WHAT a gorgeous afternoon! Cool but not too cool, warm but not too warm. Cute little kids behind us playing in their yard. Birds gliding around…DANG! But this part of the neighborhood is THE business.
Days have gone by without a car, and y’know what has happened?
That’s right:
nothing
Not one single catastrophe has occurred in the absence of the Dog Chariot.
It appears that my son is right: I really don’t NEED a car.
Over the past week, I’ve had no problem getting to the various places I need to go, either on foot or by Uber cab. Mostly on foot: a good 90% of the places I go and things I need are within easy walking distance.
A-N-N-N-D…. A guy who drives an Uber cab lives right across the street! About 90% of the time he’s just sitting there…so if I do need a serious ride, all I have to do is walk across the street and lean on his doorbell.
😀
Seriously: I would never have thought it was so easy to get around this part of town without a vehicle.
Knowing it sooner than this could’ve saved me a lot of money, eh?
So…now I suppose we need to decide what we should do with the car, which presently resides at my son’s place. Hmmmm. What are the options, anyway?
* Give the damn thing, lock stock and over-priced barrel, to my son. Lucky him, eh?
He, of course, has his own hole in the ground into which to pour money, so the truth is, he has no need for another one.
* Sell it and run off with a wad of money.
Hmmm…and what IS the tax implication of that maneuver? Have to check into that.
* Speaking of tax implications, donate it to a worthy cause.
Would that not convert it from a tax liability into a tax deduction? Hmmm, again: let us check with our beloved Tax Lady to find out what that really means.
Well. My own thought, to the extent that I still think these days, is to give it to the Kid and let him decide what he wants to do with it. On the other hand: that seems a little self-defeating, if I could take a several-thousand-dollar tax deduction by donating it. On the other other hand, WGAS? if the car is something he needs and can really use, what do I care whether I can extract a deduction from it?
Well. I guess we’d better confer with our tax accountant before making a decision. But…hmmmm….I’d just as soon fork it over to my son as to a charity or to the government. But…let us see what we shall see.