Daily observations of my simple life.

Monday started off with  Frank and I running to town to the salvage yard. My neighbor and I had been there on Friday and picked up pipe for the horse corral and I had spotted some welded panels that would work well. The salvage yard is messy but very interesting. The creative juices begin to run when you see all that discarded material. We dickered with the fellow and got a price. I paid and Frank loaded them up on his pickup, then I went looking for railroad ties for the barn. I went to one hardware that advertised and bought 6 # 1's for $10 a piece. Got out to the pile and wouldn't have any of them so we headed for the #2 pile. There I picked out 3, still have 3 more to find. They each cost me $2 less. I sometimes think that when they see a woman they think they can charge the high prices and sell them junk. Couldn't help but wonder if they took me to the #2 pile first and then I got the #1's for the price of the #2's because I wouldn't accept junk. It's so annoying to be treated like a second class citizen by men who like to snicker and laugh at making a woman a sucker. Power plays, shzzzzz, it's all about ego, not about being good humans and real people.

Also got more hardware and stuff for my upcoming building projects. My life doesn't seem so simple right now but it's good to get these things done.

My Sunday afternoon at Laughlin was a kind of relief from my routine. So happy when I left the casino with a $50 in my pocket and headed for the mall. Fortunately for me I am not a problem gambler. I go in with $40 and that's a set limit for the afternoon. Had a nice lunch on the comps too. At the mall the discount book store was more of a threat to my pocketbook, I must say. I love books, especially about home and garden. Sooo---- needless to say-----.

I met a woman a couple weeks ago at the Safeway coffee shop. She sat at the next table and we started to talk. She had an rv and I mentioned I was looking for a caretaker for my property. She sounded interested but told me she was having problems with gambling since she came out from Florida. I think it is sad that some older folks spend their retirement money at the casino's hooked on the idea they are going to get rich. They don't know what hit them when they wake up from their mizmerized mind set and find they hardly have enough to live on.  It's gone, gone, gone. forever. Then you'll see them working at Mc Donalds or even the casino's to get by. Sigh.

I like Laughlin. It's small, love walking the river walk in front of the casino's , even camping overnight parked in a casino parking lot looking out at the river. They have some a kind of bird that sings this wonderful tropical song. Moonlight on the river, the balmy breezes, the soft air,it can be lovely. There's people and activity, a restaurant that has live entertainment on the river walk. People sit out over the water on a deck with fireplaces and listen to music.

Posted by: cactusandquail at 13:16 | link | comments (2)

Comments:

#1  21 October 2004 - 13:49

 

Yes to the book bankruptcy. I am not a gambler, but I am a book buyer. And the elderly losing their money in town is unbearably sad. I love your description of the guys showing your the number two pile. I am inspired by your no matter of fact refusal to be prey to unscrupulous guys. Inspiring.

Leigh

#2  21 October 2004 - 13:50

 

delete the no, it was left over from "no-nonsence" refusal...

Leigh

Comments: