Had a (mis)client recently that wanted the web design /dev world for the price of a happy meal..

• indecisive on what the content outcome should be
• asked me to remove royalty proof watermarks on a few images that they did not own
• cramming as much as crap as possible in the $1.95 package AFTER the quote was given
• substantially overdue hosting related account that was not paid eventually
• priority service - stop everything, we want it now, type of crap
• premium search engine optimisations requested - they wanted to be first spot on a national scale, haha; i guess the freely provided local first rank wasn't enough!
• the need to send me an email as to why they were leaving and how a business should operate - yeah right, take advice from a dodgy outfit
• and the clincher? one ring phone pranks on my mobile repeatedly, so that i would call them back at my expense

Apparently i am the Mr Fix It at home..

The front door intercom hadn't been working for a while and i couldn't source the parts as a result of the system being superseeded. I pulled it apart and found that the button solder points on the cirtcuit board pcb had broken, got my solder out and fixed it.

Lawn mower wouldn't start as a result of the busted spark plug / rubber combination. I got a a new spark plug and rubber, and a wrench and got it all functional and finished the lawn with in the afternoon. I could have used this situation as a valid excuse, though - did i mention how much i loathe mowing the lawn?

Completely pulled the wii apart and removed a chip and put it all back together; no screws were left over, so i gather it was all done right, haha. Looking into pimping it up with a DX transparent pink housing to replace the default white wii housing.

Pulled the vertical drapes apart and replaced the cord to retract / expand the drapes -- man the reassembly was confusing at first, but at the end it only cost me $3.50 to do. :-)

Here's how it roughly goes:

we are based in India and have looked at your site, blah blah team of 50 dedicated professionals to SEO optimise your website and boost your search engine status.

Email source a gmail account with a reply address that may be the same or another one but most definitely not a legit company tld.

Please reply so we can add you to the spam list.

I sent my wireless headset back to suppliers end of last year. They arrived two weeks late, and the parcel was extremely damaged, and sent back to me as a result. Was dealing with Aust POST regarding the damage in transit and am finally getting some form of resolution -- hopefully last hurdle should be posted today to sort this out.

My HSV Holden commodore has been neglected over the years and i have been slowly fixing it. Still got a lot to do but it is definitely a work in progress.

Wireless mic for the wii turned up a few days ago as DOA. What irked me was the fact that the ebay listed item location was Australia (which is why i bought it) but the item was sent from China. I had to return the yum cha back to them in China and it cost me fricken $14.50. Great.

Been scouring for full time work over the past few months since we got back from Europe -- applied for some and should hopefully hear something before the end of January; otherwise i am going back to Tafe.

On a positive note - we painted the girls room pink, bought them new beds and matresses, and cute quilts and covers. Just have to wait a few more weeks for the paint to aerate before we put up the new BrightStarKids wall decorations.

We also reupholstered the dinner chairs with a material that was kid spill friendly.