Mr_Asa said:If you were to look at me, you would think I am at work.
You are wrong. I am seething at the ineptitude of the DMV, while waiting "in line" for Hoop-Tay's title transfer. At 1140 I was #27 in line. Now I am #20.
Someone queue up the Primus.
Oh goodie.
He signed the title. Did not put the amount on it.
He put the amount on the bill of sale, he did not sign it.
DMV needs both on one document.
Paranoia?
I watch Youtube on my firestick. I do not sign in, because reasons, rational or not. Last night, everything was in Portugese, and I could not de-select it.
"Yes, sir, if you allow us to data mine you more efficiently, and pay us to delete the commercials, your video will be in English again." Or maybe not, I don't know. All I know for sure is that Grady from Practical Engineering and Eric O. from South Main Auto are not nearly as entertaining in Portugese.
For once, a fairly minor rant.
For pretty much the entire time that we've been together, The Dancer has made me a custom birthday cake for my birthday and for almost that long (I think it started after we got married) I have made her one as well. Neither of us are remotely professional bakers, cake artists, or anything of the like (she's closer, being more traditionally artistic than I am) but we've made some pretty fun and funny cakes over the years (she still holds the record IMO for the best one- a cake inspired by the Netflix show 'Nailed It!' which was an absolute masterpiece). Her birthday is coming up very shortly- and unfortunately due to a very limited availability of dates at the theater her nonprofit's winter show is taking place over when her birthday is. And as a result, we've both really busy and when I asked her about what kind of cake she wanted (flavors are the only input the recipient gets) she said that we were going to be too busy and stressed and she didn't want me to worry about it.
But I really don't want to break this tradition, and I have a pretty good idea for what to do for the cake this year- but have NO idea when the heck I'll be able to make it since while we do have time when we're not working on things because it's a show week she doesn't have her usual classes and outreach sessions to run- and thus is at home pretty any time we're not at the theater for things with the show. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get her Mom to get her out of the house for a couple of hours between the morning and evening shows in a couple of days, but am not fully confident that I'll be able to make that happen.
Mr_Asa said:Mr_Asa said:If you were to look at me, you would think I am at work.
You are wrong. I am seething at the ineptitude of the DMV, while waiting "in line" for Hoop-Tay's title transfer. At 1140 I was #27 in line. Now I am #20.
Someone queue up the Primus.
Oh goodie.
He signed the title. Did not put the amount on it.
He put the amount on the bill of sale, he did not sign it.
DMV needs both on one document.
Do you own a pen?
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
I do. Guy is close enough and responsive enough I'll try to do it "right" though
Got a 30 day temp tag.
Was doing storm prep tonight, mostly filling a few buckets with water in case we lose power with the ice storm looming tomorrow.
I noticed that the well pump seemed to by cycling a lot for a five gallon bucket, so I checked the well tank and drained it. Two year old tank (nominally 50 gallons) goes from full pressure to no water coming out the drain valve in about a gallon. That'll be the reason for the pump cycling then.
Of course the tank has a one year warranty. berkeley.
Time to call the plumber tomorrow, see what they have to say. Not expecting a lot of goodwill from them, but it won't hurt to ask given how much money I spent with them over the last few years. Either way, I probably want this looked at and fixed ASAP before it burns out the well pump.
It's days like these when I'm wondering which deity I pissed off this time around.
Not seeing your well set up... but if you have a little Schrader valve on the inlet side , if its clogged you won't be getting the air in the tank you need with each cycle.
Not seeing your well set up... but if you have a little Schrader valve on the inlet side , if its clogged you won't be getting the air in the tank you need with each cycle.
Purple Frog said:Not seeing your well set up... but if you have a little Schrader valve on the inlet side , if its clogged you won't be getting the air in the tank you need with each cycle.
There is some sort of valve thing on the inlet side that is supposed to draw air in for the iron separator, is that the one you are referring to or am I looking for something else?
Mr_Asa said:Oh goodie.
He signed the title. Did not put the amount on it.
He put the amount on the bill of sale, he did not sign it.
DMV needs both on one document.
I've actually had the DMV clerk tell me, "How about you run outside and get the seller to fill in that dollar amount for you, then come back to this station so we can finish up."
In reply to Duke :
I've heard of people going out to lunch to meet the seller to get their autograph on something before coming back to the DMV. I'm sure that I have never done that, but I have heard of it.
BoxheadTim said:Purple Frog said:Not seeing your well set up... but if you have a little Schrader valve on the inlet side , if its clogged you won't be getting the air in the tank you need with each cycle.
There is some sort of valve thing on the inlet side that is supposed to draw air in for the iron separator, is that the one you are referring to or am I looking for something else?
Well, I found the Schrader valve. Or rather, the rusty blob masquerading as one. I tried to flush the tank one more time this morning to see if I can hear the air injector working. I didn't. But I noticed there was a very slow drip coming from the valve. Running my finger tip over it to reseat the insert (as one does) turned the slow drip into a nice and steady leak, so I drained the tank again and it looks like there is no valve action left in the Schrader valve.
Oh well, local plumber is dropping by today to fix the failed valve and if necessary, porvide further diagnosis on the tank.
In reply to mtn :
Illinois had a $25 sales tax when buying/gifting a car to family otherwise my used car fell into the $50 sales tax bracket.
DMV lady tells me if I take the form to my car in the parking lot and my mother-in-law is there and can sign it I'll qualify for the lower amount.
No, it was so creepy I just paid the $50........
In reply to Streetwiseguy :
In AZ there are the state-run DMV offices and also, if you pay a small premium, independent DMV offices. Service is supposed to be the same but I have found that typically, the private DMV offices will explain to you a work around when all of the i's are not dotted or a t not crossed.
I just bought an enclosed cargo trailer that had been titled/registered in this guy's business name. On the back where you are supposed to sign when you are selling, the seller put his own name as the seller and then signed below. Nope. But, the independent agent told me that the name of the company AND the seller's personal name had to be on the line. All of the fields had been filled in with the seller's blue pen. I only had a black pen. But, there is an Office Max down the road and close to the state DMV office. In the DIY copy area there are cups of pens, black AND blue so that people could sign documents and have them notarized. So, off I went. Found me a couple blue pens and piece of copy paper from the trash can to practice on and was able to squeeze the company name on that line. Since they now "knew me" at the private DMV and knew my documents were not in order, I was off to the state DMV. Waited about 30 minutes and, SCORE. Went through without any trouble. Otherwise, I would have had to get a new title and track down the seller that was on the other side of Phoenix for him to complete the back side of correctly.
Datsun240ZGuy said:In reply to mtn :
Illinois had a $25 sales tax when buying/gifting a car to family otherwise my used car fell into the $50 sales tax bracket.
DMV lady tells me if I take the form to my car in the parking lot and my mother-in-law is there and can sign it I'll qualify for the lower amount.
No, it was so creepy I just paid the $50........
Funny you say that. The time that I certainly did not go and find the seller over lunch, the seller was my Uncle, both of us in Illinois. Turns out that the family thing doesn't extend to uncles/cousins. Grandparents/parents/siblings/children/grandchildren only.
As an aside, best DMV in the Chicagoland area is the express DMV in the loop.
BoxheadTim said:BoxheadTim said:Purple Frog said:Not seeing your well set up... but if you have a little Schrader valve on the inlet side , if its clogged you won't be getting the air in the tank you need with each cycle.
There is some sort of valve thing on the inlet side that is supposed to draw air in for the iron separator, is that the one you are referring to or am I looking for something else?
Well, I found the Schrader valve. Or rather, the rusty blob masquerading as one. I tried to flush the tank one more time this morning to see if I can hear the air injector working. I didn't. But I noticed there was a very slow drip coming from the valve. Running my finger tip over it to reseat the insert (as one does) turned the slow drip into a nice and steady leak, so I drained the tank again and it looks like there is no valve action left in the Schrader valve.
Oh well, local plumber is dropping by today to fix the failed valve and if necessary, porvide further diagnosis on the tank.
Next installment in the saga. Plumbers came, saw, scratched their heads and then proceeded to remove the air injection piece that was leaking. So far, so good.
Unfortunately they then noticed that the pressure tank had completely filled with water and that the bladder likely has a slow leak. They re-pressurized the bladder and told me to keep an eye on it, if it depressurizes again and I get the same symptoms, it's "replace pressure tank for $loadsamoney" o'clock as of course it's past the warranty.
Currently wondering that if it's the tank, if I rip the whole band aid off and have the tank and the old, about to keel over filtration system replaced all at the same time.
In reply to BoxheadTim :
If it's *just*the pressure tank on the well, and you didn't have some bizarre one off model, it's not a terrible job. Precovid I think it was $200 for the tank and line to hook it up when mine sprung a leak. Took 2 of us a little over 2 hours from "there's water pouring everywhere" to celebration beers.
In reply to RevRico :
It may "just" be the pressure tank. However it looks like the exact tank we have is NLA, at least to some supplier websites. The tank on its own seems to be listed at between $1k-$2k.
I'm trying to avoid another "water pouring anywhere" scenario and while I'm grumbling about the cost, I'd much rather have someone else install it for various reasons. Due to the way our mechanical room is configured, there's a lot of scope for mayhem because all the plumbing is crammed into a corner. I'd rather have someone else eff things up and put them right again...
In reply to mtn :
1. Grandpa gave my son a "free" Chevrolet Lumina. Second worst car I've ever owned.
2. I travel all of Illinois - Peru, IL will have nobody except the employees.
And the plumbing saga took a turn for the worse. The repair sprung a leak overnight. About a quarter of our basement has standing water in it, at least one door is damaged plus some drywall, and I'm pretty sure water also got under the vinyl planks that the PO used on the basement.
Time to document, document, document while I'm waiting for them to show up.
Oh, and I flipping faceplanted while trying to rush to drain the tank. So now I've also got a mildly sprained wrist on top of all of the other E36 M3.
Question - call my home inswearance immediately, or give the plumbing company a chance to get their insurance involved? Because I'm not paying for this out of my own pocket, and I don't see a reason that my insurance should pay for it either.
I hate the goofy fuel line connection on the late 90s SBC. Trying to connect springy hardlines to other springy hardlines is just dumb.
This cough can berkeley off. It can get on its berkeleyhorse, and ride to the top of berkeleyoff mountain.
In reply to Appleseed :
I got a cough/cold couple of weeks before Christmas. I felt fine after a week but the cough lasted until the end of January. I would wake up i the middle of the night and cough up my toenails. It was terrible.
I don't think I've ever had a cough that was that persistent or lasted so long.
Luden cough drops helped a lot.
In reply to Toyman! :
You should probably stop chewing your toenails.
In reply to Peabody :
LOL.
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