Saturday, September 18, 2010

Audi, DMV and BBQ

William gave us his car. He bought a new one. The out of state registration is expiring at the end of the month so we needed to quickly register it in our state.

Drama. Lots of drama. DMV appointments. Paperwork and inspections. Smog. Fees. More fees.

I was not looking forward to it.

Michael knew that a friend’s daughter has a certification to perform all of the inspections and complete all the required paperwork for the DMV. He contacted her and we met at her house on Monday afternoon.

I had not seen her since she was eight years old! She is now 43 and has three high school aged boys. We also met her husband who was a great guy. She inspected the car, completed the paper work and accessed the fees for the new registration for the year plus all the other fees for a grand total of –drum roll - $129.00. WOW! The new plates should arrive in the mail within 10 days. Done. Easy. Thank you.

She refused any payment for her services. We had been talking about food then specifically about BBQ. We told them about the great BBQ we had in Texas, Memphis and Alabama. When she would not accept any payment, we told them we would have some Corky’s BBQ shipped to them from Memphis as a thank you.

It arrived Friday. We ordered 2 racks of ribs, a pound of pulled pork, pound of smoked sausage, large order of baked beans, BBQ sauce, some spice rub and a pecan pie.

She e-mailed that they loved it.

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