SOURCE: 9gag.com

While sitting at a restaurant counter sharing chatter with some other folks, the topic of “know what burns my butt” came up.

Not surprisingly, horrible politics and dumass local politicians were on the “pick’em up up” agenda for some time.

It was Veterans Day, and we talked about that. Everyone agreed that the participating restaurants, the car wash operators and the other retailers who offered deals and free offers to veterans ought to be thanked. So, too, should the Lancaster County businesses who offer veteran discounts every day through the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds “Thank A Vet” program!

These Columbia area businesses are on the “Thank A Vet” list and offer special values to veterans all the time:

• Columbia Eye Care
• Hinkle’s Pharmacy and Restaurant
• Columbia-Middletown Elks Lodge #1074
• Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen

Veterans, say thanks to these businesses and organizations and patronize them. And this Marietta business, too.

• Marietta Notary & Messenger Service

If you were one of the millions, yeah, millions who got the GM ignition recall notice, assuming you’re not one of the folks who died as a result of the ignition problem, you may have taken your GM bucket of crap to a dealer for a fix. The recall notice states:

“There is a risk, under certain conditions, that your ignition switch may move out of the ‘run’ position, resulting in a partial loss of electrical power and turning off the engine. This risk increases if your key ring is carrying added weight (such as more keys or the key fob) or your vehicle experiences rough road conditions or other jarring or impact related events. If the ignition switch is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury or fatality.”

GM’s recall Website says, “General Motors is committed to your safety. This site is designed to help you better understand the ignition recalls and what steps you should take if your vehicle is affected.”

Sure GM’s committed to our safety! That’s why this news came out yesterday.

GM’s fix for the crappy, and deadly, ignition problem was what?

Yep, the fix was to remove everything from the key ring except the ignition key and the electronic lock/unlock key and to add a separate little wire ring and to put a plastic insert in the hole in the key.

For many of us who’ve been driving for many years, we’ve used our key rings to hold house keys, other keys, lights, loyalty cards and more. Heck, there was a time when our key ring carried an inert 7.62 mm rifle round.

Rather than admit to and fix a faulty design, GM’s fix is for all its Customers to clean off the key ring. Put all the other stuff that key rings carry on another key ring and carry both. What a bunch of crap that burns our butts.

Which brings us back to dumass elected public servants. If they were focusing on their primary role, they’d be focused on public safety the public good. That would include open access Internet!

The counter conversation came to a close, but one of the conversationalists noticed the ketchup bottles that were in front of us. What a fitting way to end the counter talk with new-found acquaintances!