Tuesday, October 03, 2006

A little more this & very little that.......

I can forsee already the fights that Bill & Kayla are going to have. Just because she is a girl and does what girls do, and it drives him crazy. For example: Yesterday after school Kayla went up to Taylors house after school, she was there for around 2 hours. Well when she came home she wasn't home 15 minutes when Taylor called. So Kayla took the phone to her room, which first off Bill couldn't understand why they were on the phone since Kayla just got home from Taylors house. I told him, that is what girls do. So after about 20 minutes or so on the phone, it was driving him insane. So he went to Kaylas room, and told her it was time to get off the phone. He comes back with the phone talking about how Kayla had the phone on speaker and laying on her bed, talking to Taylor, while Kayla was sitting on the floor coloring. I just laughed because again that is what girls do. I told him that is why girls always want there own phone line, also that it was not costing him anymore on the phone bill for her to sit there and talk. Personally I don't see what the big deal was........It's not like he was going to use it!!


Also yesterday I dropped my car off at the Ford dealership to find out what was going on with it. I had to get a rental. Well Ford called me at work and said that the rear brakes went out and it is not covered under the warranty, it is going to cost $199.00 for them to fix it, which includes labor, parts and the rental. I thought not bad, but still had to call Bill first. He says no way is he paying that much, he will do it himself, which of course caused me to panic!! Bill is a VERY handy guy, but a mechanic he is NOT!! So anyway I call back Ford and tell them that they can't fix it, it is to much money. Awhile later the dealership calls again, they are going to go ahead and fix it because it makes no sense why the rear brakes went out after only 16,000 miles. They said they should see wear on the front brakes but not enough to replace after that amount of miles, so the back ones shouldn't be that bad. But since this is not a warranty repair, I will have to pay for the rental, COOL! I can deal with that. This is the part that gets me:

When I bought my car I asked for a smokers package, which is a ashtray and cigarette lighter, I was told that you can only get that when you order your car from the factory. Well with my rental I was informed that there is to be NO SMOKING in the car, I had to sign off that if I smoked in the car they would charge me $1000.00. The rental had a ashtray and cigarette lighter in it!! I asked them if they had a smoking car, they said no all their cars are non smoking. I think that if I am paying for it I should be allowed to smoke in it also they should have cars that are for smokers. I know I am complaining about a bad subject with some people, but still I have rights also, I can understand not smoking in restaurants, but I think some of the rules that are coming about these days are just down right stupid! I could so go into this way more but this is not a political blog........Speaking of politics......

Mark Foley is a sick, sick man!!!!

So anyway I will be picking up my car this morning and I am going to chain smoke in it because I can!! (Not really)

5 comments:

Paula said...

I can't beleive that the brakes were not covered under warrenty after such a short time!! Good thing the dealership was in a good mood that day!!

My thoughts on the smoking: I would think that at some point those rental cars are probably sold. If they allow smoking in their cars they take the risk of a burned seat ect. Also, getting that smoke smell out of a car is really hard making it harder to sell later?? Just my thoughts.

Diana said...

Glad to hear that you are getting your car fixed. I couldn't believe that wouldn't fall under the waranty either.
Yes, alot of places sell off the rental cars, (Enterprise being one of them) which is why they probably don't allow you to smoke. It sucks, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Anyway....

Violet said...

Glad that Bill won't be stuck attempting to fix the car... That could be interesting...

Good luck with the whole Kayla/Bill thing for the next five years or so. Not to be the bearer of bad news, but I'd be willing to bet that it will get worse before it gets better.

And, although I understand why the rental place doesn't want you to smoke in the car, $1000.00 does seem a bit steep to me. Although, I bet if you were super careful, you could smoke with the window open, holding the cigarette inches away from the breeze, they would never know. Trust me... I was a closet smoker for a while and my mom is like the Super-Nazi Non-Smoker...

Nichole said...

I would love to be a fly on the wall when Bill does these things. I can only think how funny he has to be and with your nonchalant comments, it driving him nuts! LoL

Glad to hear Ford will be fixing your vehicle and not Bill. Just remember, Mikey could've "helped" him fix it. =o)

Blah. Don't wanna get into the whole smoker debate thing. I can totally understand both sides.

Chris Johnson said...

I really thought all of the comments from you girls would be about the girl vs. dad, totally didn't expect it to be the smoking issue.

WOW! Just when you think you know your friends!! LOL!!