John Grossbohlin wrote:


"Bob" wrote in message
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Okay gang - got me another "volunteer" project. Short history -
neighbor's
husband recently passed away so I help out where I can. Widow (in her
80's)
had a senior moment the other day and forgot to push the button to open
the
garage door and she backed the car into it - big time. Needs a new
garage door - this one (one of two) cannot be repaired.

We had a recent death on my wife's side of the family... a genuinely
lovely woman who was an 88 year old widow and who was still driving. The
last five years or so she was a hazard behind the wheel and didn't know
it... an "unguided missile." Given your neighbor's senior moment you might
be doing her a bigger favor by having a family member intervene and stop
her from driving. The lesser favor would be to repair her garage door. I
know this is a tough call...

It's not necessarily a "senior moment". The neighbor a couple of houses
down drove through her garage door one morning, and she was in her 30s.

John

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