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drpaisleyOn the plus side, my car is once again conventionally functional, after the usual oddities. Last Friday I had two repair places giving me estimates on replacing the steering column and the passenger side mirror (fixing the damage from the second time it was stolen last summer). One told me they could get a column and fix it on Saturday, so they won. Then it turned out the salvage yard wasn't open Saturday, so it would be Monday. Fine, no prob.
Saw the podiatrist for Toe of Doom 2: This Time It's Tarsal™, Monday, and since I was in a hurry, he was running way behind. Got done (it's doing fine, but not fully healed yet), raced down to the Firestone on Truman to drop off the car, then walked over to Grand to catch a bus to work. Yes, Monday is normally my off day, but there was a lot of stuff to get done, so extra hours.
About 3p, I called to see how things were going, and was told the parts were there and they would be working on it shortly and it would be done by the end of the day. Shortly thereafter, they called back to say that the steering column they had been sent was stripped out where the steering wheel was connected, and the salvage yard would be sending a good one over on Tuesday. Somehow, this did not surprise me.
Tuesday I caught the bus again, and waited and waited to hear. Finally I called, and was told the replacment column was in, and good, and they would be getting the car into the bay shortly. At 5p, they called to say it was done! Dragonet picked me up at work and dropped me off to get the car, which now can be started with a key*, not a screwdriver, like real cars! And has mirrorz! To celebrate this, and topping 47k in iTunes, here's this week's random selections.
1) Rural Explosion, Mojack
2) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Oxford Collapse
3) Lady Love, Mike Mains & The Branches
4) The Stone That Speaks, Deadline
5) Porcelain (Force Mass Motion Remix), Moby
6) Bell Tower (Bleek Mix), Two Twins
7) Marlene, Todd Rundgren
8) Upside Down, Bruce Haack And Esther Nelson
9) Moves, The New Pornographers
10) Emancipated Minor, Ani Difranco
and then
11) Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) (Club Edit), Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12) Step Aside, Dead Models
13) Bricks, Hurray For The Riff Raff
Another busy weekend. Rohanna and D2 are heading to St. Louis for Joseph Felknor's graduation shindig, while I stay here and go to the KaCSFFS meeting (it's a picnic, kinda! Indoors! The Writers Place, Valentine and Pennsylvania, KCMO! 6:30! Come on by!), then help out with the Campbell Conference afterparty on Sunday. Should actually have Monday off to start prepping for Soonercon.
*When the mechanic gave me my keyring back, I asked which of the keys on it was the new ignition key, and he looked at me and with a straight face said "Oh, you wanted a key!" then laughed. Came close to going over the counter.
Saw the podiatrist for Toe of Doom 2: This Time It's Tarsal™, Monday, and since I was in a hurry, he was running way behind. Got done (it's doing fine, but not fully healed yet), raced down to the Firestone on Truman to drop off the car, then walked over to Grand to catch a bus to work. Yes, Monday is normally my off day, but there was a lot of stuff to get done, so extra hours.
About 3p, I called to see how things were going, and was told the parts were there and they would be working on it shortly and it would be done by the end of the day. Shortly thereafter, they called back to say that the steering column they had been sent was stripped out where the steering wheel was connected, and the salvage yard would be sending a good one over on Tuesday. Somehow, this did not surprise me.
Tuesday I caught the bus again, and waited and waited to hear. Finally I called, and was told the replacment column was in, and good, and they would be getting the car into the bay shortly. At 5p, they called to say it was done! Dragonet picked me up at work and dropped me off to get the car, which now can be started with a key*, not a screwdriver, like real cars! And has mirrorz! To celebrate this, and topping 47k in iTunes, here's this week's random selections.
1) Rural Explosion, Mojack
2) The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Oxford Collapse
3) Lady Love, Mike Mains & The Branches
4) The Stone That Speaks, Deadline
5) Porcelain (Force Mass Motion Remix), Moby
6) Bell Tower (Bleek Mix), Two Twins
7) Marlene, Todd Rundgren
8) Upside Down, Bruce Haack And Esther Nelson
9) Moves, The New Pornographers
10) Emancipated Minor, Ani Difranco
and then
11) Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) (Club Edit), Yeah Yeah Yeahs
12) Step Aside, Dead Models
13) Bricks, Hurray For The Riff Raff
Another busy weekend. Rohanna and D2 are heading to St. Louis for Joseph Felknor's graduation shindig, while I stay here and go to the KaCSFFS meeting (it's a picnic, kinda! Indoors! The Writers Place, Valentine and Pennsylvania, KCMO! 6:30! Come on by!), then help out with the Campbell Conference afterparty on Sunday. Should actually have Monday off to start prepping for Soonercon.
*When the mechanic gave me my keyring back, I asked which of the keys on it was the new ignition key, and he looked at me and with a straight face said "Oh, you wanted a key!" then laughed. Came close to going over the counter.
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Date: 2013-06-14 04:52 pm (UTC)There's just too much to do this weekend; the Writer's Place thingie sounds like fun but I already have 2 other places to be. I thought I was headed to the Brick tonight for Betsye Ellis' CD release party but I'm not sure I'm up to it now.
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Date: 2013-06-14 04:56 pm (UTC)I remember well the "joys" of working with salvage parts from my days of doing all my own mechanical work. Get something 80% in and notice that one or two key linkage components somehow didn't make it into the basket at checkout. Go back to salvage yard and demand the components, finish the job. Annoying but still massively cheaper than getting OEM parts assemblies from a
stealershipdealership.My weekend will mostly consist of getting more agitprop ready for Teh Revolution, or something like that.
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Date: 2013-06-15 07:33 am (UTC)It is possible that I am slightly pissed off about the fact that the annual picnic no longer exists.
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Date: 2013-06-15 07:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2013-06-17 12:18 am (UTC)