"Milestone!!"
I was born in the 70's...
Our family always drove
"new-to-us" cars...
not brand new cars from
the showroom floor.
It was a different time...
a time when families bought
what they could afford...
no more and no less.
Credit cards were not
an everyday item...
In the 1970's
We paid cash for everything...
It's just how we did things.
Car payments were
not an extra bill a lot
of families wanted to take on ...
If something on the car broke,
you fixed it yourself, if you could...
and if not, the local mechanic was always a good bet.
I know our family was
the proud owner of
at least five or so different
cars that I can remember...
My dad always picked out
good looking cars...
Some of our cars were
certainly better than others...
Many we remember for their quirks...
the weird seats, or after-market horns...
the fancy wheels or the tiny-triangle
backseat windows.
Truthfully,
the quirks gave us funnier stories
and fonder memories.
My dad would cheerfully announce
from the driver's seat:
"Milestone!!"
We would all peer
into the dashboard and
watch the odometer slowly
flip to a brand new number.
49,999...and then...wait for it...
"50,000 miles --and she runs like new!!"
Wise words...
from my real-life 1970's dad!!
Today, I am happy to announce from my
desk chair at my computer:
"Milestone!!"
because....
