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.
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6 comments:
Why what a little con artist! I'm glad you didn't give him more. Remembering my experiences of cloth diapers and a stinky diaper pail, I'm afraid your lecture would have fallen on deaf ears. (lol)
Many times Jack will do something to help a person only to find out it was a fake need. Oh well he says, "I do the good deed so the sin is on that person." A good attitude for doing a good deed daily!
It's getting to the point where you can no longer trust anyone. How sad. Life is getting difficult, I find.
God bless, Jack.
Hard to know who to trust.
I've never taken a car to a car wash. We always wash our own. I enjoy it but haven't to be in the right mood. :)
Your heart was in the RIGHT place - but cloth diapers - lol!
I'm a poor judge of people and really try not to judge anyone. I leave that up to the good Lord, he knows people much better than I do. I'm glad the fellow got caught, his punishment she be washing cloth diapers. I used them for all my kids. Their tender skin didn't like the boxed ones.I did try them out, but the diaper rash the kids got wasn't worth it. I suppose it saved me lots of money, but it wasn't the easiest job in town.
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