Tis the season to complain

Barney Frank, what an obnoxious arrogant odious twerp. There it is said, I for one wish he would have retired a long time ago. How do we get politicians who are careerist, whom come to office penniless and retire multi millionaires. I sure didn't vote for him, so let's blame the dopey people of Massachusetts---yeah, yeah that is it. Funny thing I have vacationed on Cape Cod for years and years, and my daughter attended a prestigious university in Boston and the people I have met from Massachusetts all seemed to be intelligent, informed, articulate. With that how can Teddy Kennedy and Barney Frank be explained. It is this taint that affects Mitt Romney, no one can trust anything from Mass.

Black Friday, no complaints from me, I stayed away. Just how stupid are people who camp out to buy electronic devices and other nonsense. I guess I will just have to ask my relatives who did just that.

Water Heaters that fail after 2 years, went down to basement on Thanksgiving and stepped into an inch of water. Spent Friday mopping, and replacing the heater. Water heater story, when I was 8 and brother was 10, my father enlisted our aid to replace the water heater, we lugged buckets of water upstairs to empty the vessel, we watched as he disconnected and then we lugged the tank up and out, then we brought the new tank in, then we waited and handed him tools to assist, it turned into an all day affair. He did it so he would save the nickels to put food on the table for 9 children, my brother does not remember that motivation, he only thinks that it was an awfully long and tiring day. It was. Today they would say it abusive, then it was not so out of the ordinary--children were pressed into service to complete task. I did the job myself over Black Friday, I pumped the water, made the disconnects, sweated some pipe, brought in the new tank, took out the old tank. Lessons learned at my father's knee have not been forgotten. The nickels he sought to save then are now the 400 bucks I saved. The manufacturer also kicked in the cost of the new tank.

Christmas Decorations---Keep them simple. There is a house down the street that is visible from space between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It makes you happy, so I should not complain, but it keeps me awake at night and all the elves piss off the dog when we walk by.