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Skriven 2007-12-07 11:52:00 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
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 ->  HN> When Anne and I were first married our apt in Hawaii
 ->  HN> had the tiniest kitchen you'd imagine...two burner 
 -> 
 -> Small single sink with disposal.

 HN> Well you lived there after our time (grin)
 HN> we never had a disposal! 

I wished I hadnt as when it broke, we lost the use of the only kitchen sink.
I accidently dropped a shot glass in it when getting ready to move and broke
it that way.  I bought a new one for the owners, but didnt know how to install
it so gave it to them.  It was ok, they were very happy with me as a tenant
and I got my full deposit back.  I'd taken good care of the place and fixed
many small odd items (normal wear and tear).  In fact, they were very sorry
to see us leave as we were the best tenants they had ever had.

I even saved them bundles when a typhoon came through and the roof gave way.
I called them in a panic at 11pm when it happened and water started pouring in
then shutoff the main breakers as it was hitting the wall outlets.  I was the
top story and the roof leak was sudden and fairy bad but they got someone up
there to temp seal it that night.  Had i not shut off the electrical, they said
it probably would have caused a serious fire.  On the 27th story, you do not 
mess around with such.

They put me up in a hotel (using my cheaper military rate for the Hale Koa
which
had an opening) and next day (I had the day off) we worked side by side to get
the carpet dried out.  Later used the spare roll of wallpaper they still had to

fix the one wall that was trashed out.  Man, were they happy they didnt have
to pay anyone to do that!  I think they were a little nervous that i wouldnt 
know how but i assured them i did, just needed a second pair of hands and a 
cutting razor (plus the paper and glue).  I took down the old paper that day
then let it all dry out, and called them back and in about 3 hours, redid the
one wall.
 
 ->  HN> lanai...everything that wasn't nailed down went off with the
 ->  HN> tradewinds that came howling through!

 -> Hahaha same thing in our place in Hawaii.  I opened the door once in the
 -> days there when Don was fluffing a pillow.  Oops.  It landed on the roof
 -> one of the shorter buildings.

 HN> People who haven't experienced steady tradewinds have
 HN> a hard time understanding how much pressure differential
 HN> there can be from one side of a building to another! 
 HN> When you open that doore and there's a nice "shortcut"
 HN> across...you can have a howling gale in just a second!

Oh yes.  I always left the lanai doors closed except on warm nights.
 
 HN> Mine's acting up a bit lately too....happily
 HN> now that I'm retired I don't have to  use
 HN> sick leave to give it a rest!

I still havent got the MRI.  Monday I go in for a different assessment and will
track the Doc down and get that solved.
 
 -> Yes.  Oh, it's a sort of memory-foam one in a firmish type.

 HN> Maybe I'll check into one of those, ours is getting 
 HN> old!

They are rather nice.

 ->  -> Oh a loose end, I
 ->  -> took the cultech to the bike guy here along the way to get our

 ->  HN> Look on craigslist. Around here there are 
 ->  HN> lots of bike "trailers" that hook right below 
 ->  HN> the seat and you can tow you're kids along 

 -> That would be a bit too much this time.  I need just the side baskets. 

 HN> They don't add much more weight than the saddle baskets do, but
 HN> they do put the weight at a lower center of gravity
 HN> which makes it a bit more stable.

Yes, and about 4 extra feet.  No thanks, neat idea and I've looked at them 
before but not now.

 HN> I'm not such a big drinker that I'd even notice a week or two 
 HN> without a drink. I probably have about one beer a month...the
 HN> number goes up significantly when Michael visits! 

Ah, I have a beer most days.
 
 -> My back pills say no alcohol also so I asked the Doc and she said it was
 HN> only
 -> because in combination, I'd get goofy and sleepy.  No actual harm if I
 HN> wanted
 -> to have 1-3 beers but strictly no driving even with 1 beer (legal limit
 HN> for 
 -> my size is 1).  The pills alone don't make me sleepy but if I have a
 HN> beer, they
 -> work really well except I get a little sleepy.

 HN> When it's a back pain issue I looked forward to the 
 HN> enhancing effects of the alcohol. If I was knocked
 HN> out I wasn't feeling the pain in the back!

Same here.  Not to worry that I am going nutty with it and the pills, just 1
beer is the limit if taking them.

 -> Got a recipe for your teriyaki blend?  I'd be interested in trying it. 

 HN> I'll look around and see if I have it written down!

Ok thanks!
 
 HN> I recorded TINMAN for Amanda on DVD, she'll really like
 HN> it when she is up here to visit. for some reason though
 HN> I can't get it to play on my puter...just on the dvd 
 HN> recorder that I recorded it on.

I've had that happen.  Slight differences usually between machines.
               xxcarol


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