I am in a lunch place and guy walks in with an Obama baseball cap, it is a small place the regulars all know each other. The owner is death on political discussions as they almost always produce an argument. So each time the guy with Obama hat had walked in over the past several months there was some discord, each time started by the guy with the hat. It almost always started with him saying stuff like "You working stiffs are going to continue to pay my disability for the next four years". The working stiffs in this lunch place know that this particular guy is not diabled in any real sense of the word, but he has been collecting for years. But for two years he has sung the praise of President Obama in the most annoying way. Like before he started collecting disability he spoke of his collecting unemployment, he would say he worked 6 months and collected unemployment for 2 years and then say thanks Obama.
So he walks in with his Obama hat and one of the wags remarks: Congratulations your guy won, but I did not see you at the polling station. The guy then says, yeah I forgot to register to vote.
Get a phone call from client wants to know if I remember him from a closing I did for him 20 years ago. I tell him truthfully that I did not. He then says well could you look for my file because I want to add on to the house and I need a copy of my survey and maybe you can send it to me. I explain to him that files are retained 7 years and then tossed. Oh, he says well do I know of anywhere he can get a copy or could I look up what surveyor I used and call him to see if he had a copy and call the "client" back and let him know. I tell him no and that he should call a surveyor and get a new one. He then says Oh, those guys want to get paid for their work and time.
I said , don't worry I wont send you a bill for my time, Good bye.
Attending a fundraiser tonight for a 48 year old guy who threw a massive stroke. He is kind of like a 5 year old without physical ability, his condition is the stuff of nightmare. I was shocked , how could someone that age be felled like that. Well , then I ran into his ex brother in law who tells me, 4 packs a day , six pack per night, more dope than can reasonably be explained. Had not seen a doctor in 25 years, carrying 30 extra pounds. Undiagnosed type II, BP over the roof.
Then I knew. People go get a check up and stop flogging your body with unhealthy habits. A stroke is a bad scene , and worse yet , sometimes you live. Sometimes you live was the catch phrase my brother used after my father's massive stroke at 81. His condition was horrible, but he was 81 and not 48 like this guy.
We did attend and it was nice to see how the man's wife put it together and it was especially nice to see how her co workers turned out in force to support her. It was a nice night, although the sight of the man in wheel chair unable to speak is hard to wrap around. Get a check up, quit smoking, get some exercise.
