We decided that we need a real shredder at the store. I had a little "personal" shredder that I'd use for stuff, but that's just not up to the job we need to do now. I print out all our internet orders, both from our site and from Amazon, and there's no need to keep all that paperwork. We have almost two full file drawers full of paperwork from this year's orders that we need to shred. I'd burn up that little shredder in a half-hour if that's all we had to use. When I went on-line to search for one, I finally found a great deal at Staples. The only problem was that the billing address for our Discover card didn't seem to work properly! The problem seems to be with the PO Box that we have for a billing address. After spending 20 minutes trying to get it to work on-line, I called them to place the order. Unfortunately, they had the same problem!
All I wanted was to order a stupid shredder! Needless to say, I was NOT a happy camper! I finally pulled out the bill, and tried one more thing . . . I used ALL CAPS, and it worked!! How stupid is THAT?! Certainly something I'll remember, as this is not the first time I've had this very same problem with our Discover card. While I was trying to get all that worked out, my mother called with a problem. :8_2_103: They purchased a new, programmable thermostat, and when they opened it up, they discovered that the instructions were only in SPANISH! OK, so I'm not going to go into what I think of THAT! I had to go on-line and find the instructions and send the link to them, but their internet is so slow that they couldn't get the PDF file open! Dad THINKS he has it all installed properly, and I suppose that if it's not, it's going to be cold in their house by morning and I'll be hearing from them again!
Oh, did I mention that we woke to the smell of PROPANE in our house today? We had to have our furnace looked at just a month or so ago because it wasn't working properly. Turns out that the last time our furnace was blocked, they had to put a new pipe on, and because of the bend in the pipe, it became blocked again, but this time, the LP gas came through even though it wouldn't fire up. It got down to about 60 degrees in the house, which wasn't too bad. Fortunately, it was rather warm outside today (a balmy 28 or so), so the house didn't get too cold.
I was talking to my mom about the problem and she couldn't understand why our CO detector didn't go off. She was having a difficult time understanding the difference between carbon monoxide (CO) and LP gas.
I'm trying to figure out why we have an LP detector in our 5th wheel, but stick homes that use LP for heat, cooking and dryers don't have them. I thought about that when we first moved up here and even mentioned it to my parents when we moved, but then promptly forgot about it. It's now back at the forefront and is something I want to install near our furnace and near our dryer. Those are the only two appliances that use LP, so I think that placing them in those areas is what we should do. It's probably not a bad idea to get two more -- one for the lower level and one for the upper level -- so that we don't have to worry about this again.
It would seem to be prudent that if a house is heated by LP gas that an LP gas detector should be installed in the home. The odd thing is is that the best place to find one is from an RV dealer! Guess I know where to go to find one! ;)
Hope everyone is managing to stay warm! Now that our furnace is fixed, we are!
Julie
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