Greg's General Store

Friday, I sent off an email to the South Carolina Insurance Commission. I really expected to get a form email back saying thanks for your intrest but we can't do anything about it. Kind of like the form letter I got back from Sears after writing them a letter complaining about several serious issues. The letter I got back from Sears said "That's the kind of customer service you can expect from Sears" (It was a customer service complaint.) Oh well. Anyway, I got a really nice letter back from "a person" and she gave me a lot of information and even gave me her phone number to call if I needed even more information. What about that. You know what they say: "... many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills." So who knows what the modern translation of that is? That is your lesson for the day. Have a great one. Greg

I don’t know which is more difficult, living with my dark secret or coming clean and admitting it to the world. They say the first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem but in this case, it won’t change things. I will only open myself up to criticism and scrutiny from others. Before I confess and come out of the closet, let me say a few things. You may have heard this all before but I feel it bears repeating, Life isn’t always fair. Sometimes you get dealt certain cards and you have to just play the hand you were given. It isn’t always pretty either and wanting to be like everyone else won’t change things. Being different, only means that I am different. It doesn’t mean I am any better or worse just different. Well I am beating around the bush. I might as well just come out and say it. Up to this point most of you have probably considered me a computer genus. Perhaps someone that knows his way around the internet and computer world. You probably thought I had some Mega ...

Ok maybe I am being to picky here but let me get someone else's opinion. There is a big meeting today for our Administrative Professionals (AKA Secretaries) so the front office was left empty. The phone rings constantly at the front office so someone needed to answer the phones. There are about 80 people that work here and anyone of us could have answered the phone for a day but the manager asked another woman to fill in for the two girls that were gone. This other woman fills a technical position here so it is not like she is used to answering the phone. It just looks to me like we are saying that answering the phone is a womans job. What do you think? A very long time ago (while I was in my teans), I worked for a county down in Florida. One of the Secretaries (it was ok to use that term back then) took a few days off so they asked me to answer the phones and do the dispatch while she was gone. So were they saying that I was the closest person to a female that worked there? I may ...

Ok I have tried to maintain a positive attitude here but I do have to vent for just a moment. We received a "Dear Valued Customer" letter yesterday from out insurance company of 24 years. I think we have paid them over 20 thousand dollars and never once put in a claim even though we did have little things go wrong. We fixed them ourselves. Anyway they have decided that we live too close to the coast (10 miles) and we are too much of a risk for the company to handle so they are dropping us. Now I could see it if we were right on the front beach or had been a pain in the butt to them but come one. I guess the 26 million plus salary that the CEO got last year wasn't enough so they are dropping all the risky people. Better get ready people on tornado ally and those in California and what about snow areas etc etc. It is rediculous that they only want to cover people that don't need insurance. Now I didn't mention any names here but you figure out who it is. Ok it finis...

As I said on my garden blog, we spent Sunday on an island near Edisto Island. That is also close(as the crow flys) to Beaufort air station which was the site of Saturdays Blue Angel plane crash. As we sat there enjoying the day on the beach, we looked up and saw the jets in the missing man formation flying over us. We were awe struck and watched and then after they passed. I thought: I should have taken a picture of it but then I think it is something that you needed to be there to see. Have a wonderful day, Greg

Folks I am on vacation but still reading and trying to finish my tag post, thanks a lot girls, Actually I do appreciate it but it is making me think and my brain is supposed to be on vacation too, :) It should be done later today, Take care, Greg

I can't believe it. I was hit from two sides and I think that is illegal or something. Thanks queenie and chels . Actually I am not sure of the rules but I will do my best to do my duty to God and Country, wait that was boy scouts, let me get my thoughts together. Ok I haven't been blogging for very long. I got started because I used to have a website and I had heard that one of the best ways to promote your web site was to Blog. Ok now I deleted my personal website but I am still blogging so how smart is that? I actually found out after I got started that it is a great way to relieve stress and say what is on your mind in kind of a free speech area. The nice thing about this blogging is that if you get comments you don't like, you can just delete them. Not that have done or would do that. Ok let me think of who has influenced me on these blog pages. First of all do I now need to pick 10 people or can I still do 5 but do them twice? I really don't know the rules. I hav...