Warranty and Progress

Follow up for the CO2 alarm wake-up call blog, The Silent Killer.
I got a bunch of Home Depot and Lowes gift cards from my credit card company with their reward program nonsense. I purchased a new CO2 detector to replace the non-working one at the house. I noticed on the packaging that it features a five year warranty! Yup, I'm cashing in on that warranty tonight.

Here's how it goes. Buy the same model CO2 detector, put the old one that is not functioning in the packaging with your receipt and return it to the store as not working - because it doesn't work. This isn't a scam and isn't unethical because the date stamp on the broken detector is 2006, and that is four years. To avoid the PIA that would be an actual return to the manufacturer I elected to do it the big box way. Nice and easy, and it helps to use a razor blade to open the blister pack packaging rather than the Christmas day rip and tear method. Just a suggestion.

Progress on multiple fronts?
On May 9th I posted a blog titled Progress on multiple fronts which contains the quote, "So, yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is weighing in under 200#. I think I'm a few months from 275#, but I'll let you know when I hit that goal."

It's been a few months and here is what I have to report:

Yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is still weighing in under 200#. I think it will be at least a few months before I can hit a max lift of 275#. The reason for net zero gain is because I fell off the gym wagon as we all do, or at least I do easily and about a month ago I dragged myself off the couch to get back into it. Yup, I'm still trying to loose the same 15 pounds, but again, aren't we all?

To me it was a pretty big day hitting the 250 number, but what I didn't realize until I sat down to write this was that it wasn't my goal, it was my baseline. Oh well, we're not grading on a curve so there is no reason to make it an easy goal.


King of Kong
I watched a fairly good documentary several months ago called the King of Kong about a Donkey Kong video game competition. I loved this game back in 1981 when Nintendo released it in arcade cabinet version. Being that it is a fairly difficult game I never got what you would call good, or even above average. Recently I've been spending some time at Crab Towne USA whenever I get the urge to play some old school video games in their original format. Crab Towne (yes, it has an E) still has a good inventory of classic games like Tetris, Pac Man, Mario Brothers, Twilight Zone (pinball), Galaga, Dig Dug, Ms Pac Man, Baby Pac Man, Spy Hunter, and several other less popular titles.

Last night after my on par performance at the gym I went directly to Crab Towne to see how much entertainment $2 in quarters could get me. Last night I finished the "elevators" level on Donkey Kong. Big deal to me since I like the arcade video games, less impressive to most grown ups. I would like to get a arcade game at the new house when things settle down, we'll see.