Dr Copa Scrip for Success

Hating Waste

Copa — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:01:14 +0000

Although we have become pretty much a disposal society, I tend to try and fix and repair things that I have purchased rather than just tossing them out, which fills up our landfills and keeps the big business guys raking in the bucks. I would much rather take my shoes and other footwear to the local shoe repair shop which is a great little mom and pop business that is struggling to keep there doors open, which just breaks my heart.

So when I noticed that our outdoor furniture is looking pretty shabby I decided to try and find patio chair repair business that could help with our outdoor furniture repair concerns. Luckily it only took a few minutes by using the Internet to locate a reputable company that will hopefully come to our rescue. I’ll keep you posted on how it all pans out.

Subway Subs

Copa — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:03:58 +0000

Sometimes I just need a break from burgers for lunch, so Subway has become my restaurant of choice lately. I like to get take advantage of their $5 foot long sub and my favorite is the Spicy Italian. I just wish that they didn’t ask so many questions about how I want it fixed. I understand why they do this but I find that when I’m in a hurry or not in the best of moods that I tend to get a bit cranky and irritated with all the questions. Funny thing is that I’m not the only one that feels that way. There have been several people that I have talked to about Subway that feel the same way.

Home energy audit

Copa — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:16:35 +0000

One of the things that I liked about living in New England was that the Central Maine Power Company offered a free home energy audit to all of their customers for many years. As part of their home energy audit they would bring an insulation blanket to put around the water heater, and actually install it for you for free!

When we moved down here, we contacted our local electricity company to see if they would perform the same type of free home energy audit for us on our new house, but were disappointed to learn that they charge a fee for that service. With all of the talk we hear about how important it is to save energy and reduce our carbon footprint, I really had expected more of a consumer-friendly attitude around here!

Shoddy baggers

Copa — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:02:34 +0000

I’m pretty sure that the cashiers and bagger that work at the grocery store get training on how to properly bag a customer’s groceries. It never ceases to amaze me how poorly a job of bagging groceries some of the cashiers and baggers do. First of all, I think that the big stores that make the cashiers scan the groceries and do the bagging is expecting the cashier to do too much. I think that each cashier should have a bagger so that each can concentrate on doing the job right, instead of doing it fast!

Custom Address Plaques

Copa — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:28:04 +0000

Whenever the wife and I go into a home improvement store, like Home Depot or Lowes, she usually heads right over to the department where they have their displays of residential address plaques. Ever since we moved here she’s been wanting to buy one of those personalized address plaques for the place . The current address sign that was already installed on the house is really sad looking and she tends to get aggravated about the way it looks to people when they come over to our house.

I’ve tried time and time again to reason with her stating that most people don’t even notice address signs when they go to someone’s house, but of course she disagrees with me, nothing new there. She would like to get one of the custom address plaques that has our name on it as well as the house number. They do have some nice quality looking address plaques out there these days, I have to admit, so I’m thinking that when we get our tax return check, which is due to hit our bank account any day now, that I will surprise her with one that I think will be suitable for the type of house we live in as well as one that she can live with and finally get off my back about the whole issue and we can move on to bigger and better things next time we go into any more stores.