08:53 - Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008
more of the same, different day!
Hello, Hello, Hello! Hello! (cue the three stooges theme song!)
well, after a coupla daze of busting thru the muck and mire of trying to file a police report, (we have PROTOCOLS to FOLLOW) i was finally able to get a case number, and i called lojack for laptops, and gave em the info, and no, no one has tryed to turn it on as yet.
the way lojack for laptops works, is this: if you report it stolen to them, when someone turns the laptop on, it will emit a signal to lojack, and then like GPS, they can trace its location; then the recovery center calls the police, and tells em the location of the laptop.
hopefully, someone will turn lappy on, and it will start screaming! then who ever has it will get busted. but ya know, that can take a while.
im wondering if lappy is collecting dust in some seedy pawn shop?
i recall back in the late 90's, i was down in santa rosa, hiya boxx9000 !! i went into a pawn shop downtown, and bought a think pad for $200!! i rented a motel room, and tryed to turn it on, but it was password protected, and i was able to extract the previous owner and called him to ask him the PW to get into it, explaining to him that i just bought it at the pawn shop. he proceeded to tell me that it was stolen from his office a month ago!!! well, after talking with him for a time, we met at the pawn shop, and the police were called also! i got my money back from the pawn shop, a $50 reward from the guy, and he got his lappy back. i was happy for him, but sad that i had a GOOD laptop, and it turned out to be stolen!!!
i remember back when i was a lil rugrat, running the streets, shoplifting from dept. stores (late 60's early 70's.) and had no regard for my actions, or never knowing how folks felt when i stole their stuff.
now that im an olde fart, and knowing now the consequences of working hard, just to have some scum bag steal your stuff, its rotten for sure.
but now its done with, and my anger has dissipated. back to square one.
i found a center that i can go to where i been assigned a "case manager" and he will assist me in brushing up my resume, and giving me resources to find a job. i can goto the seniour center and get a hot bowl of nice soup at noon, and shower and get my clothes cleaned at the center.
so, my basic needs are being met, its been discouraging, having gone thru a lot of interviews, just to have folks call back and say, sorry, we like you but we found what we were looking for.
maybe soon, i will find what i am looking for.
heres a fun fact! at 5 am this morning, there was a guy pedaling his ass off on a bike with another guy hot on his heels, chasing him! it was funny to watch, and i dont know if he caught the guy on the bike!
im coming down with a bit of the sniffles, and after im done here, im off to walgreens to get me a quart of orange juice to guzzle down. i got some yesterday, and it helped a lil, but i need some more. i bought a box of "fishermans friend" throat lozenges, but they dont help. i been gobbling them down 2 at a time.
i will read some of you guys as i can over time, but i need to concentrate on finding a job, and figuring out how to get prospective employers to call me.
life goes on, im alive, its not raining, and its warm outside. what say ye? haloscram comments cheerfully accepted!!- hava great ruby tuesday!
