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One of the things that I wondered about when our friend was traveling was his car insurance. How did he keep it intact. Most states require the presence of car insurance these days, and they now have ways of checking if your car insurance is up to date even if they do not stop you and ask for proof of insurance. How do you compare auto insurance when you are traveling? How do you find a good deal with a reputable firm? I do not know. We have had our insurance with the same firm for almost 25 years now. When we did move from Arkansas to Texas, we kept the same firm, although we changed the agent to who ever was local.

I used to like the idea of travel, but thinking on all that would take to do now…don’t think it would be as enjoyable as it once was. Keeping track of people, medicine, a place to sleep, food to eat, shelter, family, friends. I guess there is something to be said for roots that are put down in one location, in one locale.

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Is it safe to drive? Well, sometimes I wonder. You hear about road rage, accidents, drunk drivers, drivers who are distracted.

I wonder when driving and doing everything else but driving became all the rage? I was always taught that you should only concentrate on driving when you were behind the wheel. I never even went through driving classes, just a friend that was very (and I mean VERY ) patient. When I first started to drive, the traffic wasn’t all that bad. Of course I learned in a small town where there weren’t any traffic jams. You still had to have car insurance of course. Since then I do not like to drive uninsured for any reason. I have been blessed with no accidents (thank God for that). The town was in a part of the country where we had definite winters with ice and snow on the road. We lived pretty close to a shopping mall that had large parking lots. When there was ice on the road, I used to go to the lot and practice skidding. Who am I kidding, it was fun to let the car slide in circles where there was no chance of being hit. Almost like being on ice skates, except I was already sitting down.

Where we live now, there is too much traffic and not enough ice or snow to go and do that ‘practice’ anymore. Now, too many times I see people in cars that are busy doing everything else except for driving. Putting on makeup, looking at maps, talking on the phone, talking to the other person in the car with them (with their face turned TO the passenger) - why is anyone surprised when they get in an accident? Is it safe to drive……pray first and ask God to keep you safe, THEN maybe it is safe. Of course I didn’t say anything about how you drive did I?

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What’s up with the advertising today? Its snotty, snide, insulting, downright nasty. How can being nasty be good advertising? Every time I hear the nastiness it makes me avoid that product. If the commercial goes out of its way to be nasty, it makes me wonder about the business ethics of those who run the business.

Some commercials are cute or fun. There’s one advertising car insurance and it shows two presidential lookalikes racing limos–funny! Improbable, but funny. The gecko is okay, so is the chihuahua. What I don’t dig are nasty little brats who get goodies by acting nasty. People being put down and criticized just do not give happy feelings. Okay, how about the food ads (much shorter than commercials, right?) that feature either the two morons or the bickering married couple? The way they gripe with one another makes me wonder why they hang out together. Not a very good way to advertise good tasting food. Show the food more, forget the grouchiness! People spend more money when they feel good. Grouchiness or nastiness AIN’T gonna do it for me. That’s my grouchiness talking here.

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