My car history:
1980 AMC Spirit (bought in 1988 with 130K, I called that chocolate brown hatchback "The Beast")
1989 Nissan Sentra
1994 Saturn SL-1 (which lasted over 120K)
2004 Saturn Ion
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 33: Weeping, crawling, blaming everybody else
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Fred Pete - Dec 03, 2006 4:19:37 pm PST #4155 of 10004
Ann, that's a ferret.
sj - Dec 03, 2006 4:19:59 pm PST #4156 of 10004
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
My first car was an 89 Honda Accord that was my mother's. She gave it to me and bought herself a new car. My second car is a 1998 Honda Accord, that I bought new at the end of the model year. I am hoping it still has a few more good years in it.
{{Nora}} Why are you questioning yourself?
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 4:24:09 pm PST #4157 of 10004
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cars?
- 1978 Mercury Marquis Brougham
- 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 (got from my grandpa when he couldn't drive anymore)
- 1972 Mercury Monterey
- 2000 Ford Focus
- 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible
- 1973 Mercury Marquis Brougham
- 1985 Ford LTD (midsize) police car
I still have the last three. I also went through a ten-year period as an adult when I didn't own a car at all. Only two of those cars cost me more than $1,700.
Cashmere - Dec 03, 2006 4:30:07 pm PST #4158 of 10004
Now tagless for your comfort.
My parents passed my twin sister and me there 1981 oldsmobile, which took us through three years of high school until we graduated in 1989--and we had to scrape by the summer and first year of college in an 88 Yugo that my dad bought off my aunt for $500 (I think he overpaid).
We then shared another passed down car (an 88 chevy cavalier) which my sister eventually bought from my mother while I scraped for a sheriff's auction Ford Escort.
When the Escort cracked a head gasket a year later, I got my first car loan for an 88 Cutlass Ciera which lasted me until DH and I traded it in for a new truck in 2001.
I'm now in the Mommobile Minivan.
I empathize with every 'ffista mom who feels trapped like a rat in a cage. We are lucky to have gotten out without the kids, together, a total of 3 times in the last 10 months. Paying a babysitter on top of dinner and a movie runs about $100 so that's usually out. Last night a good friend repaid a kindness by babysitting for us for free and it was really, really nice. We grabbed a beer before going to see the new Bond movie.
I hate to ask friends to sit with the kids because I feel like I'm imposing. It's not about trust issues or even guilt for the kids. But being so far from our family pretty much puts the usual outlets for free sitting out of our reach.
DavidS - Dec 03, 2006 4:30:29 pm PST #4159 of 10004
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cars?
Speaking of which, tommyrot, I've been meaning to mention that Tom Waits has a song on his new collection titled "The Pontiac" that makes me think of you every time I hear it. It's up at the NPR website for All Things Considered so if you check out his last interview there (in Nov.) you should be able to hear the song for free.
Ginger - Dec 03, 2006 4:31:16 pm PST #4160 of 10004
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cars:
- 1964 Ford Galaxie
- 1974 Plymouth Duster (the worst lemon ever)
- 1973 Toyota Carina
- 1978 Diesel Rabbit
- 1987 Nissan King Cab
- 1998 Nissan Frontier King Cab (exact same truck as the previous one, except in red. God, I'm boring.)
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DavidS - Dec 03, 2006 4:32:45 pm PST #4161 of 10004
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
EM has volunteered to babysit and she means it. She showed up at the tryouts today wearing Matilda in the front pack (which was a surprise). JZ's Mom and Dad will also offer babysitting services and I could also probably impose on Emmett's Godmother or the older Godsister for that matter.
Plus there are local Buffistas who who need to be abused would delight in Matilda's company, I'm sure.
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 4:36:25 pm PST #4162 of 10004
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of which, tommyrot, I've been meaning to mention that Tom Waits has a song on his new collection titled "The Pontiac" that makes me think of you every time I hear it. It's up at the NPR website for All Things Considered so if you check out his last interview there (in Nov.) you should be able to hear the song for free.
Hmm.... I have his new album but I've only listened to half of it. He often does mention big old American cars. One of his songs on the new album has words to the effect: "She had an old Lincoln - with suicide doors." I love the way he says "suicide" there. (Suicide doors are doors that open "backwards.")
tommyrot - Dec 03, 2006 4:37:54 pm PST #4163 of 10004
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
God, I'm boring
'64 Galaxies are cool.
Typo Boy - Dec 03, 2006 4:38:24 pm PST #4164 of 10004
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My car history is incredibly dull:
1987: Suburu Legacy
1995: Suburu Legacy which I am still driving.
I suspect the first one would have lasted longer if it had not been in a wreck.