Anyone have used car buying advice? I'm trying to hold out for a moon roof, and prefer an automatic these days (don't want to focus on shifting with my headaches, that's all). I think foreign (Honda, Toyota, etc.) is sensible but I'd like a newer car and they seem to be holding a higher value than I can afford--unless I go back to the late nineties ( Read more... )

Ok, I flirted with the Mini. She's awfully cute and she came with an optional ipod dock and great speakers (really what matters in a car ( Read more... )

My faithful old Toyota, Jezebel, has served me well since 1991. I first borrowed her from my dear friend Maxine, and then I purchased her in 92. I used her to go over a mountain to a nearby city to visit my son when he was in the hospital recuperating from his head injury ( Read more... )

I've about run down, just wanted to say it's been a long, long day for me, being up half the night. Today my beloved old '82 Toyota Tercel, Jezebel, failed to start. She's been having electrical problems and I put nearly 500.00 in her to keep her going, rebuilt alternator and new battery, but for some reason that hasn't been enough. So we had her ( Read more... )

I had a surreal exchange with a manager in our company over my objections to a joke about Jews and bacon cheeseburgers. I am pretty sensitive to ethnic, religious, sexist, or racist humor. I don't think it has any place in a work environment. We have this new employee who probably is well intentioned and simply doesn't understand how this joke is ( Read more... )