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CAR People over 50 increasingly encounter the same
problem....our cars get lost. At first, we think we are coming down with
Alzheimer's. But one day I was standing in front of a Home Depot trying to
remember where I had parked my truck, and noticed two other people of the
same age staring bewilderedly into the parking lot. We exchanged glances.
"You too?" one asked. "Yep." So we organized...the first person to find
their car would carry the other two people around in a search of the
parking lot until we had all found our cars and trucks. It was obviously
not the dreaded disease of old age. It was the more common malady of
post-50 called "Can't Remember Shit" or CRS. After several years of losing cars in shopping
mall parking lots, airport parking lots, and concert hall lots, it became
obvious one needs a strategy to deal with this problem. An anecdotal study of members of my generation
produced numerous helpful hints to avoiding the lost car
problem. PARK IN THE SAME PLACE: One
solution, insofar as possible, is to always park in the same place at each
store. In order to insure a parking spot, this usually means parking far
away from the store, but the walking is good. TIE SOMETHING COLORFUL TO THE
CAR: One friend carries a red ribbon around, and ties it to her
door handle. Another puts a balloon on her antenna. This works, as long as
someone doesn't steal the ribbon (or the car). BUY A UNIQUE CAR: A serious
problem faces those with generic cars and trucks, such as Camrys, Accords,
and Ford Explorers....there will be 70 cars or trucks of the same make and
color in the parking lot. Purple cars are easy to find (but get you
stopped by the Border Patrol frequently). USE YOUR REMOTE: Another
friend just points his remote to the parking lot, and whichever car lights
up, that's his. This doesn't help when three cars of the same make and
color open up, which happens sometimes. WRITE DOWN THE LOCATION: While
this might seem an obvious solution, the problem is remembering where you
put your note, especially if you've left you car at an airport and been
gone for a week. One friend writes the location on the inside of his shoe,
another has a post-it note tacked to his driver's license. * * * If you have any suggestions, please send them
to FIND YOUR CAR and we'll
add them to this last. Copyright 2000 by Hugh Holub
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