B&L or Brad's Tire and Repair in Frederick

If you notice I had low profile tires before but now they are normal. I believe this was intentional so I wouldn't notice the space left by putting smaller rims in back.

The tires I had before Brad's/B&L or whatever their name is were P235/55R16 and P215/60R16, I believe but could be wrong but I know for a fact before I had them tow it while it was still running the rims and tire on the back were bigger because I switched them since the front one had a chunk missing from the rim and several cuts in the tire and the rear is lighter. I thought it would be safer since I was driving on it but the back one was visibly larger when switched with the front so put them back. Also if I had had these cheap faux rims that I have now thanks to Brad's or B&L when the car theives drove it into the building it would have fallen apart just like it's doing now though I've hit nothing. 

The biggest chunk missing is at the top and at an angle it looks more like a balancing weight but in the top pic you can see it better on the side.

These are the wheels I had before B&L Tire and repair

I also had larger tires in the back because it was an option at the time

After B&L I have cheap rims all the same size.

 Not only do I have different cheaper rims my engine, which was just rebuilt, leaks oil all over the place. Not to mention it doesn't handle the same.

                                      
To clarify; My 2001 Camaro was stolen, in police chase, then drove into a building. I finally got it back in 2015, drove it for about 3-4 months then it wouldn't start and it sat for almost a year. My Mom said she would help get it fixed so I called B&L here in Frederick to tow it to their garage, which they did. I needed it to start and I needed a new tire and rim since the one on the passenger side front was missing a chunk from the rim and there were several cuts in tire.  I had low profile tires which was an option for the V8 even though I have a V6 plus bigger rims and tires in the back.
I have pictures of the engine before B&L but I'm having trouble locating them but will add as soon as I do.

I'm just a little pissed off by all this. As if having the car stolen once wasn't bad enough, now I feel as though it's been stolen all over again.

I'm not some spoiled brat that has everything handed to me, I've had to work hard for the little bit I have. As you can see I've done most of the cosmetic work myself but the engine and tires and one wheel I trusted B&L/Brad's to take care of. My adopted Mother had just found me after 35 years and her first kind act was to pay them to rip me off. Shame on all of them!!!!!Shame on all you over there at B&L/Brad's, I should of been suspicious when they had two names for the same business.

Here are some pictures of the receipt she gave me. Keep in mind that my Mom paid and this was ready for me when I picked up my car. Also, the reason why it took me so long to realize what they had done is; one I trusted them to be a reputable business so I didn't think they would do something like this. Two; they hid it well by changing from low profile to regular tires so it went unnoticed until I had them rotate the tires.

This is exactly the way I received the receipt from Laura.

Who could read this? I can't and I believe that's the whole point.

Never did they offer me my old rim, even though I have no spare.

I believe they repaired it and sold all 4 as a set, worth over $3,000.

If anyone can read this, please, let me know what it says because all I can make out is"your fucked".

I will continue to look for more pictures and post them as I find them but seriously don't take your car to them before you take pictures of every inch to compare to when you get it back.

The first picture is after B&L the second is before B&L just the rims and tires is all I'm concerned with.

This is a picture after I tried to rotate the tires putting the chipped rim and cut tire in the back. 

COURAGE

Courage has a New Name: Corey Feldman

                                                                 By V. Martin 2017

         Besides the countless movies and t.v. shows you've done over the years, you're legacy will be what you're doing now. You are by far the bravest person I've never known but known of. You stood up and spoke out about something most people ignore, even victims. Being one myself, I know how easy it is to just pretend like it never happened. I'm very aware of how easy it is to block it completely out, much easier then dealing with it. I can't even type the word, let alone say it; molested. There I did it! I'm extremely sorry for the doubt you suffered for so long and admire you for standing your ground, even when they wouldn't give you any. There is nothing more infuriating then trying to help but no-one will listen or believe you! You are a true advocate for those who no longer have a voice and/or  haven't found theirs yet. It's about time you stop standing alone, there are too many of us, unfortunately. You have my admiration and appreciation, you are a true, live, hero that I hope will never be questioned again about your integrity and/or honesty. Micheal Jackson is lucky to have you as a friend, especially since he's no longer able to defend himself.
          To update this post, I watch Dr. Phil with Mr. Feldman and his beautiful wife some days after I initially wrote the above. That was some time ago but I had not forgotten what an angel Mr. Feldman's wife looks like and I just know she is on the inside as well.

Another really brave soul is the black man on Criminal Minds, Derek is his characters name. What a hunk of a man and to put it all out there like that was amazing. I have no idea if he went through anything for real as a child or not but now he has to the rest of the world and that takes courage like I cannot believe. What a gift he has given to the victims to come. Of course no victims would be preferable but let's face it... 

         

Only For You

Only For You

By V. Martin copyright 1984

Empty chairs scattered across the vast lawn

Dreams of the past are dead and gone

Only for you only for you do I dream

Only for you do I live it would seem

You were suppose to stay and watch us grow

Now time tells me you I shall never know

Only for you only for you is my heart

Only for you do I keep from falling apart

Where have all the years gone to?

Where do all the years end?

Why couldn’t you stay and love us be our friend?

Only for you only for you do I suffer and cry

Only for you do I laugh and some how get by

Should I keep on hoping someday I’ll find you?

Or should I find someone else to help me through?

Through this cruel unjust world that I love?

Or should I help myself rise above

Only for me only for me do I sleep at night

Only for me do I awaken to darkness and wait for the light.

ROH2O

Reverse Osmosis

The Best Water Filtration System 

                                                                      By V. Martin  

My friend Bernard Pracko told me when I was 19 that reverse osmosis was the best water filtration system on the planet.  As with most things he told me I believed him and have always tried to drink water that was filtered through this process.  It wasn't until a few years ago that it's greatness has expanded way beyond just drinking good clean water.
All car washes offer a spot free rinse all that is is ROH2O that's why it comes out so slow. Most laundry mats have ROH2O systems for the whole building. All the HE washers have their own on board filtration system, I think are Reverse Osmosis. That is why you only need a fraction of the soap. 

At first I noticed how great it was for cleaning glass.  I was waiting for my boss to come open and got bored so started cleaning the windows using water from a bottle I found in my car.  It was soon after that a bird tried to fly through thinking there was nothing there the glass was so clean and clear.

My boss asked me how I got it so clean and at the time I honestly didn't know.  It took my a couple of days to put two and two together and even then I didn't fully embrace the power of roh2o.  As a matter of fact that was over 6 years ago and only the last two have I been applying to everything that requires water.  I even rinse all my clothes, the dogs drink only roh2o, rinse them with it also, I clean everything with it.  I work for a professional cleaning company where I clean offices at night.  Before leaving I spray all surfaces with roh2o and it sparkles the next day.  Better still everything stays cleaner longer, it's like roh2o rapels dirt!  Amazing!  Check it out for yourself but it's one of the best kept secrets of jewelers, car dealers, carpet cleaners, high end stores, spot free car wash rinse is purified water, and beauty salons use it to wash your hair.  Have you ever noticed how your hair looks so good after you get your hair done but never after that?  It's not because over night your hair grew in such a way it will never again look like it did when you eft the salon, that is until your next visit.

I believe but have no proof that some veggie cleaner maybe mostly roh2o or some kind of purified water.  The same with some pet enzyme cleaners.  Also, those after the shower cleaners that automatically spray your shower after your shower is mostly ROH2O.  

All I'm saying is that before you throw it away or pay a small fortune to have it cleaned try roh2o on it first it may surprise you.  It works great for diluting any concentrated cleaners, they will work better, take less, and go further.  There is nothing greener on the planet so it's completely earth friendly leaving nothing behind.  Any surface wiped with roh2o is so clean it's slick and things slide across it very easily so beware and be careful.  It's great to use on floors but be careful no-one slips and falls.

If Bill Gates or that Amazon guy reads this and need a great way to spend your money that would benefit mankind more than anything install roh2o water filtration systems in every building that has running water.  Starting with public buildings like schools, social services, and the like.

I believe this system alone may lead to better health for all and if nothing else clean sparkling buildings.
Recently, my ex, asked me what the difference is in water filtration systems? I had to think for a moment. Why is ROH2O the best water filtration system, he asked? Still thinking. Then it occurred to me; osmosis. Osmosis is a natural phenomenon so it recognizes this process and prefers it to the others. Of course, this is with the understanding that water has a memory.

Continuing with the above; I believe those that use a Cpap machine should definitely be using ROH2O in their machines. At the very least you shouldn't have to clean your mask as often but I believe you won't have to at all. It is all about the water, people.
I've come to believe all those cleaning wipes are all ROH2O and some fragrance for scent affect. When ROH2O is a natural odor eliminator even without the added scent. Baby wipes for sure are mostly ROH2O and if it can clean poop off a babies bottom and not take skin with it is amazing! I know for a fact that you can remove tar from your car with baby wipes. I use to think you had to use oil of some kind to remove sticky stuff but I think ROH2O would do it.
The people pushing steam to clean are getting close but really you don't even have to risk steam to really clean. Forget everything you've been taught about clean because it's bullshit. All you really need is ROH2O, time, and maybe elbow grease (which means you might have scrub a little) but the pure water will take it off. Even sticky crap left behind by duct tape and/or stickers will come off you just have to keep rubbing until it does. Your drains will stay clear and flowing if you dump ROH2O down them periodically. But I challenge anyone who doesn't believe me to at least brush their teeth with it for 30 days. That means no tap water brush and rinse with pure ROH2O and keep running your tongue over your teeth before you brush and after. If you can't tell a difference you already have an ROH2O system for your house or you’re lying.
Things stay wetter longer and cleaner because I swear ROH2O rapels dirt!!!! I have a spray bottle full of ROH2O and after I shower I spray myself down with it and I don't even feel cold. It is by far the most amazing, under rated substance on the planet and we treat it like shit.

I turned 51 in July and this is me, can you believe it?

I recently went to the Dr. had a physical and blood work done with no problems, all in normal range. (whatever that is) 

I have always tried to eat clean healthy food, the fewer the ingredients the better. Stay away from ingredients I can't pronounce buy whole foods as much as possible. However, I love real butter and bacon but I try to walk a mile a day.

Drink ROH2O and if possible bath, cook, and clean with it. The only place I use any chemicals is in the toilet! Other wise it's pure water clean which not even Osha can find anything wrong with. I think if Osha knows you have an ROH2O system for the whole building they don't even bother visiting your establishment. Bugs hate it because they slide right off same with rodents, they will avoid surfaces they can't walk or crawl across. There just isn't any problem it can't solve or lessen if given the chance. The land fills won't fill up so fast because things will last longer, look at me. Technically I should be dead and would be if it weren't for the pure water and some really amazing people.

Muddying the Pool

Who Is A Sex Offender

by V. Martin copyright 2017

When I first heard about registered sex offenders I thought that it's about time we started keeping track of them.  Then I found out that you're a sex offender if you get caught urinating in public.  Not in front of but say you duck behind a building and someone sees you and calls the cops you're now considered a sex offender.  I know, right?  You're probably thinking the same thing I am, how can any body take the registry serious when you have bladder offenders mixed in with sexual deviants.  Hold on, this is very important that I'm not the only one who is disturbed by this.  After thinking about it for some time I've come to the realization that they are muddying the pool.  You see the muddier the pool the easier it is to hide among them the wider the cops have to cast their net.  You wonder, well how can a sex offender change the laws to protect them, not persecute.  Using the process of elimination the only thing that makes sense is that there are some sexual predators in office.  Either that or some sex offenders have the goods on some people in office. Giving the powers that be the benefit of the doubt about their sins. There maybe a couple of judges, congressmen, senators, or who knows, using their position of trust to molest children so it would benefit them to muddy the pool.  All I can say is that we're on to you anyway.
In my opinion our prisons should be reserved for murders and sex offenders/pedophiles if there's no room kick one of the non-violent offenders out to make room.  These predators can't be fixed.  There is no reforming them, no pill we can give them to make them better.  They should never be let out of prison. They hide among us but if we look closer we can determine who they are. Pay attention to any and all who surround children. Not only should their background be checked but they should be observed for a few weeks to determine their behavior, behavior tells you everything you need to know about a person. Behavior doesn't lie people do! Just don't tell them when you will be observing them but that at some time they will be. Really, we should all be paying attention to behaviors and questioning people that exhibit senseless behavior. If we care to pay attention to not only the behavior of adults but also to children's as well.
Children change their behavior for many reasons but almost always will, within a few days, revert to their normal routine. If they don't now it's time to worry and start asking questions. If the child isn't opening up you may need to try an indirect approach. Sometimes telling a story about another child that had gone through a similar situation helps them to speak up. If that doesn't work find one that does because until they do the abuse will continue.
KIDS NEED TO BE EMPOWERED
They have to know they can do something about it when some one is doing something bad to them. They need to know how to defend themselves if ever they find themselves in need to do so. Flight, Fight, or Freeze don't let your child do the last show them what to do if they can't flee. Most monsters that target kids are nothing more then a sissy, they pick on defenseless children because they are afraid of anyone that might hurt them back.

Gratefully Dead

Gratefully Dead

by V. Martin

What will they say about me after I'm dead?
That I was lazy or I did everything to get ahead?
Will they be in shock that I'm gone?
or just because I've lasted this long?
Either way
What will you say?
She's finally in a better place?
She never liked being part of the human race.
will it be said that I was selfish or kind?
That I was sane or out of my mind?
Will there be anyone to say anything at all?
no one will ever say I saw her at the mall.
maybe no one will even know
because no one counts on me to show
I like it that way so I can't disappoint
but mostly cause I'd rather smoke a joint
So I guess let it be said
I'm one of the grateful dead

Ebay Sucks

Liars & Thieves

                                                          by V. Martin copyright 2015

I know that sounds pretty harsh but then so are their business practices.  These are not titles that I give lightly and have hoped and prayed I was wrong.  My roommate and boyfriend both have looked at my Ebay and Paypal account with no understanding of it than I.   Most recently I did have a small victory in my fight against legal theft.  Ebay gave me back the $80 they refunded to the buyer for an item not received case they opened against me 2 days after I mailed the package.  The buyer got the package the day after Ebay refunded their money, this was back in October and I've been trying since November to correct this.  Mainly because the post office said that I had to wait at least 30 days from the time I mailed it to be able to open a case.  At this time I still thought it was the post offices mistake because the item was miss scanned.  However, when I went back after Thanksgiving the post master gave me the print out of the tracking number showing that it had been delivered on the 10th.  I went directly home and called Ebay only to be told that 30 days I have to argue a case has passed, that's funny that's the same amount of time I had to wait to find out it wasn't the post offices fault.  Do you think they plan it that way?  To add insult to injury that case is still counting against me in my ratings!

 So the Ebay rep said that they would try to contact the buyer and have them either send back the package or resend the money.  I waited but never heard anything back so I tried to contact the buyer myself, nothing.  I continued to contact Ebay about my growing number of concerns about their confusing business practices.  More often than not I was hung up on at one point a supposed superviser hung up on me after refusing to give me the corporate phone number.  He kept telling me that they wouldn't answer so I couldn't understand the problem in giving me the number if they weren't going to answer any way.  He did give me the wrong address to the corporate office then put me on hold where I remained for 48 minutes until I started getting the busy signal.  I waited for someone to call me back because the first thing you all want to know if the number I'm calling from is good to call me on if we get disconnected and yes it was but no call.  Finally, I just asked my browser how to contact Ebay's corporate office which led me to emailing the ceo of Ebay, John Donahoe.   Some one named Dylon called me and after some discussion and me providing the proof from the post office he gave me the money from that sale.  It still count against me in my ratings.
A little over a year ago I was a top rated seller but had only a few hundred sales and 95 feedbacks now I have over 300 sales and 266 in feedback 2 of which are negative one neutral.   My selling limit is down to $100 a month but I'm not suppose to take it personal even though other sellers with similar sales, feedback, and percentages yet they are a top rated seller.  So personal is the only way to take it especially when my rating didn't drop until December after having no issues all of November and most of October.  What happened that made my rating drop?  No one at Ebay can seem to answer that question either no, they would rather hang up on me.  Must be nice to have a job that when some one asks a question you can't or won't answer just hang up on them, problem solved.  Am I missing something here?  Did they change the definition for customer service?  Dylon sure seems to think so.
This guy has the nerve to tell me to have more faith in their system because his faith in it is telling him I'm wrong, even though he can't answer any of my questions or explain any of my concerns but because I had the proof from the post office he would have to give me the money back for the bag.  After that he was not interested in any of my other problems or concerns he understood that I was upset though he wasn't going to do any more for me unless I had proof.  Well, I have the proof he asked for but he is no longer going to help me.  If I want any more help I will have to go through the proper channels the same ones that led me to contacting him in the first place.
Oh, wait I forgot to tell you the best part Ebay waited to drop my rating not only because of the holidays but also October was when I filed a complaint with the BBB.  That complaint was about the final value fee on shipping Ebay has been stealing from me with no explanation any where to explain this charge.  Not only that but other members aren't charged this but it's not personal.  One member told someone on the Ebay forum that they were charged a final value fee on shipping because they were charging too much for shipping.  If that's the case why am I still charged this fee, which is some time more than the final value fee itself, when I offer free shipping?  By the way Ebay recommends you list everything in the auction style format, start the auction at .99 with free shipping.  I followed this advice once, minus the free shipping(thank god) and it costs me $2.13 to sell some lady my material.  Anyone who is going to charge you for something on a regular basis should be explaining it and calling it what it is not cover it general extra charges you may or may not be charged that doesn't cut it when it's more then the usual expected fee.
To prove my point I'm posting my Ebay activities and fees for August & July or Sept. can't remember which.

Another reason I call Ebay liars and thieves is in part due to this transaction one that Ebay assures me won't count against me in my ratings.  Here is a picture of the email Ebay sent me telling me I wasn't found at fault and didn't need to do any thing else.  After that is a picture of the fact that they received $45 when all they paid was $22.55, I was told by Ebay this money would not come out of my account when it did, twice.  I've gotten Ebay to admit to owing me $22.55 but never have they sent it or taken it off my ratings cases when they clearly and specifically said that it wouldn't.  Is it unreasonable to want what I've been promised and get my money back?

Dylon's response to my wanting them off the cases opened against me and any detailed seller ratings they are affecting is that I would still be below standard.  How can that be?  I should've asked but it wouldn't of done any good, Dylon clearly didn't like the questions nor did he have any answers.  He has faith, faith in the Ebay system.  This Ebay rep. places more faith in a system designed to make Ebay money rather then even consider there is a problem with my account.  Dick, should be his name even after I proved the mistakes made in the hartmann case.

IF IT'S NOT PERSONAL WHY WON'T YOU SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT?

This is why I call them liars because they lie!!!!

Ebay's business practices should be a matter of public record!