Goodbye Old Friend

Posted on August 17, 2026 | 2 Comments

trimmer floydSometimes I push back against the ‘out with the old, in with the new’ mindset – even though I know everything runs out of time eventually.  Until my mechanic told me that the frame had a year left on it, I thought my truck would outlive me.  I liked driving my old truck and manually shifting gears, but a few days ago it made some sounds that were a cause for concern.  Thursday night I sold my trusty 2002 Toyota Tundra truck to a stranger with cash.  He didn’t care that the frame was rusted and creaking.  We shook hands, I signed the title over to him, and later that night I looked outside and didn’t see my truck parked there anymore.

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2 Responses to Goodbye Old Friend

  1. Hoovie | August 19, 2026 at 12:39 pm | Reply

    Unwanted change and progress are for the young “US”, settling into is the normal for us. Same house, same car same wife, …..we want nothing less. This is why we don’t move or buy new , or used, anything. The freshness of new is wasted on us that want to settle for what we have and had.

    Love you brother

  2. Hoovie | August 19, 2026 at 12:42 pm | Reply

    ……(I wish you luck in finding a well preserved Doge Dart in a barn, that needs an oil change and fuel in the tank. OH, and a sold in dash Cassette player,…with knobs, not digital, to search out AM and G
    FM stations.)

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