this morning the news reported that robert b. sherman died at 86
he wrote a bunch of memorable songs including
it's a small world (after all)

of all the songs why include the audio for this contagious ear worm - whyyyyy?

i can't make it go away for the life of me and everywhere i've tried to escape to it has reared it's catchy head

Last week I arranged for my car to be towed for its planned assessment with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) on Thursday afternoon, then for it to be towed for a very carefully negotiated appointment at an auto body shop for further inspection. I asked for this as the assessment centre doesn't have hoists and they are unable to thoroughly inspect the vehicle. Remember this bit - totally important. This had been done with precision, as it's how I like it, and I expected to be hearing from the auto body shop by Friday morning.

I was not speaking to my claims adjuster, who was out of the office, but someone else in her group. I was advised to get a rental vehicle when I (gently) bellowed about how I needed transportation and that the cost would be completely covered by SGI. I did this, relieved that it would not be a cost I would incur.

Fast forward to Friday afternoon, where I'm making calls starting back with the body shop (who never received it), to the towing company (who was responsible for the transport all ways) and the insurance company, who performed the assessment and had the car in their possession. As it turns out, SGI skipped the crucial bit where I had instructed all three parties as to what would be happening after the assessment - the towing to the auto body shop. Instead, they performed a write-off and towed my vehicle and my possessions therein (along with a $1200 set of winter tires, ai yi yi,) to the salvage yard.

So my car and several personal possessions went from being in a secured lot to the government boneyard despite my careful planning. Bunch of Bolsheviks.

My claims adjustor finally called this morning and I explained to her, firmly and without rancor, that I had constructed the events in such a way that this would not happen. I was informed that because it had happened in such a way, I was now responsible for:

- The cost of my rental vehicle
- The towing to the auto body shop
and
- The mechanical and physical inspection of my vehicle
- Any cost of repair over and above the payout from SGI minus salvage fee of $1,200

I was also advised that if I wanted my tires removed (I do, trust me, I do, winter tires are worth their weight in gold and they are a year and a half old,) I would be required to provide other tires for the vehicle along with the vehicle's original rims and caps. What the heck does it matter to them, if they're just going to turn it into a piece of processed car cheese?

So, by my calculation, even if I returned the rental today, the approximately $6,000 payout from SGI would dwindle to approximately $5,500, and if I wanted to carry out independently the towing and inspections which I had been previously advised would cost me nada, that payout would then dwindle to about $4,000 with which to purchase a new vehicle should the auto body shop deem it unworthy of repair.

This is all not to mention that they performed the assessment and write-off without inspecting the worthiness of the vehicle's frame, which, really, was all I cared about seeing that I had arranged for the auto body shop to perform further.

It's my opinion that the person handling my claim while my adjustor was away had advised me wrongly and that my car was taken to salvage to avoid SGI paying for the steps I had put in place. This now is costing me my vehicle and a chunk of the savings I had put into it, all because some little buttwipe decided to speed through a yellow light on a busy intersection in wet snow while I was lawfully slowing.

I don't normally get angry, but today I am a steaming vat of rage.

Sneezing . . . .

I really really love my job, as hokey as it may sound I like being in the service/entertainment industry and think its really cool that I can be part of someones really good, fun experience when they go out for a night on the town.

This morning however I was dealing my favorite game to deal Mini Baccarrat in our high rollers area, when one of our "big money" players came in. Now most people go to the Casino with a couple hundred bucks, this guy comes in with upwards of 40,000 grand on a somewhat daily basis. Nice enough guy, he is usually respectful, has a good time and I know how to deal to him the way he likes.

Wellllllll let me tell you all about Mr stomp my foot act like a four year old and throw shit around. Not only did he throw cards that landed on the floor making it impossible for me to read what the hand was. He also threw over 6 grand in cash on the table in a fit making it fly all over the place covering the cards and other players bets. AND instead of using chips in a high denomination like 1000 or 5000 he took every bit of my 100, 25 and 5 dollar chips and stacked them up to where they were on the verge of toppling over. JUST to make me work at breaking them down, counting it all out, paying it just like it sits, which means color for color.
I would have beat my kids ass if he had ever been so rude, disrespectful and petulant in public and forced someone to go well beyond the scope of their job just because he thought it was funny.

I did however only have to pay one such bet, he subsequently lost six in a row like that and that my friends is a clear cut quick and brutal process of Karma in action. IMO. Happy Friday to me.

WTF.
My ex’s niece sent me a text, didn’t even call me mind you, to ask me to take out a car loan for her. She is 21, has a very part-time babysitting job and loves to party. What is wrong with people???? I suggested she get a job.
It’s odd the way they think. They always treated us like we owed them (like loaning them a car, expensive gifts at holidays and birthdays, etc), because we have jobs. I have worked hard to get where I am. I am no longer married at that family, so why do they think its okay to even ask????
That family is something else. Anytime any of them get so much as a paper cut, they act like they won the lottery and are going to be collecting disability. 18 adults between two households, only two with part-time jobs. How do people live like that? How can a person feel good about who they are, if not giving anything of value?

the red tape is going to strangle us all!! OMG... seriously? I mean, seriously??

Yes it is and he is an GRADE A ASSHOLE to boot. I have to drive by his house everyday.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...162917634.html

I don't know if I should cry or hit something. I can't believe our nation is going backwards.

Doing laundry....hearing the washer suddenly get very loud....then dead with a burned rubber smell.

So....the belt just broke...and I have another hassle and bill to pay when I really don't have time or energy to deal with anything but what's going on with my mother.

Fuck.

note back to Corkey
 

I agree with you! I've got one about 4 cubes over and he talks loud most of the day. I have fantasized about going into his cubicle and dotting his eyes - what pleasure that would give me but darn it, I won't get to do it because I don't hit people unless I cannot walk away and am forced to defend my wife (if I had one) or myself.

I can still think it.

I don't get pissed often but we had a client at work who came to class on some kind of, ohhh, METH...Now I have to counsel him, try to keep him from getting in his car (TO PICK UP HIS DAUGHTER FROM SCHOOL), call the police, call in DHS/Child Protective, and document the whole thing. Asshole wanted to stay in class for the rest of the day so I had to babysit him.

I was supposed to go home early. Damn.

Ok, I feel better. A little.

Excuse me mouth..........

THIS FUCKING PISSED ME OFF....

Who would do this? GOD HELP THEM!
and yes this is a real and alive bumper sticker.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...CSKKL7LzA2P6SA

Decongestants all gone... wah. :(

pig wars
 

I am debating with someone in Ohio about whether or not it is fair for the gov to eliminate the population of feral pigs in Michigan.

She says its a pork industry conspiracy to keep poor farmers from keeping free hogs as meat for their families

Considering that these pigs are non native, very invasive, carry parasites and human and other species diseases, destroy the environment with their rooting, destroy crops and breed like feral cats, yet were brought there (and other states) by hunters who have made them into the second most popular animal to hunt, could it be the hunting industry that doesnt want these pigs eliminated instead?

but because they wag their tail and bounce around like cutey-patooties, they deserve to live and breed at will by the thousands...to her way of thinking.

she is a city girl who has never gone without electric because a crop failed and the electric bill couldnt be paid...

So far, the corrupt Baptist Church food pantry I've been investigating undercover has three TEPAP guideline violations. This week, their pastor was suddenly "called home", and I saw in their dumpster they had another big dinner party with food that was intended for the poor, plus, they wasted alot of it.:(

Damn cat spitting her meds out.. Those things are EXPENSIVE!

...wow... That's boneheaded.

Last Saturday I went to a local lesbian dinner. It's a light and fun occasion usually. But I make women compete with me all the time. I'm quite passive and hate competing. And usually competing with others is usually about asserting alpha dominance. The fight is never about the issue being fought over. Anyways, I love lesbian culture. I went to a dyke dinner at a local restaurant. A basket of rolls was passed around. I passed them up thinking that others at the other end of the long table didn't have any the first time around. Turned out they did. So I asked for the basket to return. I don't mind a hot roll with butter while I'm waiting for something better.
A pretty woman at the other end pulled out a roll, showed it to me and motioned as if she were going to throw it. I said "no" several times. "I'm a femme. I don't catch things." I know femmes play ball and catch/throw many things. But I don't. I'm way too girly to. She threw the roll. Good thing I ducked and it hit the back of my head. If I had not, the roll would have hit me in the face. What I don't get is...this woman looked at me as if I did something wrong. And she didn't pick up the roll which was now on the floor.

The people at the local Cricket store pissed me off lastnight and as I sit looking at my phone knowing I need to call again and deal with them im sure I will be pissed all over again

My ex-huband. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. :angry:

My daughter and I were in line at Vons Grocery store this morning. One register open, 5 people in line.

We were next.

A cashier walks up to us to tell us she is opening her register. We move over.

Behind me a man in his 50's and his son, literally shove me aside and dump their groceries down in front of ours.

I look at him and he says; "We only have a few things, you can wait". He and his son laugh like it was the funniest thing ever.

Rudest experience I have ever had. Ever.

Asshole.

It pissed me off reading about it. :|


I thought of several things I would have done reactively in this situation, but none of them would have changed the fact that they really probably are a couple of miserable people, and karma takes care of jerks like that. They probably sit around pissing and moaning about how much their life sucks, and not even attribute it to the fact that their behavior towards others is responsible for the shit on their doorstep.