R. Button

Back in the day ... we could at least plan on parts back ordered, usually a long list of misc parts, we could, some of us, patiently wait for. Arriving home we would round the corner, see well up the street, at the front door of OUR house, boxes piled up with FFR lettered on them. Just a little quicker we drive down the street and like kids at Christmas open the boxes to see what might have come in this delivery. You never knew what day they would arrive, you just waited. Fast forward to now... you call in, place the order, some young eager FFR employee "runs to parts room" and returns with, "We for sure have it and we'll ship it out for you." "Can we use your credit card on file? " And in a couple of minutes the deed is done. Next day arriving to our email comes a tracking number with a list of major parts in the box(es). Now I say, Where is the Mystery in all this? Where is the waiting and the Christmas like excitement opening the boxes as they arrive on random days? Now we can almost "look into" the FedEx plane and or truck, as the parts travel along it's preordained path arriving at our home at the exact agreed day and time. And we even get a text message to your cell phone saying package was delivered at the front door and signed for by Mrs.... sigh... Minute by minute I now follow the package, there is no mystery about where it is nor what is in the package as FedEx reminds me every time I look at it's status! Oh for the good old days of wondering if today will be the day the extra box of rivets will arrive? Or the side fender emblems or the ... And so I now wait for the 20th and the arrival of my box to be delivered before the close of day on or about 5:30PM Central Time!