Hello Daryl!

** On Tuesday 09.03.21 - 21:56, Daryl Stout wrote to JOE MACKEY:

 DS>   Yesterday, I thought my central heat and air conditioning
 DS>   unit had failed. The fan worked, but the console was
 DS>   dark, and I couldn't power up..

 DS>   They said "there should be 2 AA batteries in
 DS>   there...remove the cover, change out the batteries, and
 DS>   if the old one hadn't corroded..

I had a similar situation once, but the problem WASN'T the  
thermostat. I turned everything on, but the A/C wouldn't kick  
in. I call them, like you did, but all they did was was send  
someone over.  They didn't suggest anything prior to that.

The guy comes over, does exactly the same thing I did to turn  
onthe A/C, noticed no change, and then just stood there.  I  
asked him, "Now what? Do you think it's more serious?.  He said,  
"No. But sometimes it takes about 8 minutes for the system to  
get started."   Sure enough, about 8-10 minutes later, the  
system revved up.

I thought "Great! I'm glad I wasn't going to be a maintenance  
bill."

BUT.. about a week later, I get an invoice in the mail for a  
"Service call,  $90".  I was furious.  All the guy did was push  
the ON button and wait.  Besides, the "and wait" part was  
something they could have told me over the phone!

 DS>   At the eye doctor Monday, they "suspect" I'm in the very
 DS>   early stages of glaucoma. They want me back in 3 months..

I could probably cope with pains, but lack of eyesight would be  
worse for me.

 DS>   Big Pharma is making money hand over fist as it is...they
 DS>   say it's for research, but it's also for them wining and
 DS>   dining medical staff, then doing their presentation on..

That's the price we pay for wining and dining on sugars and  
processed foods?  :/   I think that we (as consumers) can make  
better choices with the foods we eat so as to mitigate the  
marshaling of health problems.

 DS>   I've had so much other stuff outside the BBS, that today
 DS>   is the first day I've been able to logon in awhile.

I think you have much more other stuff INSIDE your body that is  
probably more important to deal with. Hope things work out for  
you!

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