I guess they failed, as I've heated up dinner and am sitting in my incredibly comfy (for $50 before $40 Staples Rewards check) new home-office chair.

The habaneros are really starting to meld into this soup ^

:mad: Half the lights on the outdoor trees don't light up. I'll have to debug that and I'm sure it will be :mad::mad::mad::mad:.

Bought an outdoor flood light today for our new wooden deer and I set that up. After a half hour I go out to check on it and it doesn't work. :mad::mad: Debug that it isn't the outlet but I can't tell if it's a defective bulb or socket. They're both rated for outdoor used. The bulb box even says it's good to -10C (it's around 35-40 here). :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Staples really pi55ed me off this weekend. They had the $25 off a purchase of $25 in Sharpie products listed on their home page, along with a cheap micro SD card. I needed about $300 in labels for work anyway, so I tried to buy the labels, SD card and ~$26 in Sharpies. Staples.com kept telling me the coupon was expired (even though the homepage link said "valid through 11/30"). I tried again yesterday morning and got the same result so I emailed them. They replied "I sincerely apologize, but due to the popularity of the offer, the $25 off $25 worth of Sharpie markers offer is sold out and no longer valid." Guess I'll order from Office Max whenever I need stuff in the future, as I did today :mad:

Tell them to look up: GG OVS DOWNGRADE or read Customer Service Bulletin C08-40 dated June 20, 2008

good grief. :( :rolleyes:

Christmas wishlist for fiancee's family's pollyanna is complete. USAF organizational patches that I never had the chance to collect for some future artistic project involving said patches in addition to others I have that are directly related to my career, coffeemaker accessories, and a camera strap. I'll be happy getting any of it from whoever my pollyanna person is, but the question is what off of that list I'll get.

Sorry you ran into that - I used my Teachers Rewards privilege (free shipping) and called Staples to get that part of the order and coupon processed as a catalog order (my abuse was an order for chair and order for Sharpies). 28 cents plus tax.

will have to take it up with we don't care now, on plane that is driving around the airport like lost puppy. They said ok to turn on phones it is so bad.

I'm going to the store to get some beer.

What seat on you in?

You did great!^ I ran into the same problem w/the Sharpies offer -- but did not think to call them!:rolleyes:

:rolleyes: My kitchen sink is draining very, very slowly, again. I hate spending the money to get Roto-Router out here again. Atleast this time I can wait til tomorrow.

Wow!:eek: Things really can't get much worse!:confused::rolleyes: Hope you'll be in the air soon!:-:

Yep. Houston is getting socked by rain and wind right now. IIRC, we're just getting some nastiness from an upper-level low that's unconnected to the surface low in the Gulf. The people along the Eastern Gulf Coast are going to take a real pounding tonight and tomorrow. Wouldn't want to be in North Florida tomorrow. Looks like it'll be tornado alley.

Hope you manage to make it home soon.

I hear ya!:rolleyes: Have you tried any of those drain unclogging liquids -- ''professional strength'?