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Category: Driving

  • Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: O is for “Open ‘Er Up and Give ‘Er”

    Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: O is for “Open ‘Er Up and Give ‘Er”

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    Herb

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22715 – 965 Here’s the haps: On those occasions when my teenage uncle would take us boys for a ride in his 1969 Olds 442 we knew how much he loved to show off its impressive power and speed. With no seatbelts on we would lean over the…

  • I Feel Sad For New Car Owners

    I Feel Sad For New Car Owners

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    Herb

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22169 – 739: You know, I feel sorry for some of the people who drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them without all the niceties. If I were to…

  • Semi Truck Versus Pt Cruiser = Ouch!

    Semi Truck Versus Pt Cruiser = Ouch!

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    Herb

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22120-691: I was really glad that I had a post scheduled yesterday. Mrs. Herb and I were in a car accident yesterday and it was only the graceful hand of God that it wasn’t worse. We were in the 2003 PT Cruiser on our way to a…

  • My Cars

    My Cars

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    Herb

    I have never owned a brand new car. The newest car I ever owned was, I think, five years old at the time. I wound up having to trade it in for a minivan. That’s not today’s story, however. This is kind of a tag-on to yesterday’s post. I have…

  • Best Advice For Driving On Ice

    Best Advice For Driving On Ice

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    Herb

    Don’t. But, if you have to, which sometimes occurs, going slow is the first thing. The first, slightest indication that you are on a slippery surface, slow down. When one of your passengers is an almost ninety year old woman, there are a couple of things you just don’t want…

  • Low Blinker Fluid

    Low Blinker Fluid

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    Herb

    You know, I feel sorry for some of the people that drive these brand new cars.  Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them without all the niceties.  I have never bought a brand-new car, but I know…

  • Safe Driving

    Safe Driving

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    Herb

    Two elderly women were out driving in a large car — both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to herself, “I must be…

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