Archive for April, 2007
The Mundane Start
My week started with a Sunday evening visit to Lowes for a new washing machine. The old washer sprouted a leak, and so the cement floor of the basement was for a time a mini-trout stream as the tub inside turned. My mother and I both thought that we had purchased the replacement, but after [...]
When the Expectation is Too High
When I put the Travelmaster up for sale, I listed the vehicle’s age, overall condition and that it is a USED motor home; not one that might have been a demo model that sat around too long.
There are other things too, like how many miles to the gallon it will get. Motor homes are by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Weekend of Chores
A cool but not too cold start to Saturday’s chores began with a trip to the Kroger. (The Super Center Wal-Mart is nice, but Kroger is more focused on the locals than Wal-Mart.) Returning home with the shopping, the next item was to take the Ford Mustang GT over to the dealership for routine service [...]
Adoption and Celebrities
When the famous seek adoption of children, their actions are covered heavily. Madonna’s adoption activities as those of Angelina Jolie extensively covered in the past months brings into focus the number of children who are available for adoption the world over.
However, what about the average everyday folks who must cross all the “T’s” and dot [...]
Lessons of being Reckless
On my way from the cop shop to do an off-site fingerprint job in Atlanta, the behavior of drivers ignoring red lights and other traffic signals amazed me at the number I witnessed. Is there such a need to be that reckless, for the sake of not wanting to wait at the traffic signal for [...]
There are Caring Souls in Banking
The saga of the misplaced loan payment came to an end today with BOTH payments in process of being returned electronically. Never take the word of a call center person that they cannot reverse or send the payments back electronically, and that it would have to be a check by snail mail. I saw the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Do the Right Thing and Still get Dinged
When one mails a payment early enough so that it will arrive at the processing facility, one hopes that it will be processed in a timely manner. Not so in my case, and now having done the right thing to make up for it, I authorized an electronic payment expecting of course that they would [...]
Stuck on Walls
When you have a problem or an unsightly mess you put up a privacy fence or wall to keep prying eyes from seeing the exposed unmentionables. President Bush who seems to think that a wall or fence will solve a problem needs to rethink the building of the wall around Adhamiya which is a Sunni [...]
Making the Final Adjustments
After doing last minute cleaning touches to the motor home, I spent the evening writing out the for sell ad in the local paper’s on-line system and posting photographs of the rig. It is not an easy decision to sell, but being single and my mother who has difficulty in getting around; making that decision [...]
Surprising Twists and not so Surprising
Well I made some changes to the blog to make it easier for those who desire to have RSS feeds, so enjoy; now onto my musings for Saturday, April 21, 2007.
The Georgia Legislative session as one could see from the disagreements over critical issues such as PeachCare, ended pretty much in a train wreck with [...]
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