Bo7a

yuck

Thanks for sharing your story. This is the actual ‘stuff of life’ that matters.

I proposed with a borrowed ring because I couldn’t even afford a basic dollar store ring at the time.

Part of the added lore is how I faced my anxiety to go ask her great grandmother if I could borrow a ring, and then being lead through the old folks’ home to meet a woman who was the mother of one of our country’s most famous hockey players and telling her our story. Then borrowing the ring and receiving a letter on our wedding day that sadly the lady could not attend, but she wanted us to keep the ring…

So much better (for us) than something like “Yup here is 6 months of my salary in useless jewelry form”.

We just had our 17th anniversary in May.

Might as well try both.

Imagine my (mild) shock after doing my own brakes for 30 years and then coming upon this tidfbit of knowledge JUST after buying parts for my truck.

For anyone else navigating all the misinfo around doing this on a ford truck:

Set the ignition to ON.

Press and hold the accelerator pedal and place the electronic parking brake (EPB) switch in the APPLY (upward) position. Continue to hold the accelerator pedal and the electronic parking brake EPB switch.

Firmly press the brake pedal for at least 1 second. Release the brake pedal while continuing to hold the accelerator pedal and the EPB switch.

Set the ignition to OFF then set the ignition to ON within 5 seconds, then release the accelerator pedal and the EPB switch.