Charles R. Stevens Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Wait for it... they dig a few holes and disappear again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJustice Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, Charles R. Stevens said: Wait for it... they dig a few holes and disappear again... After smashing the gutters off swinging their backhoe around.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Great news Thomas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Well I'll see about pictures. I have an issue with my new phone; they want me to put my email on it to send items to it. My old one I could just send a picture to my email. I don't want to have my email on my phone. I want as little as possible on my phone. I don't even access ifi from my phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Herr, Frosty, Further to your note, I remember reading, (in law school), about a similar case of a salesman, spraying perfume in a shopper's face/ She had an immediate severe allergic reaction, (anaphylaxis?), and was hospitalized. That stupid act almost killed her. She sued. The large Manhattan retail store was found guilty of assault and battery, and the monetary award was $5o.000. ($165,000, in today's money). It is a cause for litigation. T.P. good luck with that. SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: My wife just called: The SEC is there and have started working!!!!!!! Power to the Powers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 And, it wasn't even on a Monday, LOL! WAHOO!! as we say in the hills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I hope my previous prediction that they will dig the trenches and then disappear will not come true. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 I fear "All Quiet on the Southwestern Front" too; but I'm going to hope for the best! About 2 hours and I can go look at what they have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Messrs, Powers and Stevens, Digging " a few holes and disappearing..." begins to look like a breach of contract (& sale?"). You may wish to consult with an attorney. Such conduct is beginning to smell like breach of contract. The court could issue a positive injunction for such egregious behavior*. Counselor George N. M. may be more familiar with such local legal particulars. and could possible some salient thoughts. Regards, Everyone, SLAG * it should be a capital offence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 It hasn't happened yet; perhaps there won't be a need to string the concertina wire and scatter the mustard around. Who knows it could be DONE by the weekend and ready for the long wait for the inspection! My wife was told they may have to turn off the house's power for a couple of hours today. I would think that connection would be the last one, not first. I do know that I will have to make sure that the latest barn cat litter doesn't fall into any trench! We keep seeing the same coloration in the kittens so we have Blackie, Blackie Jr, and now Blackie III as well as Marmalade Jr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Well CRS nailed it only they didn't dig a few holes; they took *1* scoop with the bucket and called it a day. Spent more time getting the backhoe on and off the trailer! Dumped some stuff: (I wonder who pays if any of this disappears!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Oy veh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Well I sent a friendly message to my contacts at SEC checking on how they were doing and sending the "one scoop" picture as a gentle reminder that I am documenting how this is going... (And as a benefit I figured out how to get photos from my phone to my pc using bluetooth; now that the new phone doesn't allow me to just email them to my account. And I now run into the size issue getting them on IFI. This new phone is supposed to be a lot better than the old one???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I don't know what kind of phone you're using, but when I'm adding a photo from my phone directly into an IFI post or comment, it gives me a choice of file size to add. I usually go with Medium, which comes in around 575 pixels wide. When you send them the "one scoop" photo, tell them that's not even as much as a box of Raisin Bran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 I do not access IFI from my phone---that's what computers are for! Large monitor(s) and a full physical keyboard! I received an explanation: "Thomas, the crew had to pull off to wait on Polvadera water to come mark their lines. They are back there today." Of course the mail on Oct 7 said: "We have called 811 to look for city water, sewer, electric etc. and gotten a clearance" And originally the lines were marked a couple of months previously---probably faded out over the intervening months. (Or the Polvadera Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association, which is listed as a public utility, doesn't count as "city water"?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Sounds like their "to do" file is round. One of the guys near the top in the road maint. office only remembered the last thing task presented him. If you had a butt chewing coming you had another guy on the crew ask a question and you were clear. The thing that sucks is: gvt., regulatory and or utility management's level of incompetence tends to effect too many people. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Someone described how things get done at my institution as "a distributed system of decision making." That was charitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Don't start grinding your teeth over this. It's hard to stop. Until you reach the gumline anyway... At least they broke ground, hey? I was also going to mention coffee and donuts for the crew.... I bet they work fast once they get the geen light! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 They show up an hour or two after I leave for work. I can't grind my teeth---no molars left. I'm to the stage where they are talking of pulling the few remaining ones, doing a couple of inserts and putting in a denture. If the insurance will go for it I would expect this to happen right before a major holiday. Hopefully Christmas so my Santa Claus's evil twin impression will have *real* blood dripping from the mouth! (And my Christmas feast will be oatmeal and pudding---and perhaps a big helping of Chocolate Amaretto pie. We ran across a recipe in the Roswell Symphony Guild cookbook, "Savoring the Southwest Again". I originally bought it for the "Alien Crash" recipes---like body bag pork roast! The pie was what my Wife liked.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Too bad you probably can't post the body bag pork roast recipie in Vulcan's Grill. Sounds delightful.... I have dentures and it makes you realize what you take for granted. My gums are getting work hardened though... I can eat potato chips and homemade beef jerky without them choppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Molars?..., I've ground my front teeth the better part of my life. Now ! catch myself doing it at work on occasion and try to stop myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Grind, no. Clench, yes. rubber snake in the box time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 11 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: now that the new phone doesn't allow me to just email them to my account I transfer files to/from phone/PC via usb. No file size limit there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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