Saturday, May 19, 2012

Major pouting over non-technical stuff

Last night I was having a major pity party, throwing a bit of a tantrum and in tears. I received devastating (well, for me it was devastating) news yesterday afternoon that the axle that we had a line on for my old Bubba truck wasn't the correct one. At best, we can hope for an axle rebuild, should we be able to find the parts.

Thank to the efforts of my state's idiot Senators (yes, Debbie Stabenow you are one of the guilty!) push to pass "Cash for Clunkers" in an effort to boost auto sales, there are far fewer replacement parts for vehicles of all ages.  Even more so for a 22 year old pickup.  My beloved Bubba truck isa victim of that *oh-so-brilliant-move* (can you hear the sarcasm dripping here?).

Fast forward to this morning, when I did just what the idioticlegislation wanted me to do all along, and I "replaced" Bubba with a new vehicle. But not quite in the way they'd hoped for. My new vehicle is a new Ford F-150.  Oh, don't get me wrong, I may have bowed to buying a new vehicle, but no I did not spend the extra $3K to get the new Eco-boost V6 Ford is so proud of. Nope. I got me a big honking V8 that gets an estimated 14mpg and 19mpg. Which is far less than Bubba's 22 and 24.  Bwahahaha!!!

Fortunately for my old beloved Bubba truck, it's not completely falling victim to the evil plans of DC.  Instead, it's becoming my project truck. My poor hubby bowed to my pouting and shouts of "I don't want to get rid of Bubba truck!" and we will slowly get it restored as funds and parts cooperate.

If you happen to live in the Greater Grand Rapids Michigan area, I highly recommend Tony Betten & Sons Ford. They let me take off with the keys and drive the new beastie around sans sales guy, got it all washed and shiny, gassed it up, and dug for every rebate and discount possible for me. Had Bubba been 5 years newer, I would have gotten another rebate, but alas, no go.  As it was he found us over $4K in discounts to go with our X-plan discounts.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Novell North America Tour 2012

Novell is running their re-connect tour and is coming to - of all places - Grand Rapids.  Why did no one at Novell let me know!?

Anyway, they're coming - woo-hoo!  Way better than hitting Detroit.

For those in Grand Rapids, here's the link to the tour page, just look for Grand Rapids on the right and click to register.  It's being held at the JW Marriott in downtown, quite a lovely place, once you find parking and which floor the party's on.  :)

http://www.novell.com/events/tour2012.html


BTW - Novell, have you contacted your few partners in town? Have you contact your customers? Please do!