The On Going Saga.

Well if you remember my rant a week or two ago about Verizon DSL, this is the "To be Continued" part of that story. I didn't know there was going to be a part 2, but they snuck up on me.

Well this story took place 2 days ago. It started by a phone call to my cell phone from an 800 number. So I answer the phone and wouldn't you know they hung up on me. So I call back, and I got a person! Person Number One tells me some information I am looking for, but then tells me some information that I didn't like.

Verizon does not take payments over the phone, they use a third party to do that....and they charge you... and Verizon didn't give me all the information I needed. So I call back and It all begins. This is preceded by the last time I called a woman up-dated my credit card information and asked me for my authorization to charge this past due amount to my card. I said yes. They didn't charge me.

Four hours of endless on hold music, crackly phone service and no one knowing the answer to my question.... How much is my past due bill? My ear hurt so bad I damn near had to sue Verizon for a new ear.

Well I don't want to get into this again, because well it makes me mad all over again. But I will tell you the highlight. Apparently someone got the idea that I needed to call Verizon Wireless to pay my Verizon DSL bill.

So I get transferred, and wouldn't you know, Verizon Wireless has no idea what I am talking about. And well, I didn't either. So The guy I am speaking to decides to figure out what is going on. So he tells me this lady knows what going on and how to help me. Well that was apparently a sell tactic. She wants to offer me a package deal.

Turns out the number she gives me for the package deal are more than I pay separately for DSL and Wireless.

Side bar: 7 months ago I tried 3 times to get a package deal with my DSL, Wireless and Direct TV. After 3 tries, they couldn't do it. I gave up.

Back:

Now she is trying to offer it to me again, and it is more than I pay now by $15-$20 a month. So in true Jeff style, I begin to yell. Basically I told her I do not want her to mess up my wireless service like they messed up my DSL service. I then yell and say as soon as I get this cleared up they are loosing me as a customer.

After this yelling, she can not tell me how much I owe in my past due bill, so I get transferred. Here is where my salvation came. The last man I spoke to tells me "Oh you already took care of this. Your past due bill is $XXX.XX. You asked for that bill to be mailed to you." My response "I asked that guy 3 hours ago if they could mail me the bill and he said I didn't owe anything." His response, "No you owe $XXX.XX an they will mail you that bill, you should have it in a few days." I felt like this.
But I still looked like this:
I could not wait to get out of work to go for a ride on The Meepers to calm down. Then I did, and I felt much better.

Well it is 9:10 p.m. and I have not eaten anything sense noon. Time for a bad for me late dinner.

That is all, carry on.

I am a Ghost!

I very much so look like a specter in this here photograph. It comes to us compliments of LIZ!

We set The Fourth of July off in style! Lots of beer, fireworks, cameras, and a dead hooker. Oh and a lake, Amy and I went swimming in a lake. We were guests of our friends Morgan and Liz at Lake Sheridan. It is really quit nice up there. This was our (Amy and I's) second trip to said lake. We were also quest last year, and we had so much fun Liz invited us back! Our festivities also included burning things. Wood and fireworks alike.


It started on Friday night with a walk and a cookout. After the burgers we moved into some burning wood, then fireworks, then moved into being eaten alive by mosquitoes, then more burning. Then more beer. Then I fell asleep on a couch.

The fallowing day, Saturday, was also interesting. Though Morgan and myself didn't light any more fires, just fireworks. But the day was filled with food, fun and ...... some creepiness thrown in for good measure.
After the creepy doll we began the day off right. Beer at 10:30 a.m.

Yes we start the day off right. What? People aren't suppose to drink that early in the morning.

HEY! It was Independence day. Our for fathers broke free from the terrine and fought so we could be free. They gave us our rights. religious prosecution and the freedom to drink beer at ant time of the day! Why else would you start a revolution, if not to tear down the walls of drinking persecution! The King hung a sign stating"Thee shall not drink beer before noon." Well we will not stand for that. OK, off
Once we had a nice cocktail in us, we moved on to games!
And more beer.
Then some food.
Eventually we made it back into the city. We had some more grilled dinner and a few more cocktails before we got into the fireworks.
And then the carnage began! And we started with this little guy.





These photos come to us compliments of LIZ! If you care to see more of our adventure, you can view Liz's photo stream over at Fickr. That is viewable by clicking on this line of blue text.

After we wound down from our exciting journey through the ages, we came home to mellow for a bit, then sleep to get ready for SUNDAY!

OK not much happened on Sunday, Amy had work and I had errands to run. But I was able to install my coolant tank on The Meepers.


That is all, carry on.

Friday on a Thursday!

It is a rare occasion, but when that occasion happens it is amazing! The moons have to align just right and the blades of grass must be pristine with a fresh morning dew. That or a National Holiday falls on a Saturday and I get Friday off because of that. But I like to believe in option number one. It helps me to carry on believing in fairy tales and far off lands of wonder and amazement. like this.Or this:
Awww. Now that's heart warming. It makes me want to hop on good old Shadowfax, and frolic through some fields.

Moving on.

One thing I noticed about good old Blogger is the time stamp. I want to take a minute to explain this. Some times in the morning on my way to work, or while at work, I get an idea for a blog. So I log in and type up a tittle or a few lines to remind me what I wan to talk bout later in the day. I then save it and move on with my work. When I publish a post, the time stamp states the time created the post. Example I am sure this stamp will say something along the lines of 9 a.m. and not along the lines of 12 p.m. Now I am not sure what it will do for post you have qued to publish. I have yet to set up a que.

Thought over.

Last night Kim and JT came over the palace. When they got to my HUGE place, Amy and I were watching 30 Days of Night. I had very low hopes for this movie, so when it turned out to be entertaining I was shocked! Amy and I had all intentions in stopping the movie when our guests arrived and finishing it later. But having a glimmer of hope to it, we could not turn the TV off, So we four finished the movie (JT and Kim had seen it prior to last night). The ending, as I had previously expected the movie to be, was terrible. But we watched it none the less, and I forgot to bring it to work to mail back today none the less. OK, that last part didn't make any sense.

Well after the movie JT and I went to get some beer, seeing as I only had 4 Mickey's Hand Grenades left. We got to the distributor and then our lives were full of choices. So I chose something cheap, tasty and made me feel like a giant! Miller High Life Ponies!

They go down smooth and tasty. Now as I have shown you in the past, I like good beers, but there is nothing wrong about High Life. It is Meepers APPROVED!
So after we purchased the beer and headed back to the "Pad," I realize I have forgotten my keys. Now I have a top secret way to get into my place.

I press on this:
And Amy presses on this:

And I come inside.

Once that was taken care of, we got down to business. They smoked cigarettes and drank beer, and I just drank beer.

After we got that taken care of we progressed into some other business. Talking about going to the beach. So we did some research and planed a trip to OC next summer. This got us all amped up, and we want to go NOW! But well that is not going to happen this summer. Or will it? Maybe I'll eat some Pop Rocks and Coke and think about this a bit.


Maybe I'll pass on that for now.

But all that vacation talk got me thinking. Where else would I like to visit? And that got me thinking, where have I already visited? So I decided to mark off the states I have been to. I was surprised when I was done. Green signifies where I have been.


Ya, I get around. That is because I am me. I only wish I did this like Wan and traveled across the land on The Meepers. Now that was an Epic ride. please click on that link if you have some time. There is a lot of amazing pictures and things to read.

Well tomorrow holds a part installation for me! Possibly 2, but I think I will only have time for one. I am also going running with Chris at the lake tomorrow.
This coolant reserve will finally be getting on The Meepers. It will be replacing the stock reserve that looks like this:

Wow that is an old picture. The Meepers is still rocking stock floorboards. They are not there any more. And trimming the bottom half was last weeks project, though the top had been removed and replaces with carbon fiber parts last year.

This review made The Meepers and myself angry. Terrible review, and very one sided. This is in no way an unbiased review. And The Meepers handles great and goes fast then "low 30's top speed." And he is running stock performance wise, for now.....


That is all, carry on.