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al (!!!!) :(
Oh, jeez. Al won't be reading here, I'm sure. He must have many more
important things on his mind. Let's just hope he and his are fine. Diana wrote in message ... check out al's site. (you guys/cats ok?) http://orchidexchange.com/ --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
yeah, subject line should have been "al's".
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al (!!!!) :(
If anyone decides to email Al, remember to put the word *orchid* in the
subject line. Otherwise it goes directly into the spam trap. Diana wrote in message ... yeah, subject line should have been "al's". --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
Yeah, I'm here. We're okay. Cats are okay. No need to organize any relief
drive for us. ;-) The greenhouse is a bit over-toasted, if you get my drift. The portion of the collection that made it into the house Friday night after the fire and before the cold got it is now being housed in one of Pat Brennan's spare (SPARE?!) greenhouses. It has been quite a nightmarish ride since Friday night when I discovered my greenhouse in flames. I think there may be pictures for abpo once I can get my camera batteries re-charged and a take few minutes to compose something humorous and Al-ien-like for your reading pleasure.... Here is one absurdity from yesterday which I have cataloged for other people and cut and pasted he Although I still can not laugh at much right now. Except maybe the ServiceMaster guy the insurance company sent over this morning to 'clean'. We got a chuckle out of him as we were packing Pat's truck for another trip to Mt Jackson. "ServiceMaster" is the company that cleans up after fires and floods. The insurance company has still not sent an adjuster so they have no idea what happened here, but they sent a ServiceMaster dude with a vacuum and a bottle of Windex. He took one look at it all, took some pictures with his cell phone, and said we needed a contractor and he was not touching anything until an adjuster gave him approval and I said, "Duh." Credit for the "Windex" line goes to Molly Brennan. I have adapted her response to fit my needs and stolen her humor, although not word for word, but credit is due... Take care. wrote in message ... yeah, subject line should have been "al's". --j_a |
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We'll all *hold thumbs* with Wendy, Al! As long as you and the cats (the
real ones) are okay, everything else can and will be replaced. Just don't hire "Contractor" like last time. I don't think we can take another round of that saga! We'd rather bring our wenches and help you ourselves.......... Diana "Al Pickrel" wrote in message news:rZbGj.2072$VK4.379@trnddc08... Yeah, I'm here. We're okay. Cats are okay. No need to organize any relief drive for us. ;-) The greenhouse is a bit over-toasted, if you get my drift. The portion of the collection that made it into the house Friday night after the fire and before the cold got it is now being housed in one of Pat Brennan's spare (SPARE?!) greenhouses. It has been quite a nightmarish ride since Friday night when I discovered my greenhouse in flames. I think there may be pictures for abpo once I can get my camera batteries re-charged and a take few minutes to compose something humorous and Al-ien-like for your reading pleasure.... Here is one absurdity from yesterday which I have cataloged for other people and cut and pasted he Although I still can not laugh at much right now. Except maybe the ServiceMaster guy the insurance company sent over this morning to 'clean'. We got a chuckle out of him as we were packing Pat's truck for another trip to Mt Jackson. "ServiceMaster" is the company that cleans up after fires and floods. The insurance company has still not sent an adjuster so they have no idea what happened here, but they sent a ServiceMaster dude with a vacuum and a bottle of Windex. He took one look at it all, took some pictures with his cell phone, and said we needed a contractor and he was not touching anything until an adjuster gave him approval and I said, "Duh." Credit for the "Windex" line goes to Molly Brennan. I have adapted her response to fit my needs and stolen her humor, although not word for word, but credit is due... Take care. wrote in message ... yeah, subject line should have been "al's". --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
-waving arms and sending good vibes-
hang in there. in the horse world the sentiment is "jingles" -jinglejinglejingle- (and some vibes for pat too. --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
Absolutely, good job, Pat. Orchid people are great, and rgo has some of the
best of them. Diana wrote in message ... -waving arms and sending good vibes- hang in there. in the horse world the sentiment is "jingles" -jinglejinglejingle- (and some vibes for pat too. --j_a |
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Oh my stars, Al! I'm floored. Thank goodness Pat has a 'spare' greenhouse.
(an oxymoron, like 'spare' change... *G*.) sigh. I just returned from my late mentor's GH looking over her collection. She's got some things I have no idea how to care for, so rgo-ers, expect a lot of questions from me. K Barrett "Diana Kulaga" wrote in message ... Absolutely, good job, Pat. Orchid people are great, and rgo has some of the best of them. Diana wrote in message ... -waving arms and sending good vibes- hang in there. in the horse world the sentiment is "jingles" -jinglejinglejingle- (and some vibes for pat too. --j_a |
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Jesus, Al. That's terrible. Any idea what started it?
-- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info! "Al Pickrel" wrote in message news:rZbGj.2072$VK4.379@trnddc08... Yeah, I'm here. We're okay. Cats are okay. No need to organize any relief drive for us. ;-) The greenhouse is a bit over-toasted, if you get my drift. The portion of the collection that made it into the house Friday night after the fire and before the cold got it is now being housed in one of Pat Brennan's spare (SPARE?!) greenhouses. It has been quite a nightmarish ride since Friday night when I discovered my greenhouse in flames. I think there may be pictures for abpo once I can get my camera batteries re-charged and a take few minutes to compose something humorous and Al-ien-like for your reading pleasure.... Here is one absurdity from yesterday which I have cataloged for other people and cut and pasted he Although I still can not laugh at much right now. Except maybe the ServiceMaster guy the insurance company sent over this morning to 'clean'. We got a chuckle out of him as we were packing Pat's truck for another trip to Mt Jackson. "ServiceMaster" is the company that cleans up after fires and floods. The insurance company has still not sent an adjuster so they have no idea what happened here, but they sent a ServiceMaster dude with a vacuum and a bottle of Windex. He took one look at it all, took some pictures with his cell phone, and said we needed a contractor and he was not touching anything until an adjuster gave him approval and I said, "Duh." Credit for the "Windex" line goes to Molly Brennan. I have adapted her response to fit my needs and stolen her humor, although not word for word, but credit is due... Take care. wrote in message ... yeah, subject line should have been "al's". --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
Oh what a crying shame Al, you must be heartbroken after all that work!!!
Was it the heater or electrical? Kudos to Pat & hope everything works out for you. Cheers Wendy wrote in message ... check out al's site. (you guys/cats ok?) http://orchidexchange.com/ --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
It is a real mess here. We are still in the investigation stage. I can't
move anything touched by the fire. Cause investigator is coming this morning and perhaps when he leaves I will have permission to clean up. A ten year old florescent light shorted according to the fire Marshal who pointed out where the obvious hot spot was. And it appears the subpanel had a ground fault circuit interrupter that also failed. As explained to me if the GFCI breaker had worked to shut off the current then the short in the light would have looked like a power failure and nothing more. But the breaker kept feeding the current and sparks became fire became nightmare.etc. But that's all I have pieced together and I may be wrong. The cause investigator is coming this morning. He knows about the light that shorted out as identified by the fire marshal. But, only yesterday did we learn from the electrician about the GFCI breaker, and the insurance investigator has not heard this news yet. We left the subpanel un-repaired for him to examine himself. The electrician literally said a sentence sounding something like this: "The fire would not have happened if this GFCI had done its job." "Ray B" wrote in message news:GtdGj.2055$rb6.953@trnddc01... Jesus, Al. That's terrible. Any idea what started it? -- Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com Plants, Supplies. Books, Artwork, and lots of Free Info! "Al Pickrel" wrote in message news:rZbGj.2072$VK4.379@trnddc08... Yeah, I'm here. We're okay. Cats are okay. No need to organize any relief drive for us. ;-) The greenhouse is a bit over-toasted, if you get my drift. The portion of the collection that made it into the house Friday night after the fire and before the cold got it is now being housed in one of Pat Brennan's spare (SPARE?!) greenhouses. It has been quite a nightmarish ride since Friday night when I discovered my greenhouse in flames. I think there may be pictures for abpo once I can get my camera batteries re-charged and a take few minutes to compose something humorous and Al-ien-like for your reading pleasure.... Here is one absurdity from yesterday which I have cataloged for other people and cut and pasted he Although I still can not laugh at much right now. Except maybe the ServiceMaster guy the insurance company sent over this morning to 'clean'. We got a chuckle out of him as we were packing Pat's truck for another trip to Mt Jackson. "ServiceMaster" is the company that cleans up after fires and floods. The insurance company has still not sent an adjuster so they have no idea what happened here, but they sent a ServiceMaster dude with a vacuum and a bottle of Windex. He took one look at it all, took some pictures with his cell phone, and said we needed a contractor and he was not touching anything until an adjuster gave him approval and I said, "Duh." Credit for the "Windex" line goes to Molly Brennan. I have adapted her response to fit my needs and stolen her humor, although not word for word, but credit is due... Take care. wrote in message ... yeah, subject line should have been "al's". --j_a |
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al (!!!!) :(
damn, that totally sucks.
~vibes~vibes~vibes~ --j_a |
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