Buying garlic for planting, and praise from my father

Yesterday, my wife @countrylover, my parents and I took a trip to a nearby orchard/farm, to buy some garlic which we'll plant this week.

On the way back, a driver pulled out in front of my dad and he stopped quickly, reminding the four of us of our accident last month where we hit a deer. He let the errant motorist pass, and we discussed it.

My dad said he hadn't seen him, that he "came out of nowhere", and my mom said he had been at the stop sign, and just stupidly decided to pull out in front of you.

Then my dad said something like "he's likely to be in similar situations soon", and I remarked that when I am accosted by an errant motorist, I try to think or say, "I hope he gets home safe."

He really liked that. A lot. It felt so good to hear him say positive things about my thought process; it was neat, we both impressed each other. :)

Then I said that I never "give the finger" any longer, but sometimes, I'll "give the thumb", as in a thumb's-up. The three of them laughed at that, because it's so confusing -- "great job on your idiocy!" :D

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