Grumble...
The last day or so have scraped... ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
patgreene was driving our van yesterday and it quit. Near home, fortunately. A blown head gasket, together with machining, a new radiator, and water pump will cost me $2K. Which I don't have... and another $2K in property taxes is due in 3 weeks.
Speaking ofpatgreene, she had trouble breathing yesterday... I skipped work (missing a Mars drilling meeting) and took her to the clinic -- a mild case of pneumonia. With only one car, I've been taking time off from work to take care of her and run errands -- and she can't drop me off at work herself because visitors aren't allowed on base under Threatcon Charlie.
And I've self-inflicted some stress, arguing about war-related topics with three or four people... someone that described my position as "nauseating", someone else that de-friended me, and Pat.
And then the new/old iMac that I bought through eBay arrived Monday... I set it up, and it ran fine for a few hours, and I loaded OS X. Then yesterday afternoon the color alignment went out... multiple images, color streaking, blurry... and this morning it was black. Effectively kaput. Another $500 wasted... now I have to go petition the seller for a refund.
patgreene was driving our van yesterday and it quit. Near home, fortunately. A blown head gasket, together with machining, a new radiator, and water pump will cost me $2K. Which I don't have... and another $2K in property taxes is due in 3 weeks. Speaking of
patgreene, she had trouble breathing yesterday... I skipped work (missing a Mars drilling meeting) and took her to the clinic -- a mild case of pneumonia. With only one car, I've been taking time off from work to take care of her and run errands -- and she can't drop me off at work herself because visitors aren't allowed on base under Threatcon Charlie. And I've self-inflicted some stress, arguing about war-related topics with three or four people... someone that described my position as "nauseating", someone else that de-friended me, and Pat.
And then the new/old iMac that I bought through eBay arrived Monday... I set it up, and it ran fine for a few hours, and I loaded OS X. Then yesterday afternoon the color alignment went out... multiple images, color streaking, blurry... and this morning it was black. Effectively kaput. Another $500 wasted... now I have to go petition the seller for a refund.
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