Kat, I'm sorry about the vomit and stuff. I'm typing this in the morning (on the east coast, anyway), and I hope everything has eased up by now for you.
Kathy, I have a Fit and I love it. Driving rentals while it sat at the body shop for two weeks really reinforced that. It averages 32-35 mpg with my usual city/highway mix of driving (I drive stick shift, which is usually gets a tad better mileage than automatic, depending on how you use it). While it looks teeny on the outside, it lives up to its name on the inside. I've driven quite comfortably with my own size 2X body in the driver's seat and a 6'2" man riding shotgun. As a gardener, I love that I can easily put down the back seats to carry bags of soil and flats of plants. When we were cleaning out Dad's apartment I managed to cram just about as much in my Fit as my sister did in her Chevy Suburban.
That said, I did get cut off a lot less when renting the Impala. From the outside the Fit looks wee. If I were moving to the Detroit metro area traffic wars or similar I'd look for something larger. (I never rent subcompacts while visiting family up there.)
My friend has done road trips in her Fit with two adults, at least one baby, and two greyhounds. It really is bigger on the inside.
Apparently there are enough people planning to drive through the floods to get to the Penn State game tomorrow that the newspapers are recommending which routes will most likely not be under water. [link]
(And I'm not sure where they're planning to go once they get here, since 2,500 football parking spaces are currently flooded.)
The next Republican debate would be just like Thunderdome! Two fungus-puppets enter! One fungus-puppet leaves!
Does one have to leave? Can they both not get out?
wait ... haven't they ALL been sprayed with a mind-controlling parasitic fungus? it would explain so much.
I'm pretty sure that if a mind-controlling fungus got ahold of Michele Bachman, it would starve to death.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
I'm pretty sure that if a mind-controlling fungus got ahold of Michele Bachman, it would starve to death.
You mean she isn't already a mind-controlling fungus?
In other news, several major roads in our area were closed last night because of the floods. Major like U.S. 50 and U.S. 29. The weather radio was blaring all night with flood warnings in the DC area. (BTW, the Federal government today is on Unscheduled Leave. I'm at work, but a lot of people aren't.)
The crest level has been revised down to 26.5 feet. Water will still be in the main part of the restaurant but hopefully it won't be enough to reach the really expensive industrial kitchen equipment.
Fingers are crossed to the point of breakage.
I'm thinking of stopping by the pharmacy and buying a sling on the way into work. That thing (or, you know, regular insomnia) kept me up way too long. I'm incredibly grumpy and don't want to go in.
