Archive for October, 2008

My car has been sold

The day I left for Texas, I took my car over to my brothers place so he could sell it.  He sold it for
$2500.  The blue book on it was only $1770.  HOORAY!!  Now I have to obtain and/or transfer the title and get the tabs for it, all online.  The state of Washington is very anal about such things.  The form for a replacement title must have a notary witness my signature.  And not just any notary, a WASHINGTON notary.  So my brother will have his company notary do it.  There is alway a way around stupid requirements.

I could change my address and buy my registration without such annoyances.  All I needed was my drivers license number.  A VALID drivers license number.  I”m so glad the state is watching out for our best interests.

My car WAS a 1995 Saturn SLI,  That’s an acronym for Piece of Shit.  It served it’s purpose very well.  Cheap transportation.  It achieved 30+ mpg around town, and 40+ mpg on the highway.  It is the very basic four door crap car that Saturn put out in 1995.

My next ride will most likely be the Chevy HHR, or a GMC small truck.  I haven’t decided which one or both yet.  As most of you know I had the HHR for my trip last spring and some of you know I had previously owned a GMC Sonoma.  I would really like to get either one, or both of them.

In red of course.

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Filed under Personal : Comments (0) : Oct 14th, 2008

No-tell motel

My first night here in Texas was a doooozzie.  First off, it took an hour to get the one bag I checked to the baggage claim.  Then I took a bus to the rental car pavilion.  A fucking BUS.  The rental car pavilion was not even in the airport proper, but in a compound about three miles away from the terminal.  It appeared to be a brand new facility.

I made my way to the Alamo counter where, since I only had a DEBIT card with me, I couldn’t rent a car without a return flight.  The nice lady, Katherine, had me book a return flight, just to get the confirmation number.  The travel agent asked me if I wanted a round-trip ticket.  I knew that one-way ticket to Texas would come back to bite me.  Anyway, after jumping through the hoops, I was the proud owner of a Kia Spectra.  HOORAY!!!

At this point I decided to ask the hotel for directions.  Only to be informed that I didn’t have any reservations.  WHAT?!?!  Apparently, the hotel stopped using their reservation system some weeks before.  Great, not a hotel room to be had, anywhere.  Until….  I found this place along the “beltway”.  It was the only place around.  And now I know why.  The “lobby” had bulletproof glass between the “guests” and the person at the front desk.  I knew what kind of a place this was when he asked this skanky woman if she wanted the room for the entire night.  Yea.  You got it.  Rooms by the hour.  Free porn.  And a very dirty carpet.  The wireless access was off of some dirty connection that crapped out constantly.  Luckily, I was able to retrieve my NEW hotel plans and the phone numbers of my contacts at Eaton.

I have never turned on a tv at any hotel to see two couples butt fucking, until now.  All I can say is, dudes, I’m impressed.

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Filed under Personal : Comments (0) : Oct 2nd, 2008