Whatever I published earlier, I"m moved on.  It's been a day and I only went over to the park to get the odometer reading off of the motorcoach.  Well, I turned it on as well. Almost shocking the batteries are in perfect condition and cranked that thing over easily.  It's something I want to do at least monthly in turning it on, getting the oil pumped through the system and get the batteries charged up.

Over to the courthouse, no issues just a lot of paperwork to fill out. But, after half an hour and standing at the window for a while, that issue is dealt with.  They will be sending me a new title in the mail "8 to 14 weeks".  Unlike Arizona, which will print you out a new title while you're standing there unless they've changed it since I left. Whatever, it's done and over with, I need not worry about that now. 

Still, it was quite motivating to fire that thing up.  Yes, it has an exhaust leak and yes, it probably needs a new carburetor, but still. A thing that old just firing up like that.  I idled it for a while to make sure I had the batteries recharged. 

Over to the sign shop. Middle of the day? Closed.  Off to lunch at 11:30 am, I decided to go visit my favorite haunt, Chili's. Lots of friends there and hadn't been there in many weeks.  Great service, great conversation including with the GM who I asked if I could get confirmation on chips and salsa next month for the wedding vows.  No problems there.  

Back to the sign shop. opened, but the sign had the wrong phone number on it? Oh well, he said he'd have it fixed by tomorrow.  I've done lots of business there, the man has my phone number, not sure how he got it wrong, but it wasn't an issue.  Over to Lowe's for a "bow rake", I call it a steel rake. Actually, I went to Harbor Freight first but their sale price? Not sale priced.  I wasn't going to argue with them....

After that, to Kroger's, where I got into a - situation - with their sale-priced crab legs.  It's a long story and 5 people.  At the end of the it, I got the sale price without having to drive 2 towns over. I was told 3 times it was at "service counters only". This Kroger's doesn't have a meat service counter.  Why, I don't know.

I checked the ad. No mention of service counters.  I called the Longview store since that's where the regional manager is based out of.  I got an assistant manager telling me he's on vacation, what can I do to help you? Nothing, I'm at the Marshall store. Well what seems to be the issue? It told him in detail and he just says, well, I'm not over there, I can't do anything about it.

No duhhh. I knew that before he asked, he tried to deflect to the "service counter only" but I wasn't buying it.  If that's true, best have it listed on your ad  

I went back to the meat section again, scrutinizing the sign.  It had THREE different prices on there. Trust me, you don't want to buy this stuff at normal prices. It would have cost me $400 to get what I got today at regular pricing and yes, it IS regular pricing, I check it frequently when I go in there.  

The meat man escorted me up to the counter, had a clerk input her credentials, they scanned the stuff put in the sale price and walaah. Yes, I would have driven over to Longview, but these people kept referring to a "policy" that was listed nowhere. If there are conditions to ads, they always have an asterisk and fine print at the bottom. No such thing here.

I haven't gotten anything done at the property today.  It was all of these stops and so much time wasted at a few of them.  I'm not going over there today now at all, I went and got the odometer reading, that's the end of it. 

The tent lady expressed interest in buying the RV. I figured she would sooner or later.  I told her I'm still working on it, but it has a brand new AC unit on it and I also gave her the price it would cost her monthly to get into and a breakdown of where the money is going.  IF this happens. I will draw up my own contract about payments, including how much goes to lot rent and how much goes to the purchase price of the rv. And the stipulation it won't leave the park until it's paid for.  

Further, that I have right to inspect the interior on a monthly basis.  Some states afford you that privilege by law, I don't care about that, agree to it in advance, in writing with your signature.  

I really don't know why people would question me if I'm actually going to do that?  I'm protecting an asset.  They can't have it without paying for it and it's in writing, with their agreement to all of the stipulations by signing on the line.  It will also say they are responsible for any repairs except the ac unit, which is under warranty for 2 years.  

Whatever the case, Im home, the dogs were panting heavily, it's hot outside. I let them both in to cool off.   In fact, they can stay in until this evening and cools down a bit. 

I think that's all for now.