Cell phones and Fords
Aug. 15th, 2006 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoGary's cell phone arrived (a day before FedEx said it would) and we managed, with some stumbling around, to get it activated. It dials in and out, and does work right here in the house. Yay. I'm afraid it's going to take him a while to work out all the menus and commands, though...
The Escape, as I'd really expected, did not arrive today. The one they had their sites on for me got sold before they could sweet talk the other dealer into swapping with them. I had okayed a second color choice and they had one in that color not far away, but instead went farther to get my first choice color. The car is coming from East St. Louis and is supposed to arrive at the dealer right about now and be ready for me to pick up at 10 tomorrow. I'm not fond of auto buying, which is why I wait as long as possible to do it, but of course once the decision is made I'm as eager as anyone to get the new toy. Hopefully they are right and I'll have it tomorrow. The Cherokee is all cleaned out and ready to turn over. Found the title, the transfer paper for the alarm system, the extra keys, and all. (Which is kind of a miracle, since I bought it in 1997, and we moved after that, and still haven't ever unpacked and reorganized everything. I have several boxes of junk from my old office that have never found new homes. I think the instructions for the LoJack alarm are in one of them. Fortunately, the transfer papers were in the glove box. I've actually left the alarm disabled for about three years now. Out here, no one even locks their cars as a rule. When I lived in Chicago, it seemed like a good idea...
The Escape, as I'd really expected, did not arrive today. The one they had their sites on for me got sold before they could sweet talk the other dealer into swapping with them. I had okayed a second color choice and they had one in that color not far away, but instead went farther to get my first choice color. The car is coming from East St. Louis and is supposed to arrive at the dealer right about now and be ready for me to pick up at 10 tomorrow. I'm not fond of auto buying, which is why I wait as long as possible to do it, but of course once the decision is made I'm as eager as anyone to get the new toy. Hopefully they are right and I'll have it tomorrow. The Cherokee is all cleaned out and ready to turn over. Found the title, the transfer paper for the alarm system, the extra keys, and all. (Which is kind of a miracle, since I bought it in 1997, and we moved after that, and still haven't ever unpacked and reorganized everything. I have several boxes of junk from my old office that have never found new homes. I think the instructions for the LoJack alarm are in one of them. Fortunately, the transfer papers were in the glove box. I've actually left the alarm disabled for about three years now. Out here, no one even locks their cars as a rule. When I lived in Chicago, it seemed like a good idea...
