{"id":216,"date":"2012-06-07T01:30:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T01:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=216"},"modified":"2012-06-07T01:30:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T01:30:48","slug":"our-old-ford-is-not-a-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Our Old Ford Is Not A Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a060 min lifting at the “Y”<\/p>\n

“…Our old Ford, our dear old Ford, though it’s a wreck, it’s all we can afford…”<\/p>\n

Back in High School we did a skit and two classmates sang this song in front of a pic an old Ford car. \u00a0It looked like it was on its last legs. \u00a0Well, we have a Ford, too. \u00a0It is a 1985, F150, long bed pick-up truck. \u00a0My husband picked it up at an auction for $800.00. \u00a0After we put in a new engine, brakes, tires…it has turned into a reliable vehicle. \u00a0We use it for hauling stuff and we let the neighbors use it, too. \u00a0It is a nice “get to know your neighbor”\u00a0vehicle.<\/p>\n

The only real tricky thing left regarding this truck (aside from the transmission) is the fuel gauge. \u00a0It has been in our experience that if the gauge says E is really means 1\/2 full. \u00a0But when it gets to the big red E, we fill it up anyway. \u00a0It makes us feel better.<\/p>\n

Today, my Son and I left town to go to Starkville (about 20 miles away) and the gauge said that we had a 1\/4 tank of gas. \u00a0No problem! \u00a0And away we went. Got to Starkville, ran our errand and started home. \u00a0Got two blocks and the truck starting singing to us, “Sputter, sputter, spit, sputter”. \u00a0Oh-oh! \u00a0We had actually run out of gas! \u00a0Can you believe it!?! The gas gauge was right for once. \u00a0The big red E really meant E!<\/p>\n

Right about this time, the cavalry arrived in the form of my parents. \u00a0We were just a few blocks away from their house and they came to our rescue with a gas can. \u00a0They followed us to the gas station “Just to be sure.”, and we\u00a0toddled on home. \u00a0End of story.<\/p>\n

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Our old Ford<\/p><\/div>\n

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