Quote of the Day:
“People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.” — unknown
A recent conversation between Toshi and I regarding our air conditioner:
Me: I think it just needs freon because it’s blowing air, but it just isn’t getting very cool.
Toshi: No, the thermostat is broken.
Me: Why do you think that?
Toshi: Because the air never turns itself off.
Me: Of course it doesn’t turn itself off. It will only turn
itself off when it reaches the desired temperature, but it doesn’t ever
reach the desired temperature because it isn’t cooling. That has
nothing to do with the thermostat.
Repeat above conversation about 10 times over the course of a couple of days.
So, we have the air conditioner guy come out to take a look, and he says there is nothing wrong with our air conditioner, except for the fact that the unit is too small for the square footage in our condo.
I call Toshi to tell him the news that there is nothing wrong with the
air conditioner, and guess what he says! Mr. Broken Thermostat
says, “Yep, that’s what I thought.”
Reminds me of the time when he wanted to try to stain our laminate
flooring. I told him that it wouldn’t work because laminate
flooring isn’t porous. So, what happens the next time we go to
Home Depot? He starts loading up the cart with stain, of course.
As a last ditch effort, I say that maybe we should ask the paint guy
for advice. I bet you can’t guess what the paint guy said!
Yep, he said, “You can’t stain laminate flooring because it isn’t
porous.” To which Toshi replies, “Oh, yeah … that makes sense.”
Why didn’t it make sense the twenty times I said it? Maybe it has something to do with the orange apron.
Or maybe I just needed to say that Ben Franklin said it first. 
Poisoned by Fairy Tales 
i think that the reason that men don’t listen to us women when it comes to anything mechanical is because they are afraid that we know more than they do! they have to hear from another man or a professional for it to be true. me?…i just stay away from that kind of thing and let me husband deal with it…which usually means a phone call to a professional!!!
take care and have a great weekend!
lori
Kelly, thanks for stopping by. I must say your posts had me laughing. Although I do take out the trash, clean the dishes, mow the lawn, wash my laundry and etc…. You are very insightful person. Thanks again for stopping by, otherwise, I would have missed your wonderful posts. Tai.