Car Care

A ThirdAger standing in the waiting room of an automobile repair shop is staring intently through the window into the shop area.

"What are you looking at?" the shop foreman asks.

"I've been watching that mechanic for the last 15 minutes. Now there's a man who knows his business! He didn't spill a drop of oil on the ground. He put the hood down gently, fastened it, then wiped it to make sure there were no fingerprints on it. He wiped his hands on a clean towel before opening the door, spread a clean cloth over the upholstery, then backed out slowly and carefully into the street."

"Yeah," says the foreman. "That's his own car."