NEW TO US

IT’S A TYPICAL MONDAY, OUR DAY OFF, AND WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE VFW BAR DRINKING, SMOKING, AND GAMBELING WITH BOTH HANDS.  YES, IT’S AFTER 11:00 AM.

WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR UPCOMING ROADTRIP HOME TO WISCONSIN. YOU KNOW WE ARE A LITTLE SHORT OF TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR VISIT.  LET’S LEAVE ON SUNDAY INSTEAD OF MONDAY AND SURPRISE AMY ON HER BIRTHDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE.

WE CONTINUE DISCUSSING THE TRIP AND PREPARATIONS. YOU KNOW I NEED TO GET A HAIRCUT, I ALWAYS GET AN EXTRA SHORT HAIR CUT BEFORE I SEE MY MOM.

MAYBE WHILE YOU’RE IN THE SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX AT THE BANK YOU SHOULD GRAB THE TITLE FOR YOUR CAR AND STICK THAT IN THE GLOVE BOX.  AFTER ALL THAT HONDA IS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAS 182,000 MILES ON IT, AND WE ARE DRIVING 2,000 MILES, HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHAT IF IT DUMPED US, WE’D BE PREPARED.

WHEN WE GET HOME I’LL CHECK ON THE INTERNET FOR THE BLUEBOOK PRICE SO WE WILL KNOW WHAT THE CAR’S WORTH.

BACK AT HOME I DO A SEARCH FOR LATE MODEL USED HONDA ACCORDS AND FIND ONE AT THE DODGE DEALER IN KINGMAN.  LOOK AT THIS MARY, AND IT’S A V6 INSTEAD OF THE 4 CYL YOU’RE DRIVING NOW. IT ONLY HAS 13,200 MILES ON IT.  LET’S DRIVE OVER AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

CAN MARY STILL WALK INTO A CAR DEALERSHIP LIKE SHE SHE DID 10 YEARS AGO, AND BUY A NEW CAR WITHOUT ANY MONEY OR HER CHECKBOOK?  THE DAYS OF FREE CREDIT AND THE ECONOMY HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED SINCE THEN.

THE ANSWER WOULD BE “YES”, BUT IT TOOK HER TWICE AS LONG TO DO THE PAERWORK.

SO HOW DO YOU LIKE MARY’S NEW (TO US) HONDA?