I do feel a bit of relief after it looks like there were more protests Nationwide than individuals at the Birthday Parade. But with all the termoil; we finally found the right car at the right price. Honda CRV-Hybrid. We have driven it 400 miles and it took 10 gallons last night.
This is intended to be our "forever" car. We bought our Pilot new in 2005 and it's still going strong with 200,000 miles. It should make a good utility vehicle now. We don't plan to be driving in our 90s so we should be good. My sister used the Pilot while she was here and wanted to buy. That was a firm no.
Still figuring out all the bells and whistles. We absolutely cannot get accustomed to the electric parking brake. Just push a button? Rod likes the individual climate control. He likes it about 5° lower than I do. It feels really weird going down the freeway with the cruise control on and having it slow down automatically if someone cuts in front. All in all we're super happy with it so far. It's a really smooth ride.
Best part of driving a Leaf? Being able to laugh at gas prices. Second best thing about it? It's NOT A TESLA.
There's always something for which to be grateful, right? I have several friends with Tesla Regret. I have a friend in Reno who has solar on her house so she actually drives her Smart Car for free.
Hmm. I wasn't even aware that Smart made EVs, much less that they'd discontinued all their engine-powered models. But I think I'll stick with Millie. She is, after all, thoroughly modern. (And note that in the stage version, "Mrs. Meers" is only pretending to be Chinese.)
Not really sure if this is lighter side or not. We finally got "smart" phones 3 years ago when our then current phones were no longer supported. Maybe it was psychological but I went swimming with mine in my pocket! We have a saltwater chlorinator so it was fried. When we bought them, they tried to bully me into a service agreement and I refused. Those rarely pay for themselves. Still, we took it to T-Mobile and they replaced it for free. Only had to pay the sales tax. I've never paid for a cellphone and was happy to keep my record clean.
Still using the same clamshell I've had since just after my first Canadian vacation (when my previous clamshell turned into a paperweight for the duration of my time in Canada, forcing me to buy a phone card and depend mostly on the few surviving pay phones). And I'd had the previous clamshell long enough to have patched cracks in the case; before that, I had a candybar, on which I'd accidentally chest-dialed (or maybe chest-answered) home, practically giving my mother a heart attack (and undoubtedly dislodging a few marbles in the process).
This was my favorite phone ever: It would do most of what a "smart" phone does. It was really hard relenting, though we have found them useful. I just really hate that the powers that be are trying to force us to be dependent on them.
Yes. Discrimination against non-smartphone-users is one of my "berserk buttons." Along with discrimination against non-WinDoze-users.
I found a phone card in an old purse not too long ago. I checked and it is still valid and has $25 on it. Can't figure out how or when I would ever get a chance to use it.
On that trip to Canada, I discovered, too late to do anything about it, that all Canadian carriers had dropped support for the protocols my cell phone used. So it was a paperweight for the entire time I was in Canada. There were plenty of working pay phones at train stations, and my Winnipeg hotel didn't have a problem with my making collect calls from my room phone. But when I got to Toronto, the hotel only permitted phone card calls from the room phone. And there wasn't a working pay phone anywhere nearby (very few that were even intact). It took a bit of searching to find a convenience store that had phone cards. So don't throw yours away; you'll never know when you might need it.
We're busy on something important. Don't want to sound too cryptic but I also don't want to say anything until it's all set. Fingers crossed would be nice.
Okay, We're In Escrow!!!! We've talked about moving out of the Valley forever. But jobs and grandkids etc kept getting in the way. When our son got divorced 3 years ago he moved back with us. He's a farmer too so we toyed with the idea of buying farmland together but it hadn't gotten very far. We found a place in an ad that looked doable and went to look but it was a total washout. The houses were beautiful but the 22 acres was inaccessible. But that got us serious. We called the agent who sold our foothill house for us. He is a total Trump hater so we hit it off. We told him then that we would like land near him in Mountain Ranch. We even sold him some goats. Anyway, the first place he found was perfect. Two separate houses and 12 acres of forest. The houses are turnkey. There is a greenhouse and raised vegetable beds. The only problem was the price was about $100K above our budget. I looked at David and said, "I will make this work!" And it looks like we have.
We are pre-approved for the loan, made an offer, it was accepted. The well inspection was done today. Still have to do septic and insects. But we've seen this place up close and everything looks great so hopefully they will find nothing wrong. Our house Our 12 acres of forest The greenhouse and raised vegetable beds John's house
