AAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! Why Do They Have To Be SOOO STUPID??

Hi friends.  I hope that all is going just swell in your life and that you are away from fire danger, the sun is shining and the temperature is somewhere in the mid 60's.  It's not like that here.  It seems that most of Colorado is on fire, the temps are 90's to 100's.  The sun is shining though, but those people that are wearing flames for clothing would really appreciate some rain.If you'll remember, about a year ago, in this very blog, I proposed that there should be an agency of the federal government whose job it is to stop wildfires in their tracks and before they engulf into gargantuan flaming acreage.  I think our governor must have read it and it caused a light to go off in his head, because I remember hearing on the tv news a few days ago that he is looking into setting up some kind of regional organization whose sole responsibility will be to stop the wildfires. We will see..........Anyway, today I am in the market for tires for my wife's Nazi car (a 2009 VW Beetle).  There are only two good things about this car; 1) it starts regularly, and 2) it will be paid for in a month.  Other than those two things, this car was not built for humans and now it needs tires.  I won't go to the dealer to buy them either.  No particular reason, I just don't like this German engineering.So, I've been looking online for deals on tires.  The lower the price the better.  I've looked at all the usual websites; Walmart, Discount Tires, Big O Tires, Pep Boys and the beat goes on.  The best deal I've found so far is with Firestone (hopefully they will see this plug and give me a set of new tires).Then I got curious about this little place near me that sells Mastercraft tires.  So, I read several reviews about them and they were all glowing, so much so that I had to wear shades.  I then looked up where to buy them in Denver and guess what I found out?  There are several dealers in town but when I looked for prices, there was a button to click to request a quote.  AAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!Don't they have enough sense to know that that is why I visited their website in the first place?  If I have to beg you for a price, guess what?  I'M NOT GOING TO BUY YOUR SHIT!!Making someone jump thru hoops just to learn your price is disrespectful to the customer and dishonest.  Why must it be a secret?  Are you ashamed of what you do?  Aren't you in business to make money?  I didn't have to travel to your website, but I did.  Don't you think you should thank me by simply telling me what's what and not make me jump thru hoops?  It's a price for a tire!!  Post it on your website or else!I literally arrived at your site because I am a serious shopper in need of the services that you offer.  I am looking for a price!  Instead I have to request a quote?  That's like seeing you in person for the first time and when I ask you for the price, you look at me, with toothpick hanging from your lower lip and replying, "How much you got?"Well, since you insist on doing this type of dishonest business, guess what else?  FIRESTONE WINS!!  I wonder how many times you have experienced defeat such as this.  
JUST TELL ME YOUR FRIGGIN' PRICE!!!

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Great Father's Day!

Hello to all my readers and if you are a papa, Happy Fathers's Day to you!  I trust you have had a great day and were able to spend time with your dearest family member's, your children (if you have any).  If your children are grown, out of the house and working on their own families, like mine are, then they are still your babies and I hope you were fortunate enough to spend some time with them this weekend.

However, if you have yet to start your own child raising experience, you have a lot to get ready for.  You also have a father that needs to know you love him, so, please remember him today, even if you can't see him.

I was very fortunate this week.  I have two grown son's who do have their own families and both of them made a special trip to Denver to see me this year. They were here for a whole week and it was wonderful.  We were able to spend a lot of time with my son's and their entire families; i.e. The grand kids.  They were all beautiful, smart and a bunch of fun to spend time with.  If they didn't look like me I would have to wonder if they really developed from my genes.  But they are mine and I am very proud of them!

Taylor, Jessica, Jonathon and Shannon are their names and each is wonderful.  I love them all so much and am eager to see what they will become.  I'm sure that you will all be amazed!

Today, however, they have all returned to their homes in Arkansas and California.  What have I done to celebrate the day?  Absolutely nothing.  Rest is the order of the day and this, too, is amazing and oh, so enjoyable.

I hope you have all been as fortunate as I (or is it me?) today, this week, this summer and every day.  To those who have been affected by and suffered loss from the wildfires in Colorado, I have you in my prayers and am asking for your safety.   God bless each of you.