Warranty!!!

 Our temps are sitting just below freezing, but don't worry, they're going to warm up as the day moves on, finally ending in the mid 40 (F) range.  I'm fine with that.  By Saturday we should be sitting in either the upper 50s (F) or low 60s (F).  This is a good thing.  Spring is a good thing.  Of course, there is the possibility of a snow dusting the surrounding region on Tuesday, but I can live with that.

And yesterday turned out to be... well, possibly happily surprising.  I had a furnace appointment with F. M. Berkheimer for around noon, so I wasted the morning thinking about my heating unit problems and that I was going to be dealing with a rather large unwanted expense.  Berkheimer deals with Carrier HVAC products and both and furnace and A/C units are Carrier.  I showed the rep from Berkheimer the video I'd ben sent from Bowman HVAC and he was unimpressed.  He then told me my furnace was quite likely still under warranty.  After looking at my furnace, he told me he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.  😲😲😲 The Tech from Bowman red flagged my furnace because carbon monoxide and couldn't wait to set up a meeting with their sales rep.  The sales rep from Topline, when first looking at my furnace leaned forward and said, "so I smell gas?"  Followed by his comments about my "wanting to live dangerously," and "wanting to change my will."  So, Berkheimer's going to send out a tech to do another check.  Even if the heat exchanger needs to be replaced, it would be far, far cheaper than buying a new heating system.

After that, my day just seemed to get better.  I began playing Expedition 33.  There's a reason it's really Game of the Year for everybody.  Even the French government has gotten into the act giving the equivalent of Knighthood to the 22 people who designed and wrote the game, which is a first for any game, ever.  Here's a stunning example of how a video game can be an artform.

The fallout continued yesterday from Orangie's failed State of Union speech.  Only about 28 million people watched it.  For those of you wondering, that is probably the sum total of his supporters, including not only the Republican party, but anti-vaxers and the Christian Nationalists, as well.  To be honest, the State of the Union speech has never been one to draw a massive crowd, though that 28 million number is the lowest it's ever been.

And what about those members of the US Men's Hockey Team who went to the White House at Orangie's invitation.  I wonder if they've realized yet he was going to treat them like 2 bit whores.  I mean, as has always been the case, he fed them MacDonalds.  As someone mentioned, there was a time during his first term that his MacDonalds schtick was considered amusing, but now the entertainment value has worn thin.  On the opposite end of the spectrum is the US Women's Hockey Team who are being treated like royalty by just about everyone except Republicans.  The GOP isn't dying in the dark, they're doing it in broad daylight for everyone in the world to see!