I may be the first guy in history to say this (the first guy to admit it?) - I'm borrowing my mother-in-law's sports car this week.
My mother-in-law - that quiet, unassuming little lady - just bought a Mazda Miata. For the gas mileage (yeah, right).
She then made the mistake of taking my wife and kids with her husband to Iowa for a week.
She may never see the Miata again.
It's my first real experience with a sports car. (Purists: Maybe you don't think it's a sports car, but I sure think it is :-) Claustrophobic, hot (the gearbox), noisy, rough, and touchy. Sometimes I think I'm riding on gravel in a shopping cart because of the suspension. But it's FUN!!! It rockets away from red lights, and that 50-50 weight distribution makes me look forward to turns. How I'll ever go back to my positively boring Honda Accord I'll never know. But Carrie tells me I need to cool my jets, that it's "not the right time" for us to get a two-seater. >sigh<
Yesterday she called and asked what I was doing. "Going for a drive," I said. She wanted to know where I was going. Then she wanted to know why. I think she's been a mom too long - she's forgotten that it can be fun to just drive on a windy rural road and enjoy the wind, the trees, the hills, and the turns. She never really understood what I was doing. I never cared.
Anybody want to buy a used Accord?
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I should probably delete all the nasty comments I made on your blog lately. But, hey, it was fun while it lasted.
No comment on the Miata. How 'bout a road trip to west Tennessee for some venison? Sounds like you'll get bored with the circus on the road to Iowa. Big show?!
Red devil on shoulder: "Buy yourself a sportscar. You've earned it."
White angel on other shoulder: "Tisk, tisk. That wouldn't be practical."
Phil: [Takes right index finger and flicks the white angel into oblivion as he signs the papers on a new Ford Mustang Cobra.]
So, Vicki gets a link on your blog, but I don't.
Do you need some help with your html or something, good buddy?
Never mind Mark - he is just jealous that you love me more.
I need your advice on a new digital camera. I have a Nikon CoolPix 990 with all of 3.5 mega pixels. It was all the rage back in 2001. It's time to start saving my loose change for an upgrade. I talking a real camera. I'm not a point and shoot photographer. Heck, I built my own pinhole camera years ago and got some really nice results. I leave the point and shoot photography up to my camera phone.
Camera advice: Canon 30D or Nikon D80. If you have more pennies (or you're willing to plumb the depths of your couch), you can get the Nikon D200 (which I have) or the Canon 5D. Don't forget to save some pennies for a lens or two, though.
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