Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

DB’s nephew bought his first truck last year with his hard earned money.  He is such a good boy.  He told me he bought a Chevy truck, which model, I could not recall.  It is quite similar to a Silverado but smaller.  No clue, but I know he has been scouting for truck accessories and once he see something he like to add on to his truck, he gets them either online or from the store.  He told us he bought a cover for the bed of the truck, special rims, and splash guards to do up his truck.  I am glad he is spending his money wisely instead of spending it on booze.

Working in Human Resources I hear a lot of problems from employees.  Some of them are extremely pitiful and some are just plain sorrowful.  I recalled back when I moved up to the 3rd floor, there are employees who will look for the benefits administrator and pour their hearts out.  I worked for this benefits admin lady so I get to hear those stories, too.

There is an employee who works for the manufacturing division of the company told us she is in hot soup because her husband passed away and did not purchase family insurance during his lifetime.  It is so important to have financial security for your family when one dies.   If you do not have insurance, your dependents will have to rely on your social security and whatever savings, hopefully there is some kind of IRA he or she have, and sometimes those are not enough to cover the funeral and others expenses.

I have to admit I have a lead foot when it comes to driving my Monte.  That baby drives smooth even though she is 12 years old.  Once she gets going, she sails fast.  I was stopped by a cop for speeding once on my way to work.  I was going 55 mph on a 45 mph street.  I  know I was at fault, the cop did not give me a ticket, but instead, gave me a warning.

After that incident, I talked to DB about radar detectors and his opinion was they are his life saviour.  They are legal to be used in the state of Minnesota.  He has one installed in his Blazer and without it, he would have paid dozens of speeding tickets.  Since I am a person who likes to speed, he said he should consider getting one to be on the safe side.   That Christmas I got myself a conventional windshield mount radar detector and it has worked wonders.  Each time any cops are nearby, it beeps and warns me that cops are lurking somewhere, and driving on 35E and 35W is now faster.