Some days are just not that productive. I'm stuck in my office with my truck in the shop. Seems I came to a fork in the road!
Unfortunately; now its in my tire, and to make matters worse I found out if you own a Chevy and you don't drop your spare down a use it for a few years it gets stuck and you can't get it down. There is a safety device designed to keep your spare tire from falling out of your truck.
That safety device rusts shut and then you have to take a torch and a cutoff tool to it to get your tire out.
Fortunately the good people at Roberts Chevrolet in Raytown are going to replace the whole assembly for me. Good folks said that even though I was out of warranty they would honor it since I had never used the spare.
Seems this is a common thing in Chevy trucks. So if you have a Chevy truck, go out, drop the spare tire while you still can and spray some lithium grease on the hoist assembly. Or you may find yourself at a fork in the road and not being able to get your spare tire down to use it.
Talk about diversity, I took this picture a few weeks ago I thought it was funny. Man, times must be tough 
in the real estate market.
This guy has all his bases covered, from this one house are the offices of used cars, hair and nail salon, real estate and insurance companies.
Damn, If he had a shed out back he could have a title company too!
So come on in, buy a car, get your hair done and buy yourself a new house.
If you need some insurance for that new car or new house we can handle that too!
I'm guessing he will get into property management also, everyone else is.
I love the name, Multiplicity Real Estate, do you suppose they live there too?
This is the first of a series of "short stories" I plan to post to Active Rain. I have had a rich and exciting life, and I have often been told I should consider writing a book, but I haven't the time or the inclination to do so.
In 2007 The National Association of Residential Property Managers held it's national convention in Scottsdale, AZ, my wife and I attended the convention and then traveled south to see the sights.
When we arrived in Tuscon we were seeking a good restaurant, asking around and using the GPS we found a wonderful place called The Elle. The Elle was a fine eatery with an unbelievable list of great wines and a great menu.
We both ordered duck, they actually had more than one duck entree so we were looking forward to sampling each others fare.
We ordered a bottle of wine, we ate our incredible salads and we were anxiously awaiting our dinner.
The wine was exceptional, even the salad was divine, we were so jazzed, this was going to be the best meal of our short vacation!
Suddenly, we heard sirens, multiple sirens and they were coming from all directions. They seemed to stop nearby and we were curious, I thought, oh my! our rental car is back there!
I rushed out of the restaurant to see if our car was on fire, what I saw was horrific. The building that housed the restaurant was in flames. I asked the fireman if I should move my car, they said it was OK and they pulled out some hoses and got to work.
When the glass in the front of the building blew out, and the palm tree exploded in flames like it was made of napalm they finally suggested I should move my car.
I had no idea Palm trees were so incendiary! that thing went up like a wood shingle roof in Mission, KS.
The site was spectacular, but as the flaming ashes drifted over the building I remembered my wife was on the other side of that building on the patio.
I backed up the rental car as fast as I could, jumped out and ran to the patio of
the Elle, my wife was one of the last people to leave the restaurant, she was clutching an oil and vinegar bottle she just had to have!
The restaurant staff, possibly the owner or manager allowed us to pay for it and we took it home as a souvenir.
I hope someday I can return and actually get to enjoy the food at the Elle, When we left we had a series of awful experience that led to us eating chips and salsa from some grocery store that had no employees that spoke English.
After doing some research I found the Elle is still there and doing very well, highly acclaimed and offering a great menu and a really great wine menu.
Does your sports team suck?
If so Kansas City would love to have them! We built a huge arena but don't have a team to occupy it, we don't really care what kind of sport it is; NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, heck we'd even take your WNBA team if we can have 'em.
The Kansas City Sprint Center is a great place, we paid millions for it, and inspite of the fact that it has housed hundreds of spectacular events we still don't have a team.
We have a Baseball team, The Kansas City Royals who fnished the season 75-87, 4th place in AL Central Division.
We have the Kansas City Chiefs who are currently 1 and 4.
So we have a lot of experience with sucky teams we'd love to have yours too!
Finally something good we can all agree to vote for!
Holly isn't running for office, Holly is in a contest to bring awareness to the good things that Children's Mercy Hospital does for Kids!
Follow the link to see Holly's amazing story, Holly was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome or ABS; ABS affects children while still in the womb! When Holly was born, one of the doctors actually suggested amputating her leg!
See how this amazing child has overcome; with the love of family, a lot of prayers and the help of the good people at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City! Holly's Story!
The picture above was after her YMCA Triathlon!
Holly has an infectious love that spreads to everyone she meets!
Vote for holly! follow this link!
I'm a bit biased she is my granddaughter.
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