumbup:

What make is it?
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