August 28, 2006

Ernie The Itinerant Roof-Barber

I hear the dulcet tones of power drills lilting through the neighborhood, so I suppose it's time to check on Ernesto again.
Ft. Lauderdale seems to be in its path now, so that means it's time for me to go join in on the traditional hurricane raid on Publix.

We still haven't had our roof fixed from Hurricane Wilma, so hopefully the whole thing stalls out over Cuba. Castro will want more Baby Wipes, but all the stores will be closed. His track suit won't smell very fresh, his beard will be itchy, and he'll wish an air-conditioned helicopter would swoop down and take him somewhere where there's electricity.

Posted by floridacracker at August 28, 2006 02:46 PM

   



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Has anyone explored the possibility that hurricanes are a Jewish plot?

a. They spread hype over Hurricanes when they don't really exist, because the Jews dominate meteorology and own all the hardware stores.

b. When hurricanes do hit, Jews create them with a giant weather-control machine, because they own the aforementioned hardware stores, as well as the plywood, drywall and cement industries.

Just a theory.

Posted by: Gel Mibson at August 28, 2006 03:10 PM

And when's the last time you ever heard of a hurricane named Schlomo?

The gentile names are a DIVERSION.

Posted by: Gel Mibson at August 28, 2006 03:11 PM

I thought Max Mayfield had kind of a suspicious name. Mayfield --> Mehfeld?
Max creates the "urgency" for a hurricane, then sells you the plywood and screws.

Thanks for opening my eyes, Mr. Mibson.

Posted by: Donnah at August 28, 2006 03:22 PM

I live in NE Florida. Looks like we get missed again. Darn. I always wanted to make a run on our Publix for water, toliet paper and batteries. Never used them thar things before.

Posted by: DuneRat at August 28, 2006 04:07 PM

Chef Boyardee is Jewish? Whooda thunk!

We got our roof replaced in May. Payed the extra and got the steel so if I see parts of that flying through the neighbors yard, I'll be in real trouble!

Posted by: Cindy at August 28, 2006 09:24 PM

Our roofer is still waiting on the permit. Did you insurance pay for any of your roof?
Ours offered us $4,600. With a $4000 deductable. For a $28,000 job. Tee.

Posted by: Donnah at August 28, 2006 09:32 PM

We didn't get a dime from our insurance company. Not enough damage to cover the deductable. On the flip side, our insurance increased by $850 and for some reason our car insurance went up $200 for the year!

Your house must be twice as big as our 'cause our roof was only $15,000 and we even got a custom color. It only took 2 months from the time we contacted the roofer for a price till the job was done.

What are you doing yours? Tile?

Posted by: Cindy at August 28, 2006 10:42 PM

Yeah, tile. We're the second to the last house on the street to get theirs replaced. That's because we're lazy and unorganized. That leaves one lone guy who adamantly refuses to get his done on some sort of principle. I'm with him, but Mr. Cracker says it has to be done.

Posted by: Donnah at August 28, 2006 10:56 PM

I love hurricanes... always have, I guess I always will. If none of the hundred or so I remember have pissed me off or sent me for counseling, I don't think one will.

In fact, I have decided to petition the vast right-wing conspiracy to attack Florida only
for the next couple of years...AND I have a little altar built behind my shed towards that end.

My hope is that IF, and I know that IS A BIG WORD...
if...enough big wind and Katrina like circumstances occur, maybe we could run all these
carpetbaggers and scalawags out of Florida.

I am a litle angry at present. A truckload of
illegals punched my Cadillac in the nose last Monday...broke my foot, too. No headlights on, busy intersection, speeding, no habla englis, etc.

They all know how to say abogado, tho.


yep..we need three back to back Andrews up the ridge, that should do it.

Posted by: csason at August 29, 2006 06:17 AM

Up here in Maryland we do the Publix raid, too. Whenever the forecasters mention snow flurries. Really, that's all it takes, just the mention of snow. It's so bad the local grocery chains do what they call 'snow drops', extra deliveries of milk, bread, toilet paper, etc.

Posted by: Retread at August 29, 2006 07:57 AM