So the car's back in the shop again. The gear shift seized up while I was in the parking lot at Target on Saturday -- I was in an exit lane and couldn't shift out of Park -- facilitating a tow back to the good men of Emerson Auto. They're still looking into it. Something with the solenoid valve malfunctioning.... but for still unknown reasons. They'll call me when they figure it out and when they know what it's going to cost.
Meanwhile, I found a stray penny on the ground in the office kitchen today. I have very few supersitions in life, but one is that one should never walk past a stray penny on the ground without risking bad luck. So I picked it up. And discovered that the date on the penny is the year of my birth.
What are the odds of a 1973 sitting in my path on a day where luck is sorely needed?
Woo-hoo!
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@Karin. For a writer, this should offer any number of plotting possibilities.
-----squigkato
As in the show Avenue Q "It's a siiiiiiiiign!" Have you seen that show?
The old '97 Saturn SL2's transmission finally went out over Vail Pass returning from Christmas in Minnesota. 362 thousand miles and a few hundred more on top of that. I guess the old girl was just tired and needed some rest. The engine was still good, but I just couldn't see paying for a new transmission. We covered some ground in our days (40 states), but I guess it was time to retire the best car I ever had. . .
Now, what to get to replace the old girl???
@all. Good news! Only an 85-dollar disabling of the emergency gear shift lock. The car lives to drive another day...
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