Saturday, April 5th, 2008
R.I.P 96 Volvo The following is a conversation I had with my brother tonight:

Bro: I have bad news...
Me:ummm...ok
Bro: It's about the volvo....it has gone to that automobile shop in the sky
Me: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Apparently the fuel something or other has killed the car just short of 200,000 miles.
That car was my first car after my brother left for college. It provided alot of great memories.

I hit two deer with that vehicle...
I got that car stuck in the mud...at 3am...while attempting to drive up a steep hill of grass....at my high school.
I fell asleep at the wheel 1 mile from my house...at a stop sign...and hit my senior citizen next door neighbor. He was taken away in an ambulance even though I hit him going an estimated....less than 5 miles per hour.

Somehow after all that it made it Omaha, NE from Connecticut. I don't care what the mechanic says...I think homesickness was the final blow.

I'll miss you 1996 Volvo. Thanks for the memories