Oct 1

Hello Mechanicsville, Hintonburg and our troops overseas!

It has been a pretty quiet week here. Last weekend was the first annual fishing derby up at my cottage in Denhom, PQ. The winner of the derby was Medium Farva as he caught 2 bass and stayed the minimum two nights. There were no prizes given out, as we want to keep our amateur status.

Yesterday I woke up early, and headed down to Cosy's Restaurant in Hintonburg. It was incredible! The cost was low, and the food was fantastic. I think I will be switching my regular breakfast to this place. I used to go to John's up in Wellington Village, but after I got ripped off there last weekend, I will not go back. Also, having John stare at you during the entire meal sort of takes the enjoyment out of eating there.

Rant of the Week:
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This week's enemy: Telus Mobility.

I finally came to my senses and got a new phone plan through my work with Bell Mobility. It is a great deal that will probably cost me around $37 a month for quite a few features. I was using Telus, and was paying around $60 a month for less minutes than the new Bell plan. Anyway, I called up to cancel my plan with Telus (I had already signed in the dotted line with Bell), and they asked why I was leaving etc etc.

I said "I have a new plan that has way more benefits that what you offered me". She said, "Well, what are they offering?" I listed off what I was getting, and then she said "Well, we could have offered you all that stuff".

My rant to her was, if you 'could' have offered me all that stuff, then why didnt you? It is ridiculous...they just keep ripping you off from month to month until you threaten to leave I guess. So my advice is this: If you want a better rate on your phone plan, just tell them you want to leave them...and they'll give you whatever you want.