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Thursday,
23 March 2000
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I know everyone has had a day like I had yesterday. The game plan
yesterday morning was to drop off the white Trooper for an oil change and
tire rotation. Bring Bob home and off to the gym. Then on to my dad's. Mow
his grass and then my sisters (she is working overtime this week and can't
get to it, then back home to work. HA, HA. The first part went as
planned. But, when I got to my dads, I noticed a split in the left rear of
the tire on the blue Trooper. I ran in and called the car repair place to
make sure he had not rotated those tires yet. We had already decided later
this year we would put new tires on my white Trooper and put the fairly
new/old tires back on the blue one since it sits most of the time. I then
called Bob to give him the heads up on the tire problem. They were just
starting but had run into a problem with the front wheel lug nuts. I told
Tim ( car repair guy) the situation and tire plan and to order Dunlop
tires. Tim called Bob back at home to ask why we wanted Dunlop tires and
to tell me he needed both cars at the shop to do the switch. Bob and
I both hate the Michelin Tire TV ad and refused to buy their tires and we
saw in Consumer Reports Dunlop makes a good 4 X 4 tire. Tim recommended
Michelin's, so we order those instead. Bob called me back at my moms to
tell me about the two cars. Dad followed me back across town so I
could drop off the other Trooper and then back to his house. It is now
11:15. My mom fixed lunch. We then went over to mow my sister's
yard. Back to dads. Mowed his yard. We had to wait on their furnace
repairman to show up at 2:30. He left at 3:30. Mom and dad drove me back
to my house. I jumped in the shower while Bob called to see about
the status of the cars. They said, ready by five. Off go Dad, mom, me and
Bob to pick up the two cars and then go out for dinner. We get to the shop
to find my car still on the lift. New tires laying on the floor. They
would have to pull the brake rotors off to get the studs off. We
went on to dinner and left the white car to be picked up tomorrow. I spent
most of the evening catching up on mail, dog playtime for bored Border
Collies, and watching one of my favorite shows on TV, West Wing. Golf in
the morning. Work tomorrow afternoon. Dinner out tomorrow night with
friends. Tune in Friday to see if it really goes that way.
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