Patrick’s Day, I was scanning used and classic car listings on Craigslist, when I came across this ’74 Maverick Grabber. Blessed / cursed Craigslist.Ībout two weeks ago, around the weekend of St. Just one more hit on the ol’ list of Craig. I’ve occasionally been that guy who was glued to his phone a good fifteen to thirty minutes after I was supposed to have been already sawing logs. I have a few weaknesses, and my phone is one of them. smartphones, tablets, etc.) should be turned off and stowed at least a half hour before lights out. I’ve read it recommended that for optimum sleep, all electronic devices (i.e. This is how this whole Maverick episode started. Still, I had managed to squirrel away a bit of funds for the one big trip, project, or toy to keep myself entertained. I’ve tried to save a bunch for retirement at the behest of my older brother, so I live off a relatively small percentage of what I make. With me having no spouse, partner or kids to be responsible for, one would think I’d be regularly doing the backstroke in a pile of cash on my living room floor but, alas, this is not the case. My neighborhood on the north side, Edgewater, while not the most congested on the planet, is still packed densely enough so that parking is either tricky (on the street) or expensive (for covered or designated spaces).įinances also played a role in my heretofore car-less state. I haven’t owned a car since 2003, having moved that year to Chicago, a city with a truly world-class public transportation system. Sometimes, it has been sheer torture to read about those of you who enjoy taking your own prized cars and trucks out for a drive, doing both light maintenance and also big projects, and also telling the stories of how you came to own and become attached to your own rides. Many of you familiar with my writing have probably read, on multiple occasions, how I’ve expressed a desire to buy a curbside classic of my own.
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