This afternoon I had a scare.  Since we are in the lent season I am not eating meat on Friday's in accordance with my church.  Instead of meat I have been eating salads on Fridays.

Anyway I was making up a big bowl of salad and found that I had no tomatoes, and a salad is not a salad without tomatoes.  I decided to jump in the car and run down to the local grocery store, but the car would not start.

Since it is my only means to get to work I panicked.  Anyway I broke out my meter and found that the battery was fine and started thinking starter. 

I checked out a few websites and it seems like the brushes on my starter may be getting ready to die.  I left the car in gear, it is a five speed manual, and backed it down the driveway a foot or so, and it started right up.