OK, given that the holidays can make some of us feel down, I thought a bit of humor might help. Someone sent me this newspaper clipping:

WHY MEN SHOULDN'T WRITE ADVICE COLUMNS

Dear John:
I hope you can help me. The other day, I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. My car stalled, then it broke down about a mile down the road, and I had to walk back to get my husband's help. When I got home, I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the neighbor's daughter!
I am 32, my husband is 34, and the neighbors daughter is 19. We have been married for 10 years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for the past six months. He won't go to counseling, and I'm afraid I am a wreck and need advice urgently. Can you help?
Sincerely, Sheila.

Dear Sheila:
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check the grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps.
John.

<snort>

Don't forget to check the spark plugs for proper sparking, especially early in the morning...

Sounds like a bad Ignition Module to me.
Pull it and you can have it tested for free at almost any parts store.

Phew! Time to count my blessings. At least I know my H would never respond like that if he ever got a job as an advice columnist.

(He hasn't the first clue how to fix a car.)

I wonder what Click and Clack would say...

Top ten things men know for sure about women:
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1) They have breasts.

OK. Not true...

We know other things, too.

We know they can be moody at times...

Like when we're trying to watch the game.

No wonder we always talk about cars.

I would have advised her to look for vapor lock, especially if it was an older model car, with a large Mopar engine. They're prone to that behavior.

Ima......love your staus.

Chai.......click and clack would probably say about the same thing.


ROTFL

I actually was listening to a radio talk show where people were calling in for prayer and a woman called in and asked for prayer because she suspected that her H was having an A. The male radio announcer told her that he would pray for her but that she needed to find out what her H was getting from the OW and that she should try to try harder to satisfy him to keep him faithful. OK, I know Plan A is good but for some reason I wanted to reach into the radio and strangle this guy. The woman was obviously in a lot of pain and needed more than to hear that her H is cheating because she isn't doing her job. For those of us who have been through the pain of having a cheating H the first thing that we don't need to hear is that our H are cheating because we are not doing our jobs. Maybe it's just me but his comment made me mad. Probably because my DH XOW told me that if I was doing my job at home my DH wouldn't be sleeping with her. My DH and I had what I thought was an exciting S life during his A, and I thought we were close emotionally as well because we have always talked for hours about so many things. Anyway, I think men think in black and white and we think in colors.