"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[catdaddyfro]

You should have seen me changing a defunk pick up coil in the parking lot of O'Reilly's in leesville. The first replacement was not conducting like it should and was overheating so I used the warranty and replaced it. First they didn't like it because "your truck doesn't have one". Then "you can't pull that cap off, you'll ruin your timing". (so, they heard something and misunderstood, at least they knew it was a distributor but only because every spark plug wire ends up there) Then I asked my friend to bump it so I could get everything lined up to pull out the old and put new in. They about pulled me off that truck. Said it was unsafe to sit on the motor because I could get shocked or break it. I could hit that thing with a sledge hammer and if it was a lucky hit might crack the air intake but the motor???? no way! Then I pulled out the old part and gave it to them (discolored as heck for misconducting) and popped the new one in. They asked me if I had someone to get my truck out of their parking lot before closing. I said up, fired it up and left. Mind you I did this repair in a dress, that may have added to their stupidity but I highly doubt it.

Yeah if you pulled the distributor out to change that piece, you got some attention, for sure( in a dress probly got some too) LOL Even folks that claim to be "so called mechanics" the act of pulling a distributor out is way too far over the skills/comprehension levels or capabilities. Kudos to you, you could probly get a decent job in a shop somewhere if you used that as a visual hands on resume' LOL. Then again you'd probly embarrass/show-up the supervision dept. so bad, that the intimidation factor would probly keep you from getting the position in lieu of fear for their own job placement being in jeopardy. LOL

Jeff

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Most Animal Control employees are just there to collect a paycheck, not in helping the animals, I volunteered at one a few years back to try to help the animals and give back to the community I was in. Did everything from cleaning cages and pens to paperwork and fixing fencing and equipment, and bringing out own lawn equipment to manicure the grounds. I had to quit when they gat a medium size female dog with a litter of 5 pups, and they would not feed her enough to survive on much less nurse the pups. They said it had become too costly to feed her since her milk was not enough for the 5 pups and after having her only 3 days and she had nothing wrong with her a little more food would not fix, decided to put her down. They only gave her a half dose of the amount they should have, brought the pups in and killed them in front of her as she tried to lick them to wake them up and let her watch every on them die, before finally killing her. She was a sweet dog from what I could see, and seemed to be trying to be the best mama she could, with as little as she was getting to eat. Plenty food was being donated and they were feeding the dogs they favored more than they could finish, so it wasn't that they did not have the food. I quit right then and there. I could not take her in at the time, because I was living in a fema trailer at the time with 2 cats and on someone's unfenced property, that had several large dogs themselves. They had already given her the half shot by the time I got there. These Animal control people, in my opinion are cruel and heartless. This shelter I am talking about favored cats and had the cats in a separate air conditioned room with toys for each cat and a rocking chair to hold the cats and love up on them. It was heartbreaking to see them treat this dog this way!

Celie, that made me cry. I am not a homicidal person but I can picture myself strangling those cruel people. Now no one take that as a threat. I just cannot abide animal or human cruelty at all.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

X2 Prim!  Maybe we will win the lottery tonight.  I think my hubby bought a ticket, lol.

If you win and buy a big piece of land, can I buy a parcel to build on? Lol

 

[foreverlearning]

Yeah if you pulled the distributor out to change that piece, you got some attention, for sure( in a dress probly got some too) LOL Even folks that claim to be "so called mechanics" the act of pulling a distributor out is way too far over the skills/comprehension levels or capabilities. Kudos to you, you could probly get a decent job in a shop somewhere if you used that as a visual hands on resume' LOL. Then again you'd probly embarrass/show-up the supervision dept. so bad, that the intimidation factor would probly keep you from getting the position in lieu of fear for their own job placement being in jeopardy. LOL

Jeff

That's my problem with jobs, they always want me to move up the ladder when I don't want to. I learn by necessity, you want to charge me what for what??? Nevermind, I'll research it and do it myself! My dad always told me the only person you can count on is yourself. I am retired and want a job but once they see my resume I am either overqualified for the petty job I want or they want me to move up the ladder. I have a really bad habit of fixing their problems while waiting for an interview and they tend to get stars in their eyes because of it. I can't help it, you fix small problems BEFORE they become big ones, not the other way around.

 

[CackedNut]

Everyone, go take a look:

www.treasury.state.la.us Once you are on the site, look on left side of page and click "unclaimed property"

Type in variations of your info and GOOD LUCK!!! Hopefully someone will find some money. I didn't, but made a call to two neighbors who did!

 

[foreverlearning]

@Kuntrygirl:
What are the property taxes like in your neck of the woods? I am looking at a parcel of land over there with a great price tag attached and it is almost all cleared already (all but 1 acre).

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Lol to the great female in a dress car repair story. It would be a mistake to underestimate me, too. Lol. I could tell you the story of when a cowboy told my grandson (4 years old) to sit back in his seat at a rodeo, but I better not. (My grandson will always remember that. Don't mess with Granny's grandson). Never get between me and my family or me and my animals. Honestly i have been known to have something to say to mean parents and pet owners in public and to report same. I don't care who it embarrasses. It. ain't pretty.

 

[CackedNut]

Lol to the great female in a dress car repair story. It would be a mistake to underestimate me, too. Lol. I could tell you the story of when a cowboy told my grandson (4 years old) to sit back in his seat at a rodeo, but I better not. (My grandson will always remember that. Don't mess with Granny's grandson). Never get between me and my family or me and my animals. Honestly i have been known to have something to say to mean parents and pet owners in public and to report same. I don't care who it embarrasses. It. ain't pretty.

 

[Celie]

Super 1 had put out more stuff on clearance this morning.

1/2 gallon milk was $0.75
1/2 gallon of buttermilk was $0.50
6 container pack of rice pudding was $0.50
pack of hash browns was $0.50


And the cream cheese is still $0.50. I picked up 2 more. I think I may get more and freeze them. I have to make room in my freezer as well as buy ANOTHER freezer. I have the freezer part at the top of my fridge and I have another chest freezer. I think I need either another chest freezer or an upright freezer. The chest freezers are $169.00 at Sam's.

What size is it ? I know someone who just paid $161 at Walmart, for a black and Decker( yes, they are making freezers now), but it was very small. Mine is a 6' sub zero, that we keep at -6 degrees and the upright in the kitchen is also a sub zero. you would think they would be all I needed, but they are both full and I have lots of turkey to process! We certainly won't starve!

Ugh, last I heard our pound was awful and run by a ***** that enjoys killing animals. I knew someone that was going there everyday and taking pics. and giving the dogs attention, trying to get them adopted. One day there was a litter of puppies that could not have been more than 6 weeks old there. The next day when she came back.... no puppies. She asked the devil woman who said, oh they had heartworms. I had to put them down.

5-6 week old puppies CANNOT have heartworms. Another time my sister-in-law went to adopt only to be told by that devil that NONE of the dogs were adoptable. Full shelter. She left heartbroken and went to the humane society in Deridder and she told them what happened. They told her it was utter B.S. and made a few calls. EVERY dog there was adoptable. She ended up adopting from the humane society, but she could have saved one from the pound. I have heard more than once of dogs being "accidently" put down before the owners could retrieve them. Dogs she knew had owners coming for them.

Well, last year I was looking through Criegs List and came across an ad for adopting a New Zealand meat rabbit, posted by the SPCA in N.O.. I called and told the lady that I raise that breed and would like to have it. She told me that it was not to be eaten! I told her at that age, I would not want to eat it, it would become breeding stock. She shouted over the phone, No, you can't breed it either, because all adoptions have to be neutered, before they can be adopted! Really, I said, who would want a big old meat rabbit that was neutered? That's why it was abandoned in the first place! Her reply was, well, yeah, but that's the rules. Has common sense been lost. I was later told that they put it to sleep. That's why I refuse to sell a meat rabbit to anyone as a pet. Big rabbits have big sharp claws and if frightened could tare a kid to shreds.

I have several of both and I prefer my upright sub zero one the most. My uncle stored some deer meat in there in '08, when I went to clean it out last month I called him and asked if I could have it or it'll have to move. He said yes, it wasn't freezer burnt and it tasted as good as a kill from this year. Butcher paper and tape is all it was wrapped in. I couldn't begin to tell you what is on the bottom of my chest ones, too much time and energy to even try to figure it out.

I like to use the vacuum type bags, but they are more expensive than the zippered freezer ones and I am cheap, OOOH, I mean FRUGILE ! LOL But I have in a pinch for meat I was planning to use very soon, froze things in doubled up recycled bread bags.

 

[Celie]

BTW, sorry folks, Hubby bought the winning lottery ticket this morning, but there is always next week for everybody else to try! LOL