Another DON'T YA JUST HATE IT WHEN...

[Mt. Mama]

After all the issues with the WiFi and laptop and you enjoy the nice steak dinner that hubby was kind of to cook up for you...

You settle in for some R & R with the puter and some C.B. chat with some friends. Your friend comments "Gosh Mts., your radio sounds better than I've heard it in a long time. What'd you do different to make it sound so good?" So I proceeded to inform him that I had done nothing different. The other half though had made a trip to Redding Costco to trade in our old deep cycle batteries (which we power all things electrical in the house with) for new ones.

That's when the other half yells acoss the house to me..."Yeah, and do you want to know how that went? I'll tell you how that went"...as he walked over next to me. "You know how they've (Costco) always based value on return batteries as a percent off per quarter year over the first year of use?" I respond, "yes, that's the way they've always done." He says, "Not any more...If I had returned them a month ago, they would've given me full value. But since the return batteries were 13 months old, they would only credit me with 40% of the value. And on top of that, they raised the prices from $60.00 to $84.00 each! Dang it! :eek:

[David Louis Harter]

If I had returned them a month ago, they would've given me full value. But since the return batteries were 13 months old, they would only credit me with 40% of the value. And on top of that, they raised the prices from $60.00 to $84.00 each! Dang it! :eek:

Great Scott! What a difference a month makes.

Perhaps it is time to switch over to nuclear power. I have an old cyclotron I am not using.

[Mt. Mama]

Great Scott! What a difference a month makes.

Perhaps it is time to switch over to nuclear power. I have an old cyclotron I am not using.

I'm telling you David...out here on the farm...it's always something! :rolleyes:

[David Louis Harter]

I'm telling you David...out here on the farm...it's always something! :rolleyes:

Just think, however, Mt. Mama: You eschew the traffic, noise, and crime you would encounter if you lived in a bustling metropolis such as Corning!

[Mt. Mama]

Just think, however, Mt. Mama: You eschew the traffic, noise, and crime you would encounter if you lived in a bustling metropolis such as Corning!
But alas, it's getting crowded out here too! Almost twenty years ago, when we first moved out here, the only people you saw driving the 2 1/2 miles of 4 wheel drive road were the neighbors you had met. Nowadays, it seems there is someone on the dirt road at any given time you choose to look. It is still relatively quiet out here and that is a definite plus!

[David Louis Harter]

It is still relatively quiet out here and that is a definite plus!

Indeed. We live near Lassen Medical and Bell Carter. The ambulance sirens and back-up alerts lull me to sleep at night. :eek:

[Mt. Mama]

Indeed. We live near Lassen Medical and Bell Carter. The ambulance sirens and back-up alerts lull me to sleep at night. :eek:

I'm sorry...