So Much For A New Top

With all the back and forth of cabinet choices (location, specifications, color, etc.) we didn’t get around to ordering them until the 18th of January. This turned out to be a good thing as Lowes, along with the $1300 discount we got, added a promotion on the 17th that gave you a gift card for 10% of your total cabinet order. Of course it was for 10% off after they took the $1300 off, but I was taught never to look a gift horse in the mouth.

We asked the cabinet guy if it was a Lowes gift card and he said, “No, it’s a Visa gift card. You can use it anywhere.” Cool, we thought, that’ll cover the cost of a new convertible top for the Emperor. The top has got a few major blemishes, a few minor blemishes and a few minor places where the top layer of fabric has worn down to the lining. No leaks yet, but…

Got two envelopes in the mail today with the word Lowes on the top line of the return address. One was to let us know we were pre-approved for a Lowes Visa credit card and the other was a gift card for 10% of our cabinet purchase – on a Lowes gift card.

Trying hard not to stare at the equine periodontia.

Day Seven

Day Five

No work again today, the contractor’s kid is sick and he has to stay home and play caregiver. Obviously the wife has the job that requires good attendance, probably because it supplies the medical insurance.

Tie One On

The other day as I was walking out the front entrance of Kroger’s taking my own sweet time, a fellow zipped by in a hurry with a very purposeful stride. I looked over as he blew by me and noticed he was carrying two 6 packs of beer. It was O’Doul’s. I almost blurted out, “In a hurry to tie one on.”, but figured anyone drinking non-alcoholic beer might also be of the non-humorous type.

And if O’Doul’s is non-alcoholic, why do you have to be over 21 to visit their web site?

Day 6

Day Five

Happy Presidents Day! POTUS went golfing with Tiger Woods and our contractor had to stay home and babysit because it was school holiday.

Intermittent Wipers

Rainy Breakfast

The Emperor got to come out from under his cover on Saturday for the first time in 10 days as the MMC met for breakfast at a Steak & Shake in Augusta. On the drive over to breakfast it was misty or sprinkling or just road spray the whole way. Our 1990 Miata didn’t have intermittent wipers, just off – low – high, but the 1995 and this one, additionally have a one speed intermittent setting. For most of the trip to Augusta the wipers were set on intermittent.

The Purple Whale has an intermittent setting with about 8 variations of intermittentness. Invariably when driving the Sonata in the same conditions as Saturday’s trip in the Miata I will find myself playing with the settings, trying to get just the right amount of wipage per windshield wetness, yet in the Miata I was perfectly happy with the one speed intermittent setting. Another example of more choices not necessarily being a good thing I suppose.