Sad day...

Hey Guys:

Believe it or not, I will no longer be driving a Ford Contour. As of noon today I sold my Contour ($200) as it is once again in the shop.

Yup, as long as I've been driving I've had a Contour. You might remember the run-out-of-gas spree when I was 16. Three times in one week and yet I always made it to a gas station (rocking the car back and forth and driving on the shoulder buys you at least 2 full miles). I'm not trying to brag, but who else would have made it to a gas station every time. Not to mention the lock-keys-in-car-while-running-in-ghetto episode that ended up in a broken window...that nearly made it 4.

You might remember the running into the ditch episode. It wasn't really my fault cuz I've heard a lot of people have missed that left hand turn on rainy days like mine. That crazy car flipped on it's side and the horn got stuck on. Andria said I was in some state of shock when I called, but I remember having no problem locating the horn (its under the car, but remember the car was on its side) and tearing it out. The police did make me sit down for awhile citing me for altered mental status and incoherent responses. Yes, I remember staring at him when he asked me questions, but I just couldn't think of anything to say.  And my chin was numb (I think it hit the stearing wheel).  I still drove that Contour with a garbage bag tapped over the window and the air bags cut off for awhile. Can't believe I sold that one for $500. 


That other time I ended up in the ditch was kind of scary, but only because there was lots of telephone poles on that side of the road. I did turn the car off and take the keys out of the ignition while cruising at 60MPH, but a car should know not to lock its stearing wheel if it's still going really fast. I had to decide real quick if I was going to slam on the breaks or try to restart the car. I just decided to do nothing and before I knew it we drove off the road, through the ditch, in between two telephone poles, and into the field. I thought Jeremy Schietlin was going to really give it to me, but he didn't say a thing. It was very nice of him. He must have been thinking about something else because he just kind of starred out the window for some time. Or maybe it was like the time I ran into the ditch like I just mentioned and he couldn't think of anything to say.

So many memories.

I'm missing some events, but I'll let you remind me of them. I would appreciate a note or something because my wife is not providing the sort of support I hoped for. I mean, when I called to tell her I sold the Contour you would have thought the Cubs won the World Series. whew. This contour isn't as nice as the first (more like a cuisinart toaster on wheels the way it floats around), but that's no way to treat a Contour.  Either way it's gone and for the first time I'm not driving a Contour.

Clint