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While I was out at lunch today, I stopped an accident from happening. I was in a parking lot and two cars were backing out of a space at the same time. I was driving down the row in my car - having just come from lunch. The cars backing out were moving quite slowly, so I thought that one would probably see the other, but they kept getting closer and closer, so I eventually blew my horn to warn of the impending collision.

By the way, I love the horn on my Mini. It's not one of those whiny horns like so many foreign cars get, it has a good 'old American horn that is nice and loud.

Anyway, I blew my horn and the cars stopped. I was maybe 25 feet away from the scene. One of the drivers then leaned on his horn and drove off. He probably thought that the other car blew the horn at him. Crisis averted. I hope they appreciate my good will.

What Did Van Learn Today? ... Getting good karma is not always welcomed

Whenever I see a praying mantis in distress I usually take the opportunity to help the poor little guy out. At the ballpark one day, I saved one from a couple of curious kids that only wanted to abuse it. I picked it up and dropped it over the fence where they couldn't get to it.

Praying mantises are cute little creatures that are relatively harmless and, in fact, protected by federal law, due their endangered status.


So, yesterday I found one crawling around on the outside of my car. The trouble was that I had already driven away and by the time I saw it, I was getting ready to get on the highway. I said to myself - "self," he is not going to survive at highway speeds. And besides, he was looking in the window at me as if he was asking for help. Anyway, I pulled over as soon as I could and he was still on my window, so I reached out my hand to help him off the car. I'll tell you, I don't think he wanted any help. He jumped off my car quicker than lightning - luckily into the grass and not into traffic.

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