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When Will I be Treated as an Adult?

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I live about two miles from this road. It is one of the places I routinely go to. Only about a half mile of that trip is on paved road. Paved, not necessarily plowed. It is one of my easier commutes. Three times a day up Spyglass road in the resort is worse if only due to the huge chuckholes. And once again unplowed road. When there are pets to be fed and/or walked you don't have the luxury of waiting until the village management decides to free the plows. Big Blue has been my magic chariot for five years. It has gotten me where I wanted to go and back again. Sometimes the most difficult part of that is my driveway. It has a failing transmission. I have debated for a month fixing it. Economically a new to me vehicle made more sense until I started dealing with car salesmen. Typical for me I did all my research first on what I wanted and what I didn't want. I am a good communicator so I told the men what I wanted. And then they told me what they thought I wanted. And I...