Bits of Randomness

Revenge of the Milk Protein Allergy?: A week ago Monday our little man woke up with what looked like hives, but they quickly went away. They returned with a vengeance on Thursday, which prompted a “sick” visit to the doctors office. The absence of any other symptoms had all of us thinking that his milk protein allergy had reared its ugly head again since we’ve introduced whole milk and yogurt into his diet since his first birthday. Well, on Friday and Saturday it didn’t get much better, even with the doses of Benadryl, and a few other symptoms popped up that made my wife and me think that he has might have something viral. As of today it is pretty much all gone from his system, but I guess we won’t know until we reintroduce dairy into the rotation in a week or so. I hate to admit this, but we almost hope it was something viral and not something more long term like the return of the milk protein allergy.

The Neuton is no more:  All I can say is that I tried. I tried to go green, but, alas, it was not meant to be. We have been getting a lot of rain here in Charlotte this spring/early summer and my lawn has been growing like crazy. So much so that I can’t get the lawn mowed with one battery charge, and then, of course, it rains again causing even more delays. My neighbors must love me, as my lawn has regularly had a mohawk this season. I cheaped out and got the 5.2 model, which only has a 14” cutting deck, so even when the lawn is a manageable length it takes me nearly three times as long to mow because of the deck size and the much smaller catcher bag. Also, the trimmer attachment was a novel concept, but wasn’t very practical when trying to maneuver around the yard. As a result I have boxed it back up and am sending it back to Neuton. They give you a six month trial period, but I’m spending more time with the mower than my family, so it had to go. I’m disappointed, but it is time to go back to a regular gas power deal.

Will this ad get me banned from Craigslist?:  So, we recently tried to sell a car on Craigslist, which brings out all kinds of interesting people. We finally did sell the car after listing it a few different times, but if I had to write the ad one more time, I think this is what I would probably say:

For sale: 2000 Honda Civic EX sedan, 98K miles, power everything, one owner, no accidents. $6,000 OBO, no trades. By the way, OBO means “or best offer” and no trades means I don’t want your piece of crap, no matter how sweet you tell me it is. If you’re thinking of offering me $1K cash to “take it off my hands today”, go screw. If you only have $4K to buy a car, don’t waste my time by coming to see it then trying to “negotiate” with me. I’d just as soon send you the VIN as I would my social security number, go away. Would I take $3K? Sure for half of the car, the other half will cost you another $3K. No, I will not accept $1K now and $200 a month from you until its paid off, go get a loan from a bank. If a bank won’t give you a loan, I sure as hell won’t. Even at compound fracture interest. Thanks for playing.