If you would like a guy feel good, complement him on his truck or car, especially if he has a big nice pickup. They can’t help it. Let’s face it, when a man goes out and gets himself a big pickup, it is something of an extension of himself.

I say this because I have complemented a number of them and you can always tell, the appreciation of the compliment is genuine. Nonetheless, me with my desire to be humorous, one day I offered to trade a man my HHR for his huge beautiful pickup. With a smile, he said, “No thanks. I already have one.”

Who would have thought that, his other vehicle really was a Chevy HHR. Never would have figured on that.

My experience has made me wonder though. Would that billionaire like it if I complimented him on his limo? Would he like it if told him I like his jet? Do you suppose he would laugh if I offered to trade my HHR for his 100 foot yacht?

While we are on the subject, I will have to start keeping a bucket of sudsy water next to my electric car. Being as I never go into gas stations, the windows never get cleaned. I tried hitting the window cleaner button today and all it did was rearrange the mud on the window. Where did all that dirt come from. I had to get the Windex and paper towels out to get it done right before we could go eat. That is sort of one of those things you don’t consider when you buy an electric car.

We don’t go out at night much. Yesterday, we went out to dinner late. When we got in the car, I noticed there was no courtesy light. It was dark in my Nissan as we got in. Now that did not make sense. All cars have courtesy lights.

I made do until we got home and investigated. I do keep a flashlight in may car and I used it in my search. I noted two large lights in the back but I could find no way to turn them on. Now I was really confused. It didn’t make sense. I finally found the switch above the rearview mirror. Now you will be happy to know, when I open the door, the lights come on. After a year, I am no longer in the dark.

However, it does make me wonder. If I took it to the dealer, would they have been able to point me to it. Sometimes I think they just overengineer things. I guess, if we didn’t go out for a late diner, I might not have ever known where that switch was.

I wonder if they do that sort of thing in the pickups.