Egad, my hamstrings are sore and tight and my back aches. This from walking to the DMV, sitting around for two hours to get an Oficial Quote on how much we owe (only three outstanding tickets, but still the whole megillah plus registration is $571). Then had to Muni and walk many many blocks to Luscious Garage to get an Official Quote for fixing the transmission.
All told: 3.5 hours spent procuring two sheets of paper.
Now off to the bank to turn those sheets of paper into a fixed and registered car.
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday P-C! It was great meeting you last month.
Much kitty ~ma, Epic.
I don't even wear toe socks, so those toe shoes are right out. (The fact that the second and third toe on each foot are slightly webbed is a factor there...)
Maybe we should take turns reminding each other.
Yeah. Someone who responds to outrage about bigotry with the statement "Waah, your outrage is censoring the publisher!" is not someone I need to waste brain cells on. Especially when they keep moving the goalposts.
You are going to take care of your back tonight, right, Hec?
I've got to run over to the Hyundai dealership to see if I like the Elantra better than the Mazda 3 I test drove on Saturday. If I do like it, but they can't match what Mazda's willing to do for me (reduce the price by $1000, and if my credit is good enough, 0% financing for 63 months, so that if I put $8K down, I can have monthly payments of $200!), then I'll be going back to Mazda as soon as I hear from Progressive whether they'll be totalling my Civic or not.
I really liked the Mazda--tons of legroom (although the rest of the interior is a tad small), easy to put stuff into the trunk and the back seat folds down perfectly flat, the mileage is a bit lower than I'd like (24/33 mpg) and the interior hasn't been redesigned in forever, but it's a fabulously fun drive! Corners on a dime, really peppy on the straightaway, and just a great time on the road. It has all the bells and whistles I'm looking for.
Note for tommyrot: I drove the 2012 Focus--sweet car, nice ride, but they're not budging on the price. Also, the guy at Golf Mill Ford was giving the hard sell and by the end of the two hours I was there, I was getting a bit ticked off by his sales technique.
Did you linger in the kitchen, smonster?
When I was looking at cars several years ago, I really liked the Mazda3, as well. I've rented them several times (Zipcar uses them), and they're always fun to drive.
"Waah, your outrage is censoring the publisher!"
Is this about the YA Gay thing? My agent was just twittering about that. Send me your gay YA!
Nope, it was about Orson Scott Card's Hamlet thing. People were expressing disappointment that Tor and Subterranean Press had chosen to publish it, and this one person is convinced that therefore SubPress is being oppressed. Their rights to free speech are being chilled.
The counterpoint, that outrage of the masses is in fact an exercise of free speech, appears not to be sinking in.
My argument that self-censorship is not in fact the same thing as censorship, and in fact, is a direct result of the workings of the marketplace? Is ignored.
I have to give her credit, though: she's all over the comments, and just keeps digging in.
People double-down. I do it all the time. Being wrong means your ancestors spent all that energy outrunning sabre-toothed tigers and hunting mammoths for naught.
Note for tommyrot: I drove the 2012 Focus--sweet car, nice ride, but they're not budging on the price.
Yeah, they didn't budge much for me either. They're still in short supply.
Also, the guy at Golf Mill Ford was giving the hard sell and by the end of the two hours I was there, I was getting a bit ticked off by his sales technique.
I hate that. I just walked out on a Dodge dealer years ago for that reason (after test-driving the 2000 Neon. I ended up with a 2000 Focus instead.)
I considered Golf Mill Ford, but bought my '12 Focus from Joe Rizza Ford. It's funny, but I'm still on Rizza's mailing list for being a former customer. So they just sent me an email saying there's a sale on the '12 Focus--7 weeks after I bought one from them.
