Thursday, October 20th, 2011 (the rest of the day)

Not going to go into much detail here.

Jersey Boys was amazing, a lot of fun and great music. I am not happy that B6 is not considered a partial view seat, but it was up close to I can’t complain too much and I didn’t miss much.

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I have come to the conclusion that I, like Chastity/Chaz Bono, have been stuck in the wrong body.

Okay! Breathe! I am not thinking about cutting off Mr. Winky and starting hormone treatments!

The wrong body that I am stuck in is that of a country boy; I am, at heart, a city boy! And if I could live in a city, it might as well be New York City, Manhattan precisely, if for no other reason than when the terrorists come after us again with big time nukes – and they will – I want to be with the people who just go right away, quick death, as opposed to sitting in Modesto watching the rest of the country slowly crumble.

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It seems that I suffer from SPUS: Short Person Umbrella Syndrome

This is a unique malady/benefit that only short people suffer/benefit from. You see, being only 5’7″, I am sorter than most of the adult male population. So when it is raining, I have a better than average chance of being able to duck under the umbrellas of other people, as long as I do not have an umbrella as well.

However, I also have a better than average chance of being poked in the eye by almost every woman carrying an umbrella, as I am often right at the eye level of the spokes of their umbrellas.

And, because every other male umbrella is aqbove my head, if I don’t have an umbrella, the runoff from their umbrellas drips onto my head and neck and rivers itself down my back. Quite unpleasant.

So, I bought a hat – it does not have eye guards or neck guards – and have given up on umbrellas altogether, just in time for the sun to come out.

Thursday, October 20th, 2011.

Today the weather has been very nice so far, comfortably warm and light breeze, no rain.

I had breakfast at Juniors, unfortunately having the sausage in stead of the bacon. Barfed up breakfast about 90 minutes later.

So, after I recovered and felt normal again, I walked up to Central Park and Columbus Circle, then met my friend Cary for lunch at Old Castle Pub.

This was followed by another trip to Central Park, this time with Kindle in hand, and I sat and read the afternoon away.

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As you may know, I am staying at the Radio City Apartments, which I swore I would not do this time but could not find anything else in my price range that I liked as well.

And if you have read my blog before, you know that i have nicknamed it Firetrap Hotel. Note the following:

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Did you know that if you sell your house after 2012 you will pay a 3.8% sales tax on it?
That’s $3,800 on a $100,000 home etc.
When did this happen? It’s in the health care bill. Just thought you should know.
SALES TAX TO GO INTO EFFECT 2013 (Part of HC Bill) Why 2013? Could it be to come to light AFTER the 2012 elections?
REAL ESTATE SALES TAX
So, this is “change you can believe in”?
Under the new health care bill – did you know that all real estate transactions will be subject to a 3.8% Sales Tax? The bulk of these new taxes don’t kick in until 2013 If you sell your $400,000 home, there will be a $15,200 tax. This bill is set to screw the retiring generation who often downsize their homes. Does this stuff make your November and 2012 vote more important?
Oh, you weren’t aware this was in the obamacare bill? Guess what, you aren’t alone. There are more than a few members of Congress that aren’t aware of it either

http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/04/08/obamacare-flatlines-obamacare-taxes-home

Why am I sending you this? The same reason I hope you forward this to every single person in your address book. VOTERS NEED TO KNOW.

I locked my car.  As I walked away I heard my car door unlock.  I went back and locked my car again three times . Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!!  Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store. They were obviously watching me intently, and there was no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation.  I quickly chucked the errand I was on, jumped in my car and sped away.  I went straight to the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into cars.  Two weeks later, my friend’s son had a similar happening….

While traveling, my friend’s son stopped at a roadside rest to use the bathroom.  When he came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later, someone had gotten into his car and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase…..you name it.  He called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into, the police told him he had been a victim of the latest robbery tactic — there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device..

They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car — that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim, it will not be you.

When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be instantly stolen.

This is very real.

Be wisely aware of what you just read and please pass this note on.  Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them — and bingo, someone has our code…and whatever was in our car.

Snopes Approved –Please share with everyone you know!!