Dull

Nothing exciting going on. I returned the Nissan to the dealer for the third time to attempt to fix the wheel well leak. The car permanently smells like someone has a box of open magic markers in it from the seam sealer they used in the attempt to fix it. I hope it dissipates sometime, I feel woozy if I don’t have the AC blowing on my face at all times.

Speaking of dealers, my buddy Mike posted a link regarding a guy that went undercover as a car salesman for three months. It is a long but good article about the car sales business. It brought back memories of when I sold cars in my early 20’s. It was one of the most stressful, most boring, most hectic and most interesting jobs I ever had. I could identify with almost everything in the article. My dealership was a high pressure joint. The salespeople I worked with were some of the most diverse, funny, interesting and entertaining bunch I ever worked with. However, by the end of my tenure I was a wreck. However that job was my first that didn’t require me to use my body to earn a living so it opened doors to other opportunities. If you want to get a good feel of what it was like, read the article.

Yesterday I finally received my replacement batteries for my APC 1250 UPS. This is a very large capicity UPS that I have hooked up to the big screen TV and AV equipment. It is also a very OLD UPS. I have had lots of battery backup units over the years. Replacing the batteries is never a very big deal. Normally you open a door, slide out and disconnect the old battery and slide in and connect the new one, a 5 minute job. Well evidently the 1250 was before APC endorsed user replaceable batteries. I looked up the manual for it and they gave no instructions to replace the batteries, rather just instructions to have an authorized center do it. I found out why. The battery replacement required lengthy and delicate disassembly of the unit. With no instructions I wound up taking apart some things I didn’t need to. By the time I got done it probably took close to 45 minutes till I got it all back together again. It appears to still work but I will have to wait for the next power glitch to know for sure.

Last night I watched more of the Olympics. The USA vs Greece vball match was OUTSTANDING. What a comeback by the USA team. It amazes me how fast the indoor game is.

Oh yea, not hacked again yet, I have my fingers crossed that I have the issue fixed.