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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

Date: 12/5/2022 10:03:00 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
Date: 12/5/2022 6:44:00 PM

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

L Milton Hankins

Date: 12/5/2022 8:16:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/5/2022 6:44:00 PM

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

John Lawless

Date: 12/5/2022 5:11:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/5/2022 6:46:00 PM

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

Bobby May

Date: 12/5/2022 3:02:00 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
Date: 12/5/2022 6:47:00 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...)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 12/4/2022 11:25:00 PM

We should all go green and get a hoss lol. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/5/2022 6:48:00 PM

That's what I say. Horses don't have carbon footprints! :) gw

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 12/4/2022 10:56:00 PM

Good idea, Gershon. Clip, Clip, Clop, Gee up, Bessie, don't you stop... The sound of horses' hooves is very relaxing. Snoooooze.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/5/2022 6:50:00 PM

Clip-clop, clip-clop, clip-clop. Please, Bessie, don't stop!