After I made my pledge to Kathy, she had serious doubts about the veracity of my stick-to-it-ness -- that is, until last week, when I was pulling into the driveway. --- I turned-in, stopped, put it in park, turned off the ignition, and opened the driverÆs door - dinking the cladding ever-so-slightly against a large concrete planter <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

I immediately cringed and shrieked like a little girl.
(I didnÆt know that I could even make a sound that high-pitched!)

Unbeknownst to me, Kathy was standing at the front door and witnessed the whole thing û including the look on my face, and the almost above human hearing-range screechà and she was still laughing when got to the front door.

ôIt looks like I really donÆt have to worry about you 4-wheeling it after all, huh? û But thatÆs OK, in order to save-face, you can still use me as your excuse to all of your friends.ö

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Brother, until itÆs paid off, youÆve got a better shot at getting me to go skydiving without a parachute.
However, auto-crossing it through the forest like the proverbial Bat Out of Hell <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />
àwell, thatÆs another story entirely <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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