It's no secret that I am old and at least half-senile anyway, but it seems that I set a new low for myself last month... and just found out about it yesterday. 
I got a call on my cell phone from an out-of-state number. I figured it for spam, but I picked it up anyway. Darn good thing I did.
Turns out that I won an auction on GB last month and didn't even remember bidding on the gun. I quickly went to my computer and, HOLY COW, the caller was right! OMG!!!
Like a madman, I threw on some clean clothes, drove to the bank at top speed, got a money order and made it to the post office just before the 2 PM dispatch. Practically out of breath at that point, I explained to the post office lady that it was payment for a month-old overdue late bill so would she please hand carry it to the waiting truck? It was the best I could do under the circumstances. 
Perhaps the funniest (or saddest?) part was when I told the story to the bank teller while she was arranging for the money order. She stopped everything, squinted her eyes, looked at me like I was some gullible old fool and asked me dead seriously if I was possibly being the victim of a phone scam? I had to assure her multiple times before she would complete the money order that it was no scam. I had just been extremely forgetful. Please don't call the police on me!!!
Fortunately, the GB seller thought the whole thing was funny. He was laughing out loud at my frantic senile old man responses as it slowly dawned on me that I had blown it bigtime. He was actually extremely nice about the whole thing. I was damn lucky.
Has this ever happened to you?
Dirt poor as I am, I still ALWAYS pay my bills on time. ALWAYS! This was the first time in my long, sorry life that I was late on a payment. Thank God the GB seller had a really good sense of humor. 
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p.s., I still don't remember bidding on that gun.
I got a call on my cell phone from an out-of-state number. I figured it for spam, but I picked it up anyway. Darn good thing I did. Turns out that I won an auction on GB last month and didn't even remember bidding on the gun. I quickly went to my computer and, HOLY COW, the caller was right!
OMG!!! Like a madman, I threw on some clean clothes, drove to the bank at top speed, got a money order and made it to the post office just before the 2 PM dispatch. Practically out of breath at that point, I explained to the post office lady that it was payment for a month-old overdue late bill so would she please hand carry it to the waiting truck?
It was the best I could do under the circumstances. Perhaps the funniest (or saddest?) part was when I told the story to the bank teller while she was arranging for the money order. She stopped everything, squinted her eyes, looked at me like I was some gullible old fool and asked me dead seriously if I was possibly being the victim of a phone scam?
I had to assure her multiple times before she would complete the money order that it was no scam. I had just been extremely forgetful. Please don't call the police on me!!! Fortunately, the GB seller thought the whole thing was funny. He was laughing out loud at my frantic senile old man responses as it slowly dawned on me that I had blown it bigtime. He was actually extremely nice about the whole thing. I was damn lucky.
Has this ever happened to you?
Dirt poor as I am, I still ALWAYS pay my bills on time. ALWAYS! This was the first time in my long, sorry life that I was late on a payment. Thank God the GB seller had a really good sense of humor. ++++++++++
p.s., I still don't remember bidding on that gun.
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I don't recall ever going to that particular teller before. I should probably try to avoid going to her in the future for money orders... or at least keep my mouth shut if I do. 
