Friday, February 03, 2012
A 'Minnesota Fred' Project
The Lumina has an unconventional door handle.
Last Monday, I pulled the door handle to throw my gym bag onto the back seat and the door didn't open...worse yet, the handle had a suspiciously 'loose' feel to it...
Not to be deterred from my trip to the gym, I opened the passenger side door, threw my gym bag onto the back seat and crawled over the console to the driver's side.
A horrible thought struck me! What if I'm in an accident and can't get out?
Voila! I could open the door from the inside; so I was good to go.
Pieces have been ordered.
We were told that this is a common problem with the Lumina.
I wonder why...
Minnesota Fred would tell me to ride my bike to the gym, to the store, to the library and to the post office. Well, I live out in the country, unlike Minnesota Fred. The nearest store, library or post office to which I can ride safely, and safely is the key word here, is seven miles away!
And there is no place near-by to go swimming in the winter!
With gas prices going up, I may be riding my bike!
___________________________________________________________
It's about that time.
Since my cone flowers are growing so well, I decided to 'start' some sweet peas with my tomatoes and peppers.
How did I decide on sweet peas?
Do you know?
_______________________________________________________________
# posted by Martha @ 7:33 PM 
