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Driving home the other night, we noticed that one of the headlights at the front of the car had gone out.
We were on our way to Walmart at the time so we went to get a new bulb.
When we got there, we were met by Support Manager Alan who kindly helped us pick out the right bulb for our car and then offered to fit it for us.
I'm glad he did!
It took him, and another guy around 40 minutes to figure out how to remove the old bulb and get the new one fixed in.
It was around 8pm on a Sunday night and you just know that Alan was secretly cursing to himself how the last car he works on is such a problem!
I know I would've been frustrated trying to work it out so I'm grateful to Alan, who stayed good natured despite the cold.
Cheers mate!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Trifle Tasty
I made a trifle the other day and if I do say so my self, it was very nice! I haven't had trifle for years and it was as good as I remember.
We always used to have it around Christmas. It was one of those easy to make emergency desserts for when we had family round.
I didn't make it from scratch but I reckon I could next time.
There's still a bit left in the fridge so I'll be tucking in to some more later.
We always used to have it around Christmas. It was one of those easy to make emergency desserts for when we had family round.
I didn't make it from scratch but I reckon I could next time.
There's still a bit left in the fridge so I'll be tucking in to some more later.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs was crowned Sports Personality of the Year away on Sunday.
You can't argue with Giggsy, he's been there and done it all. He's the most decorated footballer in British history with 11 premier league titles, 2 champions league, 2 world club cups, many FA Cups & League Cups so far.
He'll be 36 soon as has just been offered a one year contract taking him to the end of the 2010-11 season.
I remember Giggsy's debut back in 1991 and the guy is a United legend. Not only that, but I think you'll be hard pushed to find supporters of other clubs who dislike the guy and that can't be said for many players.
He was crowned the PFA footballer of the year last season too and it was probably a surprise to see him voted Sports Personality of the Year ahead of Jensen Button who came second, despite winning the Formula 1 championship this year.
Ryan Giggs made his 800th appearance for Manchester United last season and also broke the club's record for number of games played which is especially impressive these days when so few players stay at one club for their entire career.
The only downside to the Ryan Giggs story, for me at least, is that he wasn't English.
You can't argue with Giggsy, he's been there and done it all. He's the most decorated footballer in British history with 11 premier league titles, 2 champions league, 2 world club cups, many FA Cups & League Cups so far.
He'll be 36 soon as has just been offered a one year contract taking him to the end of the 2010-11 season.
I remember Giggsy's debut back in 1991 and the guy is a United legend. Not only that, but I think you'll be hard pushed to find supporters of other clubs who dislike the guy and that can't be said for many players.
He was crowned the PFA footballer of the year last season too and it was probably a surprise to see him voted Sports Personality of the Year ahead of Jensen Button who came second, despite winning the Formula 1 championship this year.
Ryan Giggs made his 800th appearance for Manchester United last season and also broke the club's record for number of games played which is especially impressive these days when so few players stay at one club for their entire career.
The only downside to the Ryan Giggs story, for me at least, is that he wasn't English.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Another AT&T Update
The AT&T guy phoned about 3.30pm to say that the problem, whatever it was, had been fixed but he was on another job so I needed to phone up and schedule another appointment.
So I phoned AT&T and explained the situation, only to be transferred to another department where I was invited to explain the situation again.
The lady very politely asked me if I would be home tomorrow morning so I told her I was off work today so can they come and install my TV today, like they said they would.
She put me on hold while she tried to get through to dispatch. About 10 minutes later she said they were fully booked today but she would schedule an appointment for first thing tomorrow morning.
And that was that.
Until about 5pm when there was a knock on the door and a young lady said she was with AT&T and was here to install U-Verse.
I repeated the tour of the house I'd given the guy this morning to show him where the TVs were and where the computer was and she went outside to check something.
And then she returned to say that the problem hadn't been fixed so she would have to put in a call to get someone to come out and see what the problem is, and fix it, and then they would be able to install it.
So after a day of waiting, we don't really know where we are up to as they could show up first thing in the morning not knowing there is apparently still a problem, or someone might show up at an undisclosed time to fix the problem, or nothing may happen.
Who knows? At least we still have Direct TV.
So I phoned AT&T and explained the situation, only to be transferred to another department where I was invited to explain the situation again.
The lady very politely asked me if I would be home tomorrow morning so I told her I was off work today so can they come and install my TV today, like they said they would.
She put me on hold while she tried to get through to dispatch. About 10 minutes later she said they were fully booked today but she would schedule an appointment for first thing tomorrow morning.
And that was that.
Until about 5pm when there was a knock on the door and a young lady said she was with AT&T and was here to install U-Verse.
I repeated the tour of the house I'd given the guy this morning to show him where the TVs were and where the computer was and she went outside to check something.
And then she returned to say that the problem hadn't been fixed so she would have to put in a call to get someone to come out and see what the problem is, and fix it, and then they would be able to install it.
So after a day of waiting, we don't really know where we are up to as they could show up first thing in the morning not knowing there is apparently still a problem, or someone might show up at an undisclosed time to fix the problem, or nothing may happen.
Who knows? At least we still have Direct TV.
AT&T Update
The AT&T guy has just left.
Apparently, the AT&T box that brings the signal into our neighbourhood is not working properly.
He has put in a repair call so we may get U-Verse later today, or if it can't be fixed today we'll have to make another appointment to have it installed (so long as they can fix the box).
I'm glad I hadn't cancelled Direct TV yet.
I was about to call them the other day but I mentioned to my parents that we were getting U-Verse installed and they said they had looked into it but it wasn't available in their zip code.
The thing is, we live in the same zip code as my parents so just on the off chance something would go wrong, I didn't call Direct TV.
It's a good job I didn't, or we'd have no TV!
Apparently, the AT&T box that brings the signal into our neighbourhood is not working properly.
He has put in a repair call so we may get U-Verse later today, or if it can't be fixed today we'll have to make another appointment to have it installed (so long as they can fix the box).
I'm glad I hadn't cancelled Direct TV yet.
I was about to call them the other day but I mentioned to my parents that we were getting U-Verse installed and they said they had looked into it but it wasn't available in their zip code.
The thing is, we live in the same zip code as my parents so just on the off chance something would go wrong, I didn't call Direct TV.
It's a good job I didn't, or we'd have no TV!
You see, what had happened was...
The other day I called AT&T.
The problem was that I had my mobile phone, my wife's mobile phone, plus our home phone on three separate accounts. It's been like that for a while so it was probably time I sorted it and saved myself some money.
I was on the phone for 54 minutes and by the end of that, all of our accounts had been merged into one, and I'd signed up for AT&T U-verse.
All combined, it will save us around $70 a month so you can't complain.
AT&T U-Verse also means you can record four shows at once on the same DVR, plus you can watch the shows you've recorded on any TV that has the regular receiver.
You can even pause a TV show in one room, and carry on watching in another.
I checked they had all the channels we need, Setanta & Fox Soccer Channel for me, daft reality channels that show babies and dwarfs for my wife (sometimes even dwarf babies).
Any way, it's my day off today and the guy from AT&T just called so he'll be here in about 20 minutes.
The problem was that I had my mobile phone, my wife's mobile phone, plus our home phone on three separate accounts. It's been like that for a while so it was probably time I sorted it and saved myself some money.
I was on the phone for 54 minutes and by the end of that, all of our accounts had been merged into one, and I'd signed up for AT&T U-verse.
All combined, it will save us around $70 a month so you can't complain.
AT&T U-Verse also means you can record four shows at once on the same DVR, plus you can watch the shows you've recorded on any TV that has the regular receiver.
You can even pause a TV show in one room, and carry on watching in another.
I checked they had all the channels we need, Setanta & Fox Soccer Channel for me, daft reality channels that show babies and dwarfs for my wife (sometimes even dwarf babies).
Any way, it's my day off today and the guy from AT&T just called so he'll be here in about 20 minutes.
Friday, December 11, 2009
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