Aug21

until we meet again.

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after a year

of owning

my car

and driving it

multiple times

most every day

i suddenly noticed

yesterday

that it was

saying goodbye

to me

as i pulled into the garage

gathered my things

and

got ready to leave.

my message was

just a little colorful note

left on my dash

placed there

by the subaru’s

electronic heart

and

for some reason

i sighed

wistfully

and

said goodbye back.

and now that i’ve seen it

i’m sure

we’ll be saying goodbye

each and every day

for many, many more years to come.

—
it’s time to say goodbye,

but I think goodbyes are sad and

i’d much rather say hello.

hello to a new adventure.

– ernie harwell

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  4. I’m glad you share my habit of forming a close and meaningful relationships with mechanical or electrically powered objects. I don’t currently have a car, but I can tell you I’m pretty bonded with my toaster with whom I hold earnest if one-sided conversations almost every morning

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  6. I see a long friendship coming…
    My old car was saved from the car crusher after its rear was crashed by a drunk driver.
    I don’t regret my decision of having it repaired, I know sometimes it lets me down – what are mechanics for? – but I hope to keep it a few years more – our separation… I just can’t talk about it right now… 😀

    Give and take, your car deserves it! Have a great weekend together! 😀

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  11. My ancient cellphone says goodbye to me whenever I turn the power off to it… which is cute because the word is in a talk bubble being said by the little orange Cingular man who himself said goodbye to the world about 8 years ago….

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  20. Good relationships with cars are hard to find … So many of them have control issues. ‘Sounds like yours is a bit sad when the end of the day comes. You know, Beth, what you could do … is makes some audio of you reading a few of your blog posts … and play them (on a timer) in your car’s front seat, overnight, while your sleeping. Might be a coping skill for your car’s depressive symptoms. (HA!).

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  21. I only ever had an emotional attachment to one car in my life. I drove that car until she didn’t have anything more to give me. And I was sad to see her go to someone with mechanical know-how, someone who could tease a bit more life out of her than I could. 😦

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