Finally got myself to go back to a casino. Haven't been in - a couple of years I think. I have been playing the free, online version through MyVegas for a while now and decided to go an see what happens.
First table: 2 guys that had no clue what they were doing. Didn't sit there long. Second table, would have had the table to myself but a guy showed up as I was placing a bet. I sat there for a while - it was up and down. I decided that table wasn't working and went to another one - which wasn't working at ALL. I ventured over to the other side of the building to their other blackjack tables.
2 guys at the table I sat down at. One got up and left - making bad decisions on hands - and that's when I made the comeback. Nothing grand. But there was one hand that was very interesting. I was dealt a pair of Aces. I split. I get another Ace. Split again. I get another Ace and yes, split again! 4 hands running now. You only get one card per hand when splitting aces. I got a 10 on 2 of them and a 2 and a 3 on the other. 2 21's and 2 bad hands but if I win the 2 21 hands then it will offset the other 2 and it will ultimately be a push.
Didn't happen. Instead, the dealer busted! Woohoo! I had my money back and I left shortly after that. Just wanted to venture into it once to see if I could still hack it.
That's it. I'm not going back to that one. I will try a different one eventually, but - not today lol.
I slept in this morning having had the day off - and went to bed early last night. I got up and cleaned out the dirty pond's filter again. It had gotten filthy in a short period of time. Going to keep doing that until that water is clear and clean. Probably every other day or every 2 days.
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Long interlude. Went to Fry's. They have almost completely relocated everything in the store. I know (knew) where everything is. Now I can't find anything. I mean, they have relocated everything from one place to another, most of it to completely different aisles. I mean, people are walking back and forth along the main aisles looking down the shelf aisles looking for the things they used to know the location of.
I asked, yes I did. Shrugging shoulders from management and employees: Whose bright idea was THIS?!!
A new front end manager. Dunno him, talks to me with tones of authority and as if he had been working at that store forever. He's brand new there, I simply told him what I thought of his attitude, directly, to his face. When I got home, I called Fry's corporate. Blah Blah Blahhhhh. They said they would have someone contact me. I distinctly stated I wanted to speak to someone in corporate, not the store's general manager. Who calls?
The store's general manager. That conversation went on for less than 60 seconds. I called Fry's back. Not a happening event. Next call was from the district manager. I decided to let it ride at that point. A long, involved conversation. Her pathetic points - handed down to her from Kroger's Corporate - were lame and my responses had her grasping for something to say other than you're right, or yes, or I completely agree. Kroger's decided to do panels with people in study groups to determine what the best layout of a store was. I wondered if, during those panels, the following or something similar to it might have been brought up: If this was to be implement at YOUR favorite grocery store and it meant that, over the course of less than a week, the entire store was going to be changed around to the point that NOTHING would be anywhere CLOSE to where it was before and you had to, in effect, learn an entirely new store, would you want those kind of changes? I am guessing it was not.
The point, presumably, is to change it around for "psychological" purposes, ie: the things that if a person sees, is more likely to want to buy, according to even more group studies and testing. None of that kind of thing does anything for me. I completely ignore all or most of that stuff going into a store - they already had junk like that out there - and go for what I went in there for.
Do you know how long it takes to learn where everything is at in a giant grocery store? I'm sure many people do. Once you learn all of that, you certainly don't want to walk in there one day and find the ENTIRE store has been completely moved around. Further, the employees can't find anything, either!
I was using logic with the District Manager, was her label. Umm, ma'am, if your own employees can't find anything - that work there in 8 hour shifts or whatever, how long, do you suppose, it's going to take a customer coming in 3 to 5 times a week spending 20 or less minutes in there? I don't have the time or the desire to go walking down every freaking aisle every time I go in there!
Need not go into this further. End of story? I'll take a list in there next time, hand it to someone - anyone - if they refuse I'll just be calling this manager back. Why? They could have done this smarter. If they were insistent on doing this, they could have phased this in over time instead of completely changing the entire store all at once. But, I guess that doesn't make sense if they were combining things from several aisles into one. Right?
Done.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Well, apparently the money they put back into my account is = my money or they probably would have taken it out by now. I dunno, but I gave up being mad at the thief that stole it, the world is full of thieves and I have been victimized in the past, nothing new under the sun, no sense in holding it against a person I will never even see, much less get to meet and...........
Nice, windy day. Winds came and brought in much cooler air, something more like the feel April SHOULD. There is nothing in my mind that tells me that April should start feeling like near the end of May when the heat of summer begins to kick in and you start bracing yourself for the worst to come.
Fish troubles. Aerator quit working - I have enough fish in that pond that an aerator that quits working? Those fish are going to be gulping air at the surface of the pond maybe half a day later. Or so. I think I just barely had enough aeration going into that pond as it was. Well, go out there Monday after work and ALL of them were at the surface attempting to gulp air. This typically means they don't have much time before they die.
Air pump had quit. I quickly went out front to the pond with only mosquito eaters in it - they can live in standing water - took that pump and set it up. It only has enough for one aerator in the pond, but enough, I think. I then took the filter assembly apart, cleaned it out and then set it up higher by adding more pavers underneath it. Meaning the waterfall will be from a higher perch and more aeration from the water falling into the pond by virtue of the water going deeper from the waterfall.
I then added plenty of fresh water. I simply had no desire to go to the store. Yesterday, I went and bought a much larger air pump at Walmart, the biggest they have and that was it. That thing cranks out a lot of air. The water looks like it's boiling at the area where the bubbles are coming up. Thankfully, no fish lost and they are swimming around as normal.
But, the water is getting dirty so now I am going to have to start cleaning out the filter every couple of days until it's clean again. Big PITA. It's getting dirty cause' it's growing season and the fish are eating like crazy. Rather then cut back on their diet, I will just have to clean out the filters more frequently. Just got done with one of them, will do the other one tomorrow.
Which reminds me, I have a 3 day weekend coming up. Finish off tomorrow and I get Friday off. The purchasing agent at a municipality that I frequent in making deliveries - and we talk a lot about blackjack - wants me to come to the casino and see if we 2 can end up in the final series. It's a weekly thing on Fridays at 3:00 am. Yes, that is Friday morning, 3 AM. He has 3 day weekends every week - many municipalities are switching to 4 - 10 hour work days instead of 5 - 8 hours and so, lucky him, 4 day a week work schedule. He CAN get up at whatever time to be at the casino that early. Actually, he stays up all night long! Me? I would go to bed at 8:00 pm and get up instead of attempting to stay up all night long, too much for me to handle being up all night.
I am considering it is all I can say about it. It's a 25 buck buy in and you get a coupon for free breakfast at one of the casino's restaurants. I have eaten at one of that particular casino's restaurants and the food was very good. That was, of course, after winning $500 and deciding that a free meal - free because of the house's money, lol - was called for.
I started this entry a day and a half ago, lol.
Now, it's Thursday late afternoon, I am off work until Monday. Very long day today, but I got a run up to Globe in. They were going to do it tomorrow - and I would have lost that run - but I talked them into it cause' tomorrow? They have all KINDS of stuff in there to do. A 3 plus hour run up to the mountains would not be a happening event.
Nice, windy day. Winds came and brought in much cooler air, something more like the feel April SHOULD. There is nothing in my mind that tells me that April should start feeling like near the end of May when the heat of summer begins to kick in and you start bracing yourself for the worst to come.
Fish troubles. Aerator quit working - I have enough fish in that pond that an aerator that quits working? Those fish are going to be gulping air at the surface of the pond maybe half a day later. Or so. I think I just barely had enough aeration going into that pond as it was. Well, go out there Monday after work and ALL of them were at the surface attempting to gulp air. This typically means they don't have much time before they die.
Air pump had quit. I quickly went out front to the pond with only mosquito eaters in it - they can live in standing water - took that pump and set it up. It only has enough for one aerator in the pond, but enough, I think. I then took the filter assembly apart, cleaned it out and then set it up higher by adding more pavers underneath it. Meaning the waterfall will be from a higher perch and more aeration from the water falling into the pond by virtue of the water going deeper from the waterfall.
I then added plenty of fresh water. I simply had no desire to go to the store. Yesterday, I went and bought a much larger air pump at Walmart, the biggest they have and that was it. That thing cranks out a lot of air. The water looks like it's boiling at the area where the bubbles are coming up. Thankfully, no fish lost and they are swimming around as normal.
But, the water is getting dirty so now I am going to have to start cleaning out the filter every couple of days until it's clean again. Big PITA. It's getting dirty cause' it's growing season and the fish are eating like crazy. Rather then cut back on their diet, I will just have to clean out the filters more frequently. Just got done with one of them, will do the other one tomorrow.
Which reminds me, I have a 3 day weekend coming up. Finish off tomorrow and I get Friday off. The purchasing agent at a municipality that I frequent in making deliveries - and we talk a lot about blackjack - wants me to come to the casino and see if we 2 can end up in the final series. It's a weekly thing on Fridays at 3:00 am. Yes, that is Friday morning, 3 AM. He has 3 day weekends every week - many municipalities are switching to 4 - 10 hour work days instead of 5 - 8 hours and so, lucky him, 4 day a week work schedule. He CAN get up at whatever time to be at the casino that early. Actually, he stays up all night long! Me? I would go to bed at 8:00 pm and get up instead of attempting to stay up all night long, too much for me to handle being up all night.
I am considering it is all I can say about it. It's a 25 buck buy in and you get a coupon for free breakfast at one of the casino's restaurants. I have eaten at one of that particular casino's restaurants and the food was very good. That was, of course, after winning $500 and deciding that a free meal - free because of the house's money, lol - was called for.
I started this entry a day and a half ago, lol.
Now, it's Thursday late afternoon, I am off work until Monday. Very long day today, but I got a run up to Globe in. They were going to do it tomorrow - and I would have lost that run - but I talked them into it cause' tomorrow? They have all KINDS of stuff in there to do. A 3 plus hour run up to the mountains would not be a happening event.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Western Union Fraud
You want to talk about distracted driving, that was me, coming to work this morning.
That's because I was online, looking at my checking account - I pretty much do that on a daily basis. When I got into the account, the amount in there was waaaaaay lower than I expected to see. I started thinking, what on earth did I do? I fixed Caleb's car and filled it up with gas, but it wouldn't have cost that much money.
The account comes up and there it is: 2 debits in the amount of $155.02 each. Didn't make any debits for that amount yesterday or the day before and if I had, I wouldn't have made 2 of them for the exact same amount. I didn't recognize the name of the company on there, it just had WU with an 800 number. I called the number - Western Union.
You want to talk about a good reason to check your accounts on a daily basis, this is the biggest one I can think of: people out there are out to steal your money and if they find a way to do it, you are cooked, screwed and shafted.
I'm walking out the door of my house, spacing everything else out. I want my money back. I got very mad, very quickly. I would love to get my hands on the people that steal your bank information and then steal your money. It would not be a pleasant encounter for that person or those individuals, I can assure you of that.
Well, I'm looking up the phone number of Chase and attempting to drive - not very smart on my part but everything in the "sane" department seemed to have checked out at that point. Just get on the phone with the bank and get the account frozen or whatever needs to be done immediately. I finally got them on the phone and the representative connected me with their fraud department. It didn't take him long: Someone did an over the phone or online transaction with Western Union last night using your debit card number. Your checking account is fine, it was your card that was used. We are cancelling that card right now and will be sending you a new one which will arrive in the next 7 - 10 business days.
All well and fine, but what about my money? - I'm thinking but didn't say anything, thought I'd heard the guy out and see what happens in such circumstances. They are "temporarily" crediting my account with the money and it's up to a review department to determine whether I get to keep it or not. Well what are you going to do about this fraud, the person that enacted it? It was not very clear at that point. Well getting my money back even if temporarily was better than hearing so sorry, sob, you lose. Actually, the two transactions were still showing pending, meaning the bank hasn't even cleared them yet.
Standing down now. At least my account is safe and no more fraudulent transactions can occur, but there is still one question that I must somehow resolve: How did they get my debit card number? The last place I used it was at Quik Trip - a gas station a mile away from my house in filling up Caleb's car. I use cash more often than not, I use the debit card but sparingly. I wonder if one of those things had been installed on the gas pump card reader that I have read about? I don't remember looking at it that closely.
The other place was Auto Zone. These are the last 2 places recently that I used the card. My online bill paying is mostly through the checking account number, not the debit card. So I don't know, but I am going to call or visit the gas station today to see if such electronic device might have been found on thei pumps, however, I think it would be difficult for a thief to do such a thing in a very well lit area at a place that is open 24 hours a day. I don't know, really.
Just makes me happy that I check my accounts almost every single day. I do it because of this potential: thieves getting in there and stealing. I hate Western Union, btw, it is the Bank of Thieves. They use that mode to steal more than anything. Excepting the fact that I did not use Western Union, at all.
Edited: I just got off the phone with Western Union who, as I figured, basically told me to go blow - the money was taken out last night. I was thinking someone local got a hold of my information. I thought wrong. Pasy, Philippines. Some dude, at 11:57 pm last night, went to a convenience store in the Philippines and made these transactions.
Here's the real problem: HOW did this person get my debit card number? An online transaction is my guess. I'm going to have to go in an change the passwords on all accounts that I pay online. The only other thing I have done is buy fish food from an eBay seller - I have been buying from this same person for a couple of years now. I'm trying to wrap my mind as to how this person got my number and I just don't know. That card has been cancelled, but that is no peace of mind if this person can just find out the new card number once I start using it. I pay my car payment and credit card payments online. I also pay Direct TV; water bill; Century link internet and Verizon online as well. Some of these use my bank account number, most of them use the debit card number now that I am thinking about it.
I'm racking my brain, 2cd edit here, attempting to figure out how, exactly this individual got a hold of my debit card number. Is there malware installed on my computer I don't know about? Odd occurence: a Windows update 3 or 4 days in a row now, attempting to install on my computer. You know, those auotmatic updates that come from Microsoft? That is not normal. I'm going to have to back up the files I want to save on my deskto- which fortunately aren't that many - and delete and reinstall Windows 7 as a precaution. I've been wanting to do that for a long time, anyway, I just found the motivation to do it. I am giong to change all passwords on every online account and I am going to make sure they are all differnet passwords. So I will have to write them all down. I have virus protection, but is it good enough? At this point, I don't know.
And I am still worried about whether this "temporary" credit is going to remain.
Oh well.
ben
That's because I was online, looking at my checking account - I pretty much do that on a daily basis. When I got into the account, the amount in there was waaaaaay lower than I expected to see. I started thinking, what on earth did I do? I fixed Caleb's car and filled it up with gas, but it wouldn't have cost that much money.
The account comes up and there it is: 2 debits in the amount of $155.02 each. Didn't make any debits for that amount yesterday or the day before and if I had, I wouldn't have made 2 of them for the exact same amount. I didn't recognize the name of the company on there, it just had WU with an 800 number. I called the number - Western Union.
You want to talk about a good reason to check your accounts on a daily basis, this is the biggest one I can think of: people out there are out to steal your money and if they find a way to do it, you are cooked, screwed and shafted.
I'm walking out the door of my house, spacing everything else out. I want my money back. I got very mad, very quickly. I would love to get my hands on the people that steal your bank information and then steal your money. It would not be a pleasant encounter for that person or those individuals, I can assure you of that.
Well, I'm looking up the phone number of Chase and attempting to drive - not very smart on my part but everything in the "sane" department seemed to have checked out at that point. Just get on the phone with the bank and get the account frozen or whatever needs to be done immediately. I finally got them on the phone and the representative connected me with their fraud department. It didn't take him long: Someone did an over the phone or online transaction with Western Union last night using your debit card number. Your checking account is fine, it was your card that was used. We are cancelling that card right now and will be sending you a new one which will arrive in the next 7 - 10 business days.
All well and fine, but what about my money? - I'm thinking but didn't say anything, thought I'd heard the guy out and see what happens in such circumstances. They are "temporarily" crediting my account with the money and it's up to a review department to determine whether I get to keep it or not. Well what are you going to do about this fraud, the person that enacted it? It was not very clear at that point. Well getting my money back even if temporarily was better than hearing so sorry, sob, you lose. Actually, the two transactions were still showing pending, meaning the bank hasn't even cleared them yet.
Standing down now. At least my account is safe and no more fraudulent transactions can occur, but there is still one question that I must somehow resolve: How did they get my debit card number? The last place I used it was at Quik Trip - a gas station a mile away from my house in filling up Caleb's car. I use cash more often than not, I use the debit card but sparingly. I wonder if one of those things had been installed on the gas pump card reader that I have read about? I don't remember looking at it that closely.
The other place was Auto Zone. These are the last 2 places recently that I used the card. My online bill paying is mostly through the checking account number, not the debit card. So I don't know, but I am going to call or visit the gas station today to see if such electronic device might have been found on thei pumps, however, I think it would be difficult for a thief to do such a thing in a very well lit area at a place that is open 24 hours a day. I don't know, really.
Just makes me happy that I check my accounts almost every single day. I do it because of this potential: thieves getting in there and stealing. I hate Western Union, btw, it is the Bank of Thieves. They use that mode to steal more than anything. Excepting the fact that I did not use Western Union, at all.
Edited: I just got off the phone with Western Union who, as I figured, basically told me to go blow - the money was taken out last night. I was thinking someone local got a hold of my information. I thought wrong. Pasy, Philippines. Some dude, at 11:57 pm last night, went to a convenience store in the Philippines and made these transactions.
Here's the real problem: HOW did this person get my debit card number? An online transaction is my guess. I'm going to have to go in an change the passwords on all accounts that I pay online. The only other thing I have done is buy fish food from an eBay seller - I have been buying from this same person for a couple of years now. I'm trying to wrap my mind as to how this person got my number and I just don't know. That card has been cancelled, but that is no peace of mind if this person can just find out the new card number once I start using it. I pay my car payment and credit card payments online. I also pay Direct TV; water bill; Century link internet and Verizon online as well. Some of these use my bank account number, most of them use the debit card number now that I am thinking about it.
I'm racking my brain, 2cd edit here, attempting to figure out how, exactly this individual got a hold of my debit card number. Is there malware installed on my computer I don't know about? Odd occurence: a Windows update 3 or 4 days in a row now, attempting to install on my computer. You know, those auotmatic updates that come from Microsoft? That is not normal. I'm going to have to back up the files I want to save on my deskto- which fortunately aren't that many - and delete and reinstall Windows 7 as a precaution. I've been wanting to do that for a long time, anyway, I just found the motivation to do it. I am giong to change all passwords on every online account and I am going to make sure they are all differnet passwords. So I will have to write them all down. I have virus protection, but is it good enough? At this point, I don't know.
And I am still worried about whether this "temporary" credit is going to remain.
Oh well.
ben
Monday, April 15, 2013
Let's bomb the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Yeah, that's a great idea! You have to wonder what, exactly, is going through the mind or minds or the person or people the enacted this horrific event. Why? I don't understand people who just want to kill others. Okay, let me say here that there are circumstances where a person can lose it and potentially get some sympathy from the public.
Revisit the dad whose 2 young sons were killed when they were attempting to push their broken down vehicle back to their house. A drunk driver smashed those kids and the dad - shot the man in the head. Whether it's right or wrong? I can definitely see where the man's mind would be at under such circumstances. That drunk driver just took his offspring from him. I don't know that, in such circumstances, I would have killed the driver, but - I am not going to say that that driver would have walked away under their own power.
I'm going to wait on this one. Who did this? Al Qaeda? A nutcase? Some other militant group? A rogue nation? This is the world we live in and it's full of evil. There is no understanding such things taking place, only the fact that this world is corrupt.
Onto other things. Church was amazing on Sunday. Absolutely incredible. The presence of the Lord was palpable. I had a word from the Lord that was intense. I didn't give it, though I should have. An older lady came up to me while all of this was going on - rather surprising - sat down next to me and told me that she was not going to let me go on this one. What? "You have a word! You must share it with the Body of Christ!"
I was taken aback. Not in a bad way, she was right: I had a word yet I go through so many mind-battles at church, still, that I don't want to go up front, pick up a microphone and start speaking. Not that I am afraid to - I have preached in front of a lot of people - but I don't want to give out something that is not purely from the Lord. I never did get up there. She came up to me after the service and apologized, asking me for my forgiveness for offending me.
NO, I replied, you definitely did not offend me! I need a good boot in the rear. A short discussion and she asked if I would at least write it out and send it to the pastor. I agreed to that and I did. He wrote me back and exclaimed how powerful a word it was and could he share it with the elders? After that, he then said he wanted to share it with the entire congregation.
I am no great man of God. I am a faulted human. This is my hangup. After I got divorced, ministry went by the wayside and got off track. I have been off track for so long, it's been very hard to try and get back into the swing of things concerning church and ministry. Yet I hear these things coming from the heavenlies and it churns within me, especially during services.
Well, anyway, onto other things. I went outside today to feed the fish in the ponds and was startled at the site of the horse trough pond. All the fish were at the top, gasping for air. A fish's version of drowning. Meaning there isn't enough oxygen in the water. A quick check found that the aerator had quit working. Goodness gracious. I don't want my fish dying like that! I quickly went to the front pond that has nothing but mosquito eating fishing in it, grabbed the aerator off of it and set it up. I then removed the waterfall filter - it was clogged - and cleaned it out and put it back. I then got some pavers and put underneath that filter - which pours out water over the side of it, making a waterfall - and made it a higher fall of water, meaning greater aeration. After that, I started pumping fresh water into the pond.
I hope that is enough to get them into a better situation. Tomorrow I am going to buy 2 aerators for that pond and get it fully oxygenated. But, fish attempting to sip air through their mouths at the surface are fish that won't last very long. I am going to go out there in a minute and check again, it should be getting better in there by now. Enough that they don't have to be hanging out at the surface.
It's late, for me anyway, need to get to bed.
G'nite.
ben
Revisit the dad whose 2 young sons were killed when they were attempting to push their broken down vehicle back to their house. A drunk driver smashed those kids and the dad - shot the man in the head. Whether it's right or wrong? I can definitely see where the man's mind would be at under such circumstances. That drunk driver just took his offspring from him. I don't know that, in such circumstances, I would have killed the driver, but - I am not going to say that that driver would have walked away under their own power.
I'm going to wait on this one. Who did this? Al Qaeda? A nutcase? Some other militant group? A rogue nation? This is the world we live in and it's full of evil. There is no understanding such things taking place, only the fact that this world is corrupt.
Onto other things. Church was amazing on Sunday. Absolutely incredible. The presence of the Lord was palpable. I had a word from the Lord that was intense. I didn't give it, though I should have. An older lady came up to me while all of this was going on - rather surprising - sat down next to me and told me that she was not going to let me go on this one. What? "You have a word! You must share it with the Body of Christ!"
I was taken aback. Not in a bad way, she was right: I had a word yet I go through so many mind-battles at church, still, that I don't want to go up front, pick up a microphone and start speaking. Not that I am afraid to - I have preached in front of a lot of people - but I don't want to give out something that is not purely from the Lord. I never did get up there. She came up to me after the service and apologized, asking me for my forgiveness for offending me.
NO, I replied, you definitely did not offend me! I need a good boot in the rear. A short discussion and she asked if I would at least write it out and send it to the pastor. I agreed to that and I did. He wrote me back and exclaimed how powerful a word it was and could he share it with the elders? After that, he then said he wanted to share it with the entire congregation.
I am no great man of God. I am a faulted human. This is my hangup. After I got divorced, ministry went by the wayside and got off track. I have been off track for so long, it's been very hard to try and get back into the swing of things concerning church and ministry. Yet I hear these things coming from the heavenlies and it churns within me, especially during services.
Well, anyway, onto other things. I went outside today to feed the fish in the ponds and was startled at the site of the horse trough pond. All the fish were at the top, gasping for air. A fish's version of drowning. Meaning there isn't enough oxygen in the water. A quick check found that the aerator had quit working. Goodness gracious. I don't want my fish dying like that! I quickly went to the front pond that has nothing but mosquito eating fishing in it, grabbed the aerator off of it and set it up. I then removed the waterfall filter - it was clogged - and cleaned it out and put it back. I then got some pavers and put underneath that filter - which pours out water over the side of it, making a waterfall - and made it a higher fall of water, meaning greater aeration. After that, I started pumping fresh water into the pond.
I hope that is enough to get them into a better situation. Tomorrow I am going to buy 2 aerators for that pond and get it fully oxygenated. But, fish attempting to sip air through their mouths at the surface are fish that won't last very long. I am going to go out there in a minute and check again, it should be getting better in there by now. Enough that they don't have to be hanging out at the surface.
It's late, for me anyway, need to get to bed.
G'nite.
ben
Saturday, April 13, 2013
It doesn't take much to make me happy, I guess, cause' that Queensland Bottle Tree is finally taking off! It's putting out leaves like crazy! I am helping it along with frequent waterings and fertilizer. It likes it, lol. It's fun to watch an "exotic" tree - certainly not native to this area and I've only seen one growing in a back yard (which is where I found out about them to begin with) - growing and liking this kind of desert environment.
But, I'm going to have to transplant it. I picked a bad spot to put it. I realized that after remembering how huge the trunks get.
The RV trailer is gone. It is amazing how nice it looks out there without that big ole' thing blocking the view of everything. I'm considering taking the money from the sale and paying off my car. I owe about as much as I got from the trailer on it and I would like to be done with the payments on it. The free'd up monthly payment would be very nice to have indeed.
I considered getting an above-ground swimming pool - but I decided against it. The summers here heat up the water in those kinds of pools to the point it becomes unusable. You have to drain the water out and refill - which is pretty costly when talking thousands of gallons of water and having to do that semi-frequently. An in-ground pool would be wonderful if I had an extra 15 grand or more laying around, lol.
350 man strikes again. My newest tenant was coming home from Circle K (convenience store a block away). He said he was listening to music and walking by 350 man's house when 350 man came rushing out his door, in the front yard and started glaring at him. Tenant was taken aback. He wasn't even looking at 350 man's house, much less starting any trouble.
I ended up telling him the entire story of the situation between us and also with my next-door neighbor. He wasn't afraid or intimidated, in fact, he said if he "was like I used to be" they would have brawled already. I won't tolerate 350 man attempting to intimidate my tenants. I will go straight back to court and get another restraining order if that s*** keeps happening.
Anyway, weekend here. Taking Friday off - only because if I don't, I won't accrue any more vacation hours starting next month, I will be over my 140. Don't use them, don't accrue them. I'll take the time off, thank you very much.
Ummm, gotta get movin'. Stuff to do around the house.
G'day.
ben
But, I'm going to have to transplant it. I picked a bad spot to put it. I realized that after remembering how huge the trunks get.
The RV trailer is gone. It is amazing how nice it looks out there without that big ole' thing blocking the view of everything. I'm considering taking the money from the sale and paying off my car. I owe about as much as I got from the trailer on it and I would like to be done with the payments on it. The free'd up monthly payment would be very nice to have indeed.
I considered getting an above-ground swimming pool - but I decided against it. The summers here heat up the water in those kinds of pools to the point it becomes unusable. You have to drain the water out and refill - which is pretty costly when talking thousands of gallons of water and having to do that semi-frequently. An in-ground pool would be wonderful if I had an extra 15 grand or more laying around, lol.
350 man strikes again. My newest tenant was coming home from Circle K (convenience store a block away). He said he was listening to music and walking by 350 man's house when 350 man came rushing out his door, in the front yard and started glaring at him. Tenant was taken aback. He wasn't even looking at 350 man's house, much less starting any trouble.
I ended up telling him the entire story of the situation between us and also with my next-door neighbor. He wasn't afraid or intimidated, in fact, he said if he "was like I used to be" they would have brawled already. I won't tolerate 350 man attempting to intimidate my tenants. I will go straight back to court and get another restraining order if that s*** keeps happening.
Anyway, weekend here. Taking Friday off - only because if I don't, I won't accrue any more vacation hours starting next month, I will be over my 140. Don't use them, don't accrue them. I'll take the time off, thank you very much.
Ummm, gotta get movin'. Stuff to do around the house.
G'day.
ben
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The trailer has been sold!
I think.
Lol.
An entire family was here yesterday for almost 2 hours. They had looked at a lot of other trailers. All old trailers need some kind of work, but mine is in very good condition and though there are things wrong with it, nothing serious or major.
These people live approximately half a mile away, lol.
Well, they are coming back today with money, hopefully. Never call it a done deal until money is in hand of course.
With that?
Time to be off to work!
ben
I think.
Lol.
An entire family was here yesterday for almost 2 hours. They had looked at a lot of other trailers. All old trailers need some kind of work, but mine is in very good condition and though there are things wrong with it, nothing serious or major.
These people live approximately half a mile away, lol.
Well, they are coming back today with money, hopefully. Never call it a done deal until money is in hand of course.
With that?
Time to be off to work!
ben
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
I make no apologies, I am not a proponent of gun control. I don't care what Obama and his ilk are saying or how badly he wants to lambaste Republicans in an attempt to make them look evil for taking any kind of stand against it - which is exactly what he is attempting to do - gun control is not going to work and that has been proven repeatedly, time and time again in other nations throughout the world through a vast expanse of time.
None of these measures they are proposing would have stopped the Newtown killer from obtaining the weapons he had stolen from his mother. None of these proposals will do anything about all the existing guns in Americans' hands so what's the point? Not only that, but gun manufacturers in anti-gun states are considering leaving those states for green pastures. I can't blame them. I DO like the idea of starting somewhere at a baseline to deal with mentally ill individuals, but even then I think you start on a slippery slope.
Whatever the case and completely changing the subject, my son now has to raise $4,000 to go to Hawaii for his year long missionary venture, apparently the Salvation Army pays the rest. I can do a little, but he is going to have to reach out to all of his friends, extended family, do some fundraisers, save his money from his 2 month stint up in the mountains that he's going to do and maybe find some odd jobs to do. I figure I'll chip in around $200 and call it good from my end. I just can't do much more than that right now and even if I could, I probably wouldn't. He is taking a step into a walk of faith in the Lord and if God wants him to go, then by golly, the Lord will make the way and he needs to learn how to trust in the Lord for his every need.
Is it Friday yet? I think it was last summer that I took an extended vacation. I'm really fighting the urge to put in for a week off here. I want to wait until the summer to do so - better to take time off when it's boiling hot outside and not have to deal with that for a week. I am at my maximum hours, well just short of them, for vacation so I have to take a day off here pretty quick, before the end of the month anyway so I don't start losing my vacation accrual.
But, I am ready for a longer vacation. Only two months until June, so I am going to try to keep my cool about this and wait until at least June to take at least a week off.
Yikes! Lost track of time, c'yall later, it's time to head in for work!
G'day.
ben
None of these measures they are proposing would have stopped the Newtown killer from obtaining the weapons he had stolen from his mother. None of these proposals will do anything about all the existing guns in Americans' hands so what's the point? Not only that, but gun manufacturers in anti-gun states are considering leaving those states for green pastures. I can't blame them. I DO like the idea of starting somewhere at a baseline to deal with mentally ill individuals, but even then I think you start on a slippery slope.
Whatever the case and completely changing the subject, my son now has to raise $4,000 to go to Hawaii for his year long missionary venture, apparently the Salvation Army pays the rest. I can do a little, but he is going to have to reach out to all of his friends, extended family, do some fundraisers, save his money from his 2 month stint up in the mountains that he's going to do and maybe find some odd jobs to do. I figure I'll chip in around $200 and call it good from my end. I just can't do much more than that right now and even if I could, I probably wouldn't. He is taking a step into a walk of faith in the Lord and if God wants him to go, then by golly, the Lord will make the way and he needs to learn how to trust in the Lord for his every need.
Is it Friday yet? I think it was last summer that I took an extended vacation. I'm really fighting the urge to put in for a week off here. I want to wait until the summer to do so - better to take time off when it's boiling hot outside and not have to deal with that for a week. I am at my maximum hours, well just short of them, for vacation so I have to take a day off here pretty quick, before the end of the month anyway so I don't start losing my vacation accrual.
But, I am ready for a longer vacation. Only two months until June, so I am going to try to keep my cool about this and wait until at least June to take at least a week off.
Yikes! Lost track of time, c'yall later, it's time to head in for work!
G'day.
ben
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Neighbor Wars Have Escalated
It's all-out, full blown war.
My next door neighbor, who has been busy building his house - made his move yesterday. I didn't find out about this until today, cause' I can't see that side of his house.
His neighbor - 350 man - installed metal fence posts into the ground - 23 inches into my neighbor's property - some time ago. Ever since then, it's been all-out war. But, it's a civil matter, not a criminal matter and my neighbor has been through the rungs in attempting to deal with this.
So yesterday? He installed 2X4's into the ground - on 350 man's property side of the fence- but really it's my neighbor's property - to erect a fence. My neighbor's lawyer informed him that he can't take down 350 man's fence posts, but he can install his own fence up to the real property line. When my neighbor told me this today, I went to take a look.
Oh yes, he did. And 350 man called the police. The police can do nothing, a civil matter that only the court can decide. My neighbor went into a long diatribe about how 350 man has called the city 100 times on him. This concerning the house he is building.
350 man. A piece of work. An under-funded, genetically defective piece of work, but a piece-of-work never-the-less.
I must admit to my tones towards him after finding out his wanderings on my property, in my back yard, after I go to sleep at night. Not pleasant tones. In fact, I would have to call it downright abrasive. But who does this guy think he is, after all the trouble he has started with me, in coming into my back yard at night, after I have gone to bed?
My next door neighbor, who has been busy building his house - made his move yesterday. I didn't find out about this until today, cause' I can't see that side of his house.
His neighbor - 350 man - installed metal fence posts into the ground - 23 inches into my neighbor's property - some time ago. Ever since then, it's been all-out war. But, it's a civil matter, not a criminal matter and my neighbor has been through the rungs in attempting to deal with this.
So yesterday? He installed 2X4's into the ground - on 350 man's property side of the fence- but really it's my neighbor's property - to erect a fence. My neighbor's lawyer informed him that he can't take down 350 man's fence posts, but he can install his own fence up to the real property line. When my neighbor told me this today, I went to take a look.
Oh yes, he did. And 350 man called the police. The police can do nothing, a civil matter that only the court can decide. My neighbor went into a long diatribe about how 350 man has called the city 100 times on him. This concerning the house he is building.
350 man. A piece of work. An under-funded, genetically defective piece of work, but a piece-of-work never-the-less.
I must admit to my tones towards him after finding out his wanderings on my property, in my back yard, after I go to sleep at night. Not pleasant tones. In fact, I would have to call it downright abrasive. But who does this guy think he is, after all the trouble he has started with me, in coming into my back yard at night, after I have gone to bed?
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