[Rachelsdad]

Those were great, Keith! Thanks for sharing.

Indeed, it is a curse (like the guy in the office who once had the misfortune to be the one to clear the paper jam in the fax machine...then always got to be "the guy" to "fix" the d-mn thing). As an IT engineer, I've had my share of debugging hotel and motel WiFi, too, but thankfully never on a trip with the car to a show or an event.

There was a time back in '86 when my first wife and I were on our way to the POCI convention in Greensboro, NC. We left late, as I'd just brought the Bonneville home from the shop. I literally bolted the last piece of trim on the car, we threw our bags in the trunk, and headed out of the driveway (two days earlier, the engine had been out of the car, then back in, a freeze plug started seeping and had to be replaced, and the accelerator and trans linkages reconnected...I'm not that brave anymore to start a long trip with no real shakedown). Anyway, we ended up at some little motel somewhere along the line because we left so late from Long Island. The desk clerk kept looking at us, from one to the other, apparently not believing we were Mr. & Mrs. My wife got really annoyed and started flashing her wedding band around (making a thing of adjusting it on her finger). Man, when we got back out to the car did I get an earful - and it wasn't even my fault...that time.

No credie car, indeed! Loved it!