Because We All Need A Little Time To Chill
For the first few days I thought I was waking up with a hangover. I was dried out, tired and had a miserable headache. By day three I had a slight bloody nose
Read moreWhat a concept. Only in Southern California would you see this. The areas of of beach living always have the best stuff, and the Southern California Beaches have taken it to a whole new level
Read moreThis wasn’t like a new kitchen where the rest of the house is the same. This was a different house. Every room felt different. The windows were replaced mid June and the first thing we noticed is we didn’t notice the A/C running.
Read moreOne thing to keep in perspective, all of the original can lights used less electricity than the Air Conditioner. We have replaced our washer, dryer, dishwasher and refrigerator with more energy efficient models as well. Cutting out 6090W of Maximum use only equates to about $1.00 per hour at todays rates.
Read moreThe MCO isn’t that lucky, one wrong twist and “BOOM BOOM baby out goes the sound.”
Read moreAs she approached the front of the line the wine maker noted her glass by hollering out “I like her attitude!”. The sound of scrambling feet and clinging glasses followed as everyone flew back to the table running over the commander and his wife, we now had a flying squadron party.
Read moreMy wife on the other hand quickly gets cabin fever. Our friends are always telling us to get a timeshare since it forces you to take time off. The very first “free weekend” timeshare presentation we went to was the Sheraton in Puerta Vallarta. The room was such a pressure cooker for sales you could see the pool of sweat on the floor. The first night and day were great, then the breakfast. The food was ok, and this guy joins us like he is our best friend. Then he turns up the heat. How we got out I will never know. The truth is we liked the location, and the price wasn’t bad. I was flying more for the airlines back then so I really didn’t need any more time away from home.
Read moreSince the human eye can only see 1/60th of a degree of resolution, there is a limit to what we can process. The difference between 720 P. and 1080 P. is the difference between sitting at 1.57 times the screen width and 1.78 times the screen width. Sitting any closer than about twice the width of the screen increases fatigue and decreases the overall enjoyment of watching TV. For instance if you pick a 55 inch television it will be about 50 inches wide. That means you need to sit at 100 inches for normal television watching.
Read moreIn one dealership there was a water leak dripping on the aluminum hood. As a guy who designs acoustically treated rooms, the sound of the water was music to my ears. The solid plump, plump, plump instead of ding, ding ding, let me know the aluminum had been treated with a sound deadener. If I am going to spend this kind of bank on the car, it can’t be louder than my cell phone call unless my foot is buried in the loud pedal.
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