Yesterday I described in fine detail the canceled trip to Denver. I also mentioned: "The only bummer was that I failed to give a 48 hr notice prior to canceling the rental vehicle w/o a penalty. It is actually cheaper for me to rent the Explorer, drive it off the lot, flip a "U-E" and return it than it would be to just call and cancel. Weird huh? Maybe I can give my wife a spin around the block in it and try to get her to smile at least once this week." Well, the rental guy was unexpectedly cool. I asked if I needed to physically come to the rental lot, fill out the paper work drive off the lot and check the car back in. I also asked if I could switch to the cheapest car that they had instead of the Ford Explorer. He and I agreed that it would be cheaper to do the offlot turna round than to eat the $100.cancelation hickey. He listened to my questions, put me on hold for a second and then came back on the line and said "Don't worry about it- I just took you out of the computer." No charge! =) He could have been a total "whatever" and hit me with a $100 charge. Thanks to Resort Rent a Car in Phoenix. Instead of a trip around the block, I took my wife to see "Tie Died." Mediocre but fun. Not a total glorification of the deadys/dead scene but pretty well balanced insight/slice of life. Production values were appropriately low low tech. Definitely is not a Zillion dollar Kevin Costner "Waterworld." I couldn't imagine Costner sitting inside a bus with VW Deady freaks trying to learn the word for "Buffalo" Costner: "Ta-tonka", Deady: "No Kev it's a Westfalia." Costner: "Buff." Deady: "No Kev, 'Garcia'." Costner: "Buff." Deady: "No Kevin, it's a bong." Costner: "Buff. "Buff - a- low", Deady: "No Kevin! It's a party bowl. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PASS IT!!!" Costner: "Buffalo" Deady: "Mr. Costner, I ask that you please leave my van now." Costner: "Ta-tonka" Deady: "Hey Kev, did anyone give you any Kool-aid earlier today?" Costner: (Outside of the bus whirling in circles, chanting to drums) "Ta" , "Ta-tonk" , "Ta-tonka", "Ta" , "Ta-tonk" , "Ta-tonka" Deady: "Whoa, Kevs peakin already" Costner: "Buff!"
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