143 Running Low (Num 26)

I'm living on the edge a little this week with the ute.

While I was away fishing, we drove from Coffs Harbour to Dorrigo and beyond each day.
A round trip of a minimum of 180 kilometres.
After 3 days of this combined with an initial drive from Sydney, my companion had decided to get petrol after fishing.
Rather than before.
No drama really, except for the fact that we had a brilliant day fishing.
We fished until almost 7pm.
There was a couple of towns between us and Coffs.
But would any have open service stations after 7 on a Sunday night?
The answer was a definitive NO.
Now I have let my car run quite low on petrol before.
I have run out stopping at a bowser.
My friend's car was new.
Less than 10000 clicks on the clock.
He had never seen the needle move so close to empty.
Now we had a warning light on and 80 k's to where we knew a 24 hour stop was.
I was fine.
He wasn't.
We did hills at 70.
We coasted down the other side.
All the time he watches his fuel economy gauge and stressing.
Any way a 90 minute journey turned into a tick over 2 hours and we arrived at the petrol station.
He filled up.
Phew!
Except we still had over 10 litres in the tank.
It wasn't even close. :D

Back to my original point.
My ute is currently on empty.
Since before work yesterday!
I should be ok.
I think.
I'll find out tomorrow.
Money in the bank after lunch.
So it will be a careful drive in to work tomorrow morning.
And around the block to the petrol station.
I'll be fine.

Numbers 26
Will Numbers ever finish?
This book has just gone on and on and on and...........
Disruptions haven't helped.
Delays have been unavoidable.
But cracky Jim jolly!
And there's still 10 chapters after this!!!!!

I think if I had sons back then, I would call one Term and the other Meteor.
Then there would be clans of Termites and Meteorites.
Pick the favourite out of those two.
And then maybe Vegem.
Followed by the twins Marm and Prom.

Only those under 20 were listed to receive land once it was distributed.
The sentence from all the muttering and murmuring earlier has been set.
Joshua, Caleb, some Levites and "the kids" get to split up the promised land.
That would be shattering for me.
Survived the snakes.
Survived the wilderness to this point.
Survived the romps with the Midianite women.
Actually I wonder how many had survived to this point.
Not many?
Any?
None entered into Canaan.
But how many learned the final price to their disobedience?
And how hard would it have been to see and to hear it?
A strong case to learn from the mistakes of others.