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Thread ID: 119099	2011-07-04 21:12:00	Ya Wanna Hear Big-brotherism?	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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1214798	2011-07-04 21:12:00	Wife's 2000 Astro Van (4.3, F & R AC) needs a recharge - I heard it blow off one day and with the hot weather, I decided I had to fix it once and for all. OK - went to Wal-Mart to get their R134a 'freon' and they have it in several different brands, and knowing that R134a is R134a, I bought four cans of Quest freon. I went on to the garden shop and my wife checked out with the R134a and some other goodies. We got back to the car and she asked me: "How expensive IS that stuff?" I said: ".......under $12.00/can - why?" "Well, they charged me almost $22.00/can for it. Howcome?" she said. Looking at the receipt - sure enough there's $10.00 'CORE CHARGE' for the steeeeeenking cans!!!!! Now - I know they like to recycle things in Goofy Land, but $10.00 A CAN!!!! I gotta figure they don't want you to stockpile R134a or something like that, because on the can - in real tiny print it says that you can get the 'deposit' back if you return the cans in less than 90 days. That's just nutzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. So - I've gotta use it all or dump it to get the $10.00 back? Does this make sense? THEN - PAGE TWO gets even worse. I get the system all pumped down for 6 hours and go to recharge it. I have the tools, gauges and evac pumps and laser thermometer and then find out that CALIFORINA HAS DONE IT AGAIN in the need for another new adapter to get the gas outta the cans! JUST steeeeeenking Califartia 'cause it says so on the steeeeenking side of the can in steeeeenking small print (again with the small print). So - today being a steeeeeenking holiday and yesterday was steeeeeenking Sunday and the steeeeeenking auto parts stores are all closed - I've got a van in the air, waiting for me to get a steeeeeeeeeenking $3.00 adapter to get the steeeeeeeeenking gas outta the steeeeeeeenking cans before I bring the steeeeeeeenking cans back to Wal-Mart for a steeeeeeenking $10.00/can refund. And steeeeeenking Wal-Mart is 56 miles down the steeeeenking road too! /rant	SurferJoe46 (51)
1214799	2011-07-04 21:31:00	I would move somewhere kinder to your health Joe, try Canada	gary67 (56)
1214800	2011-07-04 21:34:00	lh3.googleusercontent.com	SurferJoe46 (51)
1214801	2011-07-04 23:03:00	What the....	Agent_24 (57)
1214802	2011-07-04 23:04:00	In NZ all imported cars have the freon drained before they are sold, if you had one that you obtained before the legislation came into effect and later took it into a garage they will drain the freon on a perfectly working system without informing you beforehand. This happened on both of the Nissan Pulsars we used to have. Due to freon being one of the most potent ozone layer destroyers by the way.	zqwerty (97)
1214803	2011-07-04 23:10:00	Let me get this straight - but first - are youse guys letting any of the Californication Legislative & Clean-Air Knows No Bounds people onto your council seats now? They dump the R12 or R134a and send you back a non-functioning-previously-working-and-cooling-air-conditioning-system and youse gots no choice? Keeee-ri---miney! The world has indeed gone toto-loco . . . . . . . . . . . . and I had hopes for youse guys - <sniff> disillusioned now . :eek:	SurferJoe46 (51)
1214804	2011-07-04 23:16:00	Freon free NZ we are. Or some such legislation that was passed here a number of years ago. Not sure what they replace it with now. LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1214805	2011-07-04 23:19:00	Gotta be a lot of sheep farts you can use. I hear there's a lot of BTU capacity in them.	SurferJoe46 (51)
1214806	2011-07-04 23:24:00	Who needs aircon anyway I heard it was for wimps and Australians which is one and the same. I have free aircon because SWMBO has the car and I walk so my aircon is completely free	gary67 (56)
1214807	2011-07-05 01:44:00	It's nice today with the monsoon season upon us. Today's humidity: 104ºF/40ºC and the humidity is over 90%/90%. We usually run 100ºF/35ºC and less than 10%/10% humidity.	SurferJoe46 (51)
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