I am grateful for a car that drives
through or over pot holes with little visible effect on the vehicle. I do try
to avoid pot holes or other uneven seams in the road, but it is not always
possible. So far the car has not, after five years, developed any noticeable rattles.
Such a resilient item! The engineers that created this did a fine job of
perfecting and building on inventions ahead of them. There is a bit of dirt on
it especially from the last dirty rain. Perhaps in time dirt won’t hang around because
of someone’s brilliant idea.
I am grateful that I have not had a
flat tire that needed some attention. I remember when I first learned to drive,
my mother and I could change a flat like the pros. However, I would have a
tough time doing it now. Not sure that I even know where the jack is and how to
use it. Back in those days it might have been driving on gravel, farm roads,
but flat tires seemed to occur with great regularity.
I am grateful that the car protects me
from many types of weather conditions. Temperatures can be regulated for my
comfort as well. My hair does not even have to be a mess from the wind coming
in. When I was growing up, before the time of air conditioned cars, my family
had to take drives with the windows up and swelter in the heat. My mother could
not tolerate any wind blowing in her ears. She always wore a scarf when
outside, even in the nicest weather. She had had many ear infections which
resulted in a lacy ear drum. Even we kids in the back seat could not put a
window down more than an inch or so. I am grateful that our tolerance level was
quite high. Or perhaps we did not dare complain much.
Paula
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