Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for February 11, 2024

There are advantages to giving up and finding something more useful to do with his time.

From my perspective, it all depends on if he enjoys tinkering with cars, if he’s willing to get help (like taking some classes in auto mechanics), and how badly he wants to make this particular vehicle operational. I knew a guy who had an old Corvair sitting on blocks like that throughout high school. He was 40 before he finally got it running.

Remember (Remind yourself that): It’s only a game. It’s only a car.

You have to name the car. Keep at it and the name will come to you. I am working on Patience. I am driving Lucky Stars. I sold Faith to a good friend.

You’re not holding your mouth right

Listen to inspirational music like “The Roses of Success” or “Try Everything”!

Name for the car? “Hard Knocks” or, “Not Nearly Finished”

You can do it, Baldo. If it’s really getting to you, put it down for a while and come back to it.

Bingo is not exactly a source of life lessons.

Baldo’s lucky. When I’m working on a car and lose a nut or bolt, it usually drops into some unretrievable location in the undercarriage!

If nothing else, it helps Tia Carmen to calm down…

It works like a charm, only it doesn’t.