Not only cars...

When you have an old car, after awhile you realize you're driving a hope and a prayer and not much else. It shudders when you start it up, it wheezes around corners, and you replace the fuel lines and the battery, but it still wobbles a bit. Then the brakes start to go, and you can no longer trust it on the highway, so for the most part it just sits in the yard. And one day you realize it's time.

Most things eventually lose their energy, they get a bit over-the-hill, a bit creaky. Sometimes what was there is fine, and a bit of a tinker here and a twitch there works. And just maybe too much tinkering will kill it entirely. The old body just can't handle new gears, new wiring, new anything. It fits what it is, and if you mess with it, you've lost the entire thing. That applies to cars, tractors, people, and blogs. What works, works. Love it for what or who it is, and stop trying to make it keep up with the big guys. If we wanted fancy, we'd have GONE there.

let's try this one

now I know why I dislike this new format I have been trying for a half hour to post a simple poem, and no matter what I do, blogger sees this as a solid block of text. I can't even delete the thing. For the longest time it was in 20 pt type which is more suitable for stop signs and Railraod warnings...Good job, Blogger. You win.