Monday, April 6, 2009

Proposals, offers and ideas

Today was a good mail day we received two magazines and a catalogue, a note about our flood insurance being covered, but they had the wrong one listed according to FEMA. I’ll get back to that later.
The way that I read through a magazine would give a hardcore mag reader agida.
Most people read from cover to cover, as if it were a book, the normal way, right?
But not for me; first I scan the entire bundle of papers by stopping at what appears to catch my immediate eye, and therefore interest, and then and only then do I read the table of contents or index, and return to the cover to see what I may have missed.
Yep, I am a Cancer the Crab astrological sign, and do have a way of doing things backwards of different from what most would consider normal. I believe that normal is way over-rated anyway.

Now that little annoying faux pas about the government having the wrong information of who our flood insurance carrier is, well, according to our insurance agency our new policy was sent to their main office in Illinois back when the transaction took place in January, the first week of this year. So I asked then why wasn’t FEMA notified of the change, I don’t know was the answer the main office should have done that. Oh really? Well, according to this letter from FEMA that we received today they haven’t been notified, how do you explain that? I don’t know, I was told.
I tried to let this brilliant representative know that with the electronic age that I use all the time being online and paying bills, emailing and the like I do know that most communication should be nearly instantaneous, shouldn’t it?
She said well they should have done it, and I asked her for their number so that I could follow-up, and she complied by giving me the toll free number.
When I finally got through to the right number I found out that they wrote the policy on February 5.2009, I asked why was that when they received payment the first week of January?
No answer was given.
So then I asked if you had my policy paid for and written by February 5.2009 why did I receive a letter from FEMA today, April 6.2009, stating that we are with a different insurance company?
Basically why weren’t they notified?
No answer.
By law when you live in a flood prone area you have to have flood insurance and the government must be made aware of the proper insurance company that covers you in case of an emergency, and this is the insurance agency’s responsibility that’s why they get the big bucks, not for you to do their work for them.
If insurance was free and we didn’t have to pay the premiums that we do that could almost solve the bailouts I wouldn’t mind doing the work for people paid to do it, not!
They are being paid to do it, and that is my point; why should I do their work?
Any-who, just for the heck of it I asked what state was I talking to and the young woman on the other end of the phone line said, Florida. I responded not Illinois?
No, we are right here in Winter Park.
My local gal didn’t even know where her main office was…oops!
Young does not usually translate into stupid or incompetent, but having been a person owning a few businesses and being in management for others we were usually trained to know things like that.

Scary to think that some of these youngins are our hope for our future, when all was said and done I was assured it would be taken care of and I took the other person’s name and all other info to follow-up if need be.
The last young woman did seem to know her stuff.

The last course of our exciting mail was a catalogue from the company that we purchased my mobility scooter from; they have lotsa neat stuff for those of us who need some help.

Now new topic: I must admit that I am quite baffled on how this advertising on my Blog page is supposed to help me; don’t get me wrong I think it’s great, but so far no one has apparently clicked on it, and that’s the way the companies make money, ya know? And I am not allowed to tell anyone how-to and that is like a double edge sword for someone like me. To have the knowledge of how the system is supposed to work, but having your hands tied on not allowing you to get it done is very hard!

Also, I am feeling sad, although I seem to have quite a few people reading all of this drivel, which I enjoy writing, don’t get wrong …who would of thunk that way back in June that I would be so prolific, with writing, that is.
Oh, back to my point, why has no one signed up to admit that they are reading this?
Are you ashamed? Well, let me know that too I might be able to handle that…and maybe we could rectify the problem with trying to find topics that interest you?
Nah, this is my Blog, you write your own if you want that, kidding! We will see.
In closing I really would love to know who you all are that have been such avid followers it would mean a lot to me, really. The numbers are mounting nearly 1500, which to a nobody like me it is truly amazing and heartwarming.


On that noteworthy plea I will wish you all a goodnight and to all count those blessings and I will too!

PS Pray for those earthquake survivors in Italy.

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