Carnival World

Here is one from the great philosopher, Jimmy Buffett...

My father always said that there's no free ride
You've got to make a sacrifice
So many prophets on the lords side
Even your soul has got a price
But talk is cheap
It takes money to buy your freedom
And the tax mans knockin on your door

I find this to be so true. Seems today that everyone is out to get you. I got a call from an insurance adjuster today regarding an accident my wife was in last Friday night. She told me that they were totaling out my truck and would give me $8000.00 minus my deductible. Whoa, hold the phone, deductible??? My truck was rear ended, therefore I am paying no deductible, plus, my truck is worth twice that. Turns out she was with my insurance company. They were going to settle with me, then go after the person at faults insurance for reimbursement. But the same adjuster is handling both, isn't that a conflict of interest? I think so. I pretty much told her in no uncertain terms that I was not settling for that and that she needed to pursue the person that hit my truck.

I am sick of dealing with people that are trying to screw me. If its not my car insurance, its my homeowners insurance(Hurricane Ike). All year we pay these high premiums, but when it comes time to collect, they come up with some excuse to screw you. I am just sick of it and I am not putting up with it anymore. Even my medical insurance is useless. I found out it doesn't cover office visits or prescriptions. I would be better off putting that monthly bill into an IRA until it may be needed.

It is bad enough that customer service no longer exists anymore, but when you pay for a service and then find out it is not worth it, it is just disgusting. So......

Spend it while you can
Moneys contraband
You cant take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before its taken from your hand
There's no free ride in this carnival world
There's no free ride in this carnival world

wondering just how adjusters sleep at night is... on this cowboys mind



(Jimmy Buffett: Carnival World)