posted on October 11, 2005 04:29:05 PM
Hotwater tanks,,dies, leaks,,,,I find a replacement at swapmeet. CHEAP! $10.00! Instant hotwater type. $179.00 retail New...Darn! Needs a new heating element, Wow! New Cheap! $6.00 I install it,,,,O.k. up the ladder, take out the old rusted piece of junk....Up with the NEW one,,,,Fittings!!!! To the hardware store......Shoot,,,,they DON"T fit!!!!! Back again,,,,
Tenant in the complex hour into the job,,,Hey what's up with no water? I am installing a hotwater tank. how long? Sheeeesh,,,,,,hour? o.k. Presssure!!!!!!!!! I HATE BEING PRESSURED!!!!!!!!!!It's 120 degrees up there in the rafters,,,,,,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Friend walks in yells out,,,,When??? I come back with, %$#*^%<<<<#@&*%,,,, he leaves,,,,,
10 mins later,,,,I am FRANTICALLY working on this,,,,,,,,PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, what's up? Me..%$%$^&$%,,,,,,@#$%^&&,, don't recognize the voice,,,,WHO ARE YOU, I can't see anyone unless I streeeeeetch my neck,,,,,,,
WHAT!!!!!!!!! It's REAL Uniformed Cop!!!!!!
Immediately down the ladder I go,,,someone called the Police cause the water is off??? Yes they did,,,yer kidding,, nope,,,,I settle down,,,,,
Officers SEES ALL this Stuff, in the warehouse,,,,do you collect this stuff? No! I sell it on e bay...Oh,,,,,How much is something like that? That? Oh I sell them for around $80.00. whatabout that type? Those? their EXPENSIVE,,,no problem he says, I have money,,,(click! It hits me) For YOU only Officer,,$40.00......He BUYS!!!!! Yes!
Moral of the story BEWARE of the WATER police!
And OH! the hotwater tank,,,,I do GOOD work even UNDER PRESSURE!!!! it WORKS!!!!
posted on October 11, 2005 04:43:31 PM
lol Jack...let them freeze they're butts off in the shower for a couple days next time.Then they won't be so darn pushy when you replace it.
posted on October 11, 2005 05:34:00 PM
Glass, Gulp,,,,, I THINK..I ovecharged him? NO! He just BIDDED more than he Should have! There! Now,,,, I DON'T feel guitly! Well sooooooo guilty,,,shhhhh,,,,even if I am....
posted on October 11, 2005 06:03:17 PM
Congratulations Jack!! Someone calls the cops on you, they show up, and you wind up with their money. Gotta love it
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
"Under Pressure" is the name of a song from 1981 (see 1981 in music) by Queen with David Bowie. The song was a hit at the time, reaching #1 in the UK singles chart, and is still well-remembered by rock critics.
"Under Pressure" evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at Montreux, Switzerland, therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. Nevertheless, according to what Queen bassist John Deacon said in a French magazine in 1984, the (main) musical songwriter was pianist/singer Freddie Mercury, although they all contributed in the arrangement.
There's been wide confusion about who came up with the famous bass-line. John Deacon said in Japanese magazine Musiclife in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine, that David Bowie had invented it and taught it to him. In more recent inteviews guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have credited the bass-riff to Deacon; Bowie said in his website that the bass-line was already there before he came in.
Rapper Vanilla Ice sampled this song without permission for his biggest hit, the commercially successful Ice Ice Baby. When questioned about the illegal usage, he claimed that one note was slightly different, and in fact, he had written the line himself. (This was of course nonsense, as it was sampled directly from Queen's recording) The song was covered in 2005 by My Chemical Romance and The Used for Tsunami Relief. The cover is featured as a bonus track in The Used's In Love and Death.
