Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

30°F and partly cloudy this morning, going up to 45° today. Seemed rather nice when I walked out of work yesterday. When I started my car, dash display said it was 55° outside. Hard to complain about that in January.

After checking on the chickens and walking the garbage can (rubbish bin to fly tippers) down to the road, it was still warm enough in the garage to clean my car's windshield and reapply some Rain-X. Spent the rest of the evening just kind of hanging out with The Wife.

I keep telling myself I'm going to replace the factory front and back work lights on my LS with LEDs, yet still haven't done it.

 

[ronjhall]

To replace the my current furnace would cost me over $3k with all the features of current furnace. The numbers contractor gave me for new furnace match the old one.
Not sure I will continue with AHS. Should not need another furnace in my lifetime. Water pump is another story. They seem to last a long time in my area. But it is 30 years old. Pumps are cheap. Compared to cost to pull it.

 

[Bird]

Yes. He seems on the up and up. Warned me AHS is slow in getting a replacement furnace. He said he is picking up new furnace from Lennox.

I hope it all works out well for you. I was a bit undecided a couple of months ago, but went ahead and signed up with AHS for almost $50 a month. But after thinking about it and listening to you and Txdon, I just decided it wasn't for me. So . . . I called and finally got through to an almost non-English speaking employee and finally got through that I wanted it cancelled. He tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted; had to almost get mad at him, but he said he'd cancel it. Then a few days later I got a call from another male who just kept insisting that I keep their "Product?". And in spite of me emphatically assuring him that I just wanted it cancelled, he simply would NOT give up. I just eventually had to hang up on him.

So he sent me an email confirming the cancellation, but claiming their total cost as of the cancellation date was $80.36 (I have no ide for what), an administrative fee for cancellation of $49.99, less the amount I paid for two months of $99.98, so Amount Owed to American Home Shield $30.37. I won't say that I'll never pay it, but I'll say it's unlikely.

 

[kenmbz]

Good morning, 29 going up to 42 and sunny.
Project roll out did not go smooth yesterday, but was ultimately successful!
Today got into a fight with my oil/furnace contract company for charging me as much as they could on my "ceiling" plan vs. just calling in a local oil drop off company.
Think it's time to switch, I got so angry I hung up on them.
LED bar for tractor to go with my current upgrade LED spot and headlights should show up this week.
So should my hard drives for my NAS box so I will have three 2TB drives in it and use unraid to set it up. Already set up a trial just to see how it works, not the best security, but it'll work. Think I will leave it unencrypted though.

This AHS stuff sounds painful, glad Ron is getting his furnace, quote I got to replace mine was almost triple, so the old one stays on contract as it is original Oil/wood burner.

Bird - glad you got some money back-sounds like they operate like the extended car warranty companies. Why I try to fix washing machine etc. myself.

Stay safe and be well and hope no fly tipping by any of you

 

[ronjhall]

I hope it all works out well for you. I was a bit undecided a couple of months ago, but went ahead and signed up with AHS for almost $50 a month. But after thinking about it and listening to you and Txdon, I just decided it wasn't for me. So . . . I called and finally got through to an almost non-English speaking employee and finally got through that I wanted it cancelled. He tried to talk me out of it, but I insisted; had to almost get mad at him, but he said he'd cancel it. Then a few days later I got a call from another male who just kept insisting that I keep their "Product?". And in spite of me emphatically assuring him that I just wanted it cancelled, he simply would NOT give up. I just eventually had to hang up on him.

So he sent me an email confirming the cancellation, but claiming their total cost as of the cancellation date was $80.36 (I have no ide for what), an administrative fee for cancellation of $49.99, less the amount I paid for two months of $99.98, so Amount Owed to American Home Shield $30.37. I won't say that I'll never pay it, but I'll say it's unlikely.

When you sign up with them. You are purchasing a 1 year contract. They gave me 1 month to change my mind.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .26 inches rain. Raining as I type.

Need dryness to continue with my project as painting is involved in order to proceed.

Dinner with wife was outstanding, the lobster was good as well.

Expect I’ll have more discussion re internet today and hopefully make a decision.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Ron.
Agree about no throttling being worth more $, the question becomes how many more $

 

[sodamo]

Mike, 4GAS is a reseller as well. Was hoping I could query yours re pricing, equipment, etc.

 

[toppop52]

39 with windchill of 30, 44 later and still cloudy and quite breezy, even though they said it would be sunny.

I have 250 mb Xfinity internet, most of the time I can hit 170-190 downloads but upload is throttled at 12.
My son in Front Royal has fiber optic with 1 gig service, he usually gets over 200 upload speeds. He pays the same as me.
I’m replacing my outdated modem not before it needed it.

 

[sodamo]

Eric, my life as a nighttime lumberjack could be short lived should I start with nearest trees with were planted by Sophie, one of which was our first Christmas tree when we moved. Thanks for the suggestion