Today was a maintenance day. We took the truck to Brien Ford in Everett about 20 miles away for an oil change. They changed the oil, slowly. It was at this time I noted there seem to be some irregularities about Ford service facilities. Some just change the oil and do other stuff I want and then hand over the truck. Others, like Brien Ford, seem to believe they should spook you by telling you about a host of problems they have detected although no other Ford service center mechanics have noted anything wrong. The folks at Brien made up an estimate indicating there was some $2000 worth of stuff that needed to be done on the truck. Some of the items were fuel and air filters were observed to be dirty although I just changed them 3 months ago. I thanked them, paid them $120 for the oil change and split for the Everett Trader Joe’s without debating the merits of their observations.
We hauled our Trader Joe’s loot home and Peggy started serious work on the taxes. I’m sure my readers do not want to hear about 1040 preparation so I’ll cut it off right here.