On 2/25/11 at 229pm, Maw answered a phone call. Someone from PG&E called about us being a member of “CARE.” She didn’t want anyone to change her light bulb and would rather use a flashlight and candles. Maw inquired if they were part of Obama’s tag team of environmentalists with Al Bore.
That night I saw a cable news station broadcast and old speech by Obama. In the blue background, there was the word “CARE” as in Obama Care and probably meant for the health care, not energy share.
On 02/26/11 at 154pm, Paw answered another phone call from the “CARE” team. Paw was asked if he was Hispanic. He replied that he was Filipino. Then the guy said it was a free service. Paw said: “There is no such thing as free.” He said to the caller that he CHANGED his mind and wasn’t interested.
For me, this attempt would have been an invasion of privacy — a free service that would allow a bunch of strangers to come into the home owner’s residence; to snoop around and find out if the place has energy-efficient appliances.
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That morning, a GE 40W Crystal Clear vanity bulb blew out upon my flipping on the switch upstairs. That afternoon, a chandelier light blew out upon Paw fliipping on the switch downstairs. In my mind, the “CARE” team was pissed and hinted to us that we suck for not changing our smooth, easy-to-clean bulb and replacing their gay, hard-to-clean curly bulbs.
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