I wonder if these are signs…
I wonder if I am being sucked back into a black hole…
Just like yesterday afternoon, I have reason to be happy.
Our mechanic installed he transmission that I picked up in Wichita last weekend and the Nissan drives great! It ended up costing us $1,089 instead of the $2,500-$2,800 that the transmission shops quoted. That is really fantastic!
As my wife drove the Nissan home, I figured that I would head to the junkyard to look for a right front turn signal for the Paseo and a few parts to fix up our nice truck since I was somewhat in the neighborhood. While I was there, I thought I would also look for anything that I might need for my Thunderbird.
I ended up stepping into The Twilight Zone!
I parked on the street in front of the office because the parking lot was full and people were lined up waiting to get in.
I decided not to take any tools for my first trip. There is no reason to lug those around if they don’t have anything that I need.
I went through the entire yard…not one Paseo…not one Super Crew. But, they did have multiple sets of the increasingly difficult to find side view mirrors that I am using on my Thunderbird.
I walked all the way out to my car and got the tools that I thought I would need.
The mirrors were on cars that were near the back of the yard. Just as I got back there, the following message blared over the loudspeaker:
“The owner of the red car parked in front of the store, you need to move your car or you are going to be towed.”
I thought, “My car is red…I am parked in front of the store…But, I’m on the street…They can’t be talking about me…I better not take a chance.”
So, I hurriedly walked to the office. Just as I got to the counter, a red car parked directly in front of the front door moved. Just to make sure, I asked if that was the car they were talking about.
“Yes.”
I pointed to my car and said, “Then my red car is fine, right?”
“Well, the police will ticket you.”
“What?”
I went outside to check the parking signs. There were none for over 100 feet. But, if you walk far enough, you could find small, 8″ X 8″ No Parking signs.
I hopped into my car to try and joined the line. I finally found a spot and headed back in to get the mirrors.
I found the car with the nicest set, took the door panel off and started to remove the mirror when I realized that I needed another tool!
Back out to the car to get the tool…
Back into the yard…
I realize that what I about to write will make me question my sanity, but it’s the truth…
I could not find the car that I had just been working on! I looked and looked and looked! It’s like they came and took the car off the lot while I was gone! This sounds like me looking for the house yesterday!
I NEVER found the car!
Fine…
I’ll just get the mirrors of another car.
I started taking off the door panel…
and discovered that I needed two more tools!
I had already wasted an hour!
I concluded that this was just not meant to be, walked out, got into the car and stewed for the next 30 minutes!
