Two short comments

First of all, when I pass by somebody stalled out in the middle of the freeway just sitting there I get annoyed. What is he waiting for? Someone is going to come up and charge him a bundle to tow his car. Why doesn't he simply push it off the freeway?

You laugh. That is dangerous you say? Is it any more dangerous that just sitting there? Houston is flat. I do not say you push a car up a hill. No one can do that. But I have several times pushed a stalled car off a freeway into a service station where I could call my AAA wrecker or call my mechanic and have him send his own wrecker. By doing so I saved myself a bundle and gotten it quickly taken care of.

One time on the Gulf Freeway feeder road a group of men came up and helped me get it up the ramp into a parking lot. The simply came out of no where and refused any compensation. I truly thought they were angels who appeared out of nowhere. "Angels unawares."

I have had to change lanes while pushing my car in rush hour traffic off I-45 North near North Main. Fortunately my travel off the freeway was all level or downhill. I think that time I had run out of gas and I coasted to an easy place. I tried to get over while I was still coasting but traffic wouldn't let me.

In my stalls over the years I have had flats, had batteries die and run out of gas. Once I was rear ended, that time I did have to accept a random wrecker. I had to get out soon. It really is better to clear out of run hour traffic as soon as possible. You can push yourself or take a wrecker. But just sitting there is a bad idea. It is also being a poor citizen. There could be collateral accidents.

Secondly I was really blessed the other day to find the last set of Trac II blades in a neighborhood CVS. For various reason I have not had to buy replacement blades for over 10 years. The last time I bought replacement blades I bought the wrong kind. I have been worrying about this day coming for several years. Finally my last blade got too dull. I had to find blades or be satisfied with disposables. I do not like disposables.

It dawned on me recently that the "trac" in Trac II describes the way the blade fits on the razor, on tracks. DOH! So I was looking for blades with tracks. Then lo and behold in the section next to the "real" blades all by itself was an old package of Trac-II's The package looked like it had been sitting there for a long time. I then I would have bought several if they had them. Wa-hoo! And praise the Lord for little graces that are big to me.