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GoingsMarch 25, 2010 Uhura Mazda has gone to the salvage yard. I drove her down to the nearby West Tisbury School to save the tow truck the trouble of coming in the dirt road I live on and maneuvering around the driveway. That saved me $25. Once I learned that the towing would only cost me $50, I decided against driving Uhura over to County Road. Not only was the steering funky, but since last Friday she's been unregistered and uninsured. I could probably have made it to the salvage yard without incident. I'd decided on principle that to save $100 or more I'd take the risk. (Seven years ago it cost $200 to tow Tesah Toyota away, and by that point her head gasket was blown and she wasn't going anywhere under her own power.) To save $50? Not worth it. So Uhura's gone. After I pulled the title out of my files to sign over to the salvage man, I noticed that it had been transferred on me on March 19, 2003 -- exactly seven years to the day before Malvina Forester became mine. I also went riding this afternoon -- for the first time in at least three months! Allie was spookier than usual and not as responsive, but this isn't surprising. We took it fairly easy, and a ride that usually takes 45 minutes took an hour -- up the Old Holmes Hole Road the back way to the Mai Fane meadow, around the meadow and home. Allie's barrel feels a little wider than it did in the fall, but not enough to strain my muscles. The shock absorber in my back must have been a little stiff though, because my lower back is registering mild displeasure. Not bad, though.
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