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Maybe they have been sniffing too much gas.

Or are they sniffing too much gas from your house????

Gas tech just left for the last time. Yes, my floor furnace is leaking. My gas was shut off for the entire house.

Thank gawd for my toaster oven, microwave and electric heater

I just arrived back home from hoofing it down to Social Security. It seems I will receive an additional $350 a month from SSI, Medicare and back payments of SSI totaling $1,700.

Despite no gas or heat, the year is looking up.

I am confused why didn't they just turn off the gas to the furnace?????? Every gas appliance should have its own shut off valve.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:44 pm Gas tech just left for the last time. Yes, my floor furnace is leaking. My gas was shut off for the entire house.

Thank gawd for my toaster oven, microwave and electric heater

Shut-off valve to floor furnace us under the house. Gas company techs refuse to crawl down there.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:09 am Shut-off valve to floor furnace us under the house. Gas company techs refuse to crawl down there.

Because ass in the air in the crawl space makes them look like prairie rats?

calmeilles (imported) wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:19 am Because ass in the air in the crawl space makes them look like prairie rats?

Thank you cammeilles, you made my entire week -

I called out the plumbers who charged me $225 to crawl under my house to fix my gas leak. It seems the line, which they left me to show the Gas Company, had a two inch gash in it.

Gas Company tech is due to be here before 9:00pm to inspect the work, turn back on my gas and re-light my pilots.

Hope you make him go under the house to inspect the joints.

The So Calif Gas Company tech said the plumbers fixed the leak in my floor furnace but he found a second leak in my water heater.

Tomorrow I call the plumbers back to repair the water heater.

No heat again tonight. It's not that cold but my house does get down to 40 F. which is cold on my arthritic joints.

While the plumbers were here yesterday going in and out, they constantly left the front door open. My gray kitty has gone missing

I searched every inside room and every nook and cranny.

I've offered a reward of $20 to anyone who brings back the cat or crawls under the house to get it. Neighbors says they have seen it under there.

Don't worry, kitty will show up when she gets hungry...know...been there and done that.

scottTx (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:29 pm Don't worry, kitty will show up when she gets hungry...know...been there and done that.

Cat showed up at my door after chased by neighbor kid. Since the kid didn't actually catch and return him, I gave him $5.00

Cat is currently enjoying deli-ham

kittybag:

At least the cat eats well! --FLO--

HOORAY, I have gas, must be IEunuch's cooking. It's great to have hot water again.

Plumbers will be billing me for the following: (1) Running a snake through my kitchen pipes (2) Repairing my water heater (3) Crawling under my house three times risking life and limb with my six-foot spider (4) Replacing several feet of galvanized pipe under my house with plastic pipes.

Total cost $375.00

By tonight, I'll be able to use my sink once again. Yay.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:56 am HOORAY, I have gas, must be IEunuch's cooking. It's great to have hot water again.

Plumbers will be billing me for the following: (1) Running a snake through my kitchen pipes (2) Repairing my water heater (3) Crawling under my house three times risking life and limb with my six-foot spider (4) Replacing several feet of galvanized pipe under my house with plastic pipes.

Total cost $375.00

By tonight, I'll be able to use my sink once again. Yay.

sheep thinks life is good for the wolf.. kitty is back... hot water.. cooking.. yayyyyyy

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:34 pm Cat showed up at my door after chased by neighbor kid. Since the kid didn't actually catch and return him, I gave him $5.00

Cat is currently enjoying deli-ham

kittybag:

The fact that you kitty cat returned to your home must say something about you. She must be a happy kitty. Would not return unless she felt welcome. The way a cat feels about who they live with is very finicky. :kittygrayPerhaps your cooking is not all that bad. Or you just buy good food for her. In any case she must love you. You have won over her heart. Something to feel good about yourself for sure.

Good things: I have hot water, four burners to cook on and heat.

Bad News: The oven won't light, my recent gas bill was $764 and my phone is deceased.

Life is never boring -

Think about getting a prepaid cell phone. I have one from Virgin Mobile (insert any joke here). I don't need to make many calls. It's mostly for emergencies or my family/work to contact me. I use about $10 worth of credit a month.

micropenis (imported) wrote: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:15 pm Think about getting a prepaid cell phone. I have one from Virgin Mobile (insert any joke here). I don't need to make many calls. It's mostly for emergencies or my family/work to contact me. I use about $10 worth of credit a month.

Excellent idea micropenis. Ken_SD suggested the same thing. Ken called Verizon for me last night and got me a Thursday appointment. Tomorrow, I'll run down to our big mall where there's a booth of cell phone dealers and find a semi-reasonable cell. I'd use it for emergencies like this too.

Ken is going to call my gas company too. Not only did they neglect to turn my stove back on but they forgot to re-light the for the heater in my mom's former bedroom.

Come June 16 this "One Day in the Life of a Wolf" will be three years old and will be more like 1000 days in the life of a wolf. Are there limits to threads? When does a thread become a blog? Just an inquiry for informational purposes. Not making any negative comment or insinuation. There is much interesting and useful info contained herein, but with upwards of 84 screens of entries it is a tad overwhelming. xxxooo.

nullorchis (imported) wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:35 pm Come June 16 this "One Day in the Life of a Wolf" will be three years old and will be more like 1000 days in the life of a wolf. :

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If you have meet MacWOlf you will know it is not 1000 days. For him it is more like just one very long and never ending day.

More like a twilight Zone Day

Everything works in my house except me. I could use someone to install a new kitchen faucet but I can afford to pay them.

I thought Social Security told me I was getting a Medicare card. What I received was a Medi-cal card instead. Is that better or worse?

nullorchis (imported) wrote: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:35 pm Come June 16 this "One Day in the Life of a Wolf" will be three years old and will be more like 1000 days in the life of a wolf. :

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nullochris

I didn't plan on a long lasting thread. It began as a cry for help over a mother, dog, police problem and expanded exponentially.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:15 am Everything works in my house except me. I could use someone to install a new kitchen faucet but I can afford to pay them.

I thought Social Security told me I was getting a Medicare card. What I received was a Medi-cal card instead. Is that better or worse?

Even if you're getting Social Security, you have to be 65 to be on Medicare. Medi-cal would be the State program. I don't know how it compares to Medicare, but it's probably better in your case, since it probably covers doctor's care, while you have to pay extra for Medicare part B to get that under Medicare.