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[Spot & Bubby]

Once you wipe the tear from your eye, you never regret spending the money on a good battery.

Ken

I feel the same way about tires. My dad made sure I could change a tire myself before he taught me how to drive, but I've always been afraid of being on the side of the road alone for the time it takes to get the job done... Even when I have my Bodyguard. I almost always choose the model up Vs. the lesser model in my price range. I've never told Hubbs about that fear, but he's even more particular about keeping good tires on my vehicle and even pays a little more than I probably would.

(For the collectors of useless information among us: The irrational and intense fear of the sound of a flat fire/blowout, losing control of a vehicle because of a flat tire, or being stranded by one is called Klatarismenophobia. Now you know.)

 

[Spot & Bubby]

One of my ex-husbands decided to beef with the electric company over a surprisingly high bill. He contested it and got an extension to research the spike but couldn't show fault against the provider. Then he flat refused to pay because he had been "made to look foolish."

Surprise! The power went out.

Then he refused to pay because he was mad about it. My request that he pay was not kindly met, so I kept my mouth shut after that.

By the end of the first month, I had black waterhoses coiled on the roof from an outside spigot running into my bathtub through the window (limited hot water for all types of washing), a solar cooker made from an old projection TV that was in his storage unit (I almost set the house on fire with it), and a very weak generator fashioned from a blender that was a wedding gift to my parents and an oscillating fan with modified blades (it could either keep a phone barely charged or power a couple of LED lights, but not at the same time). By the end of the second month, I had left his crazy ass.

He could boycott the power grid without me.

 

[Spot & Bubby]

I have another one on my son. He is an old man trapped in a young man's body. He just graduated so I asked him if he had finished all his thank you letters for people. He said yes, and asked if I had any stamps.

I told him... yes, I do in my desk, but you know who else has some... the post office!

He just started griping like and old man about how high the price of stamps were and how much he spent at fair time sending out thank you letters.

I told him... You have to pay to play. You got thousands of dollars for each of those, don't cry about $100 in thank you's.

He's not even old enough to remember when stamps were cheaper.

Does he know "Forever" stamps have not been around forever?

 

[wbvs58]

One of my ex-husbands decided to beef with the electric company over a surprisingly high bill. He contested it and got an extension to research the spike but couldn't show fault against the provider. Then he flat refused to pay because he had been "made to look foolish."

Surprise! The power went out.

Then he refused to pay because he was mad about it. My request that he pay was not kindly met, so I kept my mouth shut after that.

By the end of the first month, I had black waterhoses coiled on the roof from an outside spigot running into my bathtub through the window (limited hot water for all types of washing), a solar cooker made from an old projection TV that was in his storage unit (I almost set the house on fire with it), and a very weak generator fashioned from a blender that was a wedding gift to my parents and an oscillating fan with modified blades (it could either keep a phone barely charged or power a couple of LED lights, but not at the same time). By the end of the second month, I had left his crazy ass.

He could boycott the power grid without me.

I bet they were not real upset that he was no longer their customer.

Ken

 

[Spot & Bubby]

I bet they were not real upset that he was no longer their customer.

Ken

I don't know about TXU, but I was more than happy to close that account, balance due or not!