random bits

[cellio]

I thought I knew what "big hair" meant, until I saw a case today that violated all of my expectations. I didn't know it was even possible for one head to grow enough for what I saw, though it might have had some help because the whole assembly moved as a unit in the wind. Probably not shellac, though.

Some of the in-laws are coming to visit this weekend. It'll be nice to have them here (we go there far more often than they come here). They are disconcerted by the fact that dinner out on Saturday will be pretty late, but that's June for you. I hope the weather is good so we can take them to the Three Rivers Arts Festival, which starts this weekend and frequently causes rain. (Ok, ok... correlation does not equal causality, blah blah blah... but I know what I've seen. :-) )

I thought lilacs were supposed to bloom for more than a week. Bummer. On the other hand, the purple dutch iris (I think that's what they are) are lovely, and they seem to have a longer lifespan. And I finally have lamb's wool again. (The gardener apparently didn't realize that it's a perennial when he blew away the remnants of last year's batch.) Mind, I'd never have hired a gardener on my own -- I like flowers and hate gardening but it somehow feels unduly aristocratic to have a gardener -- but we were definitely going to hire someone to do the annoying maintenance (mowing, hedge-trimming, leaf-raking, etc), and it turns out not to be much more to have him tend the flowers too.

We got a card in the mail from a purveyor of central air conditioning that said, effectively, "if you've been told your house can't have central AC, talk to us". We have so we will. Their approach seems to involve the mini-ducts; we tried to get that but they still needed to run a large duct the length of the house and our attic couldn't support that. So I won't be surprised if the same thing happens again, but maybe these guys have a different approach. (Aside to spammers and telemarketer: notice that a solicitation via physical mail worked, while spamming or calling flips the bozo bit.)

Comments

[mrpeck.livejournal.com]

I'm also willing to entertain physical mail solicitations for some reason. I'm not that sure why it makes a difference.

[cellio]

Two reasons it makes a difference to me: mail is non-invasive (unlike the phone), and they had to pay an ante to contact me (unlike spam). I won't do business with someone who takes my resources for granted, whether we're talking about time or money. (So no one who calls my cell phone will get my business, because not only did he call me but he made me pay for the privilege.)

*sigh*

[dmnsqrl.livejournal.com]

My ex-bf expressed dismay when I mentioned that I had put the phone number for the place we were moving into together at that time on the Do Not Call list. He said "if the telemarketers don't call, how will I know what to buy?"


ExSP's. *rolls eyes*

Re: *sigh*

[cellio]

I can imagine saying that. Of course, I'd be joking. Are you sure he wasn't?

Re: *sigh*

[dmnsqrl.livejournal.com]

At first I thought he was. But he really enjoys talking to telemarketers. He figures they're going to call him because they think he might want to buy something and they might be right. Plus, as far as he is concerned, they've saved him the effort of choosing which company to check out.

But then, he's also a lot more comfortable with talking to random people than I ever have been. If nothing else, he figures he's had an enjoyable conversation, he's told them he's not interested after all but appreciates the time they took to try and convince him.