Fisherman deal with "Life's Challenges"
- tb1hoosierland
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Jan 29, 2022
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Johnny's Victory over the IRS
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Scales: John nobody beats the tax man. How did you do it, I'm dying to hear this one!
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Johnny Fishburn: Well there's a couple wrinkles here but here goes. The Indiana Revenue Service
sent me a letter saying I owed several hundred for the 2021 tax year. It's due in a few weeks so I got my tax guy-"Tricky Dan" on it and guess what?
Scales: So it was Indiana after you and not the Feds.
Johnny: Hey it's just as bad and they know where I live.
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Scales: What did Tricky Dan come up with?
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Johnny: Well Dan jumped on it right away and got a list of all my…
Johnny deals with rising prices....
Johnny: Scaley I've reached my limit on this pricing thing!
Scales: How so?
Johnny: I've been buying these 45 gallon trash bags at $11.99 for several years and look at the price today-$14.99. What's this world coming to? That's a 10% plus increase. It's un-American!
Scales: John do you know what plastic bags are made of?
Johnny: Never gave it a thought.
Scales: It's "petroleum" my good friend.
Johnny: Ok I giuess I knew that, but what can I do but pay these higher prices on everything?
Scales: That's easy...just quit buying or buy something else like "paper bags at the grocery store."
Johnny: Ya I could buy them real cheap at Krogers and use…
Scales: What's the story on your latest dream Johnny?
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Johnny: Well it hit me when I woke up...I thought I was standing on the ceder pole bridge looking at the water when I suddenly woke up with an idea. You know that old cabin we pass by on the way up the logging road?
Scales: Your're not thinking of staying there are you?
Johnny: Look if we bunk in there we save enough to pay for most of the trip. We'll be right by the stream where we can hear the water rippling over the rocks at night.
Scales: I guess the roof was ok on the old place last time we saw it. I'm ok with it…
Scales: John it's about time you show up. I can't hold this table for hours you know. Stacey been giving me the "bad eye."
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Johnny Fishburn: Don't panic Scaley. I had a few things on Wifee's "to do list" left over from the week-end.
Scales: John I thought you called all the shots at your place.
Johnny: Look wise guy let's get our beer order going and get down to business.
Scales: Stacey already has our order. I tiold her 2 of the 14 oz "specials," and she saw you walk in.
Johnny: Ok I'll look forward to her "baby blues" any minute.
Scales: John the season is coming to a close up north and we gotta decide if…
Johnny's Nightmare....
Scales: Lay it on me Johnny.
Johnny Fishburn: It's like this Scaley, I was dreaming about walking in to our favorite stream on that forestry road that turns all sandy, where we turn the corner and see that weird pole bridge the snowmobilers built out of ceder trees.
Scales: Ok nothing scarry about that.
Johnny: Ya but I'm half-awake and not sure if it's real or not, and start reaching for my fly rod when
I get close to that big swirling hole just above the pole bridge we always fish and then I wake up.
Scales: John I think we are getting a case of the "fishing itches" and we better do something about it. I'll se…