Hick and I are at that awkward stage. I think I am ready to drive again, but HICK HAS POSSESSION OF T-HOE!
That's because Hick wrecked SilverRedO on Feb 3, the day he was supposed to pick me up from the hospital. He ran off the road by MAILBOX ROW! So close to home! Yet he got off into a drift, and tipped sideways in a deep ditch. A neighbor tried to pull him out, but only got SilverRedO in deeper. The AAA guy came and tried, but did not succeed, and in fact pulled SilverRedO into a position that put him against a tree.
THEN the AAA guy was supposed to come back, after saying he needed to fix his winch. But he kept giving hourly updates, and never showed. Then the next morning, his boss said he wasn't coming out for a $35 tow. After they'd already messed it up, and damaged SilverRedO. He did, however, so kindly offer to come out and TOW SilverRedO TO A REPAIR SHOP. Which meant the tow company would get a lot more money, because it would have to be turned into our INSURANCE. So Hick, wanting SilverRedO back, agreed. Since there is no other AAA tow service besides that one.
Thing is, if Hick could have gotten SilverRedO out, he was driveable. It's a smashed tail light, and body damage down the side. Pretty sure it's in the hundreds of dollars. Of course it will probably be our deductible, even though the tow company is at fault for the damage. They didn't put the truck in the ditch, but they pulled it partway out and let it slip back and into a tree.
So... since Feb 4, SilverRedO has been sitting at Mick the Mechanic's shop. Hick was driving A-Cad, but then said he needed T-Hoe to haul something to Pony House. And he's never given up T-Hoe! He even had to replace a battery in his T-Hoe clicker. When I said I wanted T-Hoe back, Hick said, "What do you expect ME to drive, the Acadia?"
Well. Yes I do. He's driven it all along. It's easier for me to climb in T-Hoe with his running board. A-Cad is just a little too high. No running board. With a lip that I have to drag my feet up and over to get in and out. Like a submarine door! I'm not comfortable. I like to sit up high in T-Hoe.
Hick seems to think that SilverRedO will be finished by Friday. And then he can give me back T-Hoe. We'll see. Until then, he's going to have to drive me around. In A-Cad. Because it's easier for me to get in and out of as a passenger.
I had a problem with AAA in Arkansas with my Jeep transmission, getting a rental in Memphis with the agent promising to pick me up at the car rental on my return trip, Blythesville Arkansas no longer has a AAA contract at that particular tow shop. Thanks to me. When I called to schedule my pick up I was told to "call a cab, lady" that he had no intention of dispatching someone to pick me up. I called corporate AAA and lodged my complaint. He DID pick me up and then he lost his contract with AAA! But we all know I am a determined complainer.
ReplyDeleteHick called AAA and complained. Twice! Like he says, the tow company is the one who contracted with AAA, fully knowing their rates. So they can't just pick and choose which calls to respond to.
DeleteWhat a cad. In A-Cad.
ReplyDeleteHick has been very helpful to me during my ordeal, but he DOES need to relinquish control of T-Hoe back to me.
DeleteI am so happy you are out and you survived. THAT IS SO SCARY. We have been gone for about 5 days and I had to wait until I got back for this update. So thankful.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It was extremely scary, especially since I was isolated and not allowed to have any visitors, or Hick to advocate for me. I was completely on my own, not thinking clearly when my oxygen was 83 percent!
DeleteI think you should put your foot down and demand the return of T-Hoe. Remind Hick that he always drove A-cad before now anyway, unless he was taking things to Pony House.
ReplyDeleteNow Hick says he should get SilverRedO back on Monday. But he said on Friday he will give me T-Hoe, and drive A-Cad to his Storage Unit Store and around town on his gallivanting. No specifics on the weekend. He's usually home from his Storage Unit Store by 2:00, the time I would go to town.
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