Learning From My Costly Mistake

When I was in college, I thought my Nissan pickup truck was so cool. It was slightly lowered, had chrome rims, and a racing steering wheel.

I had added a Tennessee Titans bobblehead doll to the dashboard and a pair of fuzzy black dice around the rearview mirror for good measure.

Yep, everything had been taken care of to make sure this ride was top-notch.

Everything, that is, but the engine.

I found that out the hard way while on my hour-and-a-half drive home from college.

As I turned down this old country highway in the middle of nowhere, the temperature gauge suddenly went full-tilt to red. I heard this terrible thumping noise coming from the front of the truck.

Then there was smoke coming from the hood—a lot of it.

I pulled over to the side of the road and was stuck. My beautiful red truck was in trouble.

This was a time before cell phones were readily available, and there wasn’t a house in sight.

Luckily, someone pulled over behind me to see if they could help.

This was lucky since I was a punk college kid with a shaved head (I started the trend when I started going bald at 20 years old) and my favorite cut-off Jim Beam t-shirt.

The fellow gave me a ride to the closest gas station and even gave me a quarter so I could use the payphone to call my dad.

Daddy (yes, I still say “daddy”) - Did you check the oil?

Me - Huh?

Daddy - The oil. Does it have any?

Me - Well, I don’t know.

Daddy - Oh, good lord. Do you mean to tell me you have that fancy stuff all over the truck, but you don’t even know if it has oil?

Me?- .....

I took care of everything but the thing that mattered the most.

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