Memorial Day was the same as last year. Cook out at Penny and Cathy's. But the memorial part was coming home and a guy named Daniel and his wife came to get the pickup that I sold on eBay. Cash in hand they arrived right on time. And they were a delight to meet!
I had told him it needed a new battery and to deduct that from the price so he came with not only a new battery, but tools to install it! Guy thought of everything. The truck had not been started in a couple months so I was hopeful it would not disappoint me and it didn't! New battery, turn the key and life under the hood! We discussed why I had bought it in the first place and I explained that it was for my 16 year old son and the driving force behind a 1969 Chevy pickup was insurance costs. See, there is no way to hurt one of them, but they can do a lot of damage. So that was a lost cause.
We discussed how safe his son would be surrounded with all that steel. I remarked that the kid would never know the agony of his first dent or scratch. Mother concurred!
I watched it drive down the driveway and was a little remorseful that I had not gotten myself busy and restored it myself, but if I have one more thing to do, my head is going to explode! Today I am taking a little break from eBay and I know that tomorrow I will regret it, but such is life. I am going to get the thing that makes a photograph into a digital image and do a little introduction to my middle daughter, like I said I would do how long ago?
OK, that is my short little report for the day and I am now off to do stuff that needs done. Wish me well, but that recliner is looking mighty tempting about now!
I had told him it needed a new battery and to deduct that from the price so he came with not only a new battery, but tools to install it! Guy thought of everything. The truck had not been started in a couple months so I was hopeful it would not disappoint me and it didn't! New battery, turn the key and life under the hood! We discussed why I had bought it in the first place and I explained that it was for my 16 year old son and the driving force behind a 1969 Chevy pickup was insurance costs. See, there is no way to hurt one of them, but they can do a lot of damage. So that was a lost cause.
We discussed how safe his son would be surrounded with all that steel. I remarked that the kid would never know the agony of his first dent or scratch. Mother concurred!
I watched it drive down the driveway and was a little remorseful that I had not gotten myself busy and restored it myself, but if I have one more thing to do, my head is going to explode! Today I am taking a little break from eBay and I know that tomorrow I will regret it, but such is life. I am going to get the thing that makes a photograph into a digital image and do a little introduction to my middle daughter, like I said I would do how long ago?
OK, that is my short little report for the day and I am now off to do stuff that needs done. Wish me well, but that recliner is looking mighty tempting about now!
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