It is worth the money

I received the replacement stuff sacks from Outdoor Research(OR) this week. I wished all companies were as accommodating as OR. They sent me replacements for the ones that I told them had problems and they sent replacements. They didn't even want the old ones back to verify that the problems that I reports was actually what was wrong.

I will continue to do business with a company that has such a good guarantee. They really do have on infinite guarantee - and no questions asked.

Not sure if I will survive

It's been 2 weeks of the 12 hour days and I'm am really fried. My body is getting to old to put these hours in. We have made reasonable progress on the project but we are now to a point where everything is waiting on everything else. We have a deadline of Aug 2 to produce output for the vendor so that they can freeze the configuration. I think we will make it, that is if the tech lead can be left along long enough to produce what I need to complete the process.

On the bright side I only have one more week of long hours this month and then only 2 months left. I am REALLY looking forward to the planned pack trip the first week of October (8 - 11). Then it will be production launch for the first part of the project (yuck). If all goes well the launch "should be" uneventful but, we all know that Murphy likes to hang around during a production launch.

Sometimes it's worth the money

I posted a note on the Outdoor Research Forum about a problem with some of my pack gear. There response was "We have an Infinite Guarantee" and they sound like they will replace them. Dropped a note to customer service, so we'll see how it goes.

I may start a new blog for the packing side of life - haven't decided yet! (Stay Tuned)

Mid Week Hoildays

I hate a holiday in the middle of the week. It's a real pain having two Mondays in a week. Yes, there are also 2 Fridays in the week but they don't make up for the two Mondays.

This week has been especially bad with the technical lead out on vacation all week. This means that all the questions and problems come to me to solve, along with all the other stuff that I need to get done.

Starting next week I will be working 12 extra hours a week to try to get the project back on track. Here's hoping! This will also push my next vacation week out a bit. It will move from August to October. By then I'll be ready for another pack trip - this one will be Nordhouse Dunes - long weekend on the beach, can't wait. Sorry I don't have pics from my last trip, no digital camera, used the old technology (camera and film).

It off to Indy this weekend for a wedding. We'll truck over Saturday morning and back again Saturday night - oh joy! I used to make this trip a lot but, I was a lot younger then.