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   PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 master/b9d38a71c Mar  8 2021 MSC 1928   
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   August,   
      
    AA> I had a similar situation once, but the problem WASN'T the   
    AA> thermostat. I turned everything on, but the A/C wouldn't kick   
    AA> in. I call them, like you did, but all they did was was send   
    AA> someone over.  They didn't suggest anything prior to that.   
      
     Better open up your wallet wide for the service call. :P   
      
    AA> The guy comes over, does exactly the same thing I did to turn   
    AA> onthe A/C, noticed no change, and then just stood there.  I   
    AA> asked him, "Now what? Do you think it's more serious?.  He said,   
    AA> "No. But sometimes it takes about 8 minutes for the system to   
    AA> get started."   Sure enough, about 8-10 minutes later, the   
    AA> system revved up.   
      
     I never heard of a thing like that.   
      
    AA> I thought "Great! I'm glad I wasn't going to be a maintenance   
    AA> bill."   
      
    AA> BUT.. about a week later, I get an invoice in the mail for a   
    AA> "Service call,  $90".  I was furious.  All the guy did was push   
    AA> the ON button and wait.  Besides, the "and wait" part was   
    AA> something they could have told me over the phone!    
      
     Did you still have to pay it??   
      
    AA> I could probably cope with pains, but lack of eyesight would be   
    AA> worse for me.   
      
     Same here. I joke (truthfully) that several years ago, I had to have   
   blind ham radio operators direct me out of a hamfest parking lot, and   
   out of a hospital parking deck (that's my legacy in that hobby ).   
   At least it has been "caught early"...the same thing as for when cancer   
   is found...as it's more easily treatable.   
      
     Speaking of which, I've started preparation for my colonoscopy next   
   month...getting the paperwork filled out and turned in, and getting    
   the prep work items. At least this time, I won't have to guzzle a   
   gallon of NASTY liquid...but take 2 dozen pills...splitting the doses   
   6 hours apart (12 per dose). My prescription drug company wasn't going   
   to cover it (it's a new drug, classed as Tier 4), and I told the   
   gastrointerologist that I was NOT going to pay over $200 for 24   
   tablets. Well, they worked it out where my co-pay will be only $10.   
      
    AA> That's the price we pay for wining and dining on sugars and   
    AA> processed foods?  :/   I think that we (as consumers) can make   
    AA> better choices with the foods we eat so as to mitigate the   
    AA> marshaling of health problems.   
      
     This is true...as the saying goes "if it tastes good, spit it out".    
      
    AA> I think you have much more other stuff INSIDE your body that is   
    AA> probably more important to deal with. Hope things work out for   
    AA> you!   
      
     It is so true, that if you don't have your health, you have nothing.   
   Yet, I know folks who refuse to go to the doctors office, medical   
   clinic, emergency room, hospital, etc., because "they don't want to   
   be seen naked". I can't convince them that "the medical folks have   
   seen it all before, and nudity means nothing to them".   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Never stand between a dog and a fire hydrant.   
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