It Would Be A Public Service, Really. Feeding The Car-Less.

With the hot weather here to stay, there's been an explosion of people driving their side-by-sides to town. They're like fancier Gators. Like souped-up golf carts. Some of them can go 80 mph, Farmer H says. That doesn't mean they SHOULD! They annoy me on the road, because there are no SIDES on a side-by-side. Some have seatbelts, some don't. People don't wear helmets. Think about how dangerous that is! How can a passenger survive if hit by an actual CAR that belongs on the road???

Anyhoo... they just annoy me from a safety standpoint. They annoy Farmer H because people don't have to pay taxes and have licenses on them like a car, yet they think they have the same driving rights as a car.

I was two cars behind a side-by-side at Dairy Queen the other day. The woman driving it could not seem to get it in gear. Every time she pulled forward in the drive-thru line, she would turn it off. Then have trouble getting it to move forward again. It kind of jumped, like it may get out of control! Also, a young girl kept getting out of the back seat and walking around behind it to get in the other side. BELT HER! Is what I wanted to say. With a seatbelt connotation, of course.

Anyhoo... one day I encountered FIVE side-by-sides on my hour trip to town. Sometimes they come out our gravel road. Sometimes they turn off before. But here's what I have been fantasizing thinking about...

I CAN FEED THE CAR-LESS!!!

Yep. It's dust season out here in Hillmoma. Clouds of dust billow up behind T-Hoe once I turn onto our gravel road. If a side-by-side just happens to be behind me, the driver and passengers are going to get their fill of dust! They won't just be satiated. They will be bloated like post-Thanksgiving Dinner after eating my dust.

Just one more service Mrs. Hillbilly Mom provides.