tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645917165244450319.post1448697966629880283..comments2024-03-29T05:30:36.433+03:00Comments on Elaine Benton: My warrantee has run out!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645917165244450319.post-18514075973916267742012-09-13T01:04:15.091+03:002012-09-13T01:04:15.091+03:00I love it. Yes, I'd like an oil and lube job o...I love it. Yes, I'd like an oil and lube job on my stiff joints and I wouldn't mind a battery recharge. Perhaps change the spark plugs and a new windshield would help too. <br /><br />Who knows? Maybe someday your late-night fantasy will be a reality. Who'd a thunk 30 years ago that we'd be carrying cell phones around so I suppose anything is possible. <br /><br />Feel better soon. GRACE PETERSONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520343332670354262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645917165244450319.post-71827897581189681622012-09-12T20:01:21.331+03:002012-09-12T20:01:21.331+03:00A warranty might be worthless, because most expire...A warranty might be worthless, because most expire after the first ninety days. Warranties are designed to favor the manufacturer, most of whom are confident that their product will last those first ninety days.<br /><br />Frankly, I think the warranty expires the day we’re born. In this day and age, when doctors seem to delight in telling us the leading causes of cancer, heart disease, etc., I’ve always believed the leading cause of death is birth.<br /><br />Maybe instead of a warranty a Lemon Law would be good. You know, like they do for automobiles? Too many things go wrong with it during the first six months of ownership and you can turn it in for a new one.<br /><br />Knock on wood, my health through fifty-five years has been reasonably good. My girlfriend recently convinced me to play on her coed softball team. Well, I haven’t played softball in fifteen years. The next day I paid a small price for it. Not sore mind you, but a trifle stiff: my body telling me, “You remember when you did this when you were twenty-five and I never complained? Well, I’ve got a few complaints for you now …”<br /><br />Complaints are one thing; but it’s tough when you get that final recall notice.<br /><br />I don’t think you’ve been watching too many science fiction movies; you just have a healthy imagination. It’s healthy, too, to dream. So maybe your better days are behind you. But so what? Just remind yourself that your best days are ahead of you—when you finally conquer the Great Divide.<br /><br />A fun read, Elaine.J. Conrad Guesthttp://jconradguest.comnoreply@blogger.com