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Old Bessie

Old rusty Bessie just drove her last mile
  Went with a sputter instead of a smile
    No more brakes slipping
    No more gears ripping
  Think I'll relax with a horse for a while

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Jim Slaughter

December 5, 2022 at 10:03 AM

Oh, G, how a propos this is to me. I love my car...a 2009 Chevy Cobalt...that I've had since 2010, but I fear her days are becoming numbered. I'm hoping, when her time does come, that she will go peacefully, with neither "sputter" nor "smile", and just refuse to start one day. I think I'll pass on the "horse" replacement, however.

Gershon Wolf

December 5, 2022 at 6:44 PM

I notice that there's no discussion of how small a 'carbon footprint' a horse leaves. Hmmmmm....

L Milton Hankins

December 5, 2022 at 8:16 AM

That's about all I could afford if my car gave up the ghost, gw.

Gershon Wolf

December 5, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Nothing better than a horse: No carbon footprint! lol. And Happy # 81 to you, Milt!

John Lawless

December 5, 2022 at 5:11 AM

you'll have to build a barn as a charging station....

Gershon Wolf

December 5, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Hi-ho Silver, Away! --- No, oops, come back. Gotta charge you up! lol.

Bobby May

December 5, 2022 at 3:02 AM

Ha,ha,ha,ha, sounds like my younger days when I paid $100.00 for a 53 chevy that had no front seat and no reverse lol

Gershon Wolf

December 5, 2022 at 6:47 PM

No reverse, eh? I imagine that you just got out of the car, rotated it 180 degrees with your muscles of steel, and then put it in drive... (I have quite an imagination...)