Stories's Log |
This log represents the Life and Times of the Las Vegas Dude. |
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09/04/2006 02:11:10 Jim Robert, Joy and Amy hung out | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Earlier, we went car shopping for the heck of it. These car lot owner/dealers crack me up!!! "Yea, those Porsches, Mazdas, Toyotas, and Hondas are a death trap" this one dealer said while smoking a cigarette. "You should spend $7,000 on this safe Mercedes that gets 8 miles to the gallon and has 180,000 miles on it." I told him "If we did, and I only drove it 1,000 miles, it would have cost us $10 a mile to drive it, and we could rent a limo for for that price." |
09/04/2006 01:01:00 sae .Labor Day | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Labor hard Jimmy.... |
09/01/2006 21:09:42 sae So, what be the story? Like my grammer? in regardi | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
You got $200 cash and someone's paycheck? And if you have their paycheck, what is the story? They signed it over to you (third party)? |
08/31/2006 15:41:40 sae .We have Camden apartments right next to us! | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Any news on the Tampa front with John Winn? |
09/01/2006 12:03:33 sae (Reply).We have Camden apartments right next to us! | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
Doesn't surprise me. Rents going up at lease renewal time is nothing new. And Camden is just following industry standard procedure. If real estate trends were not upping the price of real estate in the Lost Wages area (it was remaining stagnent or it was going down), I wouldn't necessarily surprised if rents remained flatter. Question is: What was it before it went up to $905? If it was $885, would that be all that bad? Gee, I don't remember paying for water when I was in (what is now a Camden) property on Torrey Pines in SW end of town back in 1997 (MGM days). I'd be willing to bet that the $150 is a misunderstanding. I was told, with no uncertainy, that I would not have to pay any fees to renew the lease on this 2 bdrm, or on moving to the 1 bdrm. It is apparently a one time thing. At least, if you don't move out and want to come back. |
08/28/2006 12:09:44 sae Ive got a great name for your Notary business. | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Call it "Squirty's Mobile Notary". Whoops, that doesn't do it for you? How about "Mike's Notary"? Still no.. Well, then go with a S-Corp as in "S" for Squirt. Great way to make business decisions, isn't it. |
08/28/2006 14:56:16 sae (Reply)..Ive got a great name for your Notary business. | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Sounds good. Kinda like Jeffwee's "Pubelicks Market". Right? I'd still think doing it right, as some sort of corporation is best. That is, if any of this is going to lead Rebecky to have assests, but if so, then you gotta do corp. Take a little extra time now and do it right. How about your old CPA? |
08/17/2006 21:54:11 Jim Had some laughs...picking up a doggie door. | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
We went to Lowes to pick up a replacement doggie door. Found one. The cashier we went too was on the phone. We stood there. She got off and I said "Didn't your mom tell you to stay off the phone when you have company". She said "NO, and my father was a drunk, so if he said it he mumbled". I said, "Your mother did too tell you that! I know she did! Call her right now!!!" She said, "But if I did that, I'd be on the phone when I have company". THEN, we went to Smiths. Becky got some sour cream and chive crackers. The clerk said "I love those", and showed us a variety box of crackers that he eaten all all the sour creams out of. I told him, "Yea, Becky loves to eat them as she sits around on the couch all day watching soap opera's". The bagger said, "OMG-I love those". I said, "Wow-You mean Days of Our Stupid Lives and As The Stomach Churns". Now, I didn't think that was all that funny, but three checkers started laughing. What do you do when you tell a bad joke and people are laughing. I just stood there with a stupid (unavoidable) grin on my face. |
08/17/2006 18:22:46 Jim Ive only dreamed about very few cars. | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Yesterday, I took 2 Porsche 914's out for a test drive. These cars offer a wonderful road experience. They're capable of going 150mph, and get 33mpg. They're a dream venture between Volkswagen and Porsche, and I believe in the next couple of years, That they were the cars of the future. One was a '74 Porsche 914 1.8 ltr. It was at a car lot. I could have taken it out the door for $2,500. It looked like it was in excellent shape. The salesman was reluctant to let me take it anywhere further than around the block. I didn't even get it into 3rd gear. The steering was hard, the shocks were mushy, the transmission ground a lot. When we came back, I talked to the manager. He insisted we take it out for a longer test drive. This time, I got it in to 3rd, and I'd figured I'd seen enough. The next one was across town. It was advertised on EBay, as in good condition. The pictures on EBay looked pretty good, but they skipped all of the can spray painted areas that were more than obvious. The rubber seals on all the windows were shot. I took it for a test drive, and through the first mile, something was clanging around until it fell off. It was beautiful ride though...It drove like magic! However, the generator light kept coming on, the blinkers and break lights didn't work, the left headlight didn't pop up, the stereo didn't work, the door handles didn't work. Not much worked on it. He had the windshield wipers off for some unknown reason. When I got back to the owner's house and started to back up, the engine died. It wouldn't start again for another 30 minutes. The gas pedal fell off while he was trying to start it. During this time, I the owner talked about all of the things he was going to fix in the car. He said he was a helicopter mechanic and knew electrical systems. That's just plain scary!!! Now, why, why, why, do people, when they sell a car, turn into complete liars and assholes? I just don't get it. If I knew honestly what was wrong with the car, I could make an honest bid. Now some poor guy in California is going to win the bid on EBay, come all the way out here, just to find out the seller was lying about almost everything, and all of that time, money and effort will have all been for nothing. |
08/17/2006 13:18:51 Ideas .Idea-doggy doors with a brush liner | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Damn, I am one cute doggy.... |
08/10/2006 22:36:50 Jim Its spooky, these voices I hear. Ghosts? | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
When I'm hungover I hear voices. I like them. Anymore, I'd rather be hungover than drunk...now ain't that a kick in the head. These voices sound like a TV that has its volume to low to make out whats being said. They seems to be mumblings, like the sound of people talking in a cafeteria. I assume they are generated by my subconscious and therefore I can control them. If I listen closely, I can hear them when its dead quiet in the middle of the night. Its like those dancing lights that we all see, that a few notice, and even fewer talk about then. I was researching the euphoria epileptics have before having a seizure. Overwhelmingly, many of them have this auditory hallucination. From what I've read about them, they are exactly like I just described my voices. What do you call it, when a group of people have the same hallucination? I've always said, I'll believe in ghosts if I see one. I would love to see a ghost. Are these ghosts? It would be nice to see something of a supernatural nature before I become a ghost. |
08/11/2006 18:51:06 Jim (Reply)On the other hand | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
I was just kickin it on the couch, and I heard voices and whistling. I asked Becky if she heard the sounds too..she said YEP. Sonny whistles and sings to himself in the bedroom. |
08/10/2006 13:30:24 Becky .Well Ill be diggy dogged...Im well! | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Becky cleared up. hmmm. |
08/08/2006 19:02:19 sae Happy Birthday to Squirty.... | Tue |||||||||||||||||||
Everybody is having birthdays.... |
08/07/2006 21:23:32 becky Feeling Better | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Hey Babe I so glad that you are starting to feel better. It was nice to see your house in summerlin. Thank you for taking us to Hush Puppy's I'm sorry I was so quite today. I guess my allergies are catching up with me. I Love You Becky |
08/07/2006 17:37:56 Jim UMC-Doctors visit | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
I went to UMC with severe breathing problems. I told the receptions I have asthma, and probably a lung infection. I also told her I was unemployed, uninsured, and I'd have to pay cash. The receptionist said it would cost $95. A nurse checked my blood pressure and told me to relax, she put me in a room and gave me albuterol nebulizer treatment. Later, another nurse came in, and she took 2 X-Rays. Doctor Fellows came into the room and said I didn't have cancer. Okay...um. He gave me a prescription for 5 antibiotics (I specified Erythromyicin) , 1 albuterol inhaler, and albuterol for my nebulizer. He told me to see a Primary Care Physician with one week. When I left, I went up to the receptionist, and paid her $95. The receptionist said I'd get an invoice in the mail in two weeks. |
08/04/2006 08:39:25 sae Happy Birthday to Sonny | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
And of course, Jim's going to give Sonny those swats, right? What would that be, 56+2 for 58? And tell Justin I also say he's rude... But, wait, he'll just get mad at me too, so never mind. |
08/03/2006 20:38:19 Jim Picked up Joy and Amy | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Joy washed clothes over here. Robert swung by. Becky made 14 coctail weinees, rice and beans for everyone. Dustin grabbed 8 of the 14 weinees. Later, he asked Becky if he could have a soda. She said yes. He came out of the laundry popped the top to a rootbeer, and said "I got the last rootbeer, hahaha". I told Dustin that was extremely bad manners. If you see there is only one left of something, you ask if you can have it. You don't brag about taking it. Dustin walked away from me when I was talking to him. I asked everyone what they thought about what Dustin did, everyone said it was rude. I told Dustin, I just wanted him to have good manners over here. I wasn't trying to hurt him. Dustin ignored me, so I called GMa. Her phone didn't answer, so I pretended to talk to her, telling her about what Dustin did. I offered the phone to Dustin, and he wouldn't take it. He went into the rooms closet, walking away from me again. At that point, Becky went in and scolded him, but he wasn't listening. I came in, told him I wasn't trying to hurt his feelings, I was just trying to teach him better manners. I asked him how he'd feel how he'd feel if I bought him a six pack of root beers, and Jennifer drank them all. He said, "God will provide me with more". At about that time, I told him he was full of crap. He'd probably yell at her. He told me not to swear around him. |
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