Customer: Hey, I've got 5 doors on the 7th floor that the card readers don't work on.
Me: That's not going to be a door problem, that's going to be a security controller that has failed or needs to be reset, call your security company.
Customer: They said call you. It has to be a hardware issue in the doors.
Me: OK, but it's going to be emergency service and I'm not going to be able to fix it.
Customer: OK
Me: Shows up. Doors are all working properly. ???
Customer: They reset the security controller and everything started working again. Do we still have to pay emergency service?
Me mumbling under my breath: You can't imagine how much this will cost you.
It has snowed 30 inches so far in 2 and a half days. I'm tired of shoveling
Sometimes I feel like the answer to any work/life balance issues at my job is, "Hey, you're still alive-- quitchyer bitchin!"
Shaved most of my beard last night leaving just a very nice upper lip pelt, I thought it looked quite "Magnum P.I." but when I arrived at work this morning my co-workers quickly went from "copstache" to "pornostache" before arriving at "gaypornostache".
Sigh.
So, yesterday after work I finally got the chance to try swapping the starter on the Infiniti. Of course, some jackass in a huge truck had parked REALLY close to the passenger side making getting in and out from under the Infiniti more difficult than it already was with it on a jack stand in a parking garage. Getting the old starter out was as much fun as I remembered it being when I had installed this one (ironically removing the one that I put in to replace it...) but at least I knew that it was possible to get the starter in and out without having to disassemble half of the front end even if it takes some pretty ridiculous maneuvering. Got the old starter out and... well, let's just say that it was pretty easy to see what the problem was...
Thankfully the gear portion was too large to fall down to the bottom of the bellhousing, otherwise I'd have had no choice but to have it towed since I couldn't have had it rattling around and potentially wedging itself between the flexplate and bellhousing with the engine running.
Got the Infiniti home, and after dinner as we were settling in to watch a bit of TV before bed, the Dancer complained that she smelled burning electronics. A few weeks back we had an incident where a few rechargeable batteries had ended up offset in the charger and had melted the charger and one of the batteries, so I looked around to make sure something similar hadn't happened- and progressively shut down and unplugged things until EVERYTHING in that side of the room was unplugged and powered down but she still smelled it (and I could too, but less so- she has a REALLY sensitive sense of smell). Finally we looked at the plug on that wall itself- and barely visible with my bright flashlight was a wisp of smoke coming out of it. Greaaaat. -_-
Run down and flip the breaker for the outlets (which also drops the lights- this floor is entirely on one circuit, which I'm sure didn't help things) and pull out the outlet to find that the plastic around the connections has melted. Thankfully I have a spare (brand new) outlet sitting out in the garage so I go out, get it, and swap it in for the melted outlet so we can at least flip the breaker back on so the UPSs for the entertainment unit and the Dancer's computer will stop bitching. Of course, now she's paranoid that it's going to catch on fire and burn the house down, and we probably need to get an electrician out to look things over and try and figure out WHY the outlet melted and whether we need to be doing anything (like re-wiring the room to not have so much on one circuit) to ensure it doesn't happen again.
In reply to Toyman01 :
The funny part is is that the equipment in the door is typically installed and managed by said security company.
slefain
PowerDork
1/15/20 12:50 p.m.
Bastard. This is why people hate insurance adjusters. Got the check to repair my wife's van. Except on the check itself it has "full and final pd settlement" written on it. Well that would be fine and dandy except there was only a visual inspection damage estimate given, and I can guarantee that once the body shop pries the hood open there will be more damage to repair. Cashing that check will slam the door shut on any additional payouts through supplements and leave me on the hook for those repairs. It would also seem to prevent me from claiming diminished value.
So I emailed the weasel back asking for a new check without the trap text. I anticipate him ignoring me a few days as usual before responding.
Rodan
Dork
1/15/20 2:05 p.m.
In reply to slefain :
Just wait until you start the diminished value battle... 
slefain
PowerDork
1/15/20 3:46 p.m.
Rodan said:
In reply to slefain :
Just wait until you start the diminished value battle...
I'm hiring an expert to handle that part. It will cost me a little, but it means I don't have to be involved until they send me a check.
I am in the market for another boat. It's a specific sailboat and there are a few of them on the market that have been on the selling sites for month or more. You would think at least one out of the half a dozen would have returned the email I sent inquiring about their boat? It's as bad as CL
FuzzWuzzy said:
In reply to Toyman01 :
The funny part is is that the equipment in the door is typically installed and managed by said security company.
In the customers infinite wisdom, they decided to split that at the drop ceiling. Below the ceiling and any door hardware is mine. The rest of it is under the security contract. Those two contracts are held by two different departments and they constantly fight about who gets stuck with the bill. The security department is always the first to say, Not It.
It makes me a fair amount of money for doing nothing, hence the minor rant.
In reply to Knurled. :
I have seen those pop up a few times. They are truly awesome looking, I just wish they were not so heavy.
look youtube, I was looking at cvpi's for my rallycross car and then you show me this.
why do I want a 240 soo much
Hello, I have auto ADHD
In reply to Knurled. :
They would look good on a Quantum.
Knurled. said:
No, Knurled, no. Just no. You have too many wheels.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Alufelgen-RONAL-R10-TURBO-Schwarz-Frontkopiert-7x15-ET28-4x100-ML68-NEU/232554683183?hash=item362556db2f:g:udMAAOSwWCZaIas3
You will not buy these no matter how incredibly berking awesome they would look on the Quantum.
They'd also look pretty good on the DMC- though finding the correct sizes for the two different-sized wheels might be interesting.
wae
UltraDork
1/16/20 9:55 a.m.
There is something, somewhere, in or near my office at home that clicks periodically. I haven't been able to nail down exactly when it clicks, like if it's a regular schedule or if it is happening in coordination with something else here. It sounds like a fairly heavy relay clicking, like a light timer or something, but there are none of those plugged in right now and I can't find anything in this room that would produce that kind of noise. Moving things around in the room hasn't moved the noise, either - it always seems to come from the north-west corner of the room where the HVAC register is. The last click was at 10:52, and I'm about to start charting that in a spreadsheet.. which is making me feel like a crazy person.
In reply to wae :
Your click is the ductwork contracting after the heat turns off, or, less likely the expansion as it warms up.
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
*whipsers* move to a square setup *whispers*
In reply to Stefan :
I'm not sure what you mean by a 'square setup'...
Duke
MegaDork
1/16/20 3:21 p.m.
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
He means same wheel sizes front and rear. The opposite of staggered.
Should at least get free shipping with this, dontchathink?
Why the berkeley is the fox and the hound worth 44k??????
Duke said:
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
He means same wheel sizes front and rear. The opposite of staggered.
Which looks stupid on a Delorean.
Knurled. said:
Duke said:
In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :
He means same wheel sizes front and rear. The opposite of staggered.
Which looks stupid on a Delorean.
Yup. Doing so would result in the nose of the car being much higher than it should unless you're running essentially no springs in the front.
