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11/24/2005

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24 November ’05, Thursday.
Happy Thanksgiving !!! We hope that everyone is there enjoying the turkey and all the other goodies that make up this favorite menu. For Louise and me, we had one of those days that you just didn’t want to happen…”Bumble Bee” broke down again… We had just finished packing the van and getting ready to pull out, when I put my foot down on the clutch peddle and found nothing there. It was just like pushing on a soft spring, there was no resistance as normal. Thinking it may not be too bad, I walked over to a VW dealership and found them not to be of any help what so ever… I then called a tow truck, found another shop that would “possibly” find time to look at it if, it could be taken in. About noon, the tow truck showed up and I gave him the address of the place I had talked to…”I wouldn’t go there, they charge too much and may not get too it for days”… “I have a 24 hour place that will be able to get right to it”…(me) “How far ???” (him) “About 10 KM”… “OK, but call first…” (Supposedly) “we can get right on it and most likely have you done today”… 50 km later, we pull up to this shop (which it seems is WAY OUT in the toolies), and find that it is now closed until 3:30 (siesta time). Now, I’ve got to say something good about the tow truck driver…he stuck around, fact is, he stuck around for at least another hour and ended up taking Louise and I to find a hotel. Yes, to find a hotel…once the “heffe” got there, there was no way they could or would look at our poor van until the next day…that’s why the hotel… Now here we are, 99% of what we have in the van, will have to stay in the van…way out in the toolies. We did pack a partial suitcase, grabbed the computer, camera, coats and hat, and left the rest behind. They did tell us that they would “park the van inside, and they are open for 24 hours”… Well, what do you do…we don’t speak the language (maybe a word here and there…), and we have to put trust in what they say and will be doing, that’s all we can do now… Tomorrow… ???

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