Modern Buddy

Yesterday, I drove my 1981 Chevy C-10 short-bed pickup the 30 miles up to
Tucson to get a cooler full of frozen goodies from Trader Joe's. On the way back, just before I turned off I-19 to get to my neighborhood, the temperature gauge shot past the limit, accompanied by strange noises. I pulled into my driveway and shut off the engine. I figured I'd cooked the rebuilt engine, and would now have to rely solely on my scooters for transportation. Strangely, I experienced a sense of peace, No sweat; groceries were available locally, and both my Stella and my Vespa P200E have adequate carrying capacity, and my wife has her own Toyota RAV-4 to get her to work and back. If I have to use the Chevy as a lawn ornament and rely solely on the scooters, no big deal. As it turned out, the truck needed only a new alternator belt, but now I know that a 12-15-mpg cage is not a necessity. Is this the definition of an epiphany?

Yes. Why are you driving that thing? Ride!

you people in non-ice/snow climates have NO excuse for having a car. I drove my car maybe 3 times in the last 6 months. If there was no snow/ice/salt on the road, the car would be GONE.

live free.

oh and yes you had an epiphany

peabody99 wrote:you people in non-ice/snow climates have NO excuse for having a car. I drove my car maybe 3 times in the last 6 months. If there was no snow/ice/salt on the road, the car would be GONE.

live free.

oh and yes you had an epiphany

Excuse #1 I have two daughters ages 10 and 8 that need transporting lots of places and the OH is opposed to me transporting them on the scoot

Excuse#2 um hmm well don't think I can think of one so once the kids are grown then yeah I wil have no excuse.

OK, I know what DH is, but OH? opinionated husband? oppositional? obviable? obstinate? over-the-hill?

Old Hag.

holy shit batman! please tell me you're kidding.

LOL no it means Other Half lol Old Hag I would get pwned if I ever called her that

that's a relief!

Other half of what?

FROSTY!!! Do you talk to your mother with that mouth?!

ericalm wrote:Other half of what?

BETTER HALF, MY - "One's spouse, usually said by a man referring to his wife. Marriage is viewed as uniting two people into a single entity - a couple - of which each person is half. The person using the phrase could really respect his partner's contribution to the marriage, or could be saying it in a patronizing fashion. In either event, the expression was in use by 1590, when Sir Philip Sidney (in 'The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia') has Argalus enter the scene and, 'forcing up (the best he could) his feeble voice, My deare, my deare, my better halfe (said he) I finde I must now leave thee." From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).