haele
haele's JournalA Sea Lion wanders into a Barrio...
No one knows why he does this, it's the fourth time he's been found wandering significantly inland. There's no weird parasites or obvious trauma or diseases they have found that might have affected his directional sense.
However, I will note (as I live in the area) some of the best, fresh fish tacos, Tostada Lokas (9 types of fish and local shellfish with an aguachili base, cabbage, and avocados), and Caldo de 7 Mares are found in the location he has been most recently found wandering in.
BTW, he's currently the size of a Gold Wing motorcycle. Definitely a freeway hazard.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-05-16/wayward-sea-lion-is-back-this-time-found-in-a-san-diego-storm-drain
Haele
Sooo, daughter was in a car accident 45 days ago. Minor damage.
Some guy busy watching a pedestrian pulled out of angled street parking and hit her 2004 Saturn.
No biggie, but a nasty dent, paint scratches, and the check engine light came on after he hit her. Insurance gives her a rental car, sends her to a collision place she had been at two years before when an idiot on his phone decided to merge into her lane at 65mph. That damage then was fixed no problem.
They take the car in. We don't hear anything for 40 days. The Insurance agent is trying to get ahold of them, because the adjustment department kept telling him there was some sort of computer issue.
Seems that instead of using the door frame VIN, this time they used the dashboard VIN, and the two didn't match. DMV registration and insurance both have the same number as the door frame - along with the engine firewall stamp. Also, apparently, the repair shop couldn't verify the VIN for that model, when they ran the dashboard VIN, it came up with a totally different year and model, a coupe instead of a sedan. But they still went with the dashboard number, screwing up the whole claim, which is computerized, of course. It's still messed up and no work has been done, even though the insurance agent approved it 40 days ago.
Duh, a previous owner replaced the dashboard and didn't change the VIN plates.
We all finally found this out today. 43 days after it went into the shop. And 2 days before insurance stops paying for a rental car.
Oh, sure, we can bring it back in once all the computer issue is cleared up, yes, then they will fix the car...but that's not going to fix the more than 30 days of rental car cost to the insurance companies for this totally avoidable delay. And I doubt our insurance is going to pay for another week of rental car if we bring it back in.
Mind you, insurance has sent both daughter and me to this very same shop twice previously due to accidents, and even though they were slow, they did good work. But this cluster f*** of stupidity is totally unacceptable. If two VINs are the same, and one that's just riveted to a very removable part is different, then you go with the VINs that match, right?
And they have a new shop manager since the last time we were there. Not for long, I hope.
Rant off.
Haele
Soooo- Dr. Strange 2 just went on sale at 0745 pdt...
At 0757, Laz went online at the AMC site ( we go see movies in Dolby Digital) to get tickets....
At 1205 pdt, he finally got his 4 tickets. Wait times were 15/20 minutes before the server would hang up and kick him out. He got as far as the payment screen five times, but would receive errors when he tried to finish paying until the final time - on the debit card.
Buying the tickets took twice as long as the movie would!
But on a serious note, because of weird glitches during the payment process, it appears that AMC charged us 4 times for the tickets on the credit card, so time to call the bank and cancel those charges.
($240, three days to recover! grr...)
Haele
Bugzooka! Fun for the ten year old, takes care of the house files.
We had the annual spring indoor infestation (kids leaving the door open like they grew up in a barn). We have to keep anything we do to get rid of the safe for household pets, kids, immunocompromised, etc.
Drain fly goo only works on the drain flys, Bug traps don't work well indoors. What does work (slowly) are fly tapes, which are unsanitary, gross, and risk getting caught in hair when putting them up or taking them down. Electronic swatters waste batteries.
But the bugzooka - the ten year old is strutting around the house with it on her hip, pumping the vacuum bellows every time after snagging flies in mid-air like she was using a shotgun in a spaghetti western. She's spent the last two hours searching out bugs.
Never fear - one can take the bug trapper unit on the end of the wand, go halfway down the street, then release any bugs that weren't smooshed during the catching.
Fun for the kids, and safe to use indoors.
Haele
Earthquake felt in San Diego?
One large thump like someone hit our house from WSW.
Everything just shifted.
I'll check in a bit.
Haele
Has anyone actually heard anything from Putin recently since the invasion?
Not the pre-recorded crap. Last thing I heard him actually doing was a rumor that the Oligarchs met in his mountain fortress.
Just asking. It's odd that he hasn't addressed his people or made any official statement.
I'm fantasizing that at this point, the Oligarchs are just fighting amongst themselves about who is going to be his heir and the Army is just running on its own tactical plan without any direction from Putin until someone decides it's not worth it any more.
Haele
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