I neglected to mention that we did all our driving in Doug’s pickup truck. It was the kind that had a back seat. Stan laughingly explained that Doug had had a gray Buick sedan which he, Stan, called the hearse. When they bought their current house, they decided to trade the Buick for the truck. It was bright red. Doug explained that he’d chosen that color so it would match Stan’s car.
“What kind of car does Stan have?” I was wondering why we were riding around in a truck if Stan had a car. “Oh, we’ll show you. But it won’t hold three people. It’s a Thunderbird.”
Sure enough, when we got home, they opened the garage and there was the bright red sports car, the kind Ford made for a few years in the early 21st Century. “It’s perfect for the two of us, but no good when we have guests. So I t
