You tried. Just an FYI though, duct tape sticks to everything but metal. Which makes it useless for taping the join in a duct. Crazy construction inventors.

Hey, you get points for resourcefullness AND craftiness!

At least one of our vehicles (the younger of which is 11 years old and currently visiting its favorite mechanic) jettisoned its rearview mirror in like fashion. My husband fixed it. Must be a guy thing. He did not even use duct tape.

break free break from the chains....
I chortled out loud at the picture of the duct tape right down the middle of the mirror... classic!

God bless duct tape!

LOL I had a sad little ranger pick up for many years. when it's rearview fell off I kept it on the dash and when I needed it I would just hold it up until it served it's purpose, then then redeposit it on the dash. This was more impressive than it sounds considering i was working the stick as well.

Too freakin' funny! Glad you and the Jeep survived. Yay, Dad!

If it is any consolation, I too have used duct tape for auto repairs. My old car needed new wiper blades. Desperately. Try as I may, I am NOT a handy woman, but I am very, very *ahem* frugal. I marched myself to my trusty Canadian Tire (Canada's "everything you could possibly need for the home or auto" store) and bought new wiper blades.

I declined the nice man's offer to install my new wiper blades for what seemd to be an exhorbitant sum. I mean, how hard could it be? *Famous Last Words* The old blades refused to come off without a fight. Not being the most patient of lasses, it's possible that I broke the brackets that were needed to install the new ones. It is also possible that I swore enough upon breaking said brackets to make a sailor blush. But I digress...

See earlier note about cheapness... *er* I meant frugality. There was NO possible way I was marching myself back to Canadian Tire to get new arms for the wipers. NO SIREE, bob! I duct-taped those suckers on, and there they stayed for 4 years until I bought a new car.

Duct tape really is the wonder tool!

Red Green (he's Harold's uncle, but he's my hero) would be so proud! He would also help you build a new vehicle out of two satellite dishes and a golf cart! And duct tape!

But never mind that. I'm so glad your beloved Jeep will be holding on for one more day. Isn't it funny how attached we get to our cars? (Mine is called Eugene. He is my dear friend.) :)

My first year of college, many years ago, I drove a 1979 Ford Ranger Huge Honkin' Truck. My lovely dearie would frequently drop bits and bobs along the highway, but its fave thing to dump was the rearview. Of course, being a college student, I had to park on campus which required one of those little hang-y parking pass thingies, but I never seemed to have a rearview from which to hang it. So I placed the pass prominently on the dashboard. No prob for months, until one day The Truck just wasn't there. Nowhere. The college parking nazis had towed it! They saw the pass, saw the lack of rearview, saw the obvious sad poorness of my station in life... and STILL TOWED MY TRUCK! From then on, I tied the pass to the rearview, and placed the whole conglomeration on the dash. Bite me, parking nazis.

You forgot to use a coat hanger with that there duct tape. UR2 funny!

Is it weird that every time I see a red Jeep I think to myself, "Hi Laurie!"

when my rearview mirror fell off the windshield, I went out and bought one of those big mirrors that you can clip to the visor. I used that as a rearview until I was able to get the car somewhere to get the mirror reattached to the window. (took about 4 months)

Look at you with your MacGyver-like moves with the duct tape!

I will duct tape the living hee hee out of everything that is broken, unless, of course, I choose to super glue said broken item!

Keep smiling!

I am repeatedly convinced that one could survive any situation for at least 3 weeks with a roll of duct tape and a multi-tool ;)

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Duct-taped rearview mirror where I live = 315-er!

But you know who secretly loved this adventure of yours? Dad.

Dads love to fix things (or, in some cases, point
out what you should be fixing).

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the laugh! I'm going to have to send a link to your blog to my brothers---our grandfather was never afraid to use the duct tape, but even he never went quite this far!

Maybe you could use your Magical Crafty Powers to buy a replacement rearview mirror and install it? Duct tape rocks, but Le Jeep just sounds....tired. Perk it up with a new part!

Praise be to Duct Tape! Lessee what the all-know DT has miraculously cured: skirt hems, broken windows, flapping shoe soles, fixing holes in Ziploc bags, removing lint, torturing cats (Hubbo thought putting a small piece on the bottom of a paw was the height of hilarity - I did not.), among countless other things. And now, reattaching review mirrors. Excellent!

OH MY FREAKIN GAWD!!!!

Oh my gawd Oh my gawd Oh my gawd Oh my gawd

Okay, most of the time, when I say I laughed at one your posts, I really did laugh - inside my head. Because I'm suppressive like that. Also, I work at FatCatLawFirm. And, when I was reading about Fernando/Ricardo/Not-Quite-16? I was chuckling in my head.

BUT WHEN I SAW THE DUCT TAPE'D MIRROR?!?!?! I *LITerally* ROARED! OUT LOUD. And my boisterous BFF@W isn't here to take some of the heat off me.

Purl. I know it's been said before, but this really seals the deal - I love you.

I have had that happen to me. I was sitting in traffic one day and mine popped off and plopped into my lap! It was like HELLO THERE!! It's like they just get tired of hanging on. I had a door drop off once -- opened it up and thunk....it could have been worse, at least it didn't hit me in the foot!!

HA! I knew there was someone else out there like me!! It drives my husband NUTS that I have to know that everything will work out in a suspense novel or dramatic movie. It really is the only way I can relax and enjoy the tension...
As a kid I couldn't watch movies like The Incredible Journey. I worried too much about the animals to sit still. My poor mother..

Oh, and BTW? I have duct tape in at least 4 colors (including HOT PINK), courtesy of Michael's. :) Use it when EVER I can get away with it!!!

Honey, we need to get you some fashionable duct tape, a lovely bright pink would have just done the trick. I'm sure Jeep wouldn't have plopped it back into his passenger seat if it had been slightly more color coordinated. I had to duct tape my mirror on Theodore(my green jeep) for a bit because he too gave up the rear view mirror. Must be a Jeep thing?

My windshield wiper MOTOR is currently duct-taped into place... duct tape CURES ALL! you'll get the hang of it, don't worry! :) It is a fine art.

I got a good laugh out of this post, especially the duct taped mirror! Yay for dads who fix stuff! And yay for Wilson Phillips!

I'm kind of bummed out that your Dad actually fixed it, because I was really looking forward to the installment of this story where you scrounged up all the nursing home residents and handed out the chewing gum to those with their own teeth and then borrowed a paperclip...

The DH came running in from the other room - "whassamattah??" I'm laffin', says I -- oh, sez he, Aunt Purl? We have a 92 toyota, my beloved Deerslayer. His rear lights are held on by duct tape, but I lurves him and don't ever want to get rid of him. (After the second deer and the 25# turkey the repair guy said "Want me to put decals on the fender, like to keep score?")

VERY glad you got Jeep back, and the fact that only the rearview fell off is proof of his devotion. And I'm with Monkeygurrl - I LOVE YOU TOO!

Oh - and PS: Those pictures of you are ADORABLE! Gee but your pretty face brightens a day.

Dear Laurie,

I was just perusing your latest entry when I came to a crashing realization:

You. Are. Gorgeous.

Just thought you should know. :)

Click on the CM for a link to "Duct Tape 'Splained" on my humble little blog.

"At least he wasn't being taken on a high-speed chase in Hollywood again."

Where can I read the story behind this?

Laurie, you often refer to that LAME Wilson Phillips song and it always makes me laugh. It is so trite! Hold on for one more day, my butt!

i had no idea rearview mirrors were prone to falling off!

Once when one of my (now, sadly, late)horses stepped on a nail. I had to soak her hoof daily in salt water, flood it with iodine, pack it with cotton and hold the cotton in place while protecting it all from dirt. What did I use as a bandage? That's right, the wonder stuff know far and wide, Duct Tape! Is there anything that a little duct tape won't fix?

i agree with carrie. you certainly are gorgeous. and funny. i wish i were half as gorgeous and funny.

I thought maybe it was just me. The rearview mirror in every car I've ever had has popped off. I borrowed my dad's van the other day so he could see why my wagon hated me and didn't want to play nice down the highway. I adjusted the mirror nicely 'cause ya know, Daddy is a lot taller than me, and the blasted thing fell off. I just walked in to the house at the end of the weekend and said, "Oh, and by the way, I killed another mirror, it's on the seat". Daddy keeps adhesive in the house now for me. Ugh.

And yeah, Daddies secretly wish that things will break so they can fix it. My daddy sighs at me, but he's always smiling as he walks out the door to fix it.

I agree with Tracie...Daddies LOVE to be needed to fix stuff. Aw, makes me miss my dad (he lives in SoCal, and I live in NoCal), but I don't think I have anything to fix! Have a great day, Laurie! XO

Duct tape rules! So does Goo Gone!

Right after my divorce, my parents came to visit me and completely took over the apartment - fixing everything in sight - and including throwing all the ancient curtains into the washer where they promptly disintegrated - oops. (We replaced them with Goodwill finds.) But they also brought me a dining room table they'd found at a garage sale for $10 and had completely refinished. After an 8 hour drive, they unloaded it, recovered all four seat cushions in an hour and then had dinner. They wear ME out.

My dad also made sure I had a well-stocked toolbox and every time he comes to visit, we go to the hardware store and pick out some more tools for the set. He got bored the last time because he ran out of things to fix and I actually caught him removing the mold from my shower tile with a toothbrush!

We could not survive without Duct Tape. Praise to the Duct Tape Goddess!! And to your Dad!!

Excellent problem solving skills, I think. When my rearview fell off a few years ago (loved that '79 Ford Fairmont), I left it on the passenger side of the bench seat (see? awesome) and used to pick it up and aim it over my shoulder when I needed to change lanes.

awesome tape job. really.
How seriously cute are you!

Love it!

I do have a roll of duct tape always in the glove box. That is because I generally live in the stix and you never know when you will have to duct tape a headlight, or wheel well, or window after a deer runs out in front of you.

I am sure dear Dad was thrilled to be able to fix your little problem!

I love my Jeep, too. It's still kinda' new (2003 Rubicon) and I intend to keep it until the wheels fall off ... or Duck Tape becomes it's best friend instead of me. Jeep Girls Rule!

Although the duck tape made me giggle, it was the comment about suspense novels that made me all happy. I am *so much* the same way... I have driven my family and friends crazy for years because after I read chapter 1 I ALWAYS read the last chapter. I just need to know that things end up ok... and I honestly thought I was the only one in the world that could not take the suspense!

The rearview mirror on our Jeep did the same exact thing about a year ago. But you did right... when in doubt... duct tape! The top on our Jeep is being held on with duct tape right now. ;)

As obi won once said, "Use the duct tape Luke", or something like that.

You always crack me up. Good luck on finding that 21+ year old guy that just lurves you. Although I think some of your humorous situations won't happen once you find that next "mr. Right"

I do the same thing when I read a book but when I watch a movie? Don't you dare tell me how it ends or it will be ruined for me! Or even what's going to happen next. My hubby is bad about that. He'll guess what he thinks is going to happen and more times than not he'll be right. So aggravating!

I once had to duct tape my passenger side mirror because I backed out of my dad's driveway too close to the hedges on that side and tore the thing off! I seriously thought that the mirror would be able to handle sliding through the soft little leaves. Didn't realize the extent of the toughness of the branches inside! Doh!

Hi Lauri!
Just had to tell you that it finally dawned on me after seeing your photos today...you look just like LeAnn Rimes!!! It has been bugging me for the longest time...who does Aunt Purl remind me of???...finally dawned on me today.

Love your creative crafty approach to car repair...You Rock!

If not for duct tape and bondo, my poor little '82 toyota corolla would never had made it through my college years (94-98). It promptly died 6 months after graduation and luckily I was able to afford a car less than 12 years old :-) Hooray for duct tape!

Lol, how creative and resourceful you are, Laurie! That sounds like something I would do :P I agree with the other posters, you are so darn cute!

How exactly does air freshener work in a Jeep?

How funny, I am driving around without my rear view mirror right now and was noticing how less stressed I am without it. Four years ago I glued the same mirror back on with super never let go epoxy and I glued it on UPSIDE DOWN this does not work.

Just wondering... Why do you need air freshener in a convertible?

Hey, did anyone see the "I've Got A Secret" episode (quit looking at me like that. it's perfectly respectable entertainment) with the duct-tape evening gowns? You really can do anything with it.

The rear-view mirror was the first thing to go on my Jeep Renegade. I had a friend with an identical vehicle – the rear-view mirror was his first repair job, as well.

As for duct tape, it's also great for repairing the fabric on "rag-and-tube" airplanes. We call it 100mph tape, and no self-respecting taildragger pilot flies without it.

I've also made wallets and purses with it. Duct tape and a little self-sticking Velcro goes along way if you're crafty! Heh.

Ahh, duct tape and Dad. What more does a girl need?

Until last year, I honestly thought it was called duck tape.

Ah this reminds me of the time my brother replaced the emergency brake of the little S10 (that would in three years be mine) with a wire coat hanger. Thank the lord for ingenuity. And God bless duct tape. Keeping siblings quiet for 20 years.

for real... we all know that you rock.. but your dad... he's da bomb!!

I'm with CM. Where's the story about the little red jeep being driven dangerously fast through Hollywood AGAIN?

Love the air freshener in the jeep. Does that really help in L.A.? ;)

Duct tape can also be useful for removing warts. Really!

I once tried to tape my rearview mirror to my car door. Yes, the one that goes on the OUTSIDE of the car. Just backing out of my driveway was enough to send it bouncing off to smash on the concrete. One of my manly-man handy-man neighbors saw it, and he was either having really bad, really sudden stomach pains, or he was doubled over with laughter.

FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS LATER (yes, I still say the price in all caps; given how much it cost, how could I not?) I had two new rear view mirrors. (Yes, only one was broken, but the other was cracked, and because I'm a complete coward with mechanics, as well as being MADE OF MONEY, I caved and bought both.)

In the late 80s and early 90s my mom was the assistant principal of San Fernando High School- I remeber one time after a football game her car's battry died and one of her football players (a kid named Javier, Robert or Fernando)helped her out by telling her "Hey my homey can fix it" and took her to some tiny beat-up garage (this was fairly late in the evening too)- beat on the door and this sort of cholo looking guy came out. The football player said "Hey this is my AP- and she needs a battery for a Honda Accord- don't cheat her homey okay?"
So homey nodded, the got a new battery for mom's Honda and the football player and homey saw her to the freeway and on her way.

To this day that is one of her favorite San Fernando High stories. She loved those kids up there (my mom lives in Whittier).

I always read, but rarely comment...today you made me laugh out loud more than once. Thank you.

I was also going to say that duct tape can remove warts.

"Use the duct tape, Luke." I'll remember that one. I, too, have used duct tape to hold medication on a horse's foot.

But now, there is an exciting new demigod in the Duct Tape Pantheon: CLEAR duct tape. And, for reasons that either show I'm soooo clever and resourceful or soooo White Trash, I'm using clear duct tape to repair the wallpaper in my basement. (Note to others: never wallpaper a basement. The dampness WILL make it peal, and then you'll be stuck with either re-doing the dang wallpaper or sticking it back up with clear duct tape. Or leaving it hanging down for that House of Usher look.)

She needs air freshener in the jeep because that little tree would look funny hanging off her nose.

Yay for Red Green!!! He would SO totally be proud of you, Laurie! As would most of the rednecks on my dad's side of the family.

You still look like LeAnn Rimes to me - Purty!

Forget MacGyver (though I have a huge crush on RDA)...WWLD (What would Laurie do)?

Forget knitting - Bossy thinks you have a future in duct tape.

Here's my advice to you: invest in a good stereo. That way if the car starts to make weird sounds, you can crank it up and not hear them anymore.

I've been through the inspection station where they have just laughed and pointed.

I almost hurt myself laughing at the picture of the duct taped mirror. Good luck finding a boy that isn't jail bait. I finally found one, now all I have to do is teach him what a telephone is. *sigh*

I drove our ute for years like this. It's actually quite versatile, so long as you always know where it is to grab it in a hurry.

My kingdom for a dad who can fix things...

Oh Laurie you make me laugh :) I need to get me some duct tape. My car is held together with wood screws... mmm safe!

(thats screws used to fasten wood to wood, not screws made from wood)

Did you dye your hair or is it the light? It looks purdy either way.

@Neil

One company completely gave up and is now labeling their duct tape....."Duck Tape".

With a little picture of a duck to prove it.

duct tape is an amazng thing ... though sometimes it can fail. i learned this in northern minnesota, that you can't use duct tape to secure cardboard over part of your front grill in the death of winter. at those extreme freezing temps, it won't stick to metal ... but, electrical tape will work!
i (partially) remember a line from a movie ... chevy chase, "funny farm" ?. the movers were trying to deliver the furniture, and they were lost in the country, and came to an old wooden covered bridge ... one of the drivers commented, "that's not a bridge, but a bunch of termites holding hands!"
happy days!

I am going to have to show this blog to my DH. He thinks I am beyond strange for reading the last chapter of a book after reading the beginning. It's nice to know I'm not alone! Of course, he laughs the hardest when I have to REREAD the ending cause I usually forget what happened (not to mention that I'm a librarian.)!

I also read the last pages first.
I've had two rear-view mirrors fall off, so it isn't just Jeeps.
Real duct tape sticks to metal (at least, metal that is indoors at normal indoor temperatures), but there's a lot of junk tape out there that doesn't stick to much of anything.

LOL. In my old car the rearview mirror was duct-taped on for years. (And the tape did not go across the mirror.) I carried a roll because every couple of years or so I would need to change the tape since the mirror had once more fallen off.

My Jeep hasn't given up its rearview mirror yet, but it is good to know what to expect so that I will have some duct tape handy. Mine's a 2000 Jeep- how much longer do I have?

Laurie,

You are definatley the highlight of my day!!! You make me laugh so much!!!

I cannot believe duct tape is in the news right this minute! And it's about WARTS!

[This link takes you to Yahoo news]

http://tinyurl.com/29sjl9

Ok, firstly: get Gaffer's tape. It's what the folks in the-ayter use to tape down electrical lines and other things that come perilously close to falling off and it's Duct Tape's big badass brother.

Secondly: once, long ago, I had a Chevy Sprint which I drove with a single headlight. One night at the grocery store, the lone headlight extinguished. What did I do? I marched back into Safeway and purchased two flashlights, taped one onto each front fender, and drove home, laughing maniacally the entire way.

God bless tapes.

Oh yes, God bless duct tape! It's all that's been stopping me putting my foot right through the shower tray and soaking the folks downstairs. For a year. My dad is not so much the handyman. But still will not hear of me employing a man to do something he ought to be able to do himself. And I even got tape to match the shower tray. And FYI, the cheap stuff seems to be more waterproof than the pricey stuff, and better at sticking to fiberglass.

Okay, I have a stitch in my side and it is totally your fault. I have not laughed this hard in I don't know when. You know you are laughing like a fool, when 3 tiny dogs stare at you turning their little heads back and forth in little tilting angles. I may have peed myself just a little. TMI?

Sweetie, go to your local glass/mirror shop and have them glue the damn thing on for you. It will cost less than $15 and take less than 15 minutes. I speak from experience. If you try to use that kit, it will fall off and you will be totally pissed off because you tried to fix it and failed. Go to the glass shop. You'll thank me!

sharon is right... take her advise! After all what you and your jeep has gone through it deserves a nice looking and well glued rear window. :P
i'm a jeep lover and i bought new jeep bestop car - http://www.speedyperformanceparts.com/speedy/jeep_1.html
- cover and just brought it to a service for maintenance. I guess it's time that you pamper your jeep.

The rearview mirror on my Jeep fell off once too!! I thought it was the weirdest thing ever!

P.S. you look great.

Well, now that your lipstick is perfect and you're smelling like a pine tree, I'm sure you'll attract other guys who lurve you and your hot red jeep and want to go cruisin on the Freeway of Love. And hey, you need to lower the threshold on the sweet young things. They only have to be 18--forget that 21 stuff. Remember, Mrs. Robinson never went to jail!

At work we heart the sticky-back Velcro that you can buy by the yard. You could repositiion your mirror (if it weren't already fixed). Otherlisa, can you send your parents my way?

My first car was a 78 jeep. I loved that jeep- but the rearview mirror fell off too. I just used the side ones, didn't think of the duck...
long live the red Jeep!!
and yeah, what IS up with the air freshener?

The trick to the young ones is finding one who didn't get rejected so much when he was under 21 that he gave up. Some of the best-looking men I know were aghast to find out that, had they persisted hitting on 30-something women, they'd have found many takers once they themselves hit their twenties. They tried it when they were 18 and 19, got sweetly or laughingly rejected, and just figured women in their 30's and up weren't interested. Sigh.

Take a class at the local community college. Pick something that fills a G.E. requirement and sounds fun (art history, poetry, geology, whatever). As cute as you are, you'll just have to pick which ones to say yes to...

Duct Tape - the perfect solution. Did you know the Duct Tape people just gave away $6000 to a high school student who created "Prom" duds? Now that is an FYI that is good to know! Hope you are having fun with your parents in town!

Duct tape -- the handyman's secret weapon!

And whatever duct tape can't handle, electrical tape can.

The first car I drove after I got married had the signal handle held on by duct tape. Once that failed, it just dangled from the steering column by a strip of electrical tape until it was time to turn a corner. Then I'd jam the arm in, fish around for the screw until the signal started clicking, then take it out and let it dangle again. I drove two hours a day in this car, through the worst areas in North St. Louis, and nobody ever bothered me. I guess it was obvious that it wasn't worth the effort. ;-)

aren't dads the best? as i type, i'm in TEXAS with my dad. he's got, um, connections. my van is in the shop getting the brakes done & all kinds of other needed repairs that my husband couldn't be bothered with. dads rule!

You should be happy you at least get noticed by the teenage guys.. I seem to be attacting all the gay ones... ::sigh::

Note to self: Stop at Walmart on the way home and buy duct tape. Several rolls.

Did you know that mascara is great for marking that little spot where your rear view mirror once was attached? I used it all of the time when my mirror had fallen off in the Texas sun. I used that same mascara for my sister's mirror as well. Men just look at that little wand like I am crazy, hell no, it works!
I hate to admit it, my hubby duct taped my back window up on my car. I was so embarrassed by it that I went to bother one of my BIL's and he took a piece of wood and propped that window up for me. Notice all of the redneck things going through the mind of everyone. What is worse duct tap on the outside of the window or the piece of wood on the inside of the car? I say the duct tape. I did get a look from the mechanic who was going to fix that window, like I was crazy. It worked, didn't it?
Ah, so you attract jail bait? I am the one who attracts all the men who are missing teeth and who are really gross and greasy. Ugh!
Since my Dad is deceased, he can't help me out with car repairs. I tend to do them on my own unless it is something major or really disgusting and greasy, can you say transmission work? I even taught my husband how to install spark plugs. I am woman, hear me roar!

Too funny. Reminds me of the time I tied together my car door with pantyhose (it was an emergency, ok?) Um, that didn't work out so well so don't try it at home. Duct tape definitely a better way to go.

I love your blog. I love your wit and writing. I read it all the time, but just comment sporadically.

However, I looked at your old post about your car being stolen, and I have to take umbrage with your use of the term "carjacked."

Your jeep was stolen from a parking lot. Had it been a carjacking, you would have been in your vehicle somewhere, and someone would have come up to your car, armed with a weapon, and would've threatened to kill you if you didn't get out of the car. It's the difference between a burglary and a home invasion.

I've never been carjacked, but then again, I don't live in L.A. :-) But when I saw that word in your post, I immediately freaked out, thinking you'd been the victim of some heinous crime, when in fact, you were perfectly safe. Having your car stolen is traumatic. Hell, when I get pulled over by a cop, I'm traumatized. :-) But think how much more traumatic and terrifying it would be to be held at gunpoint and yanked out of your car. Scary.

I'm glad you're safe. Don't scare me like that, 'kay?

Marcy, the title is supposed to be a joke. The title was "Welcome to Carjackistan."

And here in LA people use "jacked" as slang meaning "taken." Sorry you were skeered. It's supposed to be funny. Guess I failed at that too.

Oh, sorry. I didn't know about the L.A. slang.

I just freaked out about the carjacking thing. But your posts are very funny. You are all about The Funny...and totally awesome, by the way.

Now that I have had time (and wine) and have re-read your comment and mine, Marcy, I realize I sounded like a humorless panties-in-a-bunch spoilsport, because...uh. I was. I'm sorry! You were just being sweet and kind.

Today was just a cruddy day and I felt like I was failing at everything and I was like, "Man! People even hate stuff I wrote two years ago!" because that is what happens when you are stressed and haven't slept in days and really REALLY need a nap. I'm sorry. Next week I will be humorfull again, I promise :) I just have to get through this week... just a few more days....

YOU ARE SO REDNECK!
Duct taping a mirror....
You may be the perfect woman! If you were my sister I'd ask you to mary me!

Insure your smile for $1,000,000...because thats what its worth......

I heart you, Haji.

Hang in there. You may be one of those ladies that attracts younger guys. Choose wisely, young Jedi.

RE: the rear view mirror: a coat hanger might have got the job done.

Funny story.

Very interesting love story between a woman and her jeep! It seems that you love your jeep so much more than your ex-husband! Does your jeep have a name??? Your jeep must have been tired or maybe it just needs to feel good with the way it looks so you should get it with cool jeep accesories- http://www.jpartsonline.com/jeepaccessories.html - and gadgets. By doing so, your jeep might pay you back with its performance and durability. May you and your jeep live happily ever after...

Love the picture of the mirror taped up there. Classic!!

Hey, it's cool to love the Jeep. We've had a Toyota PU since new - and new was in 1987. If ol' Josie can't fire up on the second crank, it's going to be a bad day.

It was my wife's truck first; she asked my recommendation, and it's still healthy after 200k and two moves and a couple of kids. It's time to teach kids how to drive a stick, though...and then it'll be time to replace the clutch!

BTW, Laurie, the others are really right: you've got a beautiful smile. Smile more, and the world's a beautiful place.

Exactly one year ago I ran into a parked car and my side mirror was hanging on by a thread. Since I was headed home soon(ish) anyway I figured I'd keep it on with some clear duct tape. Which is fine when you're going 5 mph on Pennsylvania Avenue but pretty shitty when you want to go 75mph from DC to Long Island. Thusly, the first leg of my trip went swimmingly the second half was hellish and not only did I get a flat tire but the tape would not f*cking stay. So! I had to stop at some Walmart in a random town between Delaware and New Jersey to find heavy duty duct tape. I wrapped that sucker around my mirror and it stayed there quite nicely I must say. The next day the mechanic was able to fix my mirror and remove the duct tape residue with some stellar goo be gone.

I now keep duct tape and scissors in my trunk not for kidnapping purposes, but in the event that a piece of my car falls off once again.