It is not my intent to be a cranky old man, but it may be too late. My driver’s license expires tomorrow. Last week, the General looked at setting an appointment for me and found that appointments few and far between. Prior to COVID, you could walk into a DPS office and wait your turn in line. The way I see it, most Americans returned to business as usual a couple of years ago. Not so with the Texas DPS.
A friend recently said, “The best place to go to renew your driver’s license is New Braunfels.” She added that the DPS building is large, and the employees are friendly. I had the General check, and they don’t have an open appointment time until late June. Did I mention this is the middle of March? We checked another locality, and they are booked until sometime in August.
I recognize that it may be a while before I am able to drive. I will need to be free of the orthopedic boot before I get behind the wheel. Of course, in a perfect world I could shed the boot and wear house shoes in the car and drive just fine. I’m going to float that idea with my doctor next week.
I have not driven in the past 2 ½ months. That means the General, who hates to drive, is behind the wheel. I promise you, that is not a good experience for either of us! I need an “I’m Mad Too Eddie” bumper sticker.
Eddie Childs, was reportedly a cantankerous, colorful, hard-nosed business man. Reportedly, “Chiles was politically to the right of Attila the Hun and ironically inspired by the crazed anchorman prophet, Howard Beale. Every night Beale would scream at the cameras, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
Eddie Childs picked up the banter. He took to the radio waves with a similar proclamation: “I’m Eddie Childs and I’m mad! Then he would go off on a rant about his three favorite topics: big government, big government, and big government.”
Please hear me say, I’m Don Forrester and tomorrow I turn seventy-seven years of age. Driving two lane country road with the rag top down on my Miata relaxes me. Currently I’m wound up tighter than a eight day clock and the “appointment only stance” of the DPS makes me madder than Eddie Childs.
All My Best!
Don
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