De-tuned car
On a grocery store run last weekend to get apple butter (a fixation) and dishwasher rinse agent (not a fixation), the car radio fell silent and the display reported “XM Updating.”
The 90 day trial period for XM had expired and now all I can get is the preview channel. Now if I want to listen to talk radio, I have to tune in… the AM band. Oh the horrors. Although I might miss Morning Sedition, I never found the one XM station that I couldn’t live without.
I’ve got a promotion code that will probably allow me to get XM for half price, but still I cannot rationalize the monthly fee for a car that is only driven about 7000 miles a year. This is in keeping with our recent monthly austerity plan of cancelling cable and our rarely used YMCA membership, and switching to Vonage and a cheaper cell phone plan.
On a related note, the two pound bag of Starburst that I keep in my car’s armrest to dole out to my children when they behave also ran out this past weekend.
In keeping with reducing our recurring expenses, perhaps I should switch to hard candy.