What did you do today?

[highup]

I have $500 deductible so yeah, that kinda sucks. THEN they raise your premiums! Body shops are like the health care industry in that they're milking the shit out of our economy through the insurance rackets. Comprehensive is optional if you own the vehicle free and clear. When I drove a 25 year old small truck with 250K miles in beat to shit condition it made ZERO sense to pay Comprehensive/Collision premiums. We own two basically brand new vehicles free and clear but we HAVE to pay for "full coverage" because auto body repairs are so OBSCENELY corrupted by the insurance rackets.

I switched from one company to Safeco 40 years ago. One month after switching I ran into a slow speed crash with another pickup it ended up being each of our faults. We hit headlight to headlight on the driver's side. It buckled my hood ruined a fender and an inner fender and the core support plus of course the headlight and grill.
Safeco forked out I believe about $1,600 for my 1973 pickup.
My rates never changed.
That said over the next 30 years they slowly increase the monthly rate. I had no driving offenses and no other accidents but my race kept slowly creeping up. I called the company up to ask him if they could reduce my rates because my driving record was flawless and I've had two accidents in my life. The first one was when I was 16 the second one was I when I was 40. I was transferred to a gentleman and he explained to me that their rates are based on statistics and my rate was what it was and couldn't change it.
I switched over to progressive with the same coverage and right now my rates are half of what I paid with Safeco over 10 years ago. They keep reducing my rates.
When I switched from Safeco to progressive it was for the same insurance company.
When I stopped in to start my new coverage, the owner of the company came over and told me that they had never spoken with someone that high up in the Safeco company.

 

[Floorist]

Just sitting here looking at the collection of short stories I wrote a couple of years ago. I wrote twelve of them, had them published on Kindle and then pulled them after a few months. Almost seems like someone else wrote them. I have not been able to get interested enough to write any more. The people who read them liked them, but who knows.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

That is why insurance companies own body shops.

 

[DarisMulkin]

Well we find out it comes under the comprehensive part of the car insurance. Now it is a case of filing a claim and getting it fixed. Daughter is peobably going to be pissed hearing that fearing her insurance will go up.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Awaiting National Flooring Equipments live YouTube demonstration today and tomorrow starting at 11:00 est, 9 MST I was 2 hours early wondering why it wasn’t on. Not easy to find. This link was from the CEO from LinkedIn.
https://lnkd.in/e5KetRP
I might be watching it on my Big r screen tv. Who knew I was a techie!

 

[highup]

That beats the hell out of watching it on a phone.

 

[highup]

That is why insurance companies own body shops.

You listen to Coast to Coast Live too?

 

[MikeAntonetti]

No, had a buddy that did all my auto body,welding and worked for and knew all surrounding counties. He used some racist words for a prolonged time and I don’t talk to him anymore.

My wife sells Real Estate “Coast to coast” in Florida if you’re interested. We have Global hot and Raining here.

 

[highup]

No, had a buddy that did all my auto body,welding and worked for and knew all surrounding counties. He used some racist words for a prolonged time and I don’t talk to him anymore.

My wife sells Real Estate “Coast to coast” in Florida if you’re interested. We have Global hot and Raining here.

Not enough money in the world to pry me from the west coast. The low last night was 49 in the high today is going to be probably 72. I'm going to be working 50 mi away and it's probably going to be closer to 90. That's way too hot for me. On the bright side the humidity will probably be fairly low.

 

[C.J.]

Not enough money in the world to pry me from the west coast. The low last night was 49 in the high today is going to be probably 72. I'm going to be working 50 mi away and it's probably going to be closer to 90. That's way too hot for me. On the bright side the humidity will probably be fairly low.

I’m just the opposite, there wasn’t enough money in the world to get me to stay on the west coast. That’s alright though, different strokes for different folks. We can still get along can’t we?

 

[MikeAntonetti]

So far!

 

[C.J.]

So far!

I wonder if this is what it’s like working in an old folks home. Breaking up squabbles between Betty and Ned then it starts all over again tomorrow because they can’t remember shit.

 

[havasu]

There's something to be said about chains.

With a huge blanket draped over the chain!

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Chains have SnapBack too? I’ve been lucky with rope, I kinda duck down when I hit the gas. Come to think I’ve seen some tailgates with indented chain marks. I get my not to do list from AFV.

 

[Incognito]

Just sitting here looking at the collection of short stories I wrote a couple of years ago. I wrote twelve of them, had them published on Kindle and then pulled them after a few months. Almost seems like someone else wrote them. I have not been able to get interested enough to write any more. The people who read them liked them, but who knows.

Is there a link or something I could read your writings. I would be interested, especially now that I'm three nights a week at a greasy motel.

 

[Floorist]

Is there a link or something I could read your writings. I would be interested, especially now that I'm three nights a week at a greasy motel.

Sorry, they aren't copyrighted. So if they would get out, I lose rights. I know you would not do anything, but there are people out there who would.

 

[highup]

I’m just the opposite, there wasn’t enough money in the world to get me to stay on the west coast. That’s alright though, different strokes for different folks. We can still get along can’t we?

Absolutely.
Mike, I just don't like change. Up until a year ago I've had the same phone number since I was four and a half years old. I was born six and a half miles away from where I live now.
I think it's like anything else, music or whatever you like what you grew up with. I live in a small community and within 15 minutes I'm at the beach and with one half hour I'm up the river.....without a paddle. Hey I don't own a canoe.
It's 20 minutes to the sand dunes. If I want to watch a 650 foot ship come in through the jetty, that's also about 15 minutes away. It takes about an hour for it to make it into dock and I can follow it and watch it the entire way. I actually rode on one of the pilot boats one time when they went to remove a pilot from a ship on its way out. That was one bay cruise I will never forget.
I'm a downside, the water temperature really gets much above 60°. Not good swimming at the beaches here.
.......and the bikinis here are a lot larger. Daris would not approve.

 

[Jon]

So today I became a victim of climate change..... or something.

Why is it that when your concrete heaves at a saw cut that was filled with elastomeric epoxy not less... and causes your concrete to buckle and shift and makes a bubble in the flooring, it's somehow my problem?

We had historic temperatures a few weeks back and would you believe these showed up right after? weird!

So, alas, I have now fallen prey to the effects of climate change, for shame.

Years ago here the guy who cut the concrete was meant to discuss where to place the cuts so that the layer could place his joins of vinyl over the cuts then heat weld the joins which of course would never happen as nobody knew what type of flooring was going down in what areas at the time. But did give the layers a good out because the cuts were never discussed with them

 

[zannej]

Our insurance keeps going up despite no traffic violations and the only accidents were clearly ruled the fault of other drivers who hit my vehicles. Well, and the trees falling on our vehicles, but that didn't make our rates go up. But because there were floods and other people lost their vehicles and/or had damage, our rates went up. They have a scam going where they request permission to raise rates and the commissioner of insurance is not allowed to take into account the stockpile of $$$ they have in banks.

It's been so hot I don't even remember the weekend. Monday & Tuesday I was sick. Some kind of stomach bug. Tuesday I got ahold of the police juror for my district about getting the sign replaced. I forgot to take the opportunity to tell the guy that putting gravel down on the paved road is only making it worse because the rocks are grinding what is left of the pavement away. I also forgot to mention the situation with the timber companies not digging the ditches back out after filling them in to drive across to cut trees- which is causing road floods.

He seemed nice enough though.

Heard from some friends of mine that they got screwed on a house purchase. Seller didn't tell them the city had condemned the house & has since gotten the hell out of dodge so they can't find the person to get their $ back and undo the sale. City is demanding they have the house torn down at their expense. I suspect someone on city council owns a demo company or has a relative that owns one. That's how things work around here. So they are trying to find someone to sell to who only wants the property & is willing to demo the house. Unfortunately it's in a tiny podunk town even smaller than the one for my zip code (I'm technically not inside any city since I'm in the rural area and don't get any of the city services).

Today I got a call from my friend's gf. One of their kittens died, another was missing and the other 2 were in bad shape. One looked skeletal and near death. Both had no energy and weren't eating or drinking. I took them tot he vet and explained they have no names & I'm not taking them home bc I can't take anymore home. Plus they have the upper respiratory feline herpes crud & I didn't want to bring that home to my kitties. Older cats can survive it but it kills kittens. They both got subcutaneous fluids, antibiotics, worming meds, and eye cream (they have eye infections). Got them some A/D food (which vet said they've nicknamed "almost dead") and she said if it is warmed up for 2 seconds it should be more appealing to them. I told my friend I'd come by to help give meds. The kittens slept on my brother's back & shoulder for about 30min after the vet visit. Friend offered to repay us the $120 (with discount) for them, but I said he can make it up by helping me with some projects instead.

Friend is having a tough time. His gf is not happy with her job and has it in her mind that she can get training to be a nurse. She *hates* needy people, hates waiting on people, can't clean up anything she considers gross, & is not smart enough to pass the training. She can't even wipe eye crud off a kitten. She can barely change her own baby's diaper- and that took 6 months. She's trying to get her GED still but she's already bought scrubs as if she's going to be a nurse. She would HATE being a nurse but won't listen to me. When we arrived to see the kittens, she was on the porch playing on her phone and smoking while the baby was inside screaming. She knew he was crying but was ignoring him. He needed a diaper change. She keeps complaining about him fussing. He wants attention but she doesn't want to play with him. It's like pets. She wants them but doesn't want to take care of them. She is upset that the kittens had to be put inside for their safety. If she could put the baby outside and leave him she probably would. She doesn't even hold him during feedings. She hands him a bottle and walks away. Then she screams at him if he drops it and spills it.

Friend is stressed to the max. His direct supervisor has refused to order any of the parts he needs to repair the arcade machines & he's getting yelled at for not fixing stuff. He keeps explaining he can't fix stuff without parts. And then they tried to pull a fast one by accusing him of stealing arcade machines-- thinking he couldn't access his old e-mail address where they had e-mailed him and instructed him to dispose of the machines. He got in to the old account and fwd the messages to them so they could see it. He also screenshotted them and CCed the higher ups. But he can't physically keep up with the job. He's in pain, he has very little energy, & he's depressed. I'm going to see if I can cheer him up any. He might need medication to help with the depression, but I don't think he'd go seek help on that front.

Meanwhile, his mom came by and dumped another kitten on him. Kitten was attacking his gf's feet and wanting to play with the bigger cats. Cute kitten but super hyper. I had to stop the gf from beating the crap out of the kitten for trying to play with her feet. She's off her meds right now (they won't refill her prescription until she sees the doctor again and old doctor won't see her anymore bc she missed an appointment during an ice storm when roads were closed). Her next appointment is on a day when she is supposed to work & her work won't let her take time off. So she's losing her temper and getting violent again.

It's still raining outside so the cats are in here piled on me. I've got one on the back of my head, two on my chest, two on my leg, and two up against my left side. Still not feeling great. Woke up to a fruit fly climbing in my ear this morning. Got it out, but ear itched for awhile after. Ok, I was wrong about two cats on my leg. One was a dog. LOL. He just moved a bit. Other dog is against my foot. The purring is soothing at least.

Sorry for babbling again.

 

[highup]

With a huge blanket draped over the chain!

So you do a 40 ft chain with 12 ft of strap. When the strap breaks, the rubber band affect is much much smaller.