The Jerk and the Junkster

The Sneed Family Junkster. Proudly owned and operated by Merle Sneed. In a shocking development, it turns out that I might be a nag. To make matters worse, it also turns out that I am the last member of the Sneed clan to figure it out. All the rolled eyes at family gatherings should have tipped me off, had I noticed, but I was too busy wowing them, or so I thought. Yesterday, older son Sneed and daughter-in-law Sneed arrived at our house driving a brand new Acura MDX, which is the luxury version of the lovely Mrs. Sneed's Honda Pilot, but that's another story. The real story is their concern about what I would think or more to the point, what I would say. I didn't think anyone cares what I think, but when daughter-in-law Sneed announced that they had leased the car as a joke to break the ice, it seemed obvious that they do, and that's not a good thing. I am the guy who rains on eveyone's parade, so while what I care may not matter, what I might say definitly does. Later, as son Sneed browsed the real estate ads in the paper, I asked him if he was plotting to buy a new house. Even I recognized that I sounded like a judgemental jerk. So here's my resolution. I will try to keep my big mouth shut about other people's financial decisions. Unless they are strangers, in which case all bets are off. As for me, I intend to drive the wheels off the Junkster, pictured above. This little beauty is a 2001 Mazda B3000 with 45,000 miles on it. Years of service remain. Years of payment-free service, I hasten to add. It is nearly as good as the Acura. They have a rear-view camera, the Junkster has a rear-view mirror. Acura, a voice-controlled sound system, Junster, a finger-controlled radio. Acura, a GPS, Junkster, a map behind the seat. Its a tossup as I figure it. Merle Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong and sometimes just full of it. Tag: Daily Life Personal Finance Humor