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Jo Ann.... I'm just glad that the Pac Bell serviceman acutely found something on the OUTSIDE of my home, 'cause there's a $46 fee for any work which is done inside your home, unless you agree in advance to pay a pre-need monthly fee in addition to additional charges for any in-home repairs performed by a Pac Bell rep. It's been "THAT" kinda week, to tell ya the truth. Over the long holiday week end we had for the 4th of July, the kitchen faucet developed a major leak and flooded about half the tile floor in the kitchen. YUCK! Daughter Jamie referred me to a terrific plumber and he arrived on my doorstep within an hour. The leak was easily repaired and cost me $35 in instead of the great amount I had expected. Today, the kitchen and the entry hall were both flooded! It seems that the when plumber did the repair, he appears to nor have looked into the cause of the initial leak - just fixed it. HE"S returning tomorrow at 8 a.m. to hopefully y FINALLY fix the leak. (GRRRRRRRR!!! <--- Barb grinding teeth in frustration) Then, earlyer today I got a phone call from the the fellow I'd hired to install wallpaper in my bedroom who was scheduled to do the job this Tuesday. The paper hanger told me that he's having one of his assistants do the job at my home, the day after tomorow, and declared that this person is a highly talented paperhanger, but there was just a 'little" problem. WHAT was the "little problem," you might ask? (Ya DO ask that, right?) <grin> Well, the problem is the paperhanger happensd to be totally deaf, and in addidtion, cannot speak, tho he does read lips "pretty well." While I have no problem working with a deaf individual, I have no idea how he'll be able to read MY lips 'cause of the PD "muble 'n stutter I'm bothered by much of the time, and also, because I have a tremor in my jaw.. I sure don't have a clue how he's gonna lip read and am already anticipating a frustrating experience for both of us! (But if he ever DOES get the paper hung, my bedroom's going to look quite charming. Soooo... that's what I've been dealing with and I'm getting pretty pissed 'cause thru no fault of my own, " negative things" have continuing to keep happening, to the point where I'm starting to hate waking up in the morning, just anticipating what ELSE could go wrong. Errrrr... I DID have a load of fun today, tho, because I went to Home Depot for something, and while there, I came across a pile of pink... VERY pink... flamingos for sale, and couldn't RESIST buying pair of 'em. By the time I returned home I had developed a plan on what to DO with them brilliantly pink flamingos. In indelible ink, I wrote a brief message on each bird, stating that the flamingos were the infividual homeowner's to do what they wanted to with them. They could keep the thinggees for 24 hours and then must pass them on to another resident amongst the 293 units in our condo complex, and so on, till the birds have made the rounds of the all units. So far, the resonse - from what I saw as I was using the pool-side bar b q, was totel hysteria... LOTS of laughter!. Everyone was asking who started the flamingos on their journey, and I didn't say a word 'bout it being done by MOI! <smirk> Atsa all by me... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: jo ann coen <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, July 16, 2000 8:33 PM Subject: Re: Non-PD - Heads UP! >Barb - I can't believe this phone thing is happening to you, with all >you've been through. Stand your ground and don't let them take >advantage of you. Let THEM do the research as to who is doing it, is >they really want their money. There are so many dishonest people in this >world, it gets scary. My Father, who is now deceased, >had a favorite saying, "what is this world coming to?". Now I feel >almost the same say. Best wishes, Jo Ann from Houston