Yesterday didn’t start out too well. In fact I thought the big sleep had come and I had been sentenced to eternal damnation.
Got up early and headed for Rock river for a little catfishing. Put a few in the boat, but had to wait at the ramp for a solid 20 minutes while some bozo loaded all his gear and finally launched.
man i was ready for a shower to wash all that catfish bait off! Got in the shower, soaped up…and lost all water pressure. Water finally came back on after the soap was pretty much dry. Called the plumber and was able to talk him into trading out guide service in exchange for fixing the relay switch on the pressure tank.
There were two checks in the mail ! And four bills, which of course totalled just a little bit more than the checks.
The best one was from Dish network satellite, saying I owed them $22.88. When I renewed the service a month ago I wrote ‘delete’ at least FOUR times on one channel we never watch, sending Dish $385.
Apparently monkeys open billing statements and cash checks.
Called their toll-free number to get things straightened out. After 15 minutes a Pakistani or maybe a Pilafino came on the line. Explained the situation. She said I needed to mail them 35 cents for use of the channel that I tried to cancel over a month ago. Told her I wasn’t gonna spend 37 cents on a stamp to mail them 35 cents which was do to their mistake.
Fortunately, this service person came around when I asked to speak to her supervisor.
My wife has been gone for a week at a family reunion, finally got home last nite. Planned a nice dinner, hoping to set the stage for a little romance. She came home with the flu.
Only opened one eye this morning, hoping I wasn’t in the movie Groundhog Day. So far so good. Haven’t been outside yet, except for a one minute excursion into mosquitoville to scare away a cat which was eating from a can of tuna placed by the shooting backstop about 50 yds. off the deck. figured feeding this critter tuna was better than watching him eat my pheasants.
This brazen kitty didn’t scare worth a hoot! maybe the .223 round went a little low. Will check to see if kitty is gone right after this cup of coffee. If I’m not in hell today, might try a little fishin’ later.
Hope your day is better than mine was yesterday! 
June 15, 2004 at 12:11 pm
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hang in there.
We all have days like this Ted and it really sucks. That’s when a cold one taste real good at the end of the day. Better days ahead.