{"id":1189,"date":"2023-07-08T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2023-07-19T03:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:52:48","slug":"the-importance-of-being-in-per-sistent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1189","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Being In\/Per-sistent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whelp, Half was right again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really should learn to just listen and accept but cannot so will not.&nbsp; Heh.&nbsp; The knot on my head just keeps getting bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past winter brought some major storms, like property damage \/ insurance claim levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roof of the abode got smacked a bit, shingles in the yard, leakage in the garage, you get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyboots Half insisted a new roof was warranted, and the insurance company was going to pay for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other half poo-poos this, stating (with a quote) \u201cIt\u2019s not that bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insurance adjuster\/estimator comes out, walks the roof, says (with a quote) \u201cIt\u2019s not that bad.&nbsp; Here, go get some shingles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insurance company pays a pittance, the other half feeling smug.&nbsp; \u201cSee?&nbsp; I was right!\u201d&nbsp;<br>Gotta crow those victories, beat that chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half, however, would not relent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half insists: &nbsp;\u201cNew roof now \/ insurance company pay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back and forth, back and forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, insurance company says, \u201cHere!&nbsp; Take this five-figure check and go get your new roof.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half, to Half\u2019s credit, only said \u201cI told you so\u201d once to other half, did not smear other half\u2019s face with the grease of incompetence.&nbsp; Go, Half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That being said, and to salvage a bit of my misplaced pride, methinks Half and other half actually make a good team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half sets the goal and leads the team, other half carries the slopbucket.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey!\u00a0 The slopbucket is important, too.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otherwise, everyone steps in spit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there.\u00a0 {<em>1 Corin. 14:25<\/em>}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whelp, Half was right again. I really should learn to just listen and accept but cannot so will not.&nbsp; Heh.&nbsp; The knot on my head just keeps getting bigger. This past winter brought some major storms, like property damage \/ insurance claim levels. Roof of the abode got smacked a bit, shingles in the yard, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1189\" class=\"more-link\">Read the full post &rarr;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;The Importance of Being In\/Per-sistent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nobuy","category-partnership-sailed"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}