One comment before I start: Rest in peace, Nelson Mandela!!
I love to drive!
My first Mustang, which I think was a ’69, was the first car I had which
my husband hadn’t driven for years prior to my driving it. It was also the first car I had which (deliberately)
could not hold a troop of Boy or Girl Scouts.
The government had a ban on manufacturing convertibles at that time
because of safety concerns. There were,
however, no laws about making your own convertibles. We had the car decapitated & a
convertible top put on! Once I was driving about 4:00am on a virtually deserted
freeway when I glanced at my speedometer.
I was going 105! I reluctantly
slowed down.
My husband, Bud, drives slightly differently than I. I have accused him of being a graduate of the
HELEN KELLER SCHOOL OF DRIVING. He is
apparently more comfortable driving by Braille, because he is constantly on the
Bott’s dots (the little reflective markers used to separate lanes) so he can
feel his way along the road. He used to
travel. When he was out of town, I would
sometimes drive over the dots so I could pretend he was still home.
I could never understand why men doubt women’s
ability to drive. Once, when I was backing
out of a parking space at Sears, a very simple
thing to do, I noticed a man standing behind me, directing me & waving me
on. He said, “Plenty of room,
lady!” I wanted to kill him! If I had, I’m sure a jury (of women) would
have found sufficient cause to set me free.
Another example:
I drove through a very narrow, twisty entryway into a crowded parking
lot. The attendant told me they were full.
I asked him if there was someplace I could turn around & he told me
there wasn’t—I would have to back out the way I came in. I told him OK & put the car in
reverse. He started to give me a lesson
on how to back my car out. I leaned out
the window & said, “No problem—I used to drive race cars for a
living!” A total lie, but who cares?
Around 1975 we bought a condo on Maui. A client of Bud’s gave us an old VW bus &
had it shipped over. My kids & I
brush painted it Yellow Cab yellow & covered it with cartoon drawings. (How often do kids get to paint pictures on a
car with the owner’s permission?) On the front it said, “Holo holo duck”
(wandering around duck) & had my fishducky picture, wearing a lei, on
it. I was taking the kids from Kaanapali
to Lahaina one day & stopped at a hotel to pick up a friend. A lady approached & asked if this bus
goes to Lahaina. I told her it did. She asked the cost & I told her it was a
free shuttle. I drove her to
Lahaina. She may still be there waiting
for a ride back. If you see her, tell
her we went out of business.
You might be interested in this. (LINK)
"Oh, & I suppose you've never scratched your car?"
I just found this in pinterest & had to put it in:
PLEASE help Janie Junebug in her attempt to send her former mother-in-law 80 cards for her 80th birthday!! [Here's the link]
That's my opinion & it's absolutely correct!!----fishducky
