A few weeks ago while pulling out of a tight spot at an EBRG gasoline station I scraped the rear passenger side of the truck on a pole with both gray and red paint. Both colors spread across the panel in multiple thin streaks. Ouch. There were more streaks than I wanted for a DIY job so I was ignoring it.
Thursday: While searching for a parking space in the Union Gap COSTCO a man saw this paint job and caught up to me. He was a paint fixer and so we talked. While I shopped he fixed. He had all the necessary stuff in his truck – except [we learned] his credit card (manual) imprinter. Without a checkbook we were flummoxed.
Using a phone search we located a branch of my bank 4 miles away, and so away we went. I explained the problem to the clerk, signed a withdrawal slip, took the cash, handed it to Mr. Fix-it, and was headed home.
Of course the question remains: Was this cheaper than going to an EBRG paint shop or the Ford Dealer? He said so! This will remain one of life’s mysteries. The truck looks like new.
That morning I stopped by the CWU Parking office to check about an odd email they had sent. That came because Nancy’s free retirement sticker information needed to be updated. That was easily solved. That info was deleted. The one I have now is via the Foundation and begins in September of a year.
Alan came and plowed the snow out into the pasture. That was Wednesday morning. A total of about a foot of snow had fallen during the previous five days. It was sagging and wasn’t a problem but the issue was a cold period that would freeze the wet snow into an 8 inch ice cover. We can drive over that but it’s not fun. His drive way (220 yards) is twice as long as mine. He did his and then came and cleaned places where he knows I drive and need to get to – the firewood, for instance. His news was about another neighbor that had a heart attack while working in a shed. He was saved by the good timing of someone looking for him – CPR – and a rush to the EBRG ER and then Yakima Heart Center. We are 25 minutes, or more, away from an EMT rescue so personal transportation saves time – if possible.
Weather into January is stable – near freezing with a little rain and or snow, with fog.
Keeping Track
on the Naneum Fan
John