I'm no lurker of this list, I watch, listen and read and then on those observations, comment when I'm so moved. Three weeks ago the reference to "turning air conditioning up/down" was posted. I Laughed Internally Loud (LIL) when Paul Mulik mentioned the water heater reference below, something for which I'm annoyed. I know plumbers who squint when customers call to have their "hot water heater" replaced.
My peeve since around the 5th grade is when good folk talk about buying a home. You don't buy a home. If you do, you've been suckered into a realtor's illusion of what a wonderful place you can have, just for the mere buying price of $... Since Paul endured his tragedy last Sunday, not even a week ago, he didn't lose a home, he said he lost a house. He lost a lot of what was in the house, but as he simply and adroitly stated, "But that's just STUFF, and stuff in unimportant. I can always get more stuff later." His home is still intact. It's the same kind of spirit we find when we watch "our show". Home, faith, love are "rich" words; you can't describe them simply, as something you just nail together, happen upon or ride like you would Blackie. In "Barney, the Realtor", only once was the word "home" said and that was when Andy welcomed the Sims the second time around. Yet another way in the last 60 years marketing has developed in trying to influence us to part with our money by selling a feeling. If I'm selling, maybe that ain't so bad but Opie said "You mean that kids should be honest but grown-ups don't have to be?". Thanks to "our show", we're reminded of values we cherish. Glad that's no longer layin' on my chest... Gary A. Johnson Chicken Thieves & Whatnot Chapter Lubbock, Near Kelsey's Woods, TX Message: 6 Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 13:35:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Mulik <tub...@swbell.net> To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Subject: turning "up" the air conditioner Message-ID: <440623.74537...@web83608.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hear, hear!? That comment of Andy's has always annoyed me too.? If your thermostat is set at say, 76, and you want it colder, you turn it DOWN, not UP.? Maybe years and years ago air conditioners were different? Reminds me of car windows.? Have you ever wondered why we say "roll down the window?"? You aren't "rolling" anything, the car window is a solid piece of glass.? But 100 years ago, car windows (and before that, carriage windows) were like window shades.? You rolled them down to close them, and rolled them up to open them -- now it's backwards. One more pet peeve: that big tank of water in your house is a water heater, not a "hot water heater."? You don't need to heat hot water, it's already hot! Paul Mulik >>> It has always bugged me that people say turn up the A/C when they want it cooler.... Turning the A/C up would make a room warmer. Harriet, the chicken thief in Kelsey's Woods, USA _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
