Brrrrrrr....

Post by **bio** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:40 pm

It's currently 19 degrees (-7.2 c) outside... and the temprature is falling. It's supposed to hit a low of 13 degrees (-10.5 c) tonight.

Brrrrrr!

Unfortunately... my furnace gave up the ghost today and I have no heat.

The exaust fan decided to sieze up durring the day, a fact I didn't realize until after I had been home for a while (and after the temprature in the house had fallen 10 degrees from where it should be). No exaust fan = no heat.

Thank God for the gas fireplace (with blower). But that only heats the top floor. My eldest has a waterbed and should be fine, I put an oil filled mobile heater in my youngest son's room.

So... I'll be skipping work tomorrow in favor of attempting to find a replacement part. Hopefully they'll have it in stock so I won't have to wait till next week, or I'll be saying "fuck it" and buy a new furnace (I didn't want to buy any christmas presenst this year anyway).

Wish me luck.

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 12:07 pm

I feel your pain. Furnace bills suck.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:55 pm

Ooh, sorry to hear it Bio

Our heat is acting really funny right now, and refuses to come on until 6:00pm or so, and it's always off by morning. But the landlord is fixing it.

Post by **bio** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:17 pm

It's alive!!!

I called the phone numbers that the manufacturerâ€™s website showed for service only to find out that they were wholesale only. Fortunately, the second one I called was kind enough to tell me that they had the part in stock and gave me the phone number of a dealer who would sell it to me.

I called that dealer and he said he would call me back with a price. 10 minutes later, he did just that...

$459

OMFG!!! *gasp*

It's a fucking plastic blower with a small electric fan! Bejesus!

Thank God Al Gore invented the internet! I told him that I found it online for $258.23. After a few seconds, the guy said he'd match that price, plus tax if I gave him the url. I guess you're not supposed to sell online at wholesale prices. (whatever)

So, long story even longer, It's fixed.

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:25 pm

YAY!

Post by **bio** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:27 pm

You have no idea.

Nothing says "good morning" quite like your testicles crawling up inside you first thing in the AM because it's so damn cold in the house.

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:29 pm

"little fellows"

Post by **bio** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:55 pm

"twigs and berries"

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 5:01 pm

Isn't it weird that testicles shrink up in cold while breasts come out to say hello?

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 6:48 pm

Moxie wrote:Isn't it weird that testicles shrink up in cold while breasts come out to say hello?

I like that feature in a breast!

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:27 pm

Breasts are just more outgoing...

Post by **bio** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:44 am

When it happens to a man, it says "hid me". When it happens to a woman, it says "hold me".

I can live with that!

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:00 pm

LMAO