{"id":79255,"date":"2020-05-18T08:43:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=79255"},"modified":"2020-05-18T08:43:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:43:17","slug":"the-old-coot-drives-a-buick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/05\/18\/the-old-coot-drives-a-buick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Coot drives a Buick?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m driving a Buick. My first one. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s become of me. I shunned Buicks. And Oldsmobile\u2019s, Dodges, DeSoto\u2019s, Cadillac\u2019s all my life. A younger me, associated these sedans with boring, conservative, older people (older than me at the time anyhow). I opted for VW Bugs, VW Busses, MG\u2019s, Chevy\u2019s and Fords. As I grew closer to old coot age, I turned to Isuzu Troopers, Miata\u2019s and Jeeps (young people\u2019s cars). <\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m wheeling around in a Buick. It\u2019s seven years old, but it\u2019s still a Buick. I have no shame; I\u2019m old and accept it. And now prove it in my Buick. The word \u201cBuick\u201d was a joke when I belonged to a younger crowd. If someone was sick during the night, especially from overindulging, they would report, \u201cI was a Buick salesman last night.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what it sounds like when you are on your knees hugging the terlit and spilling your stomach contents. Buick! Buick! Buick! Now, I\u2019m the joke. Not on my knees saying the word Buick, but driving around in one.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019ve offended any young Buick owners, I\u2019m sorry, but you shouldn\u2019t be driving around in a Buick. You should get yourself a Jeep Wrangler or something impractical like that and get a Buick when you become a dinosaur. <\/p>\n

Switching to a Buick isn\u2019t the only adjustment I\u2019ve made on this adventure into the land of the aged. Last year I had to switch to a girl\u2019s bike, so I could get off without tipping over, and doing a perfect imitation of a newborn colt, standing on his legs for the first time, as I tried to get up off the ground. I kept catching my foot on the seat and proved incapable of remembering to allow for it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not sure even that girl\u2019s bike will work for me in the long haul. I\u2019ve been thinking about getting a three-wheel bike. A \u201cBuick\u201d to the cycling world. Anyhow, they are hard to find and I don\u2019t want to invest another wad of cash like I did last year, experimenting with the girl\u2019s bike. If you have a reasonably priced three-wheeler you want to get rid of, drop me a line (mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I\u2019m tooling around in my Buick, waiting for summer weather. It\u2019s loaded: heated seats, remote starter, heated steering wheel, power seat with memory, Bluetooth and all the rest of modern automobile gadgetry. Things you don\u2019t find in a Jeep Wrangler unless you are willing to spend real big bucks. When the weather finally warms up, I\u2019ll test my skills on the two-wheel girl\u2019s bike, then it\u2019s onward and upward. Up the next rung on the old coot ladder. <\/p>\n

Comments, complaints. Send to mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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