Warming Up Those Buns!!

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While the photo is a play on the title (my hamburger buns warming up in the skillet), there’s one thing that I absolutely cannot live without anymore: heated seats in the car. Heck, I have that thing on (temporarily, of course) in the summer! That’s what old age and a bad back will do for you. It’s funny how they put these “luxuries” in automobiles and I think, “WHY? I’d never need that!” Now, with the arthritis in my hands, I’m even eyeing a heated steering wheel for the next car (assuming this one dies and makes me buy a new one eventually). I’m being dragged into modern conveniences slowly but surely. In 1981 I bought a car that was, quite literally, the cheapest thing they had on the lot (my thing died on the lot, so I was stuck) so my little E-3 Navy salary could afford it. It had standard transmission (the salesman was amazed that a 21-year-old woman could drive a stick..that’s courtesy of the old “three on the tree” car we had when I was little, when my dad would let me shift the gears), no A/C, no radio, no nothing except a steering wheel and four tires. Not only was it one of the best cars I ever owned, it acclimated me to minimalism in my cars. As they got fancier, I opted for the standard transmission, no A/C versions (much to the chagrin of the car dealerships). Eventually, however, the stick shift has gone by the wayside, and A/C is standard equipment. Thankfully, in the model of Honda I have, so are the heated seats. Warm up those buns!!!!! The attached artwork is my own photograph. I call it Hamburger Buns in an Electric Skillet.