Renegade Issue 34

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after 15 years the old hot water heater that has been laying
in my yard has finally moved. I commented that since we
moved it now our hot water heater would quit working. It
wasn’t even a week later when we woke up to no hot water.
Maybe I will win the lottery!
Getting rid of the hot water heater motivated me to get
other things moved. Wire and fence posts that have been
here for over 20 years finally left. Old broken tools, battery
boxes, misc wire, and other non-working items hit the Par-
tyline. I had a lady show up to get some makeup. When
she got to my door she read the “No Children Allowed”
sign and then asked “Is that a joke?” I promptly told her
no. She then said “Why it is there?” REALLY, why do you
think it is there?????? This isn’t a daycare! People just
don’t get it.
I also have a hedgehog listed on a local site. One guy has
contacted me on various occasions telling me he is inter-
ested and asking if I still have her. I answered all of his
questions, telling him I am just 45 minutes from his loca-
tion, which is super close when you are wanting an exotic
pet. I renewed the ad a few days later and he wrote again
“Do you still have it?” It seems that with the same picture,
with the same wording, in the same exact location would
give it away that it MIGHT be the same hedgehog. I didn’t
respond as some people are just too dumb to own a pet!
And to think, these are the people out in the world VOT-
ING! What happened to common sense and where do you
find it hiding?
Gabe finally went and acquired his unicorn car, a 1970
Roadrunner! He ended up trading his 1948 Plymouth
coupe, in hot rod black for an almost complete project.
A few days later he sold his 1973 AMC Javelin. Things
change around here so fast, I’m sure the local assessor
thinks we have gone insane.
Since information is power, I have been reading tons of
books on wills, estates and probate. Knowing the law and
knowing your rights has come in handy on several occa-
sions for me. When I got wrote up while working at a pizza
joint, I refused to sign it. Since I must have been the first
person in history to have done that, they were flabbergast-
ed. When I later got fired and fought for my unemploy-
ment, they tried to use that against me and the people in
charge told them that if I didn’t sign the form stating that
I committed the offense, then they couldn’t use it against
me. I think I’ve mentioned I’ve won every one of my unem -
ployment cases. I have even helped a few other people
win their cases. Information is priceless.
With my new battle; the estate of my mother, fighting a nar -
cissistic brother who believes he is entitled to everything
is proving to go nowhere. When I mentioned how much
money I wanted for my half of the estate, which is actually
lower than what’s recorded at the clerk’s office, he then
immediately wanted an appraisal. After finding out that he
can’t just “say” that part of the land is his without a deed, the
appraisal work got shelved and now he is telling me he has an
attorney. Since all narcissists are predictable, we pretty much
know his next moves before he even makes them.
Back when I was doing extreme couponing, I went to the local
newspaper office and asked if I could have ALL of their cou-
pons from the extra papers. I knew that I had a 50/50 shot of
them saying yes. They told me that I could have all of them;
I would just have to get into the dumpsters to get them out.
Man, I did that for YEARS. On top of getting all of the local cou -
pon inserts I was also hooked up with the state newspaper and
the guy in charge was actually bringing them to my doorstep.
While having a coupon party one day the guy showed up to
drop off my coupon inserts. One of the ladies who was trying to
“steal my thunder”- another narcissist, threw such a fit over me
getting all of these newspapers that she even went on my blog
and wrote a nasty post about me being greedy and not SHAR-
ING the coupons! Hell, lady that was the reason behind the
coupon parties, to share the coupons for things I don’t buy with
other people since not everyone buys the same thing. With
narcissists you just can’t win!
In trying to get my story out there in order to motivate other
people and share my passions, I contact ALL kinds of publica-
tions. Some of them are not quite “car and motorcycle related”,
but that doesn’t stop me from trying. I contacted a magazine
ran by Sarah Mercer called “Hell on Heels”. She was doing a
special issue called “Leather and Lace” and I asked about get-
ting in the magazine. After sending in my story she gave me a
10 page feature in the publication. While all of the other wom-
en are semi-nude, I got the feature spread (wearing clothes).
People should never let fear hold them back!
I have always believed you should say how you feel and never
apologize for who you are. Don’t settle, keep going forward.
I am myself 24/7 and I expect other people to always be the
same as well. Some of the greatest compliments I have ever
gotten are that I am REAL and I am always the same no matter
who is around, no matter who I am talking to.
I don’t claim to be a great rider, I don’t ride naked, I don’t stand
up on my bike or do any crazy stunts; I’m not a good writer and
only a mediocre photographer.. I can’t sing, dance nor in any
actuality do I have any talent at all to speak of….
But what I do have is PASSION and passion trumps talent any
day of the week.
Old Iron Never Dies!
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