Monday, yep, the first of the week, still a cheap skate

 Picture of the day!

 

BUT for now:

I have said it, and it is true I am a cheap skate. I seldom pay to get things done that I can do myself. I very seldom use a car wash or a lawn service. I do not ‘manicure’ the lawn and as a rule SELDOM ‘detail’ our car. (I did today, ouch)

Today, yes today, I had a great idea for a blog entry, SORRY, but I forgot it.  LOL

I was once working on a house and a kid said he would cut the grass for $10, he said he needed money for baby diapers. Normal cost for that lawn would have been $5. I gave him a short lecture about cloth diapers and washing diapers, but then I let him cut the grass.

An hour of so later the police drove up to the house. And asked did the kid cut my grass and asked if I noticed the mower. Simply by accident, I did remember the mower. The cop told me the kid had just stolen the mower They finally arrested the kid and he didn’t even have a baby in diapers, so my money and lecture on diapers was wasted. Turns out the same kid had been the one breaking into that house and stealing my tools.  OUCH

I do remember hearing “No good deed goes unpunished!”   NOW: About my recent stump  gift.  I hope Joe and Jimmy have the best of luck, and YES I do appreciate the good deed of stump grinding.

Y’all have a good week and ‘don’t take any wooden nickels,’ another old saying I remember from my past life.

 

.Nite Shipslog

PS.  No matter what else happens, I will enjoy tomato sandwiches until the vines are empty.