AUTO DEALERSHIPS/REPUTATIONS!

       This past week I had an appointment with the Marengo Chevrolet dealership for an oil change. Normally I have all my work done my a auto shop here in Williamsburg. But, as I had just purchased my Cruze just a few months ago, I was entitled to two free oil changes.

        My appointment was for 2 PM which I honored promptly. To make this short, the next thing I knew it was 3:20 PM. The service manager's response, even after inquiring after the first one hour, was just one of un-concern!  Never again! 

TRACY MIILLER STORY/FUNNY SAD TRUE!

    This past week I visited with an old Laurel classmate and friend, Tracy Miiller who now resides in northeast Oklahoma. He had mentioned  a story that involved a tenant of his and a contractor who Tracy had hired to do some repair work.  

        The contractor had mentioned, in doing the work, that he tried to be extra cognizant of the fact that the tenant was elderly. It turned out that the tenant was at least four years younger than Tracy. Somehow, I knew what the punch-line to that story was going to be. Just another one of those reminders about "being closer to going out----!" But, you might as well laugh about it. What's the`alternative?  

THOSE DRIVE-IN DAYS!

      A lady that I helped out yesterday apologized for all the stuff in the rear area. Her family had just gone to Newton the night before to the Valle Drive-In. If you live in Central Iowa and want to experience a fond memory of the past, it is worth the time. I did it a few years back and was a lot of fun.

       There aren't that many left in the state of Iowa. There was a time when there were at least five or more in the greater Des Moines area alone. There were three on East 14th Street alone. And, this was in the 1970's and early 1980's. As a teenager my drive-in memories go back to the one on the northwest corner of highway 14 and old 30 in Marshalltown, Iowa. That goes back to the 1950's and 1960's! Just thought that this might bring back some fuzzy memories of your own. 

ANOTHER TIME TO SAY OFF PHONE!

       This past Wednesday a lady was checking out with her one bag of groceries while talking on the telephone. She got just through the doors to go out when she remembered that she had forgotten her groceries! End of story!!

$5,000 FOR LIFE WOULD BE COOL!

      I just saw an ad for Publisher's Clearing House and their $5,000 for life. Don't get me wrong that I wouldn't love winning $400,000 at one pop but! I get my mail at the PO every day and I think it would be a thrill to get into my box every Friday and have that check there for $5,000  week in and week out. Never stopping. And, all of a sudden you realize one week that you are not keeping up spending it fast enough. Oh No! I still have $3,000 left over from last week. Oh what shall I do! 

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JUST LIKE LIVING IN MAYBERRY!

       This past week at the rear of our local furniture store, Uhlmann's, they have been doing a lot of digging. It is only about a half block fro the Burg Grocery and from the deli and from the parking lot the activity is quite visible. 

       Every time I would assist someone out with their groceries the topic would come up. What are they doing? No one seemed to know.I was tempted to walk up and simply ask until a guy who is a daily regular at the grocery store and lives next door to the furniture store clued me in.

       They are expanding. Then the conversation shifted to why? No one seemed to ever see that many people in there. Why does anyone need more retail space when, it seems, everybody is buying on-line!

      Every time I go out with a customer until the addition is completed that will be one topic of conversation and the other will still be the WEATHER! When the digging started, I just couldn't help seeing Andy Taylor and Barney Fife talking about the goings on!