Grasshopper No.2 and her two growing boys ran the Crazyleg race at UW-Madison last Saturday. I haven’t been able to see a total publication with all the results but by “clicking” around on several websites, I think I found the official accomplishments of the “No.2 clan”. Grasshopper No.2 seems to have slipped to a time of over 51 minutes for the 8K (4.97 miles) from a year ago. Finishing is everything. Her time may have slipped but not her determination. Mitchell finished with a time slightly over 42 minutes. That is a really, really good time. And then if I read the results right, Grant broke the “40 minute barrier” with a time slightly over 39 minutes. That is under 8 minutes per mile. Incredible! it must be the long strides. I hope when I am reincarnated, I come back with long limbs. They all finished. They are champions in my own book.
My Char-Broil Sears gas grill “puked”. My analysis is that the gas burners are rusted badly and need replacing. I wandered out to my Sears store figuring that I could buy replacement burners off a parts rack. Sears don’t really have parts racks any more. As I was deciding what to do I checked out prices of new gas grills. For people that are cheap, there was one new unit on sale for $69. I decided to fix my old grill. Sears clerks sent me to the Service Department. I expected a nice lady to greet me with compassion. Yeah right! The Service Department is 3 computers on tables facing a wall. One computer is for alerting the Service personnel to bring out an order from the warehouse. The other two computers are for “trying to order” parts on line. The computers were not very user friendly and so logged off. A clerk walking past asked if he could help. After discussion, he gave me an 800 phone number to call rather than use the Sears computers. I got home and called. The two tiny burners and a feeder tube cost $62 and shipping added $12.95 totalling $74.95. I would have been better off buying the $69 new unit on the floor. I really not surprised that companies try to make big profits on the parts for a unit. They have a captive audience. Still I hate being ripped off.
I smelled a hint of flower blossoms in the air this morning. It was refreshing.
Have a great Mothers day weekend.
Love,
Dad