Tallahassee Area Mensa
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Robin's Roost - rest your feathers!
What a busy month November turned into! We had a gathering of 4 for the Thanksgiving feast, I spent a couple of days cooking, the fridge was packed to overflow, and we spent the next several days feasting on the leftovers. My sister in Ohio has been recommending seriously cheesy Christmas movies and we spent much of the weekend after Thanksgiving watching entertainingly predictable Christmas movies. The quality is uneven, they are all formulaic, but only a few have been so bad as to be unwatchable. The weather became part of the fun with the air conditioning being needed up to Thanksgiving Day and by Saturday we needed to have the heat on!
The replacement air chamber bed we bought was finally delivered the Friday after Thanksgiving. The disassembly of the old bed and the assembly and inflating of the new one took a fair amount of the day, but it was a slice of heaven to be able to sleep through the night without having to re-inflate the bed over and over. Since only one air chamber was leaking and the other components were all fine, we decided to put the old one on NextDoor for free as a gift to someone who might like to have a great bed for just a small repair investment. On Friday I had a person say they wanted it and would be out that evening at 6:30, they never came and did not contact me about a delay. I got a couple more "is this still available" feelers, and then on Sunday a woman identifying herself as Stacey said she wanted it and could pick it up within 30 minutes. I agreed. She arrived in a TINY car. She sat in the car while Ray, Don (our company), and I all tried to force that king-size foam bolster into her car, there was no chance of success and we finally gave up. She claimed she was donating it to the Refuge House, and they were thrilled to receive it, and that the place was only 10 minutes away. We agreed to bring the bolster in the van, and she drove off with the air chambers, pump, and the cover that goes over the bolster and air chambers. She texted me the address of The Other Side of Vintage in Railroad Square. We got there and I went in and learned they are not affiliated with the Refuge House, they do not take beds, and they had no idea who Stacey was. I texted her and asked where she had taken the bed and reminded her I still had the bolster, remote controle, and assembly instructions. She sent me a nonsensical response to which I replied "What?". More nonsense followed and I told her we would not keep the bolster in the car and if I did 't know where she had taken the rest of the bed we would have to take it to the landfill - which I did NOT want to do!
She told me to take it to Goodwill. I said no, it was useless to Goodwill without the rest of the bed. She claimed she could not talk anymore because she had an eye doctor appointment. (On Sunday?!?!?) I said we would keep it in the van until Monday morning, then it was going to the landfill, until then she was welcome to return with a larger car to collect it. She said she would do that. I had my doubts. So I sent an email to the Refuge House asking if they were expecting this bed and, if so, where could I take it for them. For the rest of the day I was puzzled by this entire exchange - I'm giving it away for free, why lie to me? Why claim it was going to a store that it wasn't going to? The next morning I heard back from the Refuge House, they had no idea who she was, they were not expecting any bed, and donations were all coorinated through the woman who was communicating with me - bottom line, it wasn't coming to them. So I am even more baffled! The cover won't fit without the bolster, the air chambers are not comfortable without the bolster, the air chambers can't be inflated without the remote to communicate with the pump and I still have the remote - what on earth was the plan here? I'm baffled. Adventures in free-cycling...
We had a grand visit with my brother and his wife and we took them all over playing tourist. I love showing people this beautiful area!
Hope to see you at Wharf and hope you all have a marvelous holiday!
Robin
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