A new puppy...

Pam's car died last week on the way home from work. I had been telling her for a couple of years to get rid of it and get a new one, but she wanted to drive it until it died and then she would get one. Well, lucky for her it decided to grant her wish only about a half mile from home. She couldn't get it going so she tried to call me on her cell phone...the one I told her to get rid of last year because it wasn't holding a charge. Guess what -- the cell phone wouldn't work either.

This all worked out OK since she was so close to home. She called me from one of the houses down there, and I went and got her.

OK. So now we went to look at new cars. I once told her that going to look at new cars was like going to "look" at puppies...you can't just look at them, you always come home with one. So now she is the proud owner of this fine 2010 Chevrolet Malibu. Boy is it nice. I certainly like the smile on her face when she drives it, and I think I felt just as happy for her as she was. It is a safety award winner (air bags all over the place -- don't read anything into that either) and really rides nicely. Good choice.

I know we don't need all those gadgets on a car, but it certainly makes me feel better about her driving to and from work every day, knowing that she is as safe as Chevrolet and I can make her.

Oh, one other thing... Some things about car shopping never change. When she went to pay for it, they tried to sell her all kinds of extended warranties and such. They asked her how long she had her last car and she told them 10 years. They tried to establish a case that she should get these warranties because if she keeps her car that long this will "pay for itself" in repair costs and will give her a well-maintained car to trade in at that time on another new one. She informed them that if she kept this one that long, she wouldn't need a new car and doubted that wheel chairs would be that expensive. Although after this health care thing gets going, they may be and she may not get one!!

Maturity is when you want to see how long your car will last instead of how fast it will go.

Hooah