July Moving Fast!!!

 Hello all, well here's my story for July. It's moving pretty darn fast. Right? Anyway, it seems that in my area and 10 miles from my area, the yard sales suck. There used to be at least 20-30 on the weekends. Now all I see, if I'm lucky, is about 15, not even that many. This is my time to holiday shop. But what the yard sales are offering is high prices for junk stuff. A brat up couch bag a woman wanted $60 bucks for. really??? I see a lot of home goods stuff, and the seller wants the price they paid for it after they used it up. Yard sales really suck this year. And speaking of sucking....

If my property taxes go up any higher, I swear I'm going to get a tent and live for free in the woods. But I'll be in Vegas doing it. Does Vegas have wooded areas?? The new trick is the city sends you a property tax bill two weeks before it's due. They used to give you a discount if you paid your full property taxes. It was like 10% off. Now they tell you to pay by the quarter, making it easy for some people to pay their taxes. Nope, if the property tax quarterly slip gets lost in the mail. Then the city wants to charge you late fees or say you never paid them and steal your property. If one of the supposedly property tax slips they send you through mail never gets paid. No thanks, paid all the property taxes at once even without getting the 10% discount which they did away with. Greedy bastards!!! Now they will not get  paid again until 2027. Did I mention my property tax bill went from 10,000 to 11,500 for the year, and I get nothing for it. Can you say New York is ripping people off?

                         Well, what do you think? And how's your July going so far?

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June Went Fast!!

  Hello all, well, here's the story for the end of June. First, this month went so fast. With celebrating birthdays and crazy stuff. I'm glad it's over with. So here, the angry part first, I hate getting sick, and now I've got a summer cold to go with my getting gout. Which hurts. Also, I sell vintage toys on Bonanza, and I sold a Knicks Barbie doll cheap, like $35 with shipping, the bill came to $57. Anyway, the asshole who bought the doll waited for one week and screamed he wanted a refund via PayPal. But from the pictures he sent to PayPal, the doll is out of the box, and he's trying to send me a doll I never sent him back. After talking to PayPal, the case is still in review, and they have locked the $57 dollars up until the case is settled by them in my account. Lucky I never keep a lot of money in my PayPal account because I really don't trust them. I told the buyer to send the doll back like I sent it to him but of course, he doesn't want to; he wants the doll for free. This is what pisses me off when selling online, all the crooks you run across. This is not the first time this has happened to me. Makes me not want to sell online anymore.

                                            So that's my story, what do you think? 

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It's Hot!!!

  Hello, Family, here's the story for June. It's hot outside. Finally, the weather is getting hot in NYC; it's between 80 and 95 degrees. Luckily, we will get a breeze at 70 degrees. Anyway, here's my story. You know, living in New York is expensive, but darn it's crazy to live here... I had to register my car, and it cost me $135 for just two years of registration, and to get a new driver's license was getting ready to expire. That was $85 for 5 years, and in the same month, which is June, I needed my car inspected, which was $60 bucks, so altogether I spent on just being able to drive in this expensive city $280 bucks!!  

This month is also birthday month for me, my father, and my mother. We're all June babies. So, I did a small party for my mother and said a prayer for my father, who's not here any longer. Besides, it's my best friend's birthday this month too. Guess you can say June is just a party month for me. Did I mention it was an expensive one with gifts, cake, and misc. stuff. I don't mind because when you care about someone, price really doesn't matter, right?

                                So that's my story so far, what do you think?

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Uncle Sam Got Me Again!!!

  Hello all, first off, Happy Memorial Day. Hope you're planning something good this weekend. Here's the story so fr. Uncle Sam got me again. Well, the IRS did anyway. I got a letter stating that my income tax was incorrect. And that my partner and I both owed them $120 each making the total bill $240.  My taxes were done by my accounting which I will be calling after the holiday to see what happened. But I look at it like this, at least it wasn't more than that. But the killer part is they mailed the letter on May 8, I got it on May 19, and they expect payment by June 1st. That's crazy, right?

Besides that, I went this past weekend to Atlantic City for the beach and gambling. That place is dead. The only entertainment I got was watching people on the boardwalk and seeing the way they dress. which was crazy. If you told people they could be naked, without getting fined, some of them would.

                                       That's My Story. What do You Think?

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How Did this Happen???

  Hello all, well here is my story so far for May, Happy May to all. Here's the story: my car is due for an inspection this month. So, I decided to get a jump on things and get it inspected at the beginning of the month. That should have been about 35-50 bucks tops. But then the mechanic called to say I needed brake pads and other stuff. which now my $50 buck bill is over $500 for the things I needed for the car. How the heck did that happen? If I didn't need an inspection sticker, I would have waited to get the things I needed repaired for my car. I mean, you can't even afford to own cars anymore with gas at five dollars a gallon and repairs over $200. You might as well take the bus, and in New York, that's almost 3 dollars a ride. It's crazy, right? What have you spent on your car so far? 

Question for you. If you had the money, would you spend it on a 40-day cruise vacation to Europe for two people costing $30,000 dollars? Just asking.

                                   Well that's my story what do you think?

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Good & Bad

  Hello all, well here is the story for the month of April so far. It was a good and bad month. Tell you why. I was supposed to go on a mini-vacation last week. But it was going to rain. So, I decided not to go because I had to drive there. I hate driving in nasty rainstorms. Anyway, I'm glad I didn't go because the water pipe in my basement suddenly busted. Causing water to rush out fast and onto my basement floor. The pipe that busted was hooked up to the main city water pipes outside, and it was flowing heavy because of the water pressure. Thankfully, I was home, and we caught it in time. That was the good news 

The bad news was that we had to get a plumber in to replace the pipe that broke. He also had to fix our second bathroom. Which cost about $1900.  Did I mention for a plumber at least where I live to just walk into your home it $150 bucks.   Thankfully, we had the vacation money. So I used that to pay the plumber. But imagine if we had gone on vacation and the water pipe had busted. What kind of basement swimming pool would we have had when we came back? Not to mention all the things we store in the basement, like our inventory of stuff we sell online, would be ruined.

These things happen, I know, but thank God we were home to prevent a bigger problem.

                                             So that's my story what do you think?    

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Happy April

                                                                       Hello  Family 

Happy April! So, what are you doing this month? I thought with all the craziness going on now, you might need a funny to laugh at.  Nothing special so far for me, I'm happy the bills are paid, my health is doing well, and I eat. That's about as much happiness as I can take for now. Speak to you soon. 

                                                             Have a Great Day!

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