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  I had not taken my blood pressure in months.  I was at CVS the other day to pick up some medications and I took my BP and it was 152/71 with a heart rate of 84.  My weight is staying around 222.4 now.
  I need to lose weight.  It is so hard to do.  I eat the wrong things and I do not get out and walk the way I should. I know I would feel so much better if I would lose weight.

  I will get my new Canon G12 tomorrow.  I been trying to get the order for it to process for the last two day.  I made one more attempt.  I had made up my mind that I would cancel the order and just forget about getting the camera if the order did not go through this time.  The fault was not Amazon it was my bank. 
  I signed up the other day for Amazon Prime so got two day shipping for the camera but I could pay $3.99 and get next day delivery and so I should get it tomorrow.
  I have always loved photography. From the time I was a kid I would take photos.  I think my favorite camera was a low cost TLR camera.  Back when I was using film I liked black and white and available light photography.  To this day I hate flash units.
  I passed on my old SLR cameras to my kids.  A couple of my kids love photography.  My oldest daughter takes fantastic photos.  She takes the type of photos that people comment on and say “wow” and she has real talent. 
  At some point my photos just became “oh hum” type of photos.  I am not sure why.  I am going to try and take better photos.  My new Canon G12 will get me interested in trying to take better photos.  I know, however, that it is not the camera.  A great photographer can take great photos with a little simple camera.

   You are going to be seeing a lot more photos here when I get my new camera.  This is going to be the best camera I have had so far.

One eating place down and …

  I was sorry to see that the location of the Tokyo Steak House is for rent.  They had great Thai and Japanese food but I do not think they had customers.  I was a customer but I could not eat enough to keep them open. 

  No question about it now they are out of business.

  This was the closest eating place to me. 

  Today I went over to Carniceria Y Taqueria Dos.  It is a Mexican store that also has a counter and some tables and will make real Mexican food.  You can eat it there or take it home. 
  I am not sure what I had but it was excellent.  It was big and it tasted good.  Next time I am going to take it home.  I could share with Russell or it would make two meals for me.
 
 

  Carniceria Y Taqueria Dos is at 8631 Camp Bowie West Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76116-601 and their phone number is 817-560-9474.
  Great food but a word of warning this is not a fancy café or eating place.  You do not want to take a date there to impress her. 

Frustrated with my bank

  Yesterday I was paying bills online and buying a few things and the bank locked my card. I guess for suspicious activity.  So I could not pay the cable bill and they approved part of an order from Amazon but not the rest of the order.
  So I decided to wait until today thinking they would remove the hold.  No, I had to call their 800 number.  They removed the hold.
  I went online and paid a $101.00 Charter bill.  No problem that was approved.
  Then I went back to Amazon and and clicked on update order to send through the items I did not get approved yesterday.  The bank approved a $150.19 order.  Then they approved $36.82 for a battery for a Canon G12 camera and a 16 GB memory card.
  I think you can see where this is heading right?   Then the only item they needed to approve was $445.10 for the Canon G12 camera.  Bang.. NOT APPROVED. 
  So I call the 800 number again and tell them my card is blocked again.  They do some checking and say no you have a limit of how much you can spend per day online. 
  So $445.10 would put me over that limit today.  So I got to wait until tomorrow to order the camera.
  When I signed up and got the bank account they told me there were some limits but to tell you the truth I did not pay any attention.  
  I guess next month I could just transfer x amount of money from the bank to my PayPal account. 

  When I signed up for the bank account I took the cheapest checking account they had.  I guess I should have paid attention to the details for each one.

 

Unclaimed Property Payment!

  I have heard that one in eight people have money that is unclaimed or abandoned.  It is from property that was in a safety deposit box or money left in a bank account.  It might be money that was forgotten as a utility deposit or something like that and it is all turned over to the state to see if the owner can be found and it can be returned to them.
  I found that the state of Missouri had $1.26 that belonged to me.  It must have been left over in a bank account that I closed up.
 
  I also checked and found that Missouri had “Over $50.00” that belonged to my mother and father.  They both died many years ago.  
  My guess was that it was a utility deposit or something like that.
  So I filled out all the paper work and sent all the documents that I needed to send to get the money sent to me by the state of Missouri.

  The other day I got a check from the state of Missouri for $1,033.45 and that was a very welcome surprise.  They just sent the check.  So I have no idea where it came from except that it was money that belonged to my father and mother.

  If you been reading ShowMeBlog and Howard’s Notebook over the years you will know that a few times I got a large sum of money.  That was back when I was working.  One time I got $18K from a TSA.  One time, right after I moved to Orlando, I sold Howard.Net for $10K.
  Those were large sums of money back then but I was working at the time.
  When I got this check the other day it was great because I am on a limited income now (Social Security) and $1K is a lot of money to me now.
 

  If you want to see if there is some unclaimed property that belongs to you check out:

   www.MissingMoney.Com

Walking and talking on 10/24/2011

  Made this video today.  I was walking to the bank. Then to Braums for breakfast and then home.
  I mention in the video that I might get a new cell phone.  I was thinking about getting the Motorola Triumph.
  But you know after thinking about it I do not use my cell phone that much.  I do use my camera all the time.
  I would lover a Canon G12 camera.  I been reading about it and watching YouTube reviews of it. 
  What do you think?  New Motorola Triumph or Canon G12 camera?

Time to leave my cell

  The weather in Fort Worth is better.  I think I can go outside and not die.  So it is about time for me to get outside and see what is going on in Fort Worth.
  I will have to wait a few days until I get my Social Security money.  If I am going outside into the real world I want to have the money to buy fast food. 
  The first place I am going to check out is the Occupy Fort Worth site.
 
  I will take photos and make videos and post them here so you can see what I find in Fort Worth.
 

  I am thinking about a new cell phone.  Virgin Mobile offers the Motorola Triumph.  It is better than the current phone I am using with VM.
 

  It is on sale right now.  It is a 3G Android smartphone with a 4.1 inch display.  It has a 1 GHz processor and two cameras.  The camera on the front is a VGA but the camera on the back is 5 MP. 

  Time for me to get to bed.  I have to wake my grandson at 2 AM so he can go to work.

Candelabra base compact fluorescent bulb

  I checked online and my electric bill for last month is going to be $69.99 and I am happy with that bill.  The month before was $115.48 for the month.  I live on a limited income and I am very happy that my electric bill is not high.
  I do have all compact fluorescent bulbs except for the kitchen. In there is a fluorescent ceiling light.

   I did have all CFBs here.  A couple of weeks ago they put in a new ceiling fan in my room and the light that came with it uses a candelabra base.  I did not have a CFB with that sort of base and was not sure you could buy one.
  The normal candelabra bulb that with the ceiling fan only lasted about two weeks and I had not used it much.  I suspect high heat in the dome killed the bulb. 
  I see now that they make CFBs with a candelabra base.  I found them at Amazon.  I will order some in a few days.  If they will not fit in the dome I will just leave the glass cover off. I do not think a bulb longer than 3 inches will fit.

Satellite insurance?

  Now a German satellite is going to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.  It looks like this is going to start to become a normal thing.  Well, of course, we have had lots of space junk coming back home but now the junk is bigger and heaver.

  CNN is saying, right now, that it will between 1930 hours (ET) today and 0130 hours Sunday. 

  I think NASA, I know it is not their satellite, should set up a international lottery.  We each pay $1.00 per year.  If we get hit and killed we get x amount of money.  If we made it $12.00 a year for the insurance the money might fund NASA.  
  Now if the German satellite falls and does some damage I am sure the German government would pay damages. 
  So the lottery could be extra and help fund NASA.  They would just need to put into a trust fund the amount to insure they had the money to pay and all the extra money could be used to fund NASA.

Congress just does not know how we feel

  I do not think that Congress knows how the American people feel.  I do not think Congress has got the message.  The Tea Party was a bunch of pissed off people and they got used by Fox News and the right wing.
  Now we got people all across the United States out on the streets and they are pissed off and fed up.

  Congress and Washington just has not got the message yet.  They are out of touch with the people.
  The reason the founding fathers set up the House the way they did was they wanted to make sure that at least every two years the people could speak and have an effect.
 
  I think we got to speak and do something.  You want to scare the shit out of Congress and get their attention?  Vote out every member of the House.  Send a message.  Vote them out if they are Democrat or Republican.  Now that means everyone of them now serving.
  You may have a good Congressman that has served your district for years and done a lot of good. But the only way is to vote them out.  Clean House.  That will get the attention of Congress and of Washington.  It would scare the shit out of them.
 
  Now the problem with doing it is that.. it means that .. you may be a hard core right wing Republican and hate Democrats.  Your district may not have one democrat in it..  But you got to get rid of your blessed Republican.  You got to kick his ass out and send a message.

  That means the Democrats got to do the same thing.  I do not know if Nancy Pelosi is in a safe district or not but it means you got to kick her ass out.

  Believe me … If we could do this…  We could get their attention.

I just did a search and found this:   Kick Them All Out Project

Social Security checks to rise 3.6%

  Happy days are here again!  Old farts like me (senior citizens) will get their first Social Security increase in three years.  We are going to get a 3.6% increase in January.
  Inflation has been low ( ) in recent years so we have not got a COLA increase since 2009.  It seems to us like cost have been going up every time we buy something but the government said the increase was low.
  Now, at last, we are going to get a COLA increase.
  I get $1155.00 a month from Social Security.  Of course they take out for Medicare almost $100.00 each month.  So I get each month $1,022.00 a month. 
  So each month I will get an extra $36.79 if my math is correct.  We have not received the notice from Social Security yet with the notice and with the amount we will be getting.

See CNN for “Social Security checks to rise 3.6%.” 

  So I will be getting $1058.79 a month unless they decide to increase the amount I have to pay for my monthly Medicare fee. 

  Of course just the other day I got the increase in fees that the Medicare insurance company will be making in 2012. 
  A few years ago I had a prostate cancer screening exam.  I forget if I had to pay for it or not but if I got one in 2011 I would have a copayment of zero dollars.  I do not plan to have one again but next year if I one I would have to pay 20% of the total cost.
  That is just a little sample of the stuff that is going to come up and happen.

  But I am glad I will be getting a few extra dollars each month.
  Social Security is an excellent program.  It works.  It is great. 
  Medicare is also an excellent program for older Americans.   All Americans need a program like Medicare.