So, after a long night of Age of Empires, a handle of SoCo, and of a handle of something else, me Jonesey, and a few buddy's were pretty rilled up. So much so that a hole manifested itself in my wall in the exact shape and size of my buddy's right ass-cheek.

This is not that big a deal. It's really not. However, it is "a deal" and needed to be dealt with. After trying to repair the hole myself, the landlord decided to call in a professional dry-waller. Well, the guy she call is the first name in the phone book. She reaches him on his cell phone and he is between jobs on the road. It just so happens that my place was on the way to his next job so in less than 5 minutes, he's at our door.

Sonny walks in, takes one look at the patch job i was in the middle of and replies, "hey that looks pretty good. Looks like just a normal repair between the second and third coat of wall compound." Sonny then asked me what i was using and I show him the little jar from Ace hardware with Ace branded stuff. He looks at it and goes "I've never heard of this stuff before in 15 years. I can show you what I use. " I'm like, alright and then Sonny says "Actually, i might as well just fix it while i'm here cuz it will only take a second; no charge." I was like, Umm, hell yes. Sonny didn't charge me because he was here and it would take 30 seconds.. or 10 minutes. He wouldn't accept money and didn't try to screw us. He could have charged $15, $50, or even $100 to fix this, but he didn't. Hell, the guy didn't have to fix it at all. Sonny did business the way it should be done. Sonny will be paid in a way that is more valuable that money. For one, he has my utmost respect. For another thing, he will be my dry-waller of choice and recommendation for as long as i live around here. Considering the guy is doing the top end homes in town, I see this tactic has been working for him well.

I was looking at getting satellite TV and HD. DishNetwork has a high charge and almost no HD channels. DirecTV shows you a price but above it in small print says this is a 12 month price and real price is damn near 60% more. They trick you into one price to charge you more next year. They also both screw you on cable boxes. Dish Network charges more for "DVR Service" which is essentially the same receiver just with the DVR feature turned on. It just amazes me these shoty business practices. Sure, Sonny is small time and these fuckers are big time, but what happens when good competition hits the market? These boyz are fucked and Sonny will be retired on a nice little tract of land with his family. Rock on Sonny. -Walhalla