The Weekend
The end of the week approaches. I guess this is a good thing. And this will not be a regular ordinary weekend - this one lasts three days. Unless your place of employment is communist and does not believe in three day weekends. OK so maybe communist is a bit harsh. I should have said unless your place of employment operates 24 hours a day. Yea all the banks will be closed - but what if you do not work for a bank? What if you work for a utility company or something?
Well in that case you may get screwed out of a three day weekend. But as a consolation prize you get an extra days pay.
Someone told me it was Nixon who decided to make Memorial Day and Labor Day fall on a Monday. Supposedly these two holidays used to fall on a calendar date. So sometimes Memorial Day would be on a Wednesday some years and a Saturday other years. The story goes that ole Nixon thought that sucked, because on a Wednesday you get the day off but then what? You still have to be at work Tuesday and Thursday. And if it fell on a Saturday - well a lot of people have that day off already! But making the holiday fall on a Monday means a three day weekend. If this story is true it is why Nixon will be remembered as a better President than Bush. But I digress.
The weather outlook for me looks crappy.
SATURDAY
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. BAY WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED
AREAS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SATURDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SUNDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
Monday's forecast is pretty much the same as Sunday. The meaning of "Bay waters choppy in exposed areas" means if you are south of Key Biscayne, it will be choppy. And it looks like the best chance for rain is in the late morning and afternoon - prime time for boats.
But I will probably head out anyway. The offshore forecast is even worse. The offshore conditions for Saturday call for 6 - 8 foot seas and winds at 20 - 25 knots. It also says that bay waters will be "rough in exposed areas". If this holds up, there will be small craft advisory up this weekend. Or at least for Friday and Saturday.
Now under normal conditions I would be ready to scrub any boat mission this weekend. The old boat could deal with a choppy bay, but it would be a rough and wet ride. The new boat is a power cat. It will offer a much nicer and drier ride.
In a way, the not so great conditions will be good. I will get to fully test the boats ride characteristics. I will go out Saturday, Sunday, or maybe both days.
I still have to solve the mystery of the non functioning check card. The thing is still "broken".
The cheese heads said that I have to pay them $80 to be not guilty. And there is a 50/50 chance that the judge will be a dick and charge me with court costs. If I get nailed with court costs, then the cost is whatever the ticket fine is - in my case $133.63 How they arrive at $133.63 is beyond reasoning. Why not $135? What the crap is with the 63 cents? What if I only have $133.62? Will I get sent to jail over a penny?
My other option is to pay for traffic school, which is only a little less than what the cheese head will charge. And then I get a 18% discount on the ticket.
In light of all this, should I put my guilt or innocence in the hands of the lowest tier of the lawyer world. Traffic ticket attorneys. You know all the other lawyers point and laugh at them. "Hey, there goes Ralph! He almost flunked out of law school and barely passed the Bar Exam. He works for The Ticket Clinic now. He can not even afford a new Mercedes hardtop convertible every other year! What a looser!".
Online traffic school is $15. I then get a 18% discount on the fine. So the fine will be $109 plus the $15 for the traffic school works out to $124. The cheese head is cheaper, but there is a 50/50 chance that it will cost more. About $89 more. So do I flip the coin for $89? Heads I save $44 tails I loose $89.
The question now is do I feel lucky. Well do I?
Now taking all bets! I also offer video poker.
Labels: boats, bottom feeders, gambling, holiday, math, weather
posted by The Lazy Iguana @ 02:47
13 Comments:
Nixon was a nice president to make the holidays be on Monday.
Daisy - yea. It seems he came up with at least one great idea. Unlike some Presidents......
Here, the kids have to go to school on Memorial Day. It seem Memorial Day was a Yankee holiday. There is a Confederate Memorial Day. But, any way, I get to spend it with My Sweetie.
There is something just plain wrong about having to go to school on Memorial Day. I did not know there is a Confederate Memorial Day.
The Lazy,
Only old pricks with lots of extra money buy Mercedes hardtop convertibles. They are a blast though.
You have to take the new boat out. It's to hot to catch anything close in so you'll need to just ride around and drink beer. In the narrows in Pinellas County they have the Pub restaurant that has docks, I just love getting a burger and spaghetti.
Good luck with the ticket.
Caiman - it will be far too rough to go outside. 6 - 8 seas means my ass needs to not go out there. The bay will be choppy, but the new power cat is built for those conditions. She will shine best under less than ideal conditions.
Our forecast here tonight is... dark.
Hey, howcome California isn't listed as a country on your visiting countries list? :)
Since my employer is the Gerri Atrik Retirement Community there is no rest for the wicked. The folks need someone there for them even on holidays.
Does this mean that all elderly people are communists?
Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Decoration Day (Tennessee) and Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), is a holiday in parts of the United States. It is recognized by several states of the U.S. South as a day to honor those who died fighting for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
But they don't get out of school for this either.
I do not think Florida has a Confederate Memorial Day.
But all public and private schools are closed on Memorial Day.
dude, keep in mind that when YOU elect to go to traffic school, you use up one of your chances to do so. if the judge sends you to traffic school it doesnt count. i think you only get three chances in a lifetime and each time the class is longer. this may have all changed, look into it.
too bad nixon is dead. and bush is alive.
tickets just suck, and that is all there is to it. I hope you get it figured out to the best of your advantage, if all else fails change your identity and move to china
Anonymous - you can go to traffic school 5 times, but only once a year. It is a total scam. I will probably hire the law school D student and hope that they can make this all go away. I am a good driver for Miami standards. I do not need this bullshit. They should be going after rafters with no insurance driving old station wagons.
Ba Doozie - you said it. I was thinking that I can just illegally immigrate to Tahiti or something.
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