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HVAC status for the curious
HVAC status for the curious. Life got in the way. It is very difficult to shop for things while trying to meet work obligations and deadlines. Ergo, we are still without air conditioning. The borrowed portable AC has been a life saver. Dehumidifiers have saved our possessions.
Hiller came back with the “yeah, we are pricier than everyone else” quote on an inadequate unit. I’ve asked them to re-quote a 16 seer and a 20 seer unit and come back with a better price.
A new friend, one of your referrals, has mentioned that he can get our existing unit working much cheaper. However, my unit was installed in 2007 so I’m thinking rather than throw money at a 16 year old heat pump that I need to just replace the entire unit. I’ll be reaching out to you for a quote since homeowners requires that in writing.
I’ll be getting a couple of other quotes but I’m not going to get carried away. I’d rather overpay and just get this over with than continue to live like this (I know…1st world problems).
Next steps:
1) Look up the specifics of the tax break
2) File a claim with homeowners and get an insurance adjuster out here
3) Get a couple of competitive quotes
4) Get the new unit installed asap
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Craig Ferguson is so brilliant!
I know you aren’t supposed to meet your heroes but man I’d love to have a conversation with Craig Ferguson.
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Today’s Letter to Tim Burchett
I am a constituent of Mr. Burchett. On May 24, 2023 at 11:53am, Mr. Burchett tweeted:
“The Biden administration thinks that Americans don’t care about what happened on the ground during the Afghanistan withdrawal and have obstructed our efforts to conduct oversight. Someone needs to be held accountable and these families need vindication and closure.”
I now email Mr. Burchett instead of replying to his tweets. I encourage everyone to email their representatives. Stop giving elected officials dopamine by replying to the social media prompts. Put them to work by sending emails which they must give a reply.
My letter to Mr. Burchett:
I expect more professionalism from my elected officials. Mr. Burchett is attempting to stir up people instead of doing his job which is in part to inform his constituents. Being intentionally ambiguous is just an attempt to get people riled. Instead of saying “someone needs to be held accountable” list their names. If Mr. Burchett does not know, then find out before sending the message.
In this case, I can answer Mr. Burchett’s ambiguity. “Someone needs to be held accountable.” That someone is Mr. Trump and Mr. Pompeo.
Drop the sensationalism and provide us the information and represent us as you were elected to do. You are a representative not a Hollywood personality.
Thank you,
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The Joy of English
This is one that has bothered me much of my life because in context I rarely know if someone is referring to a fortnight or not.
Biweekly and bimonthly can mean the same thing because of the prefix bi-, which here can mean “occurring every two” or “occurring twice in.” Therefore, biweekly can be “twice in a week” or “every other week.” Bimonthly can also mean “every other week” if it’s twice in a month, or it can mean “every other month.”
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Bare Those Boobies! But Not in Tennessee…
This popped up in Reddit today. It is legal for women to be topless where men are allowed to be topless in 34 states and territories in the United States. Surprisingly, it is illegal in the Virgin Islands. A little less surprisingly it is illegal in Puerto Rico. Not surprising at all…Tennessee…the most backwards state in the Union. What’s up with Indiana?
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topfreedom_in_the_United_States and https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/13qaanr/til_that_in_34_us_states_women_are_legally/
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Games pet owners and parents play
Something they never tell you when you become a parent or take on a pet is that you will regularly play the mystery game called “Is it poop?”
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Rocky Hill Elementary Senior Walk
KNOXVILLE: If you have a graduating senior who was a Rocky Hill Elementary Student, RHES is having a senior walk on Monday. The classes will line up in the halls while the seniors walk their old haunts. They are encouraged to wear their graduation robes.
We have selected a date for the RH Senior Walk. It will be Monday, May 22 at 1:00.
We are asking that seniors arrive at 1:00 and gather out front. We are also requesting that they carpool and park at the Rocky Hill Ballfields . Our parking will be limited at school due to other events and dismissal with bus and car lines.
Feel free to spread the word! We look forward to seeing our grads!!
