SepteRemember: John #7
I don't like to drive and haven't from the very beginning. As John is only a year younger than me, I was particularly enthusiastic about him learning how to drive and getting his license. So, of course, he could drive me around.
We had a couple cars at the time, one of which was a full-size Chevy van. John's a pretty good driver but for some reason he kept veering to the right side of the road. I asked him what was going on and he said he was trying to keep the steering wheel straight. I looked over and sure enough the horizontal supports on the steering wheel were askew which made driving like an airplane pilot a bit of an adventure. He thought he had to have them parallel to the ground.
Stay on the road, John!
I loved that van, in spite of its steering wheel not being properly aligned. I still feel bad about its ignominious end.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to it? I don't remember.
ReplyDeleteI had it in Florida when I lived there with Mike and Beth, it had some mechanical problem and we had it towed to some place to get it fixed. We kept calling them and they kept putting us off and finally Mike went over to find out what was going on and found that they had been using it as a dumpster and it was full of trash. I think they offered to buy it or we just gave it to them or something I don't really remember exactly. It just seemed and sad way to go for a van that had served us so well for so long and that we had so many good trips and memories in.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I've ever heard that story. That makes me sad and a little sick.
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