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#1143: Setbacks

“Water, water, everywhere!” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

RECORD STORE TALES #1143: Setbacks

Just when I had my music room coming back together again after the shelf disaster in June, another calamity has struck.  Things were going well.  I had all the CDs organized into the C section and was about to start working on D.  I had everything planned, and I knew I had enough storage to handle all my CDs and then some.  I came home from work one day to find the floor absolutely soaked.

There had been a torrential rainfall in the prior days, so I crossed my fingers and hoped it was an isolated incident.  My office at work flooded, so it didn’t seem impossible.  I got out the towels and fans and soaked it up.  The water refused to dry out.  Looking outside, there was no standing water in the area and nothing that could seemingly get into the house.

Process of elimination insinuated that the water was coming in from the air conditioner unit.  The unit is within the wall directly behind me when you see me hosting Grab A Stack of Rock.  Behind the black curtain is my AC unit.  In front of the access panel…are shelves and cabinets full of CDs.  (Yes, I know that’s not the best storage system, but I’m out of space.)

And so, I ripped apart my music room once again, called a technician in, and paid him overtime to fix the leak.

The good news is, he seemed to have fixed the problem.  Fans are running non-stop and it seems the floor is starting to dry out, finally.

Now I have to put the room back together again, a tedious, laborious, and frustrating task.

On an interesting side not from the files of “it could have been worse”, a pipe underneath my work broke and flooded a hallway.  They had to drill two giant holes in the floor to fix it.  Repairs are ongoing.

I hate water!

Tonight we are back to the cottage for some much needed R&R – rest & relaxation, and rock & roll.  We need it.

 

 

 

 

#849: Indoor Day

Sunday was what we call an “indoor day” at the lake. This is what I did with my indoor day.

The video took me most of the day, because my poor old laptop (10, this year) couldn’t handle all of the large files at once. So I started over from scratch and figured out a workaround until I was done about 7 hours later. I cooked, I went outside, I played with action figures, and I drank coffee until it finally saved without errors.

This video should scratch itches for a variety of people including:

1) Max the Axe fans – the full song “Randy” is included.
2) Dr. Kathryn Ladano fans – the full song “Masked” is included.
3) Those who enjoy driving videos. This is my first extensive use of my dash cam.
4) Nature buffs. You will hear real lake noises, rainstorms, and waves. You will see more cool underwater footage from the beaches of Lake Huron, and the legendary Greatest Sunset in the World.
5) Marvel / action figure fans. Look for a special “Build A Figure” Hulk.

 

You will not get:

1) Audio of me singing “Kissing Time” by Kiss; this was lost with the first version of the video.
2) Any of my pork chops.

But you can freely:

1) Live vicariously through me and absorb the good vibes through your monitor and speakers.

While visitors showing up on our little private road was not unexpected on a long weekend, it is disappointing when they show such little respect for the people who live here. A guy parked his ATV on our grass and said “Don’t get your knickers in a bunch” when my mom asked several times for him to move it. This came after arguing that he had the right to park there due to a “snow allowance”. There is no such thing.

Then we had Kenny the fireworks guys shooting off a “truck bed” full of firepower at 9:30 Saturday night. That was…distracting. As much as I love this place it certainly has changed in the last 45 years. Enjoy the video — the good the bad and the ugly!