The Old Folks Home

[NotAFarm]

 

[Sequel]

Hey OF! Weather is about to change, my knee is achy this morning.

 

[getaclue]

The other day, I mentioned I was having a horrible day. It was my birthday. At 8:00 am my truck was due at the Ford dealership. They were going to do a thorough diagnostic, and find out what was going on with it. They arranged for me to get a rental, because they weren't sure how long they would keep it.

I took the truck in, Dh behind me in his car, when he discovered he had a low tire. He stopped to get some air in it, and would meet me there. I got there, and they notified the rental place to send a courtesy car to pick me up. I didn't want to take off without Dh knowing where I was, so I called him. He pulled in just as his phone rang. I got into the courtesy car, and we went to the rental place. All the arrangements had been made, so all Dh had to do was sign a form.

We decided to go to iHop for breakfast. I got in the rental truck, he was in his car, and off we went. After breakfast, I went to smoke a cigarette. That's when I noticed my cigarette case was missing. Oh crap! ALL my ID, and credit cards were in that case. I backtracked. Nope, it was not in iHop. I even asked them to check, in case I had dropped it, and someone turned it in. We called the rental place. Nope it wasn't there, but the courtesy car driver was off picking someone else up, so they would check with him when he returned, and call us back (they never did). I knew I had not left it at the Ford place, but we called just to make sure. Nope, not there.

I was sure I had it when I got into the courtesy car, but I started second guessing myself. In slightly less than an hour I had been in exactly 3 places, and the courtesy car. Nowhere else. I was really expecting them to call, saying it had fallen to the floor when I was getting out of the courtesy car, and they found it. Remember, I was second guessing myself at this point. The only other place it could possibly be, was in the truck, on the passenger seat, under the shop rag. Since they were already working on the truck, and the rental place had not yet called, we decided to wait before taking any action.

After awhile, the Ford place called. They were replacing the mirror. They discovered it was making a grinding noise, and binding up. The only other thing that their diagnostics showed, was that I was apparently driving using both feet. It showed 16 incidents of me accelerating, and braking at the same time. That was my second complaint. Even turned off, the auto-brake seemed to be engaging at times. More specifically, it seemed to engage when the mirror malfunctioned. The 16 incidents of braking, and accelerating at the same time seemed about right with the number of times the mirror malfunctioned, and was part of a chain of reactions. I do NOT drive with both feet. They then insinuated I was accidentally pushing both the accelerator, and brake at the same time without realizing it. Impossible. The way the accelerator, and brake are set, the travel distance between the two, make it impossible for someone with my size feet to be able to even accomplish that. In fact, someone with bigger feet, like my husband, would have a hard time pushing both at the same time.

Funny, the first time I had it in there was for the same complaint, but they couldn't find anything wrong. The second time I took it in, miracle of miracles it malfunctioned, and drove the truck in with it that way. The intake guy, and my salesman saw what was going on. They drove the truck to the service area, then turned it off. That caused the mirror to fold in, so when they started it again, it didn't malfunction. They were about to insinuate I was crazy, BUT their own intake guy, and the salesman attested that they had seen the malfunction with their own eyes. I was NOT wrong about it. They said they did a thorough diagnostic, and couldn't find anything wrong, which is what prompted them to have me bring it back on my birthday, so they could go through it with a fine tooth comb.

So, I've lost my cigarette case with all my ID, and credit cards, I am the cause of my truck malfunctioning, the rental truck was ok, but had no running boards, so to get out of the seat, I had to slide down to the ground, which would rub the area where I had gotten the shots for my cancer the day before, and Happy Birthday to me.

My aunt and I share a birthday. Shared birthdays run in the family. Anyway, my aunt is 93 years old, and lives with her daughter, my cousin. No one was really going to do anything for her birthday. I had gotten her a card, and decided I would get a small cake, and go spend some time with her. The sky was clear when I went into Publix to get the cake. Publix makes a mini type cake that is the perfect size for just 2 people. I got the cake, and when I came out, it was storming bad. The wind was blowing the rain so hard, that even close to the wall outside, I got wet.

At that point, I knew the whole universe was conspiring against me. It's how you handle these things that count. Just stay calm, and roll with the punches. About 35 minutes later, the storm slacked off, so I got in the rental truck, and went to my aunt's house. My aunt, and cousin were thrilled to see me. We visited for a couple hours. The visit helped cheer me up.

When I got home, I told Dh to wait until tomorrow, when I got my truck back, to see if my cigarette case was in it, under the shop towel. The rental company had not called back either, so I would check with them tomorrow too. At first he was about to go off on me, how keeping everything in my cigarette case was dumb. Really? Women tend to lose wallets at least once in their lifetime, and/or purses too. It's not like we keep them in our back pocket like men do. In 14 years, can he thing of one time I've lost my cigarette case, or been careless with it? At that point he calmed right down. He admitted I was never careless with it, and had never lost it before, so I was entitled for it to happen at least once in my lifetime.
The next day, they called for me to come get my truck. They had totally replaced the mirror, and fully calibrated the sensors. On the way, I stopped at iHop, and the rental place to double check if my cigarette case had been found, or turned in. Nope. I got into my truck, and checked under the shop towel. Nope, it was not there. I called Dh, and told him to start cancelling my cards.

When I got home, I went online, and ordered a duplicate drivers license. It will be here within 5 to 10 business days. I printed the receipt, which has my drivers license number, and the normal information on my license, along wiht the date I ordered, and paid for the duplicate license. I put that in my glove box. In the unlikely event I get stopped before the duplicate arrives, I'm in the system, and have proof that another license is on the way. For any reasonable person, that should suffice. One of the things that Florida has, is the ability to register to vote, get a voter registration card, or duplicate card when you apply for a license. I filled that out too, and should be getting a duplicate voter registration card in the mail soon too.

Once I get that, then I will have ID, so I can go get a duplicate SS card, and a duplicate concealed carry permit. Fun, fun, fun. The bank cancelled my old cards, and will be sending new ones. Wal Mart is canceled too, and sending a new card. All in all, not overly difficult, but more of a major inconvenience.

BTW, A friend suggested that the braking issue might clear up with the replaced mirror. There are sensors in the mirrors. With the one mirror not opening to the correct position, the sensors were not in the correct position to to their job correctly, and could have been triggering the auto brake issues. That makes sense.

 

[Sequel]

The other day, I mentioned I was having a horrible day. It was my birthday. At 8:00 am my truck was due at the Ford dealership. They were going to do a thorough diagnostic, and find out what was going on with it. They arranged for me to get a rental, because they weren't sure how long they would keep it.

I took the truck in, Dh behind me in his car, when he discovered he had a low tire. He stopped to get some air in it, and would meet me there. I got there, and they notified the rental place to send a courtesy car to pick me up. I didn't want to take off without Dh knowing where I was, so I called him. He pulled in just as his phone rang. I got into the courtesy car, and we went to the rental place. All the arrangements had been made, so all Dh had to do was sign a form.

We decided to go to iHop for breakfast. I got in the rental truck, he was in his car, and off we went. After breakfast, I went to smoke a cigarette. That's when I noticed my cigarette case was missing. Oh crap! ALL my ID, and credit cards were in that case. I backtracked. Nope, it was not in iHop. I even asked them to check, in case I had dropped it, and someone turned it in. We called the rental place. Nope it wasn't there, but the courtesy car driver was off picking someone else up, so they would check with him when he returned, and call us back (they never did). I knew I had not left it at the Ford place, but we called just to make sure. Nope, not there.

I was sure I had it when I got into the courtesy car, but I started second guessing myself. In slightly less than an hour I had been in exactly 3 places, and the courtesy car. Nowhere else. I was really expecting them to call, saying it had fallen to the floor when I was getting out of the courtesy car, and they found it. Remember, I was second guessing myself at this point. The only other place it could possibly be, was in the truck, on the passenger seat, under the shop rag. Since they were already working on the truck, and the rental place had not yet called, we decided to wait before taking any action.

After awhile, the Ford place called. They were replacing the mirror. They discovered it was making a grinding noise, and binding up. The only other thing that their diagnostics showed, was that I was apparently driving using both feet. It showed 16 incidents of me accelerating, and braking at the same time. That was my second complaint. Even turned off, the auto-brake seemed to be engaging at times. More specifically, it seemed to engage when the mirror malfunctioned. The 16 incidents of braking, and accelerating at the same time seemed about right with the number of times the mirror malfunctioned, and was part of a chain of reactions. I do NOT drive with both feet. They then insinuated I was accidentally pushing both the accelerator, and brake at the same time without realizing it. Impossible. The way the accelerator, and brake are set, the travel distance between the two, make it impossible for someone with my size feet to be able to even accomplish that. In fact, someone with bigger feet, like my husband, would have a hard time pushing both at the same time.

Funny, the first time I had it in there was for the same complaint, but they couldn't find anything wrong. The second time I took it in, miracle of miracles it malfunctioned, and drove the truck in with it that way. The intake guy, and my salesman saw what was going on. They drove the truck to the service area, then turned it off. That caused the mirror to fold in, so when they started it again, it didn't malfunction. They were about to insinuate I was crazy, BUT their own intake guy, and the salesman attested that they had seen the malfunction with their own eyes. I was NOT wrong about it. They said they did a thorough diagnostic, and couldn't find anything wrong, which is what prompted them to have me bring it back on my birthday, so they could go through it with a fine tooth comb.

So, I've lost my cigarette case with all my ID, and credit cards, I am the cause of my truck malfunctioning, the rental truck was ok, but had no running boards, so to get out of the seat, I had to slide down to the ground, which would rub the area where I had gotten the shots for my cancer the day before, and Happy Birthday to me.

My aunt and I share a birthday. Shared birthdays run in the family. Anyway, my aunt is 93 years old, and lives with her daughter, my cousin. No one was really going to do anything for her birthday. I had gotten her a card, and decided I would get a small cake, and go spend some time with her. The sky was clear when I went into Publix to get the cake. Publix makes a mini type cake that is the perfect size for just 2 people. I got the cake, and when I came out, it was storming bad. The wind was blowing the rain so hard, that even close to the wall outside, I got wet.

At that point, I knew the whole universe was conspiring against me. It's how you handle these things that count. Just stay calm, and roll with the punches. About 35 minutes later, the storm slacked off, so I got in the rental truck, and went to my aunt's house. My aunt, and cousin were thrilled to see me. We visited for a couple hours. The visit helped cheer me up.

When I got home, I told Dh to wait until tomorrow, when I got my truck back, to see if my cigarette case was in it, under the shop towel. The rental company had not called back either, so I would check with them tomorrow too. At first he was about to go off on me, how keeping everything in my cigarette case was dumb. Really? Women tend to lose wallets at least once in their lifetime, and/or purses too. It's not like we keep them in our back pocket like men do. In 14 years, can he thing of one time I've lost my cigarette case, or been careless with it? At that point he calmed right down. He admitted I was never careless with it, and had never lost it before, so I was entitled for it to happen at least once in my lifetime.
The next day, they called for me to come get my truck. They had totally replaced the mirror, and fully calibrated the sensors. On the way, I stopped at iHop, and the rental place to double check if my cigarette case had been found, or turned in. Nope. I got into my truck, and checked under the shop towel. Nope, it was not there. I called Dh, and told him to start cancelling my cards.

When I got home, I went online, and ordered a duplicate drivers license. It will be here within 5 to 10 business days. I printed the receipt, which has my drivers license number, and the normal information on my license, along wiht the date I ordered, and paid for the duplicate license. I put that in my glove box. In the unlikely event I get stopped before the duplicate arrives, I'm in the system, and have proof that another license is on the way. For any reasonable person, that should suffice. One of the things that Florida has, is the ability to register to vote, get a voter registration card, or duplicate card when you apply for a license. I filled that out too, and should be getting a duplicate voter registration card in the mail soon too.

Once I get that, then I will have ID, so I can go get a duplicate SS card, and a duplicate concealed carry permit. Fun, fun, fun. The bank cancelled my old cards, and will be sending new ones. Wal Mart is canceled too, and sending a new card. All in all, not overly difficult, but more of a major inconvenience.

BTW, A friend suggested that the braking issue might clear up with the replaced mirror. There are sensors in the mirrors. With the one mirror not opening to the correct position, the sensors were not in the correct position to to their job correctly, and could have been triggering the auto brake issues. That makes sense.

Happy belated birthday! What an awful way to spend the day, except for your Visit. Hopefully the truck will behave itself. And maybe your cig case will make a surprise appearance!

 

[pennyJo1960]

The other day, I mentioned I was having a horrible day. It was my birthday. At 8:00 am my truck was due at the Ford dealership. They were going to do a thorough diagnostic, and find out what was going on with it. They arranged for me to get a rental, because they weren't sure how long they would keep it.

I took the truck in, Dh behind me in his car, when he discovered he had a low tire. He stopped to get some air in it, and would meet me there. I got there, and they notified the rental place to send a courtesy car to pick me up. I didn't want to take off without Dh knowing where I was, so I called him. He pulled in just as his phone rang. I got into the courtesy car, and we went to the rental place. All the arrangements had been made, so all Dh had to do was sign a form.

We decided to go to iHop for breakfast. I got in the rental truck, he was in his car, and off we went. After breakfast, I went to smoke a cigarette. That's when I noticed my cigarette case was missing. Oh crap! ALL my ID, and credit cards were in that case. I backtracked. Nope, it was not in iHop. I even asked them to check, in case I had dropped it, and someone turned it in. We called the rental place. Nope it wasn't there, but the courtesy car driver was off picking someone else up, so they would check with him when he returned, and call us back (they never did). I knew I had not left it at the Ford place, but we called just to make sure. Nope, not there.

I was sure I had it when I got into the courtesy car, but I started second guessing myself. In slightly less than an hour I had been in exactly 3 places, and the courtesy car. Nowhere else. I was really expecting them to call, saying it had fallen to the floor when I was getting out of the courtesy car, and they found it. Remember, I was second guessing myself at this point. The only other place it could possibly be, was in the truck, on the passenger seat, under the shop rag. Since they were already working on the truck, and the rental place had not yet called, we decided to wait before taking any action.

After awhile, the Ford place called. They were replacing the mirror. They discovered it was making a grinding noise, and binding up. The only other thing that their diagnostics showed, was that I was apparently driving using both feet. It showed 16 incidents of me accelerating, and braking at the same time. That was my second complaint. Even turned off, the auto-brake seemed to be engaging at times. More specifically, it seemed to engage when the mirror malfunctioned. The 16 incidents of braking, and accelerating at the same time seemed about right with the number of times the mirror malfunctioned, and was part of a chain of reactions. I do NOT drive with both feet. They then insinuated I was accidentally pushing both the accelerator, and brake at the same time without realizing it. Impossible. The way the accelerator, and brake are set, the travel distance between the two, make it impossible for someone with my size feet to be able to even accomplish that. In fact, someone with bigger feet, like my husband, would have a hard time pushing both at the same time.

Funny, the first time I had it in there was for the same complaint, but they couldn't find anything wrong. The second time I took it in, miracle of miracles it malfunctioned, and drove the truck in with it that way. The intake guy, and my salesman saw what was going on. They drove the truck to the service area, then turned it off. That caused the mirror to fold in, so when they started it again, it didn't malfunction. They were about to insinuate I was crazy, BUT their own intake guy, and the salesman attested that they had seen the malfunction with their own eyes. I was NOT wrong about it. They said they did a thorough diagnostic, and couldn't find anything wrong, which is what prompted them to have me bring it back on my birthday, so they could go through it with a fine tooth comb.

So, I've lost my cigarette case with all my ID, and credit cards, I am the cause of my truck malfunctioning, the rental truck was ok, but had no running boards, so to get out of the seat, I had to slide down to the ground, which would rub the area where I had gotten the shots for my cancer the day before, and Happy Birthday to me.

My aunt and I share a birthday. Shared birthdays run in the family. Anyway, my aunt is 93 years old, and lives with her daughter, my cousin. No one was really going to do anything for her birthday. I had gotten her a card, and decided I would get a small cake, and go spend some time with her. The sky was clear when I went into Publix to get the cake. Publix makes a mini type cake that is the perfect size for just 2 people. I got the cake, and when I came out, it was storming bad. The wind was blowing the rain so hard, that even close to the wall outside, I got wet.

At that point, I knew the whole universe was conspiring against me. It's how you handle these things that count. Just stay calm, and roll with the punches. About 35 minutes later, the storm slacked off, so I got in the rental truck, and went to my aunt's house. My aunt, and cousin were thrilled to see me. We visited for a couple hours. The visit helped cheer me up.

When I got home, I told Dh to wait until tomorrow, when I got my truck back, to see if my cigarette case was in it, under the shop towel. The rental company had not called back either, so I would check with them tomorrow too. At first he was about to go off on me, how keeping everything in my cigarette case was dumb. Really? Women tend to lose wallets at least once in their lifetime, and/or purses too. It's not like we keep them in our back pocket like men do. In 14 years, can he thing of one time I've lost my cigarette case, or been careless with it? At that point he calmed right down. He admitted I was never careless with it, and had never lost it before, so I was entitled for it to happen at least once in my lifetime.
The next day, they called for me to come get my truck. They had totally replaced the mirror, and fully calibrated the sensors. On the way, I stopped at iHop, and the rental place to double check if my cigarette case had been found, or turned in. Nope. I got into my truck, and checked under the shop towel. Nope, it was not there. I called Dh, and told him to start cancelling my cards.

When I got home, I went online, and ordered a duplicate drivers license. It will be here within 5 to 10 business days. I printed the receipt, which has my drivers license number, and the normal information on my license, along wiht the date I ordered, and paid for the duplicate license. I put that in my glove box. In the unlikely event I get stopped before the duplicate arrives, I'm in the system, and have proof that another license is on the way. For any reasonable person, that should suffice. One of the things that Florida has, is the ability to register to vote, get a voter registration card, or duplicate card when you apply for a license. I filled that out too, and should be getting a duplicate voter registration card in the mail soon too.

Once I get that, then I will have ID, so I can go get a duplicate SS card, and a duplicate concealed carry permit. Fun, fun, fun. The bank cancelled my old cards, and will be sending new ones. Wal Mart is canceled too, and sending a new card. All in all, not overly difficult, but more of a major inconvenience.

BTW, A friend suggested that the braking issue might clear up with the replaced mirror. There are sensors in the mirrors. With the one mirror not opening to the correct position, the sensors were not in the correct position to to their job correctly, and could have been triggering the auto brake issues. That makes sense.

Enough to make anyone go a bit nuts! Belated Happy Birthday !

Morning Old Folks still dry here.

 

[bruceha2000]

@getaclue had a bad awful day!!! The cigarette case sure is a mystery, and a way more than inconvenient one at that. I hope things are running more smoothly now and the truck is done having fits.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF, and a Happy Labor Day.

 

[NotAFarm]

Good morning, Sour, and everyone!
Anyone else noticing how much shorter our daylight is?

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Sour, and everyone!
Anyone else noticing how much shorter our daylight is?

yes.

 

[getaclue]

Good morning OF. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I got to sleep in a little later than usual, since the kids don't have school today. Yay!