<VV> EM and LM spare

[JackPinard]

I confess to a bad experience in a certain Southern state when I was shocked to learn many types of service are not available from Friday noon until sometime Monday.
Surprised that Midwest shares that curious culture.
Never had those problems in California since before 1942 when stores closed Sunday, including my dad's service station.
It must make a difference to live in a state with 40 million active neighbors.

Corvairjack
Lively in lalaland




> On 07 Apr 2015, at 13:21, Jim Davis <jld at wk.net> wrote:
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> Twas in Sidnaw, MI (pop 88) in 2010.  Only one pay phone in the town in the bar which opens at 4pm 9no one in the town would let me use their personal phone even if I agreed to pay for the charges.   Called at 4 pm to Good Sam (Affinity Travel) and the closest wrecker/tire place was in L'Anse some 30 miles away.  Through the operator it was agreed that they would travel out and change the tire at about 10 am the next day.  I put the spare on myself and limped to Marquette where I bought a new tire 195/70-14 for the Corsa.
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> Second  2011 - I was 35 miles west of Wichita on US-400 about 5 pm on Friday on a hot September afternoon.  Good Sam tried three places in Wichita all said Monday was the earliest time the could get to me.  I had ripped the sidewall out of the right rear tire on the UltraVan.  Changed the tire to the SS spare and limped the 15 miles to Kingnam where I found a truck tire place that was open to 7pm.  They found a new tire and rim (225/60-15) for me and I was on my way as in about 30 minutes.
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> If you have a flat or breakdown in or just outside a metropolitan area service is fast and good, not so in the back 40.
> Jim Davis
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>> On 4/7/2015 1:20 PM, JackPinard wrote:
>> Incredible! No cell service! 
>> Suppose that no farmhouse down the road has one of them wall cranker talking boxes. My great-grandpa had one in 1880 in Minnesota.
>> And what's with Dodge City folks refusing weekend service to Yoopers on US400? Are cattle drives blocking the road?
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>> corvairjack 
>> in the developed west
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>> On 07 Apr 2015, at 10:10, Jim Davis <jld at wk.net> wrote:
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>>> There are many places in the USA where there is no cellphone service (UP of MI for instance).  Secondly, outside of major population areas you are never going to get service on the weekends (say on US-400 between Wichita and Colorado Springs; personal experience).   Of course Corvairs have been my only highway vehicles for the past 51 years.  Yes I have Good Sam and USAA towing insurance.
>>> Jim Davis
>>> On 4/7/2015 10:57 AM, JackPinard via VirtualVairs wrote
>>>> AAA card fits in wallet, don't carry spare.
>>>> Corvairjack on waterless coast
>>>> '64 Greenbrier
>>>> '64 Spyder
>>>> '66 Corsa
>>>> '06 Rainier
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