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   Hello Daryl!   
      
   ** On Tuesday 09.03.21 - 21:56, Daryl Stout wrote to JOE MACKEY:   
      
    DS>   Yesterday, I thought my central heat and air conditioning   
    DS>   unit had failed. The fan worked, but the console was   
    DS>   dark, and I couldn't power up..   
      
    DS>   They said "there should be 2 AA batteries in   
    DS>   there...remove the cover, change out the batteries, and   
    DS>   if the old one hadn't corroded..   
      
   I had a similar situation once, but the problem WASN'T the     
   thermostat. I turned everything on, but the A/C wouldn't kick     
   in. I call them, like you did, but all they did was was send     
   someone over.  They didn't suggest anything prior to that.   
      
   The guy comes over, does exactly the same thing I did to turn     
   onthe A/C, noticed no change, and then just stood there.  I     
   asked him, "Now what? Do you think it's more serious?.  He said,     
   "No. But sometimes it takes about 8 minutes for the system to     
   get started."   Sure enough, about 8-10 minutes later, the     
   system revved up.   
      
   I thought "Great! I'm glad I wasn't going to be a maintenance     
   bill."   
      
   BUT.. about a week later, I get an invoice in the mail for a     
   "Service call,  $90".  I was furious.  All the guy did was push     
   the ON button and wait.  Besides, the "and wait" part was     
   something they could have told me over the phone!   
      
    DS>   At the eye doctor Monday, they "suspect" I'm in the very   
    DS>   early stages of glaucoma. They want me back in 3 months..   
      
   I could probably cope with pains, but lack of eyesight would be     
   worse for me.   
      
    DS>   Big Pharma is making money hand over fist as it is...they   
    DS>   say it's for research, but it's also for them wining and   
    DS>   dining medical staff, then doing their presentation on..   
      
   That's the price we pay for wining and dining on sugars and     
   processed foods?  :/   I think that we (as consumers) can make     
   better choices with the foods we eat so as to mitigate the     
   marshaling of health problems.   
      
    DS>   I've had so much other stuff outside the BBS, that today   
    DS>   is the first day I've been able to logon in awhile.   
      
   I think you have much more other stuff INSIDE your body that is     
   probably more important to deal with. Hope things work out for     
   you!   
      
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