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Posted by Bubba on April 18, 2007, 7:05 pm
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:30:02 -0400, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
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>> If you apologize to Bubba and Noon-Air.... I will answer your questions.
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>> Otherwise, you can be our next little b*tch.
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>As soon as they apologize for instantly calling me a liar without any
>knowledge of me, I'll consider it.
Hold your breath Lloyd and I'll get back with you on that one.
Bubba
> My reaction to them was the same as it
>would be if any asshole walked up on the street and slapped me.
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>Several other people responded to my question in helpful ways.
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>To my eyes, Bubba and Noon-Air act like they're afraid someone who wants to
>learn the trade will take away their jobs. That smells so much like
>cowardice because of incompetence, it stinks.
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>If they lived here, there's not a chance in hell that could happen. We have
>HOT summers, lots of snow-bird imports who can't even mow their own lawns,
>and about half as many HVAC techs on the street as the market will bear.
>The average wait for an "emergency" service call in the summer is about two
>days. There's money to be made by good trouble-shooters who can actually
>FIX stuff, instead of automatically saying "You need a new unit". I plan to
>be one.
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>For those of you who helped, thanks. Especially, thanks for the clue that
>having the micron gauge near the pump gives a lower-than-true reading. That
>makes a lot of sense, but I never thought of it. I think I will hard-pipe a
>couple of old gauges into the unit. We won't let the charge into it until I
>say I'm done, and Ken says it passes muster. I figure we've got about two
>weeks before it starts getting hot, and my dad starts complaining.
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>LLoyd
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