(this is a tribute of sorts to the area between Minnedosa and Basswood along Highway 16 ... if you're from Minnedosa, or have spent any time here you should be able to catch it ...)
A group of older regulars were sitting at one of the tables telling tales and sharing stories.
One of them asked, "Did you hear about the guy who's care broke down last week on Highway 16, just this side of Basswood??"
There was a round of shaking heads around the table.
"Well, he was driving from Edmonton to Winnipeg, or some fool thing like that," he continued, "and at Basswood the car started acting funny, then about a mile or two past it just died. The care was just dead," he paused for a moment, "the poor guy got it over to the side of the road and got out and popped the hood."
He took a sip of his coffee before continuing, "He opened the hood up and poked around the engine for a bit. He tried to start it, but still nothing. He kept poking away under the hood, and car after car after car drove by him. Finally one old farmer in a pick up truck pulled off the road and walked up to help him."
He looked around the table before continuing, "The guy was pretty worked up, he wanted to get on with his drive and he had tried everything he could think of, and still the car wouldn't start. He was wound up pretty tight and was a little peeved. So when the farmer walked up to him and asked, 'Car problems?' The guy snapped back at him: 'You a Mechanic?'"
He again paused and took another sip of his coffee before he went on, "Well, the farmer pushed up his UGG cap and scratched his head as he looked at the traveller before answering, 'Nooo, I'm a McNabb. Do I know you ??' "
He paused and took a forkful of his carrot cake, but before he popped in his mouth, he said - "I don't know if ever got his car going though ..."
car was dead.
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