Calamity Kris

We have about the same thing going on here on the Space Coast. It's been raining off and on all week and is set to rain all weekend. We could use the rain too but I would sure like to dry out a little bit. The dog will not go outside if it's raining so that makes potty breaks a bit of a problem.

When I lived in St. Louis, one of the neighbors had one installed in their slider. Most of the other neighbors warned them about the consequences. One morning, mama woke up to some hissing in the bedroom. A family of skunks came in the doggie door. Screaming for hubby was all it took. I don't know if they ever got the smell cleaned out of the bedroom. When we bought our house, the slider in the master bedroom had also been rigged for a doggie door. It was promptly removed once we took possession of the house.

I don't own a GM vehicle but I have heard GM is giving customers grief if they don't have the dealership do the oil changes because of the change in weight issue. I follow this shop because these guys seem to really be on top of what's going on. They have a lot of info on it.

Doughnuts on the courthouse lawn. https://large-cdn.ex.co/transformations-account/production/99589e92-e6b5-4a6b-8db4-bb0120ace3e1/437965fc-ee5c-4dec-99c5-69c6b1077f04/720p.mp4

I did until about 2017 when I purchased newer cars that had oil filters in strange places, as well as I'm not as flexible as I used to be so I can't get under the car like I used to. My current car, dealership does it all. Less risks with warranties etc., especially in light of all the GM mess with the 6.2L engine.

I like the way one of them discretely took the open bottle, presumably of Vodka, off the table when the filming started. Don't want to give a bad impression now.

This only applies to the basic machines. There are many machines that weren't addressed here. Overlocks, Felters, Embroidery and the list goes on.

Nuf said.

Congratulations to you both!!!

Do take care of yourself. We love having you around here.

I pray he is well and hope he makes an appearance,if he so chooses.

Please don't jinx it for us. We're enjoying this. November is still a ways off........

Back when we lived in Cali, before Disney became so woke, we would go to Disneyland for my birthday. It's during the holidays so I usually missed out on any celebrations as kid. The park was generally really quiet so it was easy to get on as many rides as we wanted to.

What are you doing in Florida, Mate. You should have told us you were coming and we would have put together a proper reception.

That is where I counted my original 20. However, since that sighting was discounted, I decided to stay silent.

There also appears to be one to the left of #2. That would make 19 and I'm not seeing #20 at the moment. As soon as my eyes clear up, I'll look again.

Speaking of pirates, this is Uno's new favorite t-shirt maker. He purchased one of their Halloween shirts for me to wear to work.

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I'm gonna be up in his neck of the woods next weekend. If'n he's interested, maybe we can connect. Hope all is well with you, Alpo.

At least no dictionaries or Thesaurus available.

A former quick-attack brush truck? Where's the pump? That's the best part.

I got 20.

4:30PM Apparently someone leaked to the putz that I called. He calls me back starting with "oh I'm so glad I was able to reach you. Are you ready to re-allocate your funds...." I gave him a white lie and told him I needed to run. I would call if I needed his services..... 5:20PM Received a call from the branch manager. He introduced himself and said he wanted to hear the story from me. I told him what had sparked my contacting the firm in the first place and what my original intentions were. When I got to the part where my 401K was gone, he said "oh my, you weren't expecting that were you?" "I can understand where that would be a real shock." He then explained legally what they can do. 1) There is no way LEGALLY to restore the account, since I'm no longer employed with the company where the account was created. (I looked it up. He's correct.) 2) My pension, while it's well hidden, is still there. That wasn't touched. 3) There are no tax implications nor penalties since I didn't REMOVE the money from the firm. If I had done that, it would have been a whole 'nother issue. 4) At this point, I have two options; A-Keep the funds in the IRA they are currently sitting in and have it mimic the distributions I had selected in the old 401K, or B- Roll the funds over to the 401K I have with my current employer and make any necessary changes there. 5) There will be no fees or penalties. This is entirely on them. He spent 45 minutes of his time walking me through everything and asked me what I wanted to do from here. We talked through a few options and decided he would have one of his senior advisors call me tomorrow and get into more details on the options. He closed by profusely apologizing for the bad employee and said he would have at least one conversation with him because the way he treated me was against their ethos and training. He thanked me for my time and said he hopes to meet me one day at the local office. I feel quite relieved with all this new info. Hopefully, we can make the new distribution of the funds better than they were before.

4:15PM. I just got off the phone with the first level supervisor. He was actually very helpful. He documented the situation, contacted a couple of other departments and I am to expect a call from the next level supervisor any minute. I do have a name and number for this person so if they don't call back promptly, I know who to call and have a number to do so. He did record our conversation and said I was "led astray". He apologized and said someone would get back to me soon.

I miss Alpo as well. I hope he's OK.