Close to Home by John McPherson for December 05, 2020

Bleeb you better find some place safer before she tries to back the car out of the garage.

It’s best if she doesn’t look in a mirror.

Also, didn’t want to hit the cute little squirrel in the driveway.

Joie Chitwood school of parking graduate.

Seeing this scenario reminded me of the time my aunt (driving an English Ford) turned her car around in the garage because she didn’t want to back it out.

My niece took hers off backing out. $700. I take note of my mirrors when I back on now.

Yup, sometimes a little win leads to a big loss.

Oh, quit perpetuating a stereotype.

Bleeb still hasn’t recovered from it…

Time for some more of Ol’ Grampa’s wisdom. When I was a youngster, my Ol’ Grampa was trying to teach me to be careful of what people give me. I wasn’t sure why, but his advice had always proved useful. So I said: “why do I need to be careful about what someone gives me… I mean, it’s a gift, right? So it’s gotta be good?” He said: “Dobe”, he always called me Dobe, he said: “Dobe, gift or not, it might not always be what it appears to be, so just be careful. I’ll give you an example. A long time ago, I was a bus driver, and I used to drive this group of little old ladies from Texas to Louisiana to the gambling casinos. They might have been older, but they enjoyed gambling as much as anybody. Anyway, during that long trip, one of those sweet little old ladies got out of her seat and walked up to the front of the bus and a tapped me on the shoulder and offered me a handful of peanuts. I graciously accepted them and thanked her, and she went back to her seat. About twenty minutes later, she did it again. Again, I graciously accepted. Another twenty or thirty minutes went by and she did it again. This time, I asked her why she was giving me all of her peanuts and wouldn’t her and her friends rather eat them?” She told me: “Oh dear me, we are all just a bunch of little old ladies with dentures and can’t eat peanuts…. we just like to suck the chocolate off them.” “So Dobe, THAT is why I’m telling you to be careful of what you accept as a gift!”

Ol’ Grampa hasn’t been wrong yet!

My 2011 Yukon XL doesn’t fit in my 1974 garage.

How fast do you have to be going to need to SWERVE. He’s lucky she didn’t take the back of the garage out.

I want to know what that leaf rake is made of…

Was she coming or going? Not that it really matters.

I hope Bleeb is OK.

Bleeb is just another backseat driver…

Who’s gonna get bleeb out?

Poor Bleeb looks rattled.

So you decided to park on the lawn mower???

so why is it always a woman who wrecks the car?

Why does he have his jammies and robe on?