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Howdy,Just today I put down a deposit on my new apartment, which is a 2 bedroom, in a very nice, charming neighborhood. It is a neat complex with tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts, plus pools, hot tubs, and an exercise room open 24-hours a day. I am pretty pleased. After looking at 9 or 10 similar places,
this took the prize hands down. I might have looked for a few more weeks, but I am on a bit of a schedule, because I have to be out of where I am by the end of April. By putting a deposit down today, I assured myself of a downstairs unit that is available on April 7th. They allow dogs, and I am closer to town, but still in a suburban style setting that is in Greenhaven, one of the nicer neighborhoods in Sacramento. Once again, bad news (moving) turns into good news (better, cheaper place), and somehow through no fault of my own, I end up landing on my feet as always.I wish I was making this up, but I'm not. In London now you can get Ice Cream made from human breast milk. Supposedly people who are lactate intolerant have no problem digesting it. Digesting it is one thing, but paying for it is another. I guess it sells for about $22 a scoup.I have a little apprehension about moving to my new apartment complex, but only because I think it is a little too high security. You see, this is one of those "GAY TED COMMUNITIES". Not that I have any problem with homosexuals, or people named Ted, but I just think there are too many security guards in the world and that is what is making everybody so paranoid. The supply of oil is exactly the same or even higher than it was a year ago, but the perception that it might change is what is causing the price to sky rocket. Everything from trick or treat candy to Boy Scout leaders are now a matter of suspicion. People should just forget about problems that don't exist and stop worrying about issues that are only in their heads.Let's see, if Japan were just to sort of accidentally blow up from nuclear meltdowns that would be awful. On the other hand, Toyota and Honda would be out of business naturally and Ford and GM would therefore certainly make a big come-back. Detroit would once again be the industrial leader of the planet. All over the world American cars would once again be the big thing. I sure hope Japan solves the nuclear radiation problem (or do I?).AT&T has recently bought T-Mobile which will effectively make them the largest cell phone company in the world. Along with this change they will be changing their name to either AT,T&T, or T,T,T&AWhat $2 Can Buy? His babysitter asked six-year-old Johnny, who watched a good many TV, adds, just to make conversation. Johnny, if you found a couple of dollars and had to spend them, what would you buy?" "A box of Tampax," he replied without hesitation. "Tampax?" said the babysitter. "What would you do with that?" "Well," said Johnny, "I do not know exactly, but it's sure worth two dollars. With Tampax, it says on TV, you can go swimming, go horseback riding, and also go skating, any time you want to."During the Gold Rush, Sacramento was the last stop on countless prospectors’ road to riches. Then, as now, however, not all who ventured into Sac City got what they came for. The housing market in California’s capital peaked in September 2005 at $252.78 per square-foot. But by the end of 2010, the price has sunk to a $110.76 – a 56.2% price drop. Still, for prospective buyers with cash on hand, there’s still plenty of upside. We’d wager that savvy investors during the Rush made more money in pickaxe sales than gold mining.This is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Chicago :If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in ChicagoIf someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in ChicagoIf you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Chicago .If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you live in ChicagoIf "Vacation" means going anywhere south of I-80 for the weekend, you live in Chicago .If you measure distance in hours, you live in Chicago .If you have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you live in Chicago .If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in Chicago .If you carry jumpers in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you live in ChicagoIf you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in ChicagoIf the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in ChicagoIf driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are filled with snow, you live in Chicago.If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in Chicago .If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in ChicagoIf you find 10 degrees "a little chilly", you live in Chicago .It's not that I never had a son, I just never had a son that I ever got to see. So when a guy I met with a 4 -year-old son told me he needed a place to live, I told him about my situation needing a roommate. Well, the rest is simple. He and his son may move in with me. I get half the rent paid so I can afford to live in my dream pad. He gets a good deal, a safe place, and a full time babysitter when needed. I get a child to help raise. Maybe I am dreaming, but don't spoil the dream yet. It could fall apart next week, but for the moment it looks like a decent turn of events. If I give you the impression of being a nice guy, I am only claiming that I want to be.Republican legislators and unions have come to a major agreement to relieve budget deficits. Teacher's Unions are going to take major cuts but agree to teach only the children of non Republicans. Fire and Police Unions are reluctant but agree to take cuts but will not respond to calls for help from Republicans. Not having the costs of Republicans anymore should compensate at least 30% and that savings should make the services to everyone else stay at normal.I am in the middle of this now but I think it is decision time, I want to make the best decision. The guy, Brian who has the 4-year old, seems a high risk to be roommates with. I wish him the best, and want to help him, but I can't really do much to help him. He will starve if he pays me half the rent, and I am not doing him any favor helping him starve. I went to meet Earnest and some of his candidates today. He introduced me to 3. 2 were rather high risk also, but one guy, Nabil (an Arabic name, he is from Yemen) is a 29-year old, married, newly out of recovery house, 2 months sober, intelligent, and seems friendly and stable. It is with sadness for Brian, but best planning for me that I think I will tell Brian NO and Nabil OK. His wife lives with his family in Stockton where he is from, and won't be living with him. She would visit however; they are happily married, just not together now. I will have to apply again, but even if we don't get accepted, I know a few other places where we should be. I have really botched this selection procedure, but if it ends well, that will be good.I am pretty sure that if Sue Nammy married Ben Gazzzy we would have a lot less trouble this year. Besides, Sue Nammy Gazzzy has a nice ring to it.America's Most Wanted said, "Be sure to call us if you know anything at all." Man, I bet they got a lot of calls.You have to wonder why Kay Daffy is only a Colonel if he is really the leader of a military dictatorship? Shouldn't he have a higher rank, like 20-star general or something?The California governor today declared the draught officially over. Precipitation this year has been 165% of normal and the river is higher than ever. Much of the Sierra mountains have 25 feet of snow. This will be a good year to sail at Folsom Lake until September at least.CHANGES ARE COMING ----Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part on how we adapt to them. But, ready or not, here they come1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.2. The Check. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.3. The Newspaper. The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.4. The Book. You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.5. The Land Line Telephone. Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes6. Music. This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalog items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."7. Television. Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.8. The "Things" That You Own. Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider.In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.9. Privacy. If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. And "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.All we will have that can't be changed are Me mories.19 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America .The United States is rapidly becoming the very first "post-industrial" nation on the globe. All great economic empires eventually become fat and lazy and squander the great wealth that their forefathers have left them, but the pace at which America is accomplishing this is absolutely amazing. It was America that was at the forefront of the industrial revolution. It was America that showed the world how to mass produce everything from automobiles to televisions to airplanes. It was the great American manufacturing base that crushed Germany and Japan in World War II.But now we are witnessing the deindustrialization of America . Tens of thousands of factories have left the United States in the past decade alone. Millions upon millions of manufacturing jobs have been lost in the same time period. The United States has become a nation that consumes everything in sight and yet produces increasingly little. Do you know what our biggest export is today? Waste paper. Yes, trash is the number one thing that we ship out to the rest of the world as we voraciously blow our money on whatever the rest of the world wants to sell to us. The United States has become bloated and spoiled and our economy is now just a shadow of what it once was. Once upon a time America could literally out produce the rest of the world combined. Today that is no longer true, but Americans sure do consume more than anyone else in the world. If the deindustrialization of America continues at this current pace, what possible kind of a future are we going to be leaving to our children?Any great nation throughout history has been great at making things. So if the United States continues to allow its manufacturing base to erode at a staggering pace how in the world can the U.S. continue to consider itself to be a great nation? We have created the biggest debt bubble in the history of the world in an effort to maintain a very high standard of living, but the current state of affairs is not anywhere close to sustainable. Every single month America goes into more debt and every single month America gets poorer.So what happens when the debt bubble pops? The deindustrialization of the United States should be a top concern for e very man, woman and child in the country. But sadly, most Americans do not have any idea what is going on around themFor people like that, take this article and print it out and hand it to them. Perhaps what they will read below will shock them badly enough to awaken them from their slumber.The following are 19 facts about the deindustrialization of America that will blow your mind....#1 The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since 2001. About 75 percent of those factories employed over 500 people when they were still in operation.#2 Dell Inc., one of America 's largest manufacturers of computers, has announced plans to dramatically expand its operations in China with an investment of over $100 billion over the next decade.#3 Dell has announced that it will be closing its last large U.S. manufacturing facility in Winston-Sale m , North Carolina in November. Approximately 900 jobs will be lost.#4 In 2008, 1.2 billion cell phones were sold worldwide. So how many of them were manufactured inside the United States ? Zero.#5 According to a new study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, if the U.S. trade deficit with China continues to increase at its current rate, the U.S. economy will lose over half a million jobs this year alone.#6 As of the end of July, the U.S. trade deficit with China had risen 18 percent compared to the same time period a year ago.#7 The United States has lost a total of about 5.5 million manufacturing jobs since October 2000.#8 According to Tax Notes, between 1999 and 2008 employment at the foreign affiliates of U.S. parent companies increased an astounding 30 percent to 10.1 million. During that exact same time period, U.S. employment at American multinational corporations declined 8 percent to 21.1 million.#9 In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of U.S. economic output. In 2008, it represented 11.5 percent.#10 Ford Motor Company recently announced the closure of a factory that produces the Ford Ranger in St. Paul , Minnesota . Approximately 750 good paying middle class jobs are going to be lost because making Ford Rangers in Minnesota does not fit in with Ford's new "global" manufacturing strategy.#11 As of the end of 2009, less than 12 million Americans worked in manufacturing. The last time less than 12 million Americans were employed in manufacturing was in 1941.#12 In the United States today, consumption accounts for 70 percent of GDP. Of this 70 percent, over half is spent on services.#13 The United States has lost a whopping 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.#14 In 2001, the United States ranked fourth in the world in per capita broadband Internet use. Today it ranks 15th.#15 Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is actually lower in 2010 than it was in 1975.#16 Printed circuit boards are used in tens of thousands of different products. Asia now produces 84 percent of them worldwide.#17 The United States spends approximately $3.90 on Chinese goods for every $1 that the Chinese spend on goods from the United States .#18 One prominent economist is projecting that the Chinese economy will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2040.#19 The U.S. Census Bureau says that 43.6 million Americans are now living in poverty and according to them that is the highest number of poor Americans in the 51 years that records have been kept.A few weeks ago, Bobby, my new little dog, got in a fight with Lucy, a great big pit bull. I had Bobby tied up to a bike rack outside a meeting I go to, and Lucy was tied to the same bike rack. They seemed to be getting along fine, but after a while, Bobby was trying to get it on with Lucy, even though he is fixed. Lucy took offense to this sexual assault, and attacked Bobby. I had to break them up. Apparently Bobby wasn't expecting any rough sex. He was covered in blood and wanting to avoid any more violence went whimpering back to the car. Lucy's owner felt terrible, but I assured him that it was a good lesson for Bobby. This morning, I am watching the news, and who do I see? There is Lucy's owner in an orange jail jump suit. Apparently last night he had gotten drunk and gotten in a fight with Lucy. Lucy bit him across the chin, so being drunk he wanted to retaliate. He grabbed a hammer, and tried to hit Lucy with it. Accidentally he ended up hitting his best friend in the face. Pit Bulls are usually nice, but can be overly aggressive. Lucy's owner wants to find him a new home because it looks like he will be in jail for awhile.The president says (as have all presidents for 50 years) that we have to stop oil consumption and increase internal oil production. The problem is basic, no substitute fuel has yet been found. Even if tomorrow we were able to produce every barrel of oil in the country, that would only supply about 5% of our annual need. If we stop importing oil we will have to give up cars and trucks. That would mean going back to horses. Certainly the price will continue to go up, until one day 50 or 60 years from now the last drop of oil will have been used up. I personally think we should convert to atomic energy. If an occasional nuclear plant happens to have a meltdown, that will just assist us with another problem, population control.Did you know?If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on the left side of your mouth.To make half a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowersHeroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by 'Bayer'.Communications giant Nokia was founded in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam.Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!People in nudist colonies play volleyball more than any other sport.Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.Astronauts can't belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.Ancient Roman, Chinese and German societies often used urine as mouthwash.The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era,it was fashion to shave them off!Because of the speed at which Earth moves around the Sun, it is impossible for a solar eclipse to last more than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.The night of January 20 is "Saint Agnes's Eve", which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.There are over 25 million bubbles waiting to burst out of each bottle of ChampagneGoogle is actually the common name for a number with a million zerosIt takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!The heat of peppers is rated on the Scoville scaleGold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of yearsYour tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one endIf you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage.Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numeralsKites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.The song, Auld Lang Sine, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.For every real Christmas tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place.Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percentPeanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450°FThe Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashellsThe roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.Nine out of every 10 living things live in the oceanThe banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of manAirports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air densityFish and Chip selling officially remained an offensive trade until 1940 due to the smell it producesThe University of Alaska spans four time zonesThe tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil) and Mazaru (Speak no evil).Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. (Intelligent people have hair!) :-)A comet's tail always points away from the sunThe Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to preventCaffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sightTrivia in Roman mythology was the goddess who haunted crossroads, graveyards and was the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. She wandered about at night, and was seen only by the barking of dogs who told of her approach.In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmedStrawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outsideAvocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred gramsIt cost the soft drink industry $100 million a year for thefts committed involving vending machinesThe moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each yearThe Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dustDue to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 metersMen's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the leftMickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in ItalySoldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge downThe painting that won second place in a competition held by the US National Academy of Design was hanging upside down when it was judgedEverything weighs one percent less at the equatorFor every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-offThe letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.And last but not least : In 2011, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years!HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFFLeave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."Specify that your drive-through order is "TO-GO."If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."Reply to everything someone says with "that's what you think."Practice making fax and modem noises.Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.Holler random numbers while someone is counting.Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."Staple pages in the middle of the page.Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.Honk and wave to strangers.Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.TYPE IN UPPERCASE.type only in lowercase.dont use any punctuation eitherBuy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.Repeat the following conversation a dozen times."DO YOU HEAR THAT?""What?""Never mind, it's gone now."As much as possible, skip rather than walk.Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "No, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.Ask people what gender they are.While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.Sing along at the opera.Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."I don't really know how many countries there are in the world, but my guess would be about 80. It is an interesting question. If anybody knows please tell me. But let's say 80 for now. We are at war in three of them. So, that only leaves 77 remaining. I wonder if we could sustain and afford wars in all 80?Mom would always say a day was "hectic" when there was so much going on or things would keep going wrong. It wasn't so much that it was a bad day, it was just that God was giving a bit more than seemed to be easy to handle. We don't learn so much from good days, when everything is going right, as we do from bad days, when everything seems to be going wrong.Yesterday I got home from choosing my new apartment. I have a beautiful place that is just as nice as the last place, where my application was rejected. I wanted to be moved by now, because my landlord is starting to get testy about how I need to move yesterday. Never mind that I have 60 days from the time of written notice which I still have not gotten. Anyway, I do want to move, but until I get a move in date that is just a wish. Well, I was going to go online, and see if anybody replied to my ROOMMATE WANTED or HOUSE WANTED ad, but my computer won't work. Why does this always happen when it is a bad time for it to happen?I might go to the refrigerator to get a snack, but I have eaten myself out of house and home. I have refrained from grocery shopping the past week or two, figuring I will have less to move if I eat all the food in the house. Now I am hungry and there is nothing here to eat. I tried fixing the computer, but it is really broke this time. I might call a friend and whine their ear off, like they do with me, but I like to keep my problems to myself. Besides, there is nothing they could do for me anyway. I might be getting upset, but I remind myself I wasn't going to do that anymore. Whose bright idea was that?A few weeks ago I found a roommate who believe it or not was way crazier than I am. She was it turns out too crazy for me (that takes some doing). The next candidate had a 4-year-old son, but not enough income to be able to pay the rent. The next candidate was recommended as being available soon, but it turns out the definition of soon is in June. My definition of soon is next week. The winning candidate was referred by a friend of mine. As always, word of mouth is my best advertising.I am not sure that I like people who plan ahead. Sometimes I wish I would do that but people who do bother me. Helen and Tony are all packed up for the big move. The big move does not happen for 7 weeks, but already everything except the toilet paper has been packed. All the kitchen appliances, plates, pans, most towels. The house looks bare. My room looks the same as it always does. I don't plan to pack until the day of the move, which after all, I still don't even know. I think I handle adversity pretty well. It comes from watching my mother on days that were "hectic".The moral of the story: the computer was fixed in ten minutes and $70 by my computer guy.I am waiting for the phone to ring confirming my 4/15 (tax day) move in date.It will all work out; it always does.The day after writing the story, the apartment complex called and approved me to move in April 15th. My new address is belowAll for Now,Paul Vercoe2540 Seamist Drive #9Sacramento, CA 95833916 501 7498 (cell)clichehunter@AOL.com