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Easy Eman


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OK so some of you might remember my issues last holiday season {Thats CHANUKAH for you non-jews} where my hot water tank blew the day of a big holiday party?


Well, I get up at 5:15 this morning and realize Hmmm its a little chilly in this house...


My furnace broke,  AGAIN.   I re-lit the pilot and it was ok.  Few minutes later, I go to check on it before I go to work,  FUCKIN THING IS OUT.  NO HEAT IN MY HOUSE...


The warranty company is not even there today...


I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE....



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ronin


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You can get a cheap space heater for about $25. At least it's something.

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Shit! It can get allot worse! Trust me!

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How long have you owned the house?

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be careful E- if its not lit but running and gas- really not a good thing


warm the house with the oven- cooking, and call in the morning- raise hel.and have fun


 


but at least its not a flood or somehting. You ahve blankets........



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Screw the blankets. Get some (warm) bodies.

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I am enjoying a nice warm house right now, hell it may be a little to warm. I may have to open up the window to let the 30 degree weather in. 


 


Have a nice warm holiday weekend. 



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eltsacon


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ronin wrote:

How long have you owned the house?


Well, age has nothing to do with the point of bad luck, or shitty "happenstances". I can give hundreds of examples of how "in general" it can fall apart much worse.


Case and point - In my yard I have a 155 foot tower I now call, "the ROD". The reason I call it "the ROD" is because it is a fucking lighting rod from HELL!. One year, it took a hit! Basically, everything that used electric in my house,,, was a smoldering pile of poo poo!!!! 10's of thousands of $$$$$$. If that wasn't bad enough, it seems insurance companies have a policy that anyone stupid enough to have a 155 foot lighting rod, must want to get hit, and therefore does not qualify for said insurance payment!!!!! Eat that one a couple of times! :)



-- Edited by eltsacon at 01:10, 2006-11-24

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texaschickeee wrote:


be careful E- if its not lit but running and gas- really not a good thing


warm the house with the oven- cooking, and call in the morning- raise hel.and have fun


 


but at least its not a flood or somehting. You ahve blankets........





You make sure that you shut the gas off AT the furnace--there is a shut-off not too far from it. That is fire code!!



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eltsacon


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No, no! Live life on the edge!!! Leave it on! lol


Trust me, I spent a month with a melted hair hat!!! It's something you just have to try!



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Ok I didnt have time last night to post since we had the party.


Things went well with Turkey day, food good, good wine, etc.


Today I got up at 515am and it wasnt as cold as the other night. Since we had cooking and people over it was actually ok.


We were BUSY at work with a few big accidents and stuff so my wife who was home had to make the calls.  She called me and said the warranty people were rude.  Blah blah blah.  The company that 'fixed' the furnace in April was the company that returned,  YES they came by today at around 2:45pm.  She just got home in time from work to meet the guy.


He says Hmmm its not the thermocouple but the gas valve,  I can temporarily fix it and get u heat but Ill be back in a few days with a new valve. 
He said if the pilot goes out, just relight and get heat.


OK,  Muthafucka better be back by mid next week as its going to be in the 60s all weekend but by next week back to the 30s...


I did shut the furnace off, no need to shut the gas valve off but the pilot was turned off.  Its ok now.


Thanks for askin


 


LIGHTNING ROD??? please DO esplain


 



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glad its working out and nothing more troublesome


but take care of it, the 30s can be cold. (but I leave the windows open anyway.



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Easy Eman wrote:


LIGHTNING ROD??? please DO esplain


 





You'd have to see Econs tower--it reall does look like a lightning rod!!



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eltsacon


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well, I'll just show you it....


To give you scale, the dot at the top is me!



and the view from it,,,,,,,,




You might notice it's a bit higher then the trees so yea,, it seems to like to get hit sometimes!. LOL



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I think you must be part bird


thers no way I would ever go p that high on anything. and no I dont think i have ever been on an airplane.


 


 


thats too high.


 



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Highest one I've climbed is 420 foot. It was a much higher-grade level tower so it didn't bother me. However the one you see in the pic is meant to go up to about 60-80 foot. So taking it to 155 and then gueying the shit out of it puts incredible stress on it. Which is to say, it's amazing they stay up. On top of that, climbing said tower puts more stress on it, and then throw in some wind and a little imaginative thought process during the climb, and you will find yourself communicating with your maker before you get back to the ground. :)



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Did you get the furnace fixed?

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ronin wrote:

Did you get the furnace fixed?


Kinda,  the furnace guy somehow got the pilot light to stay lit but he said the gas valve is bad which he will get and return to install next week....


Not that we need it today, I think its about 65 today



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I have an old gravity furnace you wanna talk about inefficiant. But at least a lot of the older stuff was built to last. How old is your furnace?

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House was built in 1993 so I assume its only 13 years old,  like my girlfriend...

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Ooops,  did I say that outloud???


I meant 31...



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And you know, when you own a house: the repairs never stop. Good luck

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My last house was built in 1930 and had less problems than this one.


At least its in a good area and not the city...Good schools,  Location location location



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in the past, the houses and appliances were built to last, and had good quality work.


 


Now the houses go up in a week, we have assembaly lines in mexico and china and import every thing..........


 


 


and it crashes in 15 years or less.


 


so much for quality.



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