This is beginning to be an annoying day, but had worse :-)
After a few days of mid teens C, woke up this morning to a white blanket of snow. Spring is not currently forecasted to resumed until Monday with plus 11 C.
Jean wanted to have some sort of dedicated hand held vacuum for her plant room. So checked it out quickly on line and off to Canadian Tire I go.
But first, I had to clear the snow off the car just to find a nice coat of ice under to scrape. Sigh.
The one she wanted was $229, was on sale for $129, so I spend the $100 on a grinder stand ($80) and a 3 prongs wall timer ($20) for her plant stands. Perfect :-)
Feeling better already :-)
Got home just to find out that my sealed box for her vacuum did not contained the rechargeable battery as indicated on the box???
Returned to the store exchanged it with another, checked before leaving that it had the battery.
Back home, it charged and work fine. Moving on to my next box my grinder stand.
Look well packed
Found a loose screw and washer ?? Instruction says it takes 23 mins on average to assemble. Huh, that sounds slow, they must be using metric threads? :-)
Put it all together in 15 minutes including searching for a missing nut to fasten the tray to the stand. Checked all packing stuff, no luck. I am missing a %$#@ nut and you guessed it, it is metric.
What are the odds that I would have metric fasteners? Nada, None, Zero....Another trip to same store....
BUT...
Meanwhile my tax accountant called, our taxes returns are ready. Since I have to go out again may as well get my spare nut....
Did not had much difficulties getting my spare part. Walked in the store, went to hardware's section looking for my metric M6 nut. Very slim picking in metric fasteners, everything is SAE, yes even in Metric Canada....
They only nuts I found were a pack of 5 stainless M6 nuts. Off to the return counter.
Explained briefly my problem to the poor girl who looked lost, she turned around and her supervisor recognized me from earlier for the battery. She apologized profoundly, understood the problem. Tore open the bag, gave me two nuts and told the girl to write off the damaged bag. I'm happy, problem solved quickly at the cash register, next...
Next stop, tax accountant. Turns out I owe this year, damn you COVID :-(
Back home had a lovely supper with Jean and our youngest granddaughters.
Scratched the dogs ears, butt and gave them treats
Life is good again
Ready for whatever tomorrow is bringing... Just take the snow away will you??
I'll explain next, why I went and get a grinder stand. I'll buy another next time they go on sale.
Bob, sipping coffee, breathing...hummmmmm :-)