Agnes by Tony Cochran for October 25, 2019

Hah! They paid Gramma to get that heap off the side of the road!

Yup, my seventh grader made that kind of comment about my truck so I asked if she would rather walk. The answer was, of course, no.

Well, yeah, that’s the point of a Ferrari.

Good ’nuff circle truck: Home, Dollar Tree, Food Lion & home!

Certain well-meaning people have suggested that I should just buy a new car so I don’t have to pay to repair my (long ago paid for) used one.

Right.

The $500 I couldn’t come up with anyway every month is better than $200-300 once or twice in a bad year.

Besides, I’ve passed new cars broken down on the shoulder too.

I’m very lucky. I’ve got 2 ‘Paid For’ s: a “three-seasoner” and a “10’ drift walker”. Gets me to work.

I have one of those too, Grandma. Best kind of vehicle ever.

It’s too bad some of Grandma’s pragmatism and smarts don’t sink into the waif’s mind.

The best part is the “paid for” part.

My cousin was going on and on about how superior her brand new car was to my brother’s 1969 Buick LeSabre. Finally Howard responded, “Mine’s paid for.”

It left poor Sheila speechless.

Another cousin went on and on about how fast his car would go.

I couldn’t see where it mattered when the legal speed limit everywhere was 55 miles per hour, so I asked, “What kind of gas mileage does it get?”

Donnie looked irritated and responded, “You can’t have everything.”

Different people have different priorities.