Friday, December 19, 2008

Visiting DMV and old technology

Melissa had to make a trip to the DMV to get her new tags for her car so I went along to turn in our old plates for the truck and trailer. I found out that we had to "cancel" our registrations or the State of California would keep billing us registration fees until which time they would turn the account over to collection. Really? I was told that South Dakota would notify California that our vehicles had been registered there. The lady at the DMV laughed and said that it takes months and that wouldn't stop the billings. All in all it was rather painless and took only about 40 minutes to complete with no appointment.

While we were gone, John replaced the water filter cartridge and tried the water pump again. Nope, the darn thing was just not going to work. John called ShurFlo but the only way we can get it replaced under warranty is to go through the dealer. Luckily, we are in the right place to do so. John called RV Brokers and discussed the problem with the Service Manager who will contact Petersen to get a water pump coming or approval to buy one local. Hopefully, this can all be resolved on the 31st. If not, we'll be staying here a bit longer. We hope to hear back from the Service Manager by the end of the day but most likely not if past experience is any example.

John and I took Melissa to lunch at La Placita Dos for lunch. She had to take a work related phone call. It was rather interesting seeing our daughter being so professional. Melissa dropped us off at home and went about her errands for the day.

John went for a bike ride while I rearranged some of our kitchen cabinets. Not sure if I'm going to be happy with the new arrangement but it did get me to throw out some items that needed to be tossed.

After dinner, we just settled in for an evening of TV and Game Boy. John discovered Melissa's old Game Boy in the entertainment center a week ago and has been entertaining himself ever since. Melissa laughs at him because the Game Boy is so "old" technology. She was amazed that the Game Boy still worked after all these years. Tetris is still addicting even after all these years.

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