All Comments on 'Walking for Christmas'

. . . but nicely done. As usual, your background is solid. Excellent job!

-- Wil Cox

I'm not sure about the need to lubricate a vehicle (even an old one) every couple of hundred miles, but the story was a good read. Fortunately very short. 4*

My dad told me tales of being a kid, living in Michigan in the 1930’s where his dad worked for General Motors. Every summer his dad would drive them to the grandparents farm where they stayed for a month although grandad had to go back to work on Monday, so stayed just overnight and then drove back. A month later he would drive back, pick up the family and take them home.

Dad said that the 160 mile one way trip took virtually a full day, and always resulted in at least one flat tire, often two, so whenever they headed out on the trip grandad always loaded up a second spare tire. He did a full lube job on the car before they started out, and again before he headed home alone.

Most of us have no clue about the quality and reliability of modern automobiles in relation to what our great grandparents, sometimes even our parents, had to live with.

thanks for a feel good story. It's nice to read about good people helping others who love and respect each other.

An odd story but worth 5 stars .

Damns with faint praise.