And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In 1973 or thereabouts there was a recall on Fords with automatic transmissions. The detent in R was very tight and drivers were leaving cars in reverse instead of park.
This very thing happened to me. I thought my '70 Mustang coupe' was in park. I got out to help someone, and it left me. I wasn't so lucky. It hit another parked car some twenty feet away.
He's lucky it's a convertible!
ReplyDeleteThat was close!
ReplyDeleteIn 1973 or thereabouts there was a recall on Fords with automatic transmissions. The detent in R was very tight and drivers were leaving cars in reverse instead of park.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
This very thing happened to me. I thought my '70 Mustang coupe' was in park. I got out to help someone, and it left me. I wasn't so lucky. It hit another parked car some twenty feet away.
DeleteHe is also the guy that did not set the Parking brake.
ReplyDeleteThe parking brake, man, the parking brake! It has a function, you know.
ReplyDeleteBut be honest, how many people actually do set the parking brake?
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