But I was wrong. In Connecticut, there are two kinds of truck, real ones, like mine, and SUV toys. Real trucks are hard working and have character. They carry cargoes of lumber and rocks and tools and roadside furniture finds. SUVs serve no real purpose except to scare the devil out of the rest of us.
Real trucks have manual transmissions and windows with a handle crank.
Their owners know that a truck is just a truck. It's not a living room or concert hall. They know about life. They plank bluefish, use leaves for mulch, read library books to the kids and have a begrudging respect for the Red Sox, even as Yankee fans. They don't believe weather reports.