Good for another 5 years or 50,000 miles

It's not often when I can guarantee neither Zubke is full of excrement, but due to a bi-fecta in scheduling, we have both been declared good for another five years!  I be smiling.  Seems as how as the years mount up, the concerns over depreciation of original equipment become niggling.  However, like a fine machine, a tweak here, a prod there, and we're good to go.  We're a little less shiny.  We're a little less new-smelling (especially considering what we've been through!), but we're a lot more comfortable and still a reliable mode of communication, friendship, and love.  I've said it before, but I need to give a shout out to the mechanics that do their magic to keep us that way.  The doctors, dentists, nurses, and health care professionals enjoy in this house a reputation of care, concern, and utmost trust.  So today, we'll not kick the tires.  We'll not flush the system (again).  We'll give thanks for the extended warranty,  and we'll keep on truckin'!  Know you are loved!