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and THIS week...I had a number of"nice" things happen...my pay is late AND my hours have again been cut, the guy who hit-and-ran my van a couple of weeks ago is NOT going to take responsibility for it (and if I want MY insurance company to take care of it--it will no doubt raise my premiums AND I have to come up with a $250 deductible), and my tax bill for the house for this half year ($1200) has come EARLY and is due EARLY too.

Face it..my whole life has pretty much been a horror story. (EXCEPT for my health--which God has kept nearly perfect all of these years).

I have enough “horror stories” about experiences in my life to scare most people from sleeping for a week or two!! Believe me I have shared a VERY small amount of them (publicly—a couple of FReepers got a couple of PM’s about some other things over the years)—there are others that would make some here shiver!!

Man, I hear ya, my horror story, I thought I was going to jail the way it sounded. Either that or I'd run to Libya and be living in the desert somewhere. B-) That's why if the chance comes along, I have to examine all angles, although it was close to 20 years ago, it still smarts from time to time.

and THIS week...I had a number of"nice" things happen...my pay is late AND my hours have again been cut, the guy who hit-and-ran my van a couple of weeks ago is NOT going to take responsibility for it (and if I want MY insurance company to take care of it--it will no doubt raise my premiums AND I have to come up with a $250 deductible), and my tax bill for the house for this half year ($1200) has come EARLY and is due EARLY too.

Ouch! Is the van still drivable? I know a few years ago, I rear ended a minivan, my headlights switch wasn't working right and while jiggling for a "sweet spot" to make them work, that's what happened. Of course I was at fault, the insurance comapny judged it so plus I knew it anyways so I pleaded no contest and just took responsibility. Well, I know insurance companies generally give you "one gimmee" for an accident at fault so my premiums stayed the same. What was weird in that there was like $2500 to $3000 damaged I caused the van but I escaped with no damage (I have a 1994 Ford Explorer) except the bracket where the front license plate (I still have the dealer plate there, in Penna, we only have one license plate) and the dealer plate is bent.

Still, currently, I need rotors (front), drums (rear), an exhaust system, and bodywork on my rear/right rocker panel, I'm glad I'm working on my "second job" to add to my unemployment with web pages, I failed inspection a few months ago. It is still drivable and will still drive it, hey, I need to live plus I do have a "guardian angel" medallion in it so I should be OK. B-) Still, my grade school buddy and myself will do the labor on it. He works for Advance Auto Parts, can get my parts at a discount, he charges it and I'll pay him. I might be working there soon if things don't look up but I want more experience with cars and repair, I do believe times will get tougher and I believe in order to survive, one needs to learn as many skills as he or she can. As long as it runs, I can stop, and I'm not worried about carbon monoxide, I drive with the windows open since the A/C doesn't work plus I keep them cracked in the winter.

Adding to the horror story, my cousin, he is parapelegic, his arms are usable but he needed therapy to get them going. He was in a car as a teenager, the driver was drunk but he wasn't, they had an accident and he paid the price. At the time, he also had a baby son to his girlfriend. This was like 20 years ago. Well, I found out he is laid up in the hospital, he had gangrene in one of his legs, the right I think, my dad told me. They amputated below the knee but they might have to go above it, if it ain't stopped, well, death will result. My 93 year old grandmother wants to see him in the hospital, if I can, I might take her in my Explorer since I'm off of work now, my unemployment is flowing and I'm freelancing.

I know the dangers of infection, in 2003, I cut my left hand open on the pinky side and ended up with a strep infection. I almost lost part or all of it, but they saved it. The joints work OK, but it feels awkward since I do have nerve damage where I'm numb over there except for a small spot where if you hit it, I'll go through the roof. I spent five days in hospital, I had to stay some extra time since the county doctor with Infection Control would not release me until things were under control for sure. All I did was lay in bed, listening to Art Bell and Rush, watching Civil War documentaries and the investigation of the Columbia breakup, the shuttle broke up the day before I was admitted.

Don't get me started on property taxes, we have to pay them too, we are a little behind but we are paying them, as long as you do so, you're OK.

Face it..my whole life has pretty much been a horror story. (EXCEPT for my health--which God has kept nearly perfect all of these years).

Yeah, I feel that way a lot too. Sounds like this is turning into the Bill, Jack and Chuck horror story thread. B-) B-P B-( Top it off, I'm reinstalling my anti-virus, for some reason, it blew up on me. Still, I hope things look better for us in the future.