CHANGES GOOD OR BAD December 1, 2010

CHANGES GOOD OR BAD

  I often wonder if the changes that are being made in life are good or bad. I look back at a time when going to a library was a time when you could study or read in peace and quiet. It seems as if now a change has taken place and quiet is no longer being enforced.  Now I am being told that it is a community place where people, because they do so much for the community, are allowed to talk loud laugh and keep up all sort of noise. Decorate Christmas trees and hold just about any and every thing they want now in the library. As I now live in Palm Coast Florida I often wonder if all Libraries in all other states have sunk to this level. I remember when I lived in Ohio the library in Euclid as well as downtown Cleveland was a place of quiet even the computer section I can only hope that it is still the same.

 Now days here in Palm Coast, and Ormond beach they have the retired who evidently do not need money because they work for free and those who do need a job, that pays can not get one in a library, as long as the freebee are there . Their bills don’t get paid and they end up out on the street.  No wonder the economy is in such bad shape.  Every one is stuffing their own pockets, and other is suffering because the freebee takes the jobs that should go to those who need to work. It just like the government who when people donate to their campaign they in return give them bail out or government contract. The whole world seems to be crooked.

 They come in sick and spread their germs so that others end up sick. They are on Medicare so they don’t worry about paying medical bills. There are those who have no insurance and have to pay out of pocket, have no jobs so they cannot go to doctors for help, because they cannot afford to give an arm or leg for help. To me that is just wrong.

 That is just my opinion. What is your?

DOGS IN HOTEL October 15, 2010

DOGS IN HOTELS

How clean is it? Are people ignorant? Or is it that they just do not care about others?    I recently stayed at the La Quinta Inn in Port Orange, FL. The room in itself all in all was not bad. Once the air circulated the stuffiness was abated.  However there was something that made me itch all night, as it did not affect my daughter I can only assume that there was something in the hotel that I may have been very sensitive to.

The food being served for breakfast was not bad. What I consumed was fresh, and tasty. The problem, begin when a man walked into the food area with his dog. That is why I asked the questions above.  Common sense should have told the man that it was against the law to have his dog in the food area. If I had been from the board of health, or some other person there had been working for the board of health the hotel would have been fined.

I have to commend the front desk clerk who immediately stepped in and told the man that the dog could not be in the area. The man got mad but who cares. He may complain to the owner, but if the owners are in any way right they will give the clerk a commendation or a raise for doing his job.

People with animals should realize that just because they don’t mind eating dog hair and having animals around their food does not mean that every one wants the same thing. What you do in your own home is your business, but to bring it out in public is just wrong. If you like kissing your dogs in the mouth, have them eating off your plate’ that’s your business. Personally I think it is disgusting, and will not even eat in a person home that has dogs, or cats.

It seems as now day’s people can not take trips unless they take their pets with them. It was already bad enough that you can no longer sit on the grass, have picnics like we did years ago without ending up in dog mess, but even walking on the side walks has become dangerous as you may end up stepping in dog mess if you are not looking down where you are walking. They are sleeping in the hotel now and you end up sleeping in the rooms where they have slept and for those of you who maybe like me are very sensitive to the smells usually end up in one of those rooms.

Over the past year I have stayed in ten hotels, nine different ones. These hotel has been located in Georgia, Texas, Paris France, Washington State, Ohio, Main, and Florida. Out of all there are only three I would definitely recommend, and one I would semi recommend.

1. The Quality Inn in Marysville, WA. That I almost missed out on because of staying in one in St. Augustine FL.
2. The Hampton Inn in Beachwood Ohio
3. The Fairfield Marriot in Palm Coast FL

The Simi recommendation would be the LaQuinta here in Port Orange FL. The one this article is about.

The bottom line is you people with your pets, try being respectful of other and the rules governing your pet in public. Don’t put them in baby carriage like so many that I see do in order to sneak them in to places that said no pets.

Barbie Rants

Laws and the people who make them March 23, 2010

In reading some of the comment concerning the Health care bill that was passed I could not help but see how enraged everybody is. Those for it and those against it. Those who want the states to intervene. I could not help but wonder if any of you know what your state is doing with other laws that are in effect in those states take for instance the real estate laws that they have written in the contract that you sign when you make a bid on a house. If you win that bid then you have to have the house inspected. Which is fine, it is the wording that is in the contract in statement 100 that causes a great deal of concern for me. If you decided that you do not want the house because there may be something seriously wrong with it then if the inspector has done any damage at all in his inspection then you have to pay for that damage. For example say the roof is rotten and the inspector falls through then you have to repair the part of the roof that he fell through. Hopefully he already has insurance to pay for any medical cost he may incur from his fall. If there is something wrong with the material that was used in the walls and he took a sample you have to pay to have that fixed. When I called them on that I was told that they would go after the inspector for any damage done but they refuse to put it in writing, or remove the wording in the contract that the buyer would be responsible for the damage.

So when you people stop and think about what your state want to do, try reading some of the laws they already have in effect. Everyone is out for themselves. Don’t think for one minutes those people who are fighting so hard to keep this health bill from become a law cares about you. they are looking out for themselves. and the other big business that sell these insurance polices. The big businesses that pays for them to be reelected. They want to keep their jobs and health insurance, These big business know that they will have to readjust their polices or lose some of their business the politician or the big business don’t care about you or your health. Wake up people this world as you know it is passing away. Your hatred, jealousy and bigotry will soon be a thing of the pass and so will all of you, and the big business, and politicians.

Honesty February 16, 2010

Honesty where has it gone to? I once believed you could trust almost everyone. Not just family, friends, and neighbors but businesses to. That may have come from being raised in a small town where people were honest and trust worthy. As I look at the world around me today I wonder where all that honesty went. Why insurance companies rip people off. It seems as if the things that you are required by law to have are the biggest rip off. Followed closely by the things that you really need. The prices go through the roof. No wonder crime and violence is on the rampage.

One would have to wonder why is it that the government is bailing out big business? All they are doing is hurting people. The Government would come out better giving a million dollars to each citizen and allowing them to spend and help the economy. We citizens would then be able to go to doctors who charge an arm and a leg just to spend five minutes to look at you. We would be able to buy proper food to feed our family. Food, by the way, that has sky rocketed in price. The cost is so high now that people have to make a choice between food or rent.

Where are all the honest folks? The ones who cared about the people not the dollar? Have they passed away and left their offspring who are greedy and money hungry? Who would kill their own for a dollar. Oh this sad sick world; when will it end?

What do you think about this world that we live in?

January 16, 2010

I heard once that there is no future without the past. Could this be true? Could this be why so many people are now searching for their past? Should we be satisfied with what we know? If we search and find out that our ancestors were murders, thieves, and haters, what effect will it have on us? In our search if we find that a lot of information has been destroyed would you wonder why? Could it be that the government wanted to shape the future of everyone? A future that would fit its mold of what people should really be like? What then are we leaving our children, our grandchildren, their grandchildren? Is it the government mold of what our past should be like, or what it really was like? Is the past of our forefathers a good one to have?

 Should someone else way of life be forced on others? In the past a way of life was forced on the Indians, so much so that their past was taken away from them, and they were given another nations of people ways of living. The Politician succeed in genocide their way of life.

 The Indians were no longer allowed to roam their land for food, to think for themselves, to believe in their God, to make or wear their own clothes, to live their lives the way they wanted to live. To learn in the way they had always learned. Instead the government molded them to be what they wanted them to be. They stripped them of their dignity, treated them lower than what they treated their livestock. All in the name of progress.

Progress at any cost seems to be okay for our government, they don’t mind stealing the land of peaceful people, murdering, or allowing the genocide of a nation of people, or their ways of life.

Obama Tired December 29, 2009

Julie Pace did a news article for the Associated Press. The article was entitle “BIG FIRST YEAR LEAVES OBAMA TIRED” While on-line I read it and then made a comment. In order for you to understand what I am posting you would have to go read the article and then some of the comment before you could ever began to answer my questions. I would not say read them all because there are so many of them and they are so full of hate that you may not wish to read them, as they come from ignorant people and you may not want to be associated with them. For the ones you do read answer the following question for me. 

 1.  Who do these people remind you of? 

They remind me of the person  History tried to make into a hero. But we all know that he was a BIGOTS, and a HATE MONGERS. 

 2.  Could these people who are posting these comments of hate be related to him? 

 Remember the General Custer, who set out to destroy a whole nation of people because they were different. He was a murder, of old men, women, children, and babies. He has been called a yellow-haired dog by many a name well deserved. It seem a shame that anyone would want to be related to such a man. In the end he received his just reward. He was killed at the little bighorn. 

 3. Could all these people be members of a long hate group who were called KKK? Whom I would say was also the offspring of the General, who ends up being the offspring of Satan the Devil. 

 Maybe they are all KKK that what they sound like anyway. If you read their comment, you would probably agree with me. 

 It is a sad day that there is still so much  hate in this world against people who are difference. Even sadder that the intelligent of people are worst than that of the stone ages. 

Holidays December 11, 2009

What are holiday’s? Who benefits from them? What they are is a time when people go crazy, with shopping, decorating, cooking, and visiting. Some visit people they have not seen in awhile taking gifts and receiving gifts. It is a time for wishing and hoping. Still for others it is a time for crying and sadness. Whereas for those with any sanity at all it is just another day in a long line of days of crime, hate, and remembrance of what is going to be and what has already passed.

There is nothing wrong with shopping, cooking, visiting; we all do those things at some point in our lives. Why then are holidays so crazy for some people? As for the ones who benefit they are the businesses. They advertise their merchandise way in advance of holidays. People stand in line even sleep in front of stores waiting to be first to grab certain products that are on sale and in limited amounts. They have been known to even kill people trying to get to these products.

Even your light company, gas company, transportation system reaps the benefit. Take a good look at your light bill look at how high it goes up with your decoration. Even those of us who do not put them up still suffer because our bills go up too.

When that one day is over and you are stuck with tons of bills don’t complain. Just know you were the crazy one, and the businesses that benefit from your craziness they were the smart ones.

Until next time Barbi Rants says think before you spend your hard earned money.

Arts and Craft November 29, 2009

This past Saturday, 11.28.09, I helped my daughter with her table at an arts and crafts show. All in all I must say it was good, with the exception of one person. All the people who were set up there were nice and friendly. The arts and crafts were supposed to be something you made yourself. Well there was a Mary Kay booth set up, t-shirts that were obviously purchased and iron on dressings added. But for the most part everything looked as if people had come up with good ideas and had done the things themselves.

The one woman who was not nice or friendly came in throwing things on the table, moving the table, knocking things over on my daughter’s table and moving the table so close that you could not get out without moving her table again. She was fussing and complaining about where she wanted to sit. She was a complete idiot. I felt sorry for her husband. I kept my cool though because I wanted to slap some sense into her, but I didn’t. When she started to pick up things on my daughter’s table I told her to leave it alone. I also reminded her that somebody else would have to get by and as there was no way to move our table (it was already touching another table) she would have to move her table back the way it was. Some people can really try your patience. They finally moved her. If it had been me I would have sent her butt packing. If she refused to leave I would then have called the police and had her removed. Why is it that some people think they are better than others? To the person that really matters we are all nothing but dust. So all of you who think you are better, think again. To the Almighty your money, prestige or anything else you may have means nothing. For Tanny from Tanny’s Creations, whose jewelry was all made by hand and the wood carving that your husband did they were beautiful. For Shunta, Holly, and Linda, the artwork was superior. But please don’t any of you allow it to go to your head. I think you all should get into actual art shows. Shows where people appreciate good art and great ideas. Keep the good work up.

Later,

Barbie Rants

CROOKS, BEWARE OF THEM November 25, 2009

Crooks in the Business world

I am beginning to think that Palm Coast, Florida is the worst place ever to move to. It would appear that everyone I have come in contact with has tried to rip me off. Let me tell you about Nancy Petekiewicz she works for Weichert Realtors. I was going to rent a house through her. After having it inspected by a professional we found there were so many things wrong. Things were suppose to be fixed and I was going to have a second inspection done so that I could move in by the 25 of October.I decided not to rent it, because by the 24Th I was still not able to send the inspector back in to see if the repairs has been made. Nancy kept making excuses as to where the key was first it was in Orlando, then it was in Ormond Beach and someone had to go and pick it up. Strange as she had told me when I wanted to go and look at the place that if the tenant was not there this time she would just let me in herself. Now all of a certain she does not have a key. I also gave Nancy a copy of the inspection report so that she could see for herself what was wrong with the place. She promised to return my deposit that I had given her. This was back in October on the 24 as I was suppose to move on the 25Th of October. Here it is a month later and I still do not have my money.

Nancy has stopped answering her phone, or responding to my emails. Her office can not tell you anything all they can do is give you the same telephone number that you already have. I finally got in touch with the main office, and talked to another Nancy who said they had sent my check to Nancy’s office as Nancy Petekiewicz claim she did not know my address, another lie.

Well I am waiting on her to call as the main office was calling her to tell her to contact me. Time will tell. I will probably go back up to her office later on today if I don’t hear from her and have the front desk to call the main office while I am there.

Well people again be careful who you deal with. As I said in the beginning I don’t know if there are any honest business people here in Palm Coast. Even the water company charge you $190.00 deposit every time you move. Yes I am waiting on my deposit from them too, as well as from another real estate services who put me in to a place that had mold, and mildew, and leaked every time it rained. Trust no one, they are all con artists.

Mover’s November 15, 2009

I finally got moved. You would think that as many times as I have moved it would get easier, it does not. Each time seems to get worse. I will start by telling you about Todd’s Moving Company, the one I used to move me. Big mistake by the way, I had Todd to come out and give me an estimate as to how long it would take for him to move me, as they would only charge you by the hour rather than give me a flat rate which I would have preferred. I had already spoke to someone on the other end of the telephone who claimed to be his wife, I explained why I wanted an estimate because of what had happened to a neighbor of mines with another moving company. “Oh my husband would never do that,” she claimed. Well judge for yourselves.

Todd’s estimated 5 to 6 hours at $85.00 an hour, taxes included, with a two man crew. With every thing that I had I felt that was reasonable. I had other estimates that were cheaper, but as I did not know any of them had never dealt with any one of them I chose Todd because two friends recommend him. They had used him a year earliery. A big mistake on my part. I should have rented a Uhaul and moved myself. You see I decided that I could cut the time down to no more than three hours. I moved out all my crates, trunks, and almost all my boxes, there was only 12 boxes left out of about 75. I moved the dinning room table, and the chairs, I moved the end tables for the living room and all lamps.

Now here is the kicker. I took all beds down. The China cabinet I took a loose I had taken all draws from all cabinets, and dresser out and over to the new place. The only things the movers had to load was the mattresses, for the two bedroom and the bed room furniture, the three piece sofa from the living room, the china cabinet, which was in two piece as I had taken it apart, washer, and dryer, who a friend took apart, and two three wheels bicycle – which the mover did not know how to load; I had to tell him how to do it as I had done it before. He took five minutes trying to decided how he was going to load them. They did not have to wrap anything, at least they did not wrap anything, so the time was not taken for that. It took these two men 4 hours and 15 minutes to move these few thing 7 miles, something that if my grandmother was alive with her one leg could have done in half the time.

Now comes the bill. At $85.00 an hour Times 4 hours and 15 minutes ($85.00 X 4.15) should equal $352.75. you do the math let me know what you come up with. He came up with $367. I refused to pay it. I paid the price that I came up with. I am seriously thinking about suing them for the damage to my furniture. This blog is to warn all you people out there to be careful and maybe you can learn from my mistake, never go with someone who is not known, forget about friends recommendation, what worked for them does not mean that it will work for you. You have a lot of con artiest out there just waiting to clean your pockets out.

I have one more move to make in ten months if every things goes as planed. I will not be using these people again. I think I will stick with United Van Line, at lease you can get a set rate from them not an hourly one, that way you do not have two people taking 10 minutes to carry one mattress to an elevator that is three seconds from your front door.

Until my next blog, stay safe, keep an eye on your pockets, and be very careful who you trust, there are smooth talkers out there, they are pros.

Barbie Rants,