Awake: 5:51am Temp 45 sleep 5+26 mostly cloudy overnight @ Mission, TX.
After a quick Kathy muffin for breakfast, I call the local Suzuki service department & talk with a fellow by the name of “Fonzy.” After I explain my car problem, he asks if I can bring our Suzuki over this morning to have a look. “I am on my way” I tell him.
Fonzy looked the engine & radiator over & then assigned the mechanic/supervisor Steve, to give it an in-depth looking over & to report back as to what all might have to be repaired.
While mechanic Steve is doing some further investigating, I make a call to Sprint & talk with a lady by the name of Dee about our cell phone account. Of all the Sprint people that I’ve spoken with over the last month, this young lady was the most logical & effective person I have dealt with yet. In no time @ all, she had cleared up the confusion of (2) extra charges on my account that popped up out of nowhere. Then another surprise: she wanted to know if I would let her help set up our Sprint mobile Broadband Air Card for our computer. I ask her if she has done this before. “No” she says, “but I learn fast.” “You got a deal” I tell her. She asks if I can be on my computer @ 3:00pm this afternoon. “Yes.” “I’ll call your number this afternoon @ 3:00 then Monte.” Nice of her.
Fonzy invites me to visit Steve for a repair talk. “The radiator cannot be fixed” Steve reports. “The end caps are plastic & according to the radiator shops around town, once you bend those tabs out for the repair, then bend them back in for the fix, the tabs weaken & are unreliable & we can’t guarantee it.” More discussion ensues relating to other preventive maintenance that should be preformed with the mileage we have on the car. We also discuss how long it’ll take for the radiator to arrive & then I ask for a courtesy ride back to our campground & leave the Suzuki @ their repair facility.
Kathy has brunch ready for both of us when I return. She exercised with Gilad this morning & has signed up to play “bean bag baseball” with a local group this afternoon.
During her absence, I give Joe a call @ HWH. We discuss the non-working leveling Module & how to approach the fix. He offers (3) options; I choose to have them send a new replacement & then, if that solves the problem, return the failed Module back to them.
About 3:10pm Dee calls from Sprint; together we set up the mobile Broadband Air Card on our computer. She wasn’t kidding; this was the 1st time she participated in this field of technical science & she did well. I also read the instruction manual several times before she called & I think that helped us both. In my eyes, she is an exceptional, thoughtful worker for the Sprint organization. 20 min later, our computer joined “life in the fast lane” for a wireless connection.
7:35 dinner: @ the Main Hall in our campground: juicy 1/3 lb hamburger with fried onions, lettuce, tomato & regular onions. It was quite good. Actually, we went to the hall about 6:30 but had to wait for about an hour for our food to be cooked as the hall was very crowded; they had served some 500 + hamburgers (they began serving at 4:00). Most people remained after eating to enjoy the jam session that started @ 7:00pm & probably lasted till 10:00pm or later. K & I hung around until 8:30 & then returned to our MH where we shared our new fast speed broadband Internet connection in the comfort of our living room.
High temp=62 Lights out: 11:53pm
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