For those of you, that like myself, drive beater cars, every day is an adventure in whether or not you can get your vehicle moving. It’s like a game of surprise: what will go wrong today? Which part of the engine will break? Will it be my left or right front wheel that flies off [...]

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While writing about yesterday’s purse-o’-seatbelts, I was reminded of my mother. Not because she has a fabulous purse, but because you cannot get in a car, anytime, anywhere without her huffing and sighing and b*tching about how “the seatbelt is trying to strangle her oh my G-D it’s so unCOMfortable.” After 24 years of this, [...]

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So yesterday morning was fun.
It was raining, it was early, I was freezing. I go to get into my car to go to work, shove the key into the ignition, turn it, and…
nothing.
Nothing happened. At all. No noises, no lights, and apparently? No battery. Woke up the boy. Tried to jump the car. Nothing. Decided [...]

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