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I wrote yesterday about the problem with my water heater. I couldn't figure out how to reset the pilot light, so I just made the best of it but I will have to re-run my dishwasher today.
I went to the Park office first thing to complain about the situation. I found the notice from back in May about wanting to replace my meter, and it says on there they will re-light all pilot lights. I spoke to the Manager who chided me for not calling the emergency number when I found I didn't have hot water. For pete's sake, it was an damn inconvenience but not an emergency! I also complained about the guy walking into my house and they brought him out. He didn't flat out deny it but said that I was sitting right in my living room and he thought I needed to have the gas range pilot re-lit. (He didn't even ask about the water heater).
I feel like a dolt even putting up with the crap I had to deal with. The nerve of that woman turning the situation around so that it was my fault because I didn't call the emergency number. They did send another maintenance guy to re-light the pilot, and he knocked on the front door to tell me it was lit.
This is the kind of crap you can expect when you have a mobile home park situation, an RV park, or gated community of some sort. I never did like rules and regulations, and I still don't. Although it leaves a lot to be desired, I love the space inside my house. I wish I could afford to update a lot of things in it, and could probably do it if I stayed home instead of traveling every year, and didn't have the chiropractor to pay. On the other hand, I would just like to live in an apartment and leave maintenance up to the management of the place. There are down sides to apartment living, though, except it's a lot easier to move.
In the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna (Sat. Night Live, Gilda Radner, 1st season): "It's always something. If it isn't one thing, then it's another."
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Betty, you are right! They made me go back and shop some more until my bill came to about $150! (Just kidding). I bought some stuff for New Year's Eve, including a moderately priced bottle of champagne. I also filled my fuel...
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The temperature outside right now is 41; inside my house the thermometer reads 47! Fortunately the sun is beaming in the windows on the northeast side of the house. I will ask Donald to light the pilot on the heater for me, but I'll set...
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I arrived back in Sacramento a month ago to find a notice that my gas meter needed to be changed. I had heard about some scam in which a different kind of meter is installed that is supposed to be more efficient, but has been unsatisfactory to those...
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Hot water today, maybe?
I wrote yesterday about the problem with my water heater. I couldn't figure out how to reset the pilot light, so I just made the best of it but I will have to re-run my dishwasher today.
I went to the Park office first thing to complain about the situation. I found the notice from back in May about wanting to replace my meter, and it says on there they will re-light all pilot lights. I spoke to the Manager who chided me for not calling the emergency number when I found I didn't have hot water. For pete's sake, it was an damn inconvenience but not an emergency! I also complained about the guy walking into my house and they brought him out. He didn't flat out deny it but said that I was sitting right in my living room and he thought I needed to have the gas range pilot re-lit. (He didn't even ask about the water heater).
I feel like a dolt even putting up with the crap I had to deal with. The nerve of that woman turning the situation around so that it was my fault because I didn't call the emergency number. They did send another maintenance guy to re-light the pilot, and he knocked on the front door to tell me it was lit.
This is the kind of crap you can expect when you have a mobile home park situation, an RV park, or gated community of some sort. I never did like rules and regulations, and I still don't. Although it leaves a lot to be desired, I love the space inside my house. I wish I could afford to update a lot of things in it, and could probably do it if I stayed home instead of traveling every year, and didn't have the chiropractor to pay. On the other hand, I would just like to live in an apartment and leave maintenance up to the management of the place. There are down sides to apartment living, though, except it's a lot easier to move.
In the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna (Sat. Night Live, Gilda Radner, 1st season): "It's always something. If it isn't one thing, then it's another."
- Costco
Betty, you are right! They made me go back and shop some more until my bill came to about $150! (Just kidding). I bought some stuff for New Year's Eve, including a moderately priced bottle of champagne. I also filled my fuel...
- Freezing!
The temperature outside right now is 41; inside my house the thermometer reads 47! Fortunately the sun is beaming in the windows on the northeast side of the house. I will ask Donald to light the pilot on the heater for me, but I'll set...
- Quickest Shower Of My Life!
I arrived back in Sacramento a month ago to find a notice that my gas meter needed to be changed. I had heard about some scam in which a different kind of meter is installed that is supposed to be more efficient, but has been unsatisfactory to those...
- Walking Again
Jeanne came over this evening and we went walking on the bike trail starting from behind my house, and all the way to Fair Oaks which is the village of my former apartment. It was a nice walk and on part of it we saw wild turkeys as well as deer....
- Have Dinner In South Africa
Voulezvousdiner Have just launched a new special offer. ...