-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 07-03-19  07:37 <=-

 > Guess someone was a little careless, and the SUV was just a bit
 > top-heavy.... I'd guess just a one-car accident....

 JM> There are several car crash video sites on You Tube.
 JM> All to often when an SUV is involved in an accident they tend to tip
 JM> over or go belly up.  In general sedans don't.

No real surprise there.... 
 
 > My bottom line is avoiding hassles wherever possible...  

 JM> Words to live by.  

That's what I figure... 
 
 JM> I used the app on the road but the first two at home on the pc. 
 JM> That was the main reason for my rushing about at first, knowing that
 JM> often if one doesn't check in by a certain time the room is rented to
 JM> someone else. The reservations are made on line but p

(You ran off there, again.....)  Generally if one makes a reservation
with a credit card they'll hold the room longer for you...

 JM> Mostly I just stopped at the first decent motel I came across.
 JM> Sometimes if near a big town or popular tourist site I would check
 JM> booking to find what was a available and prices.

Wise... 

 JM> Funny event happened.
 JM> I was in Roswell, NM and booked a room about an hour before check
 JM> in. The clerk was rather suspicious for some reason.
 JM> My debit card has my first name, then Joe, then Mackey.
 JM> The clerk eyed me, then the cards (along with my drivers license
 JM> which is needed everywhere) and asked why there were different names on
 JM> them. I told him that was me.
 JM> Why does this (debit card) read "Joe" and the license J?  I said Joe
 JM> is my middle name.  
 JM> Again it was look at the cards, check my photo against my standing
 JM> there and again asked "Is this you?"
 JM> It was so funny with his questioning me in his East Indian accent.

Maybe he was more alien than you knew....  <G>

 JM> Another strange thing happened often.  
 JM> I would have to sign in on one of those screens and sometimes it
 JM> looked merely like a squiggly line, but it was always accepted.   

The older technology screens often couldn't reproduce well... and no
matter how hard one tried, one couldn't get a proper signature... they
got used to just accepting it...  I'm still surprised when I get a
screen that actually reproduces what I thought I wrote... 

ttyl       neb

... I am positive that a definite maybe is probably in order.

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