Ma'am, is that an 07 or an 08?

I heard the question but in my anxiety/depressed medicated mind all I could think of was WOW that makes me feel old to be called ma'am. I was parked in the Safeway parking lot and had the pick up door wide open. I was reaching in picking up trash and my empty Starbucks cup. When I straightened up it startled me to have someone so close. When I finally realized he was still waiting for an answer I said it's an 08. He said, well, see they didn't put those ridges on the hood of the 06's. He pointed at the pickup one space over. Then he said see, well come over here and look. So, I walked over to look at the hood of his 06 pick up. It was a sand colored work pick up and I asked him if he had to order it to get that color. He said no but it is a work truck. I said mine was considered a work truck too but I had to order it; all I could find were white ones. He walked back to my pickup and he said it looks like they might have cheapened up on those front hooks. He got down on the ground to look and then he went over to look at his. No, he decided they were the same. Then he asked what size engine and everything else about the pick up. He asked what the GVW was. I said I didn't know what that was. (I was thinking I just drive it. I dont know how it works.) So, we had to look at the tag on the inside of the door to see what it was. I said it had a small V8. He said why did you get a V8? Isn't it hard on gas mileage? I said I just remembered what my husband always said and that was to get something bigger than the job; it will last longer because it doesn't have to work so hard and then it wont need to use as much fuel. He said he hadn't thought of it like that. We made numerous trips back and forth between the pick ups comparing every inch (inside and out) of his 06 to my 08. He pointed out what he liked about mine and what he liked about his. He finally headed back for his pickup. I said well, there cant be very much wrong with mine "It's bright red". He just laughed, waived and drove away. I meet some strange people in the Safeway parking lot.