The Household Temperature

I arrived home from my outing on March 4, 2013, at about 9:30 PM or so.  I think it is significant that the temperature that registered at my house, both at the inside thermostat, and from the wireless, remote for outside temperatures, was 73°.  Since then the internal temperature of the house has decreased 2°, which is what I would expect, given we will be experiencing a northern front blowing in.

And, the outside temperature has decreased drastically to 48°, at a little before 1 AM,  which, I believe is amazing but not unheard of, in West Texas.

Hope you are snug in your home, and not experienceing the vagaries of climate and weather change.

If you are without a home, and need help to withstand the vagaries of weather change, I hope the homeless network of Lubbock can help you.  I can not promise answers or resouces, but if you need help, let me know:  naswlbbnews@suddenlink.net.

Loyal Fan Customer - Not!

I have to admit that I am not a loyal fan customer.  Just because the Texas Tech Lady Raiders http://www.texastech.com/sports/w-baskbl/text-w-baskbl-body.html, or NASCAR http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series.html, or NASCAR driver Joey Logano http://www.joeylogano.com/ or NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick http://kevinharvick.com/ promote a product or service, I do not use that product or service. 

I do not make my decisions about products or services based on heavy advertising.  I love the GEICO http://www.geico.com/ commercials. They are so much fun, but I do not think I want to try GEICO insurance. I love the Liberty Mutual  Insurance commercials http://welcome.libertymutual.com/campaigns/search/v1/auto-insurance.html?cmpgncde=289&keyCode=ISPMA0G0&src=im-dpds-aut-ggl1208125038&s_kwcid=TC|17321|liberty%20insurance||S|b|16571841427 that demonstrate responsibility. They demonstrate "pay it forward" and "what goes around comes around."

But as much as I love those commercials, they do not convince me to switch from my tried and true insurance company that has come through, time and again, when I needed it to. You can not substitute cute commercials for tried and true service. Or, you can, and take a chance on what you will get.

The same is true for other products and services. If I have a positive history with a product or service, I am hesitant to change for the unknown, no matter what the advertising says. I am much more likely to give credence to an endorsement from someone I know and trust than a professionally produced commercial.

So, not matter how much advertising I see, I make my choices based on more personal experience.