rswyan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2004
- Messages
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- Location
- Northeast Ohio
- Tractor
- Kubota B2910, Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S, Simplicity 18 CFC, Cub Cadet 782
51F and cloudy @ 23:59 - with an active Gale Warning on Lake Erie. Reached a high of 53.6F for the day today.
Ended up going back to bed yesterday (Monday) as I had been up all night the night before.
Did get a good amount of decorating research done while I was up overnight though, mainly on color schemes. Interior has been pastels for as long as I can remember (dull IMO) so will probably go in a different direction. Also looking to incorporate some oriental design aspects as well.
When I did eventually get up I got cleaned up and we headed over to Home Depot to get those LED bulbs exchanged. Dropped off the trash and some recyclables on the way out.
First issue was the guy @ the CS counter tried to scan the boxes and apparently the SKU was no longer in the system. These are "Ecosmart" bulbs - which is an in-house private label (Home Depot only) ... so his thoughts were that they couldn't replace them.
(In reality, what had happened, was that Ecosmart had discontinued the ones I had but had replaced them with a different SKU - which I found out when I went back to grab another bulb that I needed)
At that point the girl at the next register over got involved and tried telling me that they don't replace anything beyond 90 days (except for two items: Klein Tools and Husky brands IIRC)
At that point I whipped out my phone and showed them this:
... which I had found on the Ecosmart website ...
They scoped that out and then the girl asked when I had purchased them (a few years ago but pretty sure less than 5) and asked if I had my receipt (pretty sure I do - but didn't bring it with me)
At that point they tried telling me that I'd have to go through the company so I headed back to grab that 24" T8 LED tube that I needed (which they didn't have) and that's when I discovered they had replaced the bulbs with a different SKU that had essentially the same specs.
So I brought up the replacement bulbs they thought they didn't have and had them call the manager. Had to wait a bit for that, but eventually he offered knock 50% off the new replacements ($15) - which I thought was fairly reasonable (considering the alternative of having to call Ecosmart and screwing around with them, possibility of making another trip back to the store, etc.)
Did notice that Ecosmart cut the estimated life on the bulbs from 22 years down to 13 on the new ones ...
Swung by Maki House and Chipotle for dinner.
Got Amazon order placed for the tuber/corm fungicide + some cooking utensils that are safe for non-stick cookware ... as well as a Christmas present for The Woman that She doesn't know about yet ...
Got another coat of mud applied that night before I hit the rack.
Reasonably good day today:
Got hopper feeder and 2 suet feeders filled 1st thing.
Then picked up a tote's worth of small wood pieces out front and took that and another tote which had already been filled up to the shop to use as kindling.
Picked up the shelving cross beams which were holding down the tarps in the area of the garden that I haven't prepped or tilled yet and then took the old tattered tarp up to the road and stuck it in the can.
After that another trip up to the shop with the Cub with some items which I dropped off, also dumped a 5 gallon bucket of compostables over on the pile.
Woman worked some on pulling the staples for the landscape fabric/weed block in the garden but Her feet were bothering Her so She didn't finish it. I'll finish it up during the next warm spell in a few days.
Did not locate my preferred 5/16" chain I normally keep on the tractor but I did gather up a couple of 3/8" chains, and used one with the Kubota to pull the two feeder poles around back. Also pulled two pieces of rebar that were used to stake a couple of ornamental trees when we planted them (5 years or so ago ?)
Brought the poles over to the west side and dropped them off and then took the chains up to the shop and dropped those off.
Gathered up the 4 pots and bags from the day lilies The Woman recently planted. Need to record the order that those were planted in so they can be labelled.
Took the lawn dethatcher, 3 or 4 garden hoses, and what was left of a roll of 4' poultry netting over to the pole barn and got them put away.
Grabbed a couple of 2' tall chickenwire cages while I was over there and took them over to the new burning bushes and got those put on and stapled in.
Gathered up all the growers pots out front and got those moved inside the garage before the winds arrived.
Put the Cub and came inside as it was dark out.
By that time I was hungry so I warmed up my Shrimp Teriyaki and was surprised to find out that it wasn't much past 17:30 when I turned on the TV.
Went downstairs after dinner and did some more work on the fish tanks, got the new bulbs installed, and the smart switch for the room reconnected.
The big Zambian Juli is doing well, its tank mate seems to have disappeared though ... bummer:
Knocked off around 22:00 when the room lights went out and came back upstairs and warmed up the last of the Shrimp and ate it.
Just threw a coat of mud on those last two areas in the dining room, tomorrow night I'll start sanding them to see if they're good to go or whether they need a final coat.
Going to go do a little more work on dahlias, maybe make a sheet cake if I get really inspired.
Hope everyone had a good day ...
Ended up going back to bed yesterday (Monday) as I had been up all night the night before.
Did get a good amount of decorating research done while I was up overnight though, mainly on color schemes. Interior has been pastels for as long as I can remember (dull IMO) so will probably go in a different direction. Also looking to incorporate some oriental design aspects as well.
When I did eventually get up I got cleaned up and we headed over to Home Depot to get those LED bulbs exchanged. Dropped off the trash and some recyclables on the way out.
First issue was the guy @ the CS counter tried to scan the boxes and apparently the SKU was no longer in the system. These are "Ecosmart" bulbs - which is an in-house private label (Home Depot only) ... so his thoughts were that they couldn't replace them.
(In reality, what had happened, was that Ecosmart had discontinued the ones I had but had replaced them with a different SKU - which I found out when I went back to grab another bulb that I needed)
At that point the girl at the next register over got involved and tried telling me that they don't replace anything beyond 90 days (except for two items: Klein Tools and Husky brands IIRC)
At that point I whipped out my phone and showed them this:
... which I had found on the Ecosmart website ...
They scoped that out and then the girl asked when I had purchased them (a few years ago but pretty sure less than 5) and asked if I had my receipt (pretty sure I do - but didn't bring it with me)
At that point they tried telling me that I'd have to go through the company so I headed back to grab that 24" T8 LED tube that I needed (which they didn't have) and that's when I discovered they had replaced the bulbs with a different SKU that had essentially the same specs.
So I brought up the replacement bulbs they thought they didn't have and had them call the manager. Had to wait a bit for that, but eventually he offered knock 50% off the new replacements ($15) - which I thought was fairly reasonable (considering the alternative of having to call Ecosmart and screwing around with them, possibility of making another trip back to the store, etc.)
Did notice that Ecosmart cut the estimated life on the bulbs from 22 years down to 13 on the new ones ...
Swung by Maki House and Chipotle for dinner.
Got Amazon order placed for the tuber/corm fungicide + some cooking utensils that are safe for non-stick cookware ... as well as a Christmas present for The Woman that She doesn't know about yet ...
Got another coat of mud applied that night before I hit the rack.
Reasonably good day today:
Got hopper feeder and 2 suet feeders filled 1st thing.
Then picked up a tote's worth of small wood pieces out front and took that and another tote which had already been filled up to the shop to use as kindling.
Picked up the shelving cross beams which were holding down the tarps in the area of the garden that I haven't prepped or tilled yet and then took the old tattered tarp up to the road and stuck it in the can.
After that another trip up to the shop with the Cub with some items which I dropped off, also dumped a 5 gallon bucket of compostables over on the pile.
Woman worked some on pulling the staples for the landscape fabric/weed block in the garden but Her feet were bothering Her so She didn't finish it. I'll finish it up during the next warm spell in a few days.
Did not locate my preferred 5/16" chain I normally keep on the tractor but I did gather up a couple of 3/8" chains, and used one with the Kubota to pull the two feeder poles around back. Also pulled two pieces of rebar that were used to stake a couple of ornamental trees when we planted them (5 years or so ago ?)
Brought the poles over to the west side and dropped them off and then took the chains up to the shop and dropped those off.
Gathered up the 4 pots and bags from the day lilies The Woman recently planted. Need to record the order that those were planted in so they can be labelled.
Took the lawn dethatcher, 3 or 4 garden hoses, and what was left of a roll of 4' poultry netting over to the pole barn and got them put away.
Grabbed a couple of 2' tall chickenwire cages while I was over there and took them over to the new burning bushes and got those put on and stapled in.
Gathered up all the growers pots out front and got those moved inside the garage before the winds arrived.
Put the Cub and came inside as it was dark out.
By that time I was hungry so I warmed up my Shrimp Teriyaki and was surprised to find out that it wasn't much past 17:30 when I turned on the TV.
Went downstairs after dinner and did some more work on the fish tanks, got the new bulbs installed, and the smart switch for the room reconnected.
The big Zambian Juli is doing well, its tank mate seems to have disappeared though ... bummer:
Knocked off around 22:00 when the room lights went out and came back upstairs and warmed up the last of the Shrimp and ate it.
Just threw a coat of mud on those last two areas in the dining room, tomorrow night I'll start sanding them to see if they're good to go or whether they need a final coat.
Going to go do a little more work on dahlias, maybe make a sheet cake if I get really inspired.
Hope everyone had a good day ...
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