Rosalie B. wrote in
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Bob is still miserable.

Hmm...If I had known you were here, some 2 blocks from me to the main gate,
I COULD have helped, especially with the Mercedes. Make a note for next
time.....Star Motor Service, 843-571-1628....the Mercedes experts. I've
been buying their service for over 20 years. They have a palatial shop you
can eat from the floor, full body shop, every Mercedes test instrument ever
made. They restored my 1973 220D completely. It's my favorite all-time
car.

If I had to live in the Air Force squalor you met, and I have no idea
what's on the base as they only let me through the gate to fix organs,
electronic pianos and the occasional DJ job, I believe I'd have ended up at
one of our fine hotels, or at least motels, if I couldn't stay with the
son. We have thousands of fine rooms and rates around Summerville are more
reasonable. Hell, Motel 6 is only $32 and their toilets work! When is
"cheap", too cheap?

I recommend Red Roof Inn near the Ashley-Phosphate Rd exit of I-26.

Bob probably caught one of our exotic virii, brought into Charleston by
ship crews from squalid 3rd world countries, or by our Mexican and Central
American large immigrant population that is simply exploding because we are
too stupid to stop it. You can now catch Meningitis in Elementary School,
here.....it's like surviving in India's slums. Our latest is a severe
stomach virus that has kept my neighbors in bed for 8 days, so far. God
knows where it came from.....

Sorry you had so much trouble with a simple visit to the port city.....