Super Friends

This villain fighting friend of mine to the right is Jason, aka The Man of Steel. Jason and I have been working together for a few years now, and it’s hard to find two guys that are as different than we are. I’m old, and he’s a young whippersnapper. He has ear rings and plays guitar in a band. I wear long johns and carry dogs in bags. He drives a 2005 Mustang GT. I drive a 1999 Ford Windstar.

But despite all our differences we have really learned a lot about, and from, each other. The last couple weeks Jason and I have had a bunch of nice conversations with topics ranging from the homeless to gangster mentality. I love how we bring our different world views to the table and learn from each other. I just hope he’s getting as much from me as I’m getting from him.

Do you have any Super Friends?

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Filed under: FORD, Friends, Gangsters, Life, Metrosexual, Rock Star, Tool Bags, World Views

Buy Foreign

OK. So maybe this isn’t exactly a domestic issue, but Ford in particular has upset me once again. If I wore a bracelet, I would need to switch wrists right about now.

I briefly mentioned last week that we had a bag stolen while at the water park side of Kings Island. There wasn’t anything in the bag of real value. Just a few clothes and my van keys. Since that left me with only one set for the van, I wanted to get them replaced as soon as I could. So this week I went up and got the wireless entry device replaced. I was thinking they were really expensive, so paying the $40 wasn’t too bad. While getting that fixed I thought I’d check to see if they could cut a key as well to save me a trip to ACO or something. The good thing was that they could, the bad thing was that they have to.

Ford keys (or at least the keys I use) have a security chip inside that allows the van to start. Regularly cut keys won’t work. So I have to buy the key from Ford ($30), and then pay to have it activated ($50). Like it really takes $80 to make and activate a key.

And to make matters worse, they told me that if I ever lost my only key and had to have it towed in and a new key made, they require I have two made. What a freaking scam. Ford is officially on my list. (And any other company that runs the same scam).

Filed under: FORD, Scams