A Complete Waste of Space

....well, we finally moved completely into the house here in Delaware. The old house in PA will be sold, sometime. This house is the one I grew up in, and as a kid, I didn't realize how spacious it, and the grounds were. At any rate, I do now, and the wife and I have it set up pretty comfortably. One oddity is the taxes...this house(worth 3 times the one in PA) has lower taxes than the PA house. What is seemingly unfair about that is that Berks County, PA, is a pretty poor region overall, where this neighborhood is one of the 6 most affluent areas in the whole nation.
On to the AARRRGH! part: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, contract with Comcast if you don't absolutely have to. Over the past two days, the following has transpired:
1. Installer, due to be here on Friday at 3pm, and contracted 5 weeks in advance, shows up a 9:30 pm. This, after 7 calls by me to Comcast, and
exactly ZERO calls from Comcast to inform me of delays.
2. Installer #1 tells me it is too late to do the install. I agree. I have to go up two levels to a manager to get rescheduled for the next morning,
instead of waiting until Wednesday, as they suggest.
3. Installer #2 arrives on time, and then claims that we are to get HD on only one TV, and no wireless router, because that's what he order sheet says.
Another couple calls to customer service convince him otherwise.
4. After all is installed(to be fair, TV picture is great, web speed stellar), I go to call out-of-state pals to let them know new number. I get the message,
"your call cannot be completed due to restrictions in your calling plan". Also, he has installed DVR box in wrong location.
5. I am told that the DVR box cannot be moved, except by another service guy, at my expense. Also, engineers have to look into why I cannot make
out of state calls, and that will take another 2 or 3 days to fix(software on their end, apparently)
AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! Rant off, but, between me and my lawyer, I'll get money back from these idiots. Otherwise, I will just chill, we'll go and have a nice lunch at the country club with my parents(we now live only 3 miles away from them), and I'll relax and watch some football.

I have felt that frustration in the past. I'm on a first name basis with my ISP.
It took three years, countless phone calls, months of free service in lieu of contracted/stated speed. Multiple trips by service tech's, to get where I am now.


Many jugs of corn squeezin's, two good dawgs and the patience of Mother Theresa from
my wife.

If it gets tougher for you?
Cut back on the booze, keep yer wife and get another dawg, it's cheaper.

Comcast = Communist cast.... bureaucracy at its finest

Serves you right for being a commie

callmeslick wrote:Otherwise, I will just chill, we'll go and have a nice lunch at the country club with my parents(we now live only 3 miles away from them),

Nice dude

Despite all the move-in problems, I think it's waaaaaaaaaay cool to be able to move back into the house that you grew up in.
So many memories must have come flooding back!
My parents sold their home of 43 years just a couple of years ago and boy oh boy do us kids all miss not going there to visit our folks!

very true, Chipz. This house, and this area, hold a lot of memories. As I said in the OP, I really never appreciated many aspects of this house. I'm starting to, now! Extra bonus, I can drop in on my parents(92 and 94 years old) anytime, and my Dad can still come over a putter about the house he built. All good!

callmeslick wrote:very true, Chipz. Extra bonus, I can drop in on my parents(92 and 94 years old) anytime, and my Dad can still come over a putter about the house he built. All good!

I'm sure they feel very comforted in knowing their home has been kept in the family!
But even thought they may not say it, I bet there will be times when they come over that they're probably cringing on the inside when they see certain changes that may have been made.
And I believe your "extra bonus" is probably more like the best part considering their ages and all.
By the way.....good for them....and I hope they continue to keep in good health for years to come!!

ChipznBeer wrote:

callmeslick wrote:very true, Chipz. Extra bonus, I can drop in on my parents(92 and 94 years old) anytime, and my Dad can still come over a putter about the house he built. All good!

I'm sure they feel very comforted in knowing their home has been kept in the family!
But even thought they may not say it, I bet there will be times when they come over that they're probably cringing on the inside when they see certain changes that may have been made.

well, no doubt. I know they can't like the kitchen set, the chairs are tall(it's a bistro set), and they would need assistance just to sit on them.

And I believe your "extra bonus" is probably more like the best part considering their ages and all.
By the way.....good for them....and I hope they continue to keep in good health for years to come!!

as do I. It's a rare blessing for both parents to be not only alive, but pretty healthy, at that age.

All the aaarrrggh moments over by now. I'm sitting in the family room, watching football on TV, fire in the fireplace, dog by my feet, wife working on Christmas craft projects for the grandkids.......and, reading aCWOS. AAARRRRGGGH!

....sounds lovely!