Super Secret Birthday Code!
First off, Happy 21st Birthday to Leigh! Now go get drunk with your mom!
Because I kept getting called into work early last week, I didn't get to ship Leigh's present to her till today, so it's going to get there late. And that sucks, but at least she'll get it. She kept asking me what I got her, but the surprise is half the fun. So from now until she gets it, it will have to be referred to as a "grill," because that's what I've been telling her I was going to/did get her.
Anyway, when I was going grill shopping with my sister, we had the most incompetent grill salesman I've ever met. He seemed good natured enough, but he didn't have any clue about grills and we needed an expert opinion. When we first asked him about getting one, we specifically mentioned that we wanted a gas grill, not an electric grill. We said it would be okay if it had some of the extra fancy features of the electric grill, but that we needed a gas grill.
Still, when he first came back to us, he brought us a crappy electric grill. After reiterating our preference he came back with a much nicer grill and it all seemed to be going well until it came down to the grill accessories. It was at this time that we realized that this second grill he brought us was also an electric grill! And although it was a much nicer grill than the first, it was still not a gas grill like we needed.
So, then we requested a new grill. We specifically pointed to a grill that we could read on the sign was a gas grill. It was of a price that made me think it must be a pretty good grill. However, when he started to ring up the grill we thought we wanted, it turned out to be much cheaper than the sign we'd seen. He accidentally had the wrong gas grill! A cheap version of the good gas grill we really wanted. So when it rang up a third of the price it needed to be, we told him it would have to be put back.
It was only then that the man, at my explicit instruction, finally grabbed the specific grill we needed for Leigh's birthday. We added some much needed grill accessories to the sale, and finally we were on our way. So then we left and Rachel went to work so she could go deliver some baby. And that's the story of how we got Leigh her birthday grill.
Put another shrimp on the barbie, Leigh!
Anyway, one of my favorite parts about Leigh's birthday, is that it means it's almost my birthday! Hooray!
My birthday is just 18 days away (July 8th, yo), and I feel like begging asking politely for free stuff. If you feel like getting me some stuff, here are some ideas to help you out:
You can check out my Amazon Birthday (Or Whenever) Wishlist!
And I love baseball and the Red Sox are the closest team, so feel free to Buy Me Tickets on ebay! (Oooh, they're playing the Yankees just after my birthday!)
If you'd like you can get me an LJ Paid Account for another year!
If you want to, you can just Donate Money!
And as always...
You can get me "anything else that's cool." Need my address to do it? (Or for anything else) Here ya go:
Stephen Waterman @
66 Smith Corner Rd
Newton, NH, 03858
Oh, and also, I could always use white T-shirts and underwear.
Ooooh, and the IMDb Trivia Fact for the day is that Ben Curtis (AKA "Steve the Dell Dude") auditioned for the role of John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The role eventually went to Nick Stahl.
Can you imagine if he had gotten the part? I'm not sure if it would have made the movie waaaaaaaaaay better or waaaaaaaaaaay worse.
Because I kept getting called into work early last week, I didn't get to ship Leigh's present to her till today, so it's going to get there late. And that sucks, but at least she'll get it. She kept asking me what I got her, but the surprise is half the fun. So from now until she gets it, it will have to be referred to as a "grill," because that's what I've been telling her I was going to/did get her.
Anyway, when I was going grill shopping with my sister, we had the most incompetent grill salesman I've ever met. He seemed good natured enough, but he didn't have any clue about grills and we needed an expert opinion. When we first asked him about getting one, we specifically mentioned that we wanted a gas grill, not an electric grill. We said it would be okay if it had some of the extra fancy features of the electric grill, but that we needed a gas grill.
Still, when he first came back to us, he brought us a crappy electric grill. After reiterating our preference he came back with a much nicer grill and it all seemed to be going well until it came down to the grill accessories. It was at this time that we realized that this second grill he brought us was also an electric grill! And although it was a much nicer grill than the first, it was still not a gas grill like we needed.
So, then we requested a new grill. We specifically pointed to a grill that we could read on the sign was a gas grill. It was of a price that made me think it must be a pretty good grill. However, when he started to ring up the grill we thought we wanted, it turned out to be much cheaper than the sign we'd seen. He accidentally had the wrong gas grill! A cheap version of the good gas grill we really wanted. So when it rang up a third of the price it needed to be, we told him it would have to be put back.
It was only then that the man, at my explicit instruction, finally grabbed the specific grill we needed for Leigh's birthday. We added some much needed grill accessories to the sale, and finally we were on our way. So then we left and Rachel went to work so she could go deliver some baby. And that's the story of how we got Leigh her birthday grill.
Put another shrimp on the barbie, Leigh!
Anyway, one of my favorite parts about Leigh's birthday, is that it means it's almost my birthday! Hooray!
My birthday is just 18 days away (July 8th, yo), and I feel like begging asking politely for free stuff. If you feel like getting me some stuff, here are some ideas to help you out:
You can check out my Amazon Birthday (Or Whenever) Wishlist!
And I love baseball and the Red Sox are the closest team, so feel free to Buy Me Tickets on ebay! (Oooh, they're playing the Yankees just after my birthday!)
If you'd like you can get me an LJ Paid Account for another year!
If you want to, you can just Donate Money!
And as always...
You can get me "anything else that's cool." Need my address to do it? (Or for anything else) Here ya go:
Stephen Waterman @
66 Smith Corner Rd
Newton, NH, 03858
Oh, and also, I could always use white T-shirts and underwear.
Ooooh, and the IMDb Trivia Fact for the day is that Ben Curtis (AKA "Steve the Dell Dude") auditioned for the role of John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The role eventually went to Nick Stahl.
Can you imagine if he had gotten the part? I'm not sure if it would have made the movie waaaaaaaaaay better or waaaaaaaaaaay worse.