Odometer Tampering is not a Crime in Auburn, Indiana

It has been a while since I have been able to work on this. To the people who have sent emails asking for more, thank you. To the ones who sent emails to check on me, I also thank you. I have been so busy with a new career change that I haven't had the time to devote to this that I should have. I have also been in the throes of the legal system, Dekalb County, Indiana style. If you ever have the chance to avoid the area, I highly recommend it. It is a lot like stepping back in time, to a place where favors truly rule the law. I have been trying for months to notify someone, anyone of the odometer tampering that has been going on in this little town for various judges and other esteemed individuals, and there is not one person who cares, yet. I have sent information to the state police who to their credit are still checking into it. I gave the information to the chief of police in Auburn, Indiana. His response was to tell me I seemed like an angry spouse and I was just trying to make trouble. No, the fact that odometer tampering is illegal was never a consideration for this guy. The important people who have their leased vehicles tampered with never entered to conversation either. Hmmm..... I'm just trying to cause trouble, I guess. Be careful buying a vehicle at auction in Auburn, Indiana. You may well be buying a hidden lemon. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Too Much Crap, Not Enough Time

I haven't posted in quite a while. The happiest place on earth being what it is, I found a different job that I absolutely love, so maybe things happen for a reason. I spend quite a bit of time talking to people who are still doing time in the retail giant of all giants, and they keep me informed of all the great changes. My favorite so far, is the practice of hiring only part time workers, now. Keep in mind that Walmart considers full time 36 hours, and you can just imagine what is going to be considered part time. Any person with a memory may well recall another retail giant that took the same step. I believe that Sears owns them now and they are limping along towards being just a memory in the world of retail. How many years until Walmart is in the same boat? It doesn't seem like Sam Walton was cold for very long before the greed of his family or underlings set the once great company on its ear. Nice job. It kind of reminds me of a sad version of Brewster's Million's. It makes me wonder what kind of time frame they gave themselves for dismantling the biggest retail store on the continent. They must be so proud. But I keep receiving emails from people who are telling me what has happened to them. I got a very sad email from Yvonne, who was terminated after 6 years because she was had to go to Doctor appointments more times then you-know-who thought was necessary. They gave her the option (if take it or go is an option) of going on leave or being terminated. When she said that she couldn't afford to go on leave of absence, the company with a heart terminated her. Mr. Sam would be so proud. So if you have a story, let me hear it. I'll write about the ones I can. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Schedules are Written in Stone;Unless.....

I had a great conversation with someone today. She has worked for a particular Walmart for many years and she has Mondays off. Always has. Walmart takes great joy, for some reason in scheduling her for work on Mondays. Labor Day. Memorial Day, all of them. And every time she has to go in and pitch a fit. Where is the sense in that? If schedules are generated in Bentonville, what is the problem? Is it a Monday? Golly, that means, ***** can't work! Don't schedule her. That seems pretty complicated, doesn't it? Now, What do they intend to do with all of the goldbricks who want a banker's schedule? Will they fix that, so that you can get some customer service on the weekends? Riiiiiiight. Just as soon as monkey's fly from my butt, they will. Why would Walmart tell a part time employee that she wasn't eligible for benefits that she clearly is? I think they call that misrepresentation, but I could be wrong. I recently had a Police Officer tell me that the statute of limitations on odometer tampering defined that crime as not a felony, so he wouldn't be looking in to the information that I gave him. Another blow to Justice in the great state of Indiana, wouldn't you say? So if you are a Law Enforcement Officer in Indiana, and you have any interest in odometers that were rolled in Auburn, Indiana as late as 2005, do please let me know. You'll thank me later.

Happy Birthday, David Alexandre!!!

Today my baby turns four years old, and I am trying to figure out where the time went. I swear he was born, just the other day. But Four he is, and he is such a big boy I can't begin to tell you. I broke my promise to myself and went in to you-know-where looking for a particular toy. When did they stop selling things that are made in America? I would be happy to find something that was made on this continent. No such luck. I ended up buying something from a local craftsman, maybe that isn't all bad either. But as I walked around the shelves, looking for something, anything that had been made in this Country, I did not have one single person stop and ask me if they could help me find something. Typical. I did notice that a lot of long time faces were no longer working there. I am certain that it had nothing at all to do with the memo that was floated a few years back describing all the money that Walmart could save by doing away with long time associates. No, that couldn't be it at all. I wish that there was a fair alternative to the big huge block stores. Maybe some of the smaller stores could band together and form some sort of alliance. I am pretty sure that if enough people were interested , the small stores could have a leg up on the strangle hold that the chain markets seem to have. Maybe then free and fair would apply to everyone. If it does come to pass, you can thank me later.

Tell Me Again Why That Is Okay....

I keep watching all the government bailouts with more and more disgust. I want one. There, I said it. I want the government to come and bail me out of all of my debt, and I want to be able to make up the conditions for this "loan" also. How many times are we going to bailout Chrysler? Lee Iacocca made a fortune from taking credit for a loan. When does a company get too big to fail? Does it's proportion of Union members have anything to do with it being too "big"? It might certainly have something to do with why it is failing, but that is a conversation for another time. I have already spent a few hours dealing with the rants of semi literate pro union folks. But to get to the point of this blog, I think BO has an idea that if he shoves enough socialism down out throats fast enough, we won't even taste it. I guess we are suppose to just wake up one morning and thank him for making all those pesky decisions for us. You know, the ones about where to live, what to drive, how to vote......... I thought that he would be a bad President, I had no idea that he had his sights set on Supreme Dictator For Life. I can see why he was so anxious to set down with Castro and many other dictators. I think he is looking for tips. I haven't had to shop in a Walmart in over a week, and I am pretty excited about that. It is amazing what you can find when you branch out and support the local merchants in your area. I highly recommend it, try it for yourself. You just may get an amazing recipe for sourdough bread, like I did. Try it, you'll thank me later.

A Strange Email

I got the most bizarre link yesterday in my email. I won't pass it on, but I will describe it to you. There are people in the world who look normal, but believe me when I tell you, they aren't. The link hooked into a series of B.O.'s promises, and the ones that he has broken already. How many days in office, and he's shown the true nature of the guy that the useful idiots moved to Pennsylvania Avenue. I am sure that when the media stops their slow dance in the moonlight with him, they will begin to report the facts. Any day now. Yep, any day now. I can't wait to start reading the sarcastic, dripping with disdain pieces that Time Magazine and The New York Times published at every chance they got. I am also sure that in their hurry to try to create news, they will rush forward with a fabricated piece of yellow journalism that almost destroys a man's reputation. Oh wait, they did that one, didn't they? I wonder how Dan Rather is enjoying his "retirement", don't you? Thank God for the bloggers who have nothing to do but look at fonts and point out that the one in question didn't exist at the time. Do you remember the network response?? "Well," they huffed, with their bottom lip pooking out, "It's factually accurate, even if the memo turns out to be false." That's like saying, " I'm factually not an adulterer, I didn't have sex with her, she had sex with me." Oh wait, that's been done, too. I just wish that the media would be content to report the news, instead of creating it. Wouldn't that ne great? So anyway, my little rant is over. Ipromise to get back to you-know- who next time, and you can thank me later.

Come on Spring

Do you like winter? If you do, you can have mine. I listen to idiots and other relatives who harp about the joys of "the change of seasons" and they can keep them. I don't like cold weather and I never will. Of course, that means God and his infinite sense of humor has set me to live in one miserably cold State every year. I don't know why people live, honestly. I have built snow forts with my boys and I think that they are over rated. I have gone sledding and I don't get that either. Do people realize how cold and wet that mess is?? And please, don't get me started on the people who snow mobile. Now, I am cold, wet, and the wind chill is ratcheted up because I am going really really fast. How fun is that? When I start to get the seed catalogs, a little glimmer starts to build. I can almost concentrate and remember the warm weather. Almost. First, I have to get past all the sloppy weather, and the slush and nasty mess that comes with melting. Oh goody, mud. In the perfect world, I will never see cold weather again. I will live somewhere with my family that gets warm, gentle breezes all year and soft, caressing rains every once in a while. If I need a white Christmas (highly over rated, by the way) I'll watch the DVD. If I get my wish, I'll let you know. I pass on directions to my new place, and you can thank me later.

Change Stinks

What is it that changes people? I ask myself that all the time. I also ask what the heck is going on, because I seem to be in a perpetual fog. I have had so many changes in my life in the last 18 months that I cannot even begin to blog about them here. I am not the happy go lucky person I was 2 years ago, that is for sure. And the worst thing is, I don't see it getting any better. Did you know that the housing crisis is mostly confined to about five states? Yep, from what I have researched, California, Arizona, Florida, Illinois and one other state are the crux of the foreclosure crisis, but when I turn on my television, I think the Apocalypse must be on the way, to hear them tell me. I am not an optimistic person, never was. But when I listen to the 24 hour news blather, I just want to put my head under a pillow and drown out the noise. I wish that I had answers. If I did, trust me, I would happily send them on to you. My first suggestion is to turn off the news and go outside for awhile. Maybe read a good book and unplug the phone. If you have any toxic people around, try to get away from them, if you can. My faith in God is what sustains me, I hope that He works for you, too. I don't know what makes a person change, though. Maybe it is the true nature of the person coming out, and you were wrong about them all along. Maybe, they are going through a crisis and it has changed them for the worse. If I had the answers to that one, I would be one thankful person, trust me. But I'll just keep praying, and if you get the chance, you should give it a chance. You'll thank me later

Why Do Men Cheat???

I will sign over all of my worldly possessions to the person who can make me understand why men cheat. Honestly. I do not understand this one at all, I don't think that I ever will. I don't think I even know a man who is faithful, not one. If the man isn't cheating in the biblical sense, then he is cheating in some other way, and they is just the slippery slope that gets it started. Isn't it? I know a "man" who rationalizes his infidelity. If his wife was not so crabby and mean, he told me, he would never go out with another woman. He would happily bring home all of his Love and affection and they would live happily and faithfully ever after. I asked him what she does. "She's a legal secretary." he told me, "and we have two children." " How old are your children?" I asked him. "5 and 3" he answered. I told him that he was the closest imitation to a Man that I had ever seen. When he didn't understand me, I made it clearer for him. "Your wife works every day, then comes home and takes care of two small children,and runs your house, but you have the nerve to complain that she is crabby??? He does nothing in their house to help, but feels that he should get a medal if he reheats dinner when she is running late. What a prize he is, no? An emotional affair is just the beginning, before you know it, someone is stepping into the express lane for hell. I have no sympathy for cheaters. I think that divorce should be almost impossible to get, unless someone is in danger. I write to my elected officials, but this seems to be a Kleenex society that we live in, and anyone can throw anything away when they are finished with it. Write to your elected officials if you don't like it either. If we change the world, you can thank me later.

Leap of Faith

I have recently taken a leap of faith and I am scared to death. Anyone else who has experienced that panicky feeling of free fall knows what I am talking about, don't they? Many of the things that I thought that I could count on are gone, not the least of which is my job with Walmart. After ten years, almost, you sort of think that you have a grip on things, but then, that was before the infamous memo was released that showed how much Walmart could save if they let go of most of their long time associates. Of course the whole thing was poo-pooed, and what is this that I see? Why, it sure looks like Walmart has gotten rid of most of their long time associates. In the current recession that we are are experiencing, any port in the storm is better than none, and you-know-who is making the most of it. Mr. Sam would be soooo proud, wouldn't he? I was speaking with Jerry today, and he is scared to death. His wife works for the mom and pop store killer, and he is scared to death. Her insurance is the only insurance that they have, and he will not qualify for any if she loses theirs. There is the COBRA programs, but since they are raising their grandchildren, COBRA is way out of their price range. His wife has been hearing rumblings, and she isn't sure from one day to the next what is going on with her job. She just knows that changes are coming, and none of them look good. Of course, when you turn on the news, it doesn't help. Everything is gloom and doom, and no good news, ever. It makes you want to pull the covers over your head and stay there, doesn't it? I don't watch the news much any more. It just makes me feel bad, and what is the point of that? If anything important was going on, I know my Mother would tell me, anyway. She is like a news service, only she makes better bread. So if I hear anything good, I'll be sure and pass it on and you can thank me later.