Miatatude

It had quit raining so we drove the work with the top down. It was 63 degrees and the day’s predicted high. It went back up while at work because there was still a chance for more rain. Even though it was cooler by quitting time, we put it back down for the ride home. It went back up for tonight’s trip to the mall. It was time for the annual Christmas shopping trip. We each make out a list of goodies we would like and give then give it to one another. At the mall and enter in the middle, where she goes left and I go right. We then meet up at a certain place after a certain amount of time having bought what we could off each others lists. When we get home, it is off to separate rooms to wrap.

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I just bought a Lockergnome sweatshirt last week. They were closing them out and $9 for an embroidered XL sweatshirt was too good to pass up. I also bought it because it was forest green and just last month I decided to retire my green Hartford Whalers sweatshirt. It was over 15 years old and the cuffs were fraying and it had a couple spots on it (it’ll make a nice waxing rag for the Miata.) Along with my sweatshirt they threw in a CD from Gnomedex 2002 and a bumper sticker that reads, “Geek used to be a 4-letter word, now it’s a 6-figure one.” Cute, but it won’t get on my car. What might is the Chris caricature that adorned the left side of the sticker. I trimmed all around it and think I’ll stick it on the back bumper for now – then move it to the trunk lid with the rest of my stickers in a couple months.

I haven’t tried the CD yet for fear it will be more of Chris’s home movies. I think I will plop in there, may be some good freeware on there…..

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Ordered a couple of my Christmas presents to the Miata tonight.

First up was a customized caricature from CarArtz.com I sent in pictures of the car, wheels, etc. and sometime after Christmas I will have a picture to frame. (the photos included the car with the Alley Gator Teeth so I guess that is what is going back in the mouth.)

Secondly I ordered the Moss Motors Short Shifter Kit. They had it on special for $119, down from $169. You can track the shipment here.

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Back from a weekend in Hilton Head. Once a year we get the run of a 2-bedroom condo down there for free. Well actually it is in payment for doing the owner’s web page (man, I hope the IRS isn’t reading this) he owns a couple and manages a lot more. I did the original page a ways back and do a couple of updates to it yearly to keep the units and their photos updated.

Actually had the top down on both Friday and Saturday afternoons. Felt good as it had been almost a week since the car was convertiblized…

Yesterday I washed the grime off the car. When I was finished, I pulled the Wabbit Teeth out of the mouth. Never did grow to like them. May give them away if I can find a sucker that’ll have them. Should I put the Alley Gator teeth back in or should I go with something different?

Today it was actually nice enough to ride home with the top down.

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The sun and 60 degree weather didn’t arrive as predicted. The clouds were hanging heavy overhead all day and I bet it didn’t get out of the lower 50’s. By quitting time it was already too cold to think about putting the top down, drat it all. I’m sure tomorrow’s weather will be absolutely correct because they are calling for rain….

My intent was to keep the driving gloves in the center console, but alas there isn’t any room because of the 2 sets of sunglasses that reside there now, so I’ve decided to keep them in the glove box, how about that?

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Had high hopes of the dropping the top for the drive home, but they were dashed when the sun never materialized and the temps never made it into the 50’s. I guess I have lived too long in SC as I’m now getting colder at a much higher temperature…

My 2003 calendar arrived yesterday. I had a custom one made online at Shutterfly using the 12 best pictures from the Barndoor Fan Club’s Twilight Photo Contest. You can get your own too if you want, $24 and 4 days is all it takes. Start by picking your pictures.

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The ICE STORM OF THE CENTURY never did materialize. It was cold and it did rain/freezing rain a bit around here. Apparently 30-50 miles north of here got it pretty good, while we escaped unscathed. But I guess in some sort of sympathy move they closed the local schools 2 hours early. I wonder which weather forecast they were watching?

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