Articles tagged with car
Disabling A Car
Many Years Ago Cars used to be a lot simpler. I knew where to find the dipstick (no, not that one) and check the oil level. I even (gasp) knew where the rotor arm was. Nowadays I am not even sure that cars have one. Holiday in Belfast I first came to Be
My Car Is Cold
Frosted grass crunched beneath my feet as I rounded the corner at the front of the house and saw my little red Honda had been dusted overnight, its windows frosted icy white. If my car could speak it would surely say, "I am cold!" But of course, so am I o
Blind but not Beaten
Asif Patel enjoys a cult-like following in his city. People flock to his workshop just to see him bring a dead #car #engine to life or test the brakes of an ailing vehicle. He is not a #celebrity in the sense the term celebrity is commonly used but if yo
Blind but not Beaten
Asif Patel enjoys a cult-like following in his city. People flock to his workshop just to see him bring a dead #car #engine to life or test the brakes of an ailing vehicle. He is not a #celebrity in the sense the term celebrity is commonly used but if yo
Happy Birthday To Me, So K Says
This is what was sitting in my driveway this morning when I left the house. Isn't it pretty? My missus says it is my birthday present. We actually picked it up at the dealer yesterday evening after K got off work. We traded in our 2000 Accord with
Performances With a Message...Sixty Years Ago
I went to see a play over the weekend. It was about two women who fall in love, and it tells the story leading up to their first kiss, which resulted in a vicious anti-gay-themed assault, and the aftermath of the assault. It was a well-written and
In Search Of A Ride
I am much in need of a new, or at least newer, vehicle. the Accord I'm driving now is 15 years and 258,000 miles old. The paint is peeling off, little things are starting to break or quit working, and it is only a matter of time before something major give
My Baseline Mammogram and the Ensuing Nightmare
Apparently, the PersonaPaper Universe really wants me to write about my breast. I had written a response article last month about how my emotions reacted differently to two different incidents where there were lumps in my #breast (Life Is Calling), b
journal 05-02-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Saturday May 2, 2015. The temperature is 59.9°F and the humidity is 61% at 4:32 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 0.7 mph. Awfully quie
Journal 05-01-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Friday May 1, 2015. The temperature is 58.3°F and the humidity is 69% at 6:39 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 1.6 mph. The sunrise wa
Journal 04-30-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Thursday April 30, 2015. The temperature is 67.8°F and the humidity is 47% at 8:33 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0.7 with gusts of 1.6 mph. It&rsqu
Journal 04-29-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Wednesday April 29, 2015. The temperature is 57.3°F and the humidity is 61% at 5:18 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 0 mph. It was cle
A birthday party and Penguins of Madagascar movie this weekend
This weekend was a pretty good weekend. It was quite late notice but my friend posted to our Breakfast Club group on facebook that her father was having a birthday party on Saturday for her sister who is turning 11. The kids and I only planned to stay for
Catching Up with My Past
My husband and I were talking about coincidences earlier. It seems that some of the jobs I had in the past were meant to be: The job at the estate #agency that I interviewed for in the late 90s was not successful. They wanted to employ me, but I had bee
Big Surprise
I was so depressed during our 10th wedding anniversary because my husband promised to come home early so we can celebrate. But it took him hours to get home and I was so sad. But then when he arrived I realized he was planning a big surprise for me on that
Film Time 2
This time, I watched "If I Stay". The #story of the two #young-adult #musicians who belong to the different world of #music. One is playing #classic and the other is playing #rock music All that unite them is #Love. This is a sort of #family #drama #film/
Don't Drive That
I have been a bad girl today. My husband took the car to work today and told me not to drive the company car he left at home. It was a big pick up truck and he said it may be too heavy or too big for me. Anyway, I was worried about commuting with my kids s
Deliver Me From Used Car Salesmen
It was time to purchase a new-to-me car that would be a used car, or pre-owned vehicle, as the lingo goes these days. I did my homework, checked out the used car inventory of several dealerships, read the CarFax on the autos in which I had an interest an
Why Does That Woman On Her *Bleeping* Phone Still Have a Driver's License?
I love driving my car. Usually. A major thoroughfare in my city is in the middle of a partial lane closure because of construction that is currently going on for a new shopping center. Aside from the fact that my city currently has a l
Woke Up and Saw 2 Sad News
It is sad to open your Facebook and read some sad news. The first was that a #premature# baby that we were trying to help just died. It was too much for baby Harry Musser. I don't know the family #personally but they were my contacts on FB and also on seve
