Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

With apologies to the former mayor of Carmel, of course.

The Good... I had my first Skype call with SN1 today, so I'm slowly but surely moving into the 21st century.  It wasn't my first VIDEO call with him, though, as I spoke with him Wednesday morning via DIL Erma's iPad.  FaceTime's video quality is much better than Skype's, or mebbe it's the camera on my cheap-ass laptop.  But Skype is passable and it's GOOD to have real-time connectivity to the AOR.

The Bad (sorta)... The Tart is only getting 22 mpg and that's the average overall fuel economy to date, with 750 miles on the clock.  I think there are at least two things in play here: (1) she's still new and the economy should improve as all her parts wear in and (2) most of her miles have been at speeds around 80 mph.  So I suppose I should expect less than stellar mileage... which means I should either lower my expectations or raise my right foot, one or the other.  The bad is mitigated by the fact she is a most-excellent road car: swift, silent, comfortable, and has a kick-ass Bose stereo.  The trip to ABQ and back was most enjoyable this time around.

The (downright) Ugly:


Aiiieee!  Baby it's HOT outside!  I don't care if it's dry heat, it's just freakin' hot.

6 comments:

  1. When the temps go over 100, it is hot - plain and simple.

    I've never skyped, but one of these days...

    So how's SN1?

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    1. SN1 is settling into his routine, and that's good. There's nothing really to report other than he's alive and well, and lookin' good... all at the same time. Thanks for askin', Lou.

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  2. Wow! I've not checked in for a bit and missed the new baby. Congrats on the new ride, Buck. She's a keeper!

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    1. Thank ya, Sir... or Ma'am, as the case might be.

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  3. Glad you're home -- we hit 102 here day before yesterday, and it wasn't a dry heat! Hope you had a good visit with several sons!

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    1. 102 in N'Awlins? Yow! And Aiiieee! The visit with SN3, short as it was, was good.

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