What made you happy today?

[TAC]

This video put a smile on my face tonight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmoPyxzOLFk

[hefdaddy42]

I was promoted to a Supervisor role back in December, and today I was able to give my first promotion.  That was pretty sweet.

[Stadler]

I was up until 2:00 am doing it, but we are all moved out of the old house and into the new!  Now to empty boxes (since I don't know where ANYTHING is.

[King Postwhore]

I was promoted to a Supervisor role back in December, and today I was able to give my first promotion.  That was pretty sweet.

It sure is.

I was up until 2:00 am doing it, but we are all moved out of the old house and into the new!  Now to empty boxes (since I don't know where ANYTHING is.

I do not envy you.

[Kotowboy]

I arrived at work and my friend was there and I hadn't seen him since Friday so i gave him a big hug and he chuckled and goes "Alright?  "

Always nice when you hug a friend and they like it.

[King Postwhore]

Plus we couldn't hug for a long time.

[Kotowboy]

I hug everyone  i don't discriminate...

But deffo prefer hugging dudes. It just feels nicer imo. 

[jingle.boy]

I was up until 2:00 am doing it, but we are all moved out of the old house and into the new!  Now to empty boxes (since I don't know where ANYTHING is.

And you won't until November.  Hell, we've been in our house 2.5 years, and sometimes still don't remember where we keep certain things!  You're gonna be one busy camper the next few months.  I was glad we moved in March, when the weather was still cold enough that we'd prefer to be indoors.  Bummer that it's summer and you aren't going to be able to chill as much as you normally would

[ReaperKK]

I was promoted to a Supervisor role back in December, and today I was able to give my first promotion.  That was pretty sweet.

That's awesome Hef , Congrats!

[Kotowboy]

I really need a better job ASAP. There's zero room for growth where I am now except to go direct to manager which I do not want to do.

I want to move away from hospitality but If i can get a nice easy restaurant job nearer to where I live then that'll be a start.

[ReaperKK]

Have you ever thought of pivoting to maybe working at a hotel or something like that? I used to work at a hotel and the gig was pretty suite aside from a few irate guests from time to time.

[Kotowboy]

Customers are sh*tty no matter what so it's to be expected.

I don't want to leave in the busy busy period as i'd feel like a d*ck and it would make everyone else's work harder. But if something comes along maybe I can work both jobs

( splitting the hours ! ) until the summer is over. But my current job is a 60 minute round trip every day and if it's raining i'm tired of drying everything out every day.

[pg1067]

My employer finally announced that folks have to come back to the offices!

Since mid-March of last year, I've had many days on which I was the only person or one of only two people in the office.  Most of our offices outside California have been working from the office for quite a while, but now California employees are back for at least three days per week, and that will progress pretty quickly to a full five days.

It's nice to have more than one or two people to talk with in the office (although I suspect I'll occasionally miss the quiet).

[gmillerdrake]

Our AC that feeds our second floor went out yesterday evening around 7:30pm. Our upstairs was hovering around 88 degrees....it was pretty bad. Called a 24 hour service line to see about getting someone out and the tech. said "are you a handy person?".  I said 'relatively' and he proceeded to explain to me how to take a panel off the AC and find the "beer can" looking capacitor. He said my description sounded like our Compressor wasn't working and it most likely was the $20 part.

The parts stores where these could be purchased were closed....so we had an old school no AC night of sleeping....anyway, was able to get to the store this morning and pick up that part. Within 10 minutes I had it swapped out and our AC was blasting cool air again. What a great tip from that guy and he probably saved me a couple hundred dollars at least were he or another company to come out and fix us up.

That made me happy today.








There were three different connection points 'C'....'FAN'.....and 'HERM'   He said 'HERM' was the one that was most likely fried. Just made sure to reconnect the colored wired to their associated spots and that was that.

[Stadler]

Love stories like that.

[King Postwhore]

Gary, I would have slept on the couch downstairs  lol.

[gmillerdrake]

Gary, I would have slept on the couch downstairs  lol.

Thought about it.

[jingle.boy]

Wish I’d been so lucky. AC was working just fine, but the furnace blower wasn’t kicking on earlier this week (which I’d just had replaced in Jan - along with an emergency service fee as it was a Sunday morning). Anyway, same problem as yours Gary - capacitor was fried.  $30 part, $200 total for the call    Oh well, I would’ve never been able to diagnose it.

Fortunately, the weather was cool yesterday so we weren’t cookin like you were.

[Adami]

The AC at work broke as well, same thing with the compressor. They made us work from the office all week in 80 something degree heat. Not terribly fun. Finally let us work from home on Monday. Possibly Tuesday but unlikely.


Oh, and what made me happy? My girlfriend and I finally got a nice apartment and signed a lease.  Picking up the keys tomorrow, inshallah.

[cramx3]

That guy's tip saved you a lot of money and likely even got you fixed sooner than later.  That's pretty awesome.

[Snow Dog]

Must be AC breakdown week at DTF. Mine was out for the past week and a half since two Mondays ago when it hit 115° here. Figured it was either the capacitor or compressor. Finally got the HVAC guy to check it out last night, and capacitor it was. He said the fan was also rotating the wrong way as a result. After 10 days of 80+ temps upstairs at night, I’m glad to finally have a cool house again.

If it’s that easy of a fix, I might try it myself if it happens again.

[TAC]

I got the AC in my van fixed today!! Driving home from work has been a bitch.

[King Postwhore]

I got the AC in my van fixed today!! Driving home from work has been a bitch.

I don't envy you. That's the worst.

[Stadler]

So I told you all I moved in to a new (well, new to me) home this past weekend.  No kidding, we bought it with the AC not working (it was priced in) and I had the guy come out and look the day after closing... and the part is on back order.  So we've been without AC ourselves for the better part of a week and a half (though I have a window mount unit). 

[Cool Chris]

Great story Gary. From now on this shall be known as the "AC Beer Can Solution."

During our 100+ day last week, (which apparently directly resulted in 78 deaths in WA!) the rest of the family slept downstairs. I am normally the one that is too hot, but I managed ok upstairs. It helped not having my wife and dog in the bed with me.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Not just today, but this weekend my girlfriend and I took a trip out to Indianapolis for PopCon. A show she did voice work for called Daddydelphia is up for a few awards at the convention so we came out for the ceremony. It’s our first vacation together just me and her, and despite a few hiccups getting here, it’s been an absolute blast. I’m always at my happiest when it’s just me and her, so this weekend has been an absolute delight and has really helped relieve a lot of the stress and anxiety I’ve been battling lately.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

[JayOctavarium]

This a strange one.

I have had Profile Photos and Signatures turned off on the forum for years.

Just turned them back on, and seeing what sigs and photos people are using, especially people who've been around a long time, made me smile.


Maybe I am just in a good mood?

[pg1067]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

Wow!  Good for you.  I'm pretty confident I haven't run 1,000 km (621 miles) in my life, much less just over 6 months.

[RodrigoAltaf]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

Wow!  Good for you.  I'm pretty confident I haven't run 1,000 km (621 miles) in my life, much less just over 6 months.

My pace is not the same, especially now that there are no official races in sight...but yeah, I still run at least 4 times a week.

[gmillerdrake]

Great story Gary. From now on this shall be known as the "AC Beer Can Solution."

It's just nice to know that a $20 part is a good 'first place to check' for folks. Even if you go and replace that part and your AC still isn't working after the 'fix'.....you've eliminated that factor from the equation.


I love the name BTW

[cramx3]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

Wow.  You've basically ran from my house to Florida. Good luck on reaching your goal 

[Cool Chris]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

Wow!  Good for you.  I'm pretty confident I haven't run 1,000 km (621 miles) in my life, much less just over 6 months.

Likewise. I wonder how long it would take me to hit 621 miles as part of my daily driving commute (which isn't very long).

[pg1067]

Today I completed 1,000 km run this year! My goal is to reach 2,112.

Wow!  Good for you.  I'm pretty confident I haven't run 1,000 km (621 miles) in my life, much less just over 6 months.

Likewise. I wonder how long it would take me to hit 621 miles as part of my daily driving commute (which isn't very long).

Nowadays, I do about 26 miles round trip per day, so I'd hit 621 miles in 24 work days, which would be just over a month (21.74 work days per month not counting holidays and PTO).  Ten years ago, my commute was about 67 miles per day (on what might be the worst interstate freeway in the country), so I'd hit 621 miles in less than two weeks.  Best quality of life change EVER!

[RodrigoAltaf]

In an effort to reach the 2,112km goal, I've been tracking not only my runs, but also my walks to and from school to pick up my daughter, and other walks in the neighborhood. Every second week or so I go to the office for work, and that's 4km from my place, so I walk there and back as well. We'll see if I can make it!