January 16, 2003

• I am on tenterhooks.  (Oooh, sounds kinky!)  That is, I am in the process of buying a car, a 1987 Colt Vista wagon, 4wd no less, for way under the blue book price, due to some minor but costly to fix body damage, plus a few other things like a cracked windshield, missing rear window wiper, and a partly-unsecured drivers’ seat.  In other words, a typical rural Alaska vehicle.

  
  

  Anyway, the plan was for us to drive to Willow, get the car, and each drive one home, but repeated phonecalls to the guy’s business phone and personal cell phone have gone unanswered.  So I am waiting, hoping that nothing happened to queer the deal (like the car being wrecked or stolen) and hoping we can get it soon.  More on this burning issue later.

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