Once again, the Biannual convocation of VA’s most committed representatives calls. We are assembling for the purpose of learning new techniques with which to do battle with the incorrigible miscreants who inhabit the Veterans Service Centers across our fruited plains. Sadly, my Fuji apples just came due and they are TDF (to die for). I’m forced to leave in High Season. If you are an aficionado of Waldorf salad, it’s the derniere cri on the subject. Of the three types we have (Liberty and Gravenstein), the Fuji are incredibly late but more than worth the wait. Hopefully, I can take a few to Ft. Worth without getting arrested by the Fruit Police.
The hotel looks like a Carnival Cruise Liner if you ask me but hey-my taste is in my mouth. I got the email saying NOVA™ reserved block of rooms were going on sale on a Monday morning about 9 or 10 a month or so ago. I booked mine immediately (due to memory problems) then called a buddy down in Califunia and told him to get on it before they were booked out. He lollygagged about and finally began an hour later. Too late. They reserved a block of one hundred forty rooms. I checked the attendee list and see 267 individuals. Oh well, Uber drivers shall benefit handsomely. Yesssssssssssssss.
Classes run from Thursday morning to Saturday afternoon, 0730 to 1630 Hrs. We get a good grip on not only what’s new on the legal menu but insight from VA’s very own employees on how to maximize our use of the VBMS computer. My enduring wish is that VA had the bandwidth to allow all Veterans access to the platform. As it is, it can be slower than a tick on a cold day-even for us. Watching the little doomoflotchie sit there and spin brings back memories of the old Dial-up days in the 90’s.
Kinda looks like a cruise ship from here
Anyway, now you know why I probably will not be answering my phone in the next week or so. I checked my records and dang if I don’t have more clients in Texas than any other state in the Union. I reckon it must be some kind of Veteran friendly to pack them in like that. In Washington State, you get a free license plate if you’re disabled and very little else. Cupcake and I both work so there’s no property tax holiday yet. I’m not complaining. To be able to represent America’s bravest Veterans is an honor more than worth the minor sacrifice.
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TX: This brings back memories. The highways are insane speedways in the Dallas region. We moved and lived in Mesquite during the “Great Recession” when work dried up in VT but a job opened up in TX; we rented the house out for several years.
(Glad to be back in VT with good water.)
IF you have private healthcare, Texas has good doctors in Plano, Dallas, etc.. It is veteran friendly too and the VA providers were fine.
But I would never want to live there again because of the cost of water and the unregulated electric companies. Competition was supposed to lower the cost of electricity but the opposite happened. Crime is ubiquitous. Ex. Thieves would steal a semi-truck full of Frye boots and never get caught.
TX hospitals aren’t equipped to deal with pandemics. We experienced this during the H1N1 avian flu of 2009-2010 which sickened swine, birds, and humans. This virus spreads like Covid and spilled over into other species. Sick Hispanics who didn’t have health insurance had to lie on hospital hall floors or hard benches for hours before being seen. I saw this at Parkland Hospital (where JFK was taken).
It was sad to see what is basically a caste system of cheap labor supporting the monied people’s lifestyles.
My old Marine’s mother was a native Texan and he spend most summers on his grandfather’s rustic/rough ranch in Camp Wood by the Nueces River. A boy’s paradise; beautiful area. But as an oldie, he has no desire to visit the Southern border regions>>too dangerous now.
Enjoy your travels Alex and we will see you in November in the city of Winchester Tennessee.
Roger that. Indeed you will, the good Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise.
Have a knowledgeable and healthy journey. They only have two things in Texas, steers and ….. well, you get my drift. Have a large Texas steak with a lone star brewski… for the order!
See ya there!
Jez, ol’ Doug is finally going to come to the party.