Saturday, November 17, 2012

Our first car.




        I am going to tell funny stories randomly from now on. They will range from my early days to now. It all depends on what I can remember. LOL 
When Ann and I got married we went back to Memphis two days later, we had no car for at least a month. We walked everywhere or borrowed a car when we needed groceries. One of my friends came to me and and asked if we wanted to buy his car. He was leaving and needed the money. It was a mint green 1979 Ford Fiesta. It was rough looking and ran rough and he was only asking $300.  I gave him the the money. There was a ten speed bike in the back and asked him about it. He says "you can have it, just in case the car breaks down" Now I was worried!  The car got us from point A to point B and back for at least two months, ran only on three cylinders and it was ugly. We always kept the bike in the back "just in case". About a month after owning the car, someone broke into that wonderful car and stole the bicycle. The funny thing was,the keys were in the car. The bandit broke into the passenger side not knowing the driver side was unlocked. Unless, he saw the keys and figured the bike was a better deal!!