If Cars And Houses Could Talk

When I was in the auto business I sold a car to a man that traded in a thirty year old car. We talked as I completed the necessary paperwork. He proudly spoke of his seven children. Six boys and one girl. The boys had all completed technical training and had good jobs. The daughter was a teacher. We completed the paperwork and after explaining some of the cars options, I returned to the office as he was backing out. Five or ten minutes had passed and I looked out on the lot and saw that the customer had driven around the the back of the lot where his old car was parked. He was just standing there , looking at his old car. I walked out, thinking he had left something . I asked if he needed something else , but he just smiled and shook his head. He turned to me and with a far away look in his eyes, said “If that car could talk”. We are in Italy now and everywhere we go we see the remains of old houses . Many are hundreds of years old. When ever I see them I find myself thinking the same thing the old customer had said. “If those old houses could talk”