Miatatude

Communing With The Miata

Put the top down this morning to run some errands. First was breafast downtown at the New Moon Cafe. We arrived about 15 minutes before they opened so we went for a little cruise around a older subdivision in town. Cool driving. Narrow, windy, hilly and smooth. When we finished breakfast our next destination was the Post Office. We were about 10 minutes early for their opening as well. Off on another little drive. Did I mention it was a beautiful morning for a drive? After the PO we stopped at the auto parts store in town to buy some oil, after that it was back home. I spent the next hour communing with the Miata, while listening to Car Talk. Changed the oil and filter and rotated the tires. Afterwards it was time to wash the Miata, because this afternoon was a MMM…Time with the Master’s Miata Club.

Busy car day, so maybe that will make up for tomorrow where as usual on Sunday’s the Miata might not even leave the Garage.

Started up, went down, went up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 139

Brusters

Cool enough for a light jacket on the way to today, hot enough on the way home to be naked (not that we were mind you.) After supper tonight we went for a short drive down some local back roads, with a stop at Brusters for an ice cream. In the lower areas it was already cooling back off.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 133

Good News, Bad news

Top down for the ride to work. Another hot day in the afternoon, so it went up for the ride home, stayed down to the Bike Club meeting and even home from that. Good news was that the garage door opener is fixed and it only cost the $55 for the service call. Bad news is that all it took to fix it was that the repair guy had me shut the breaker off for 5 minutes and then turn it back on. He said that there is a prection chip on the cicuit board that can be reset sometimes when the unit takes a power surge. One of the remote controlled ceiling fans on the screened porch was discovered not working this afternoon, and for whatever reason, that same trick worked on it as well. Go figure. Also good news is the insurance agent called to say that any TV under 25″ is just a replacement thing, no need to even try and get a repair estimate. Makes sense, a new 19″ TV was $100 at Target, the TV repair shop wanted $20 just to look at it.

Started up, went down, went up, still up.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 128

Piled Into The MSV

Felt crappy this afternoon, so we put the top up and rode home with the top up and A/C on. Had to get out of the car in the driveway to manually open the the garage door, we on a waiting list for the repair person to visit and see what it will cost to fix/replace the opener. After supper the of us piled into the MSV and made a run to Target. Bought a new phone/answering machine ’cause the insurance man said nobody fixes them so just keep the receipt. While we were there we bought a cheap 19″ TV because we couldn’t stand it without any TV to watch. What the heck, if the TV repair guy can fix the other one for cheap, we’ll just sell it and at least recoup the repair cost.

Started down, went up, still up.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 126

Lobster Tail

This morning was trash pick-up with the bike club. We have a whopping 4 block section of town to police. We always get a big turn out for the event too, because the Club buys everyone who comes out a breakfast at Best Bagels. Besides the usual cans, both intact and shredded by lawn mower, bottles and fast food wrappers, today’s haul included 2 IBM Selectric typewriters, a rusty hand saw, a couple sets of car keys and a lobster tail with the meat intact.

After that it was another drive to Augusta to deliver the Bike Club Newsletter to the big 3 bikes stores. By then it was lunch and the temps were in the 90s so the afternoon was spent indoors in the AC and channel surfing.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 125

Romulan Cloaking Device

Almost didn’t drive the Miata today either. Lazed around the house all morning. Friends came over for the mandated-by-law Memorial Day grilling of hot dogs and hamburgers. Then afternoon nap followed by watching some of the X-Files marathon on FX. Caught a couple of good ones including 2 of my all-time favorites – “Bad Blood” and “Small Potatoes.” After Small Potatoes we went out for a drive to check the Aiken Bicycle Club mail, buy some CD labels and take a walk. Beautiful night for a drive, temperature was around 80 with low humidity. The only problem is even though I had my lights on, I must have had the Romulan Cloaking Device going without knowing, as 2 cars made me slam on the brakes to avoid hitting them as they pulled out in front of us.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 119

Boll Weevil

Well my evil plan was foiled, of the like 14 people who showed up at the MMM…Time, nobody was really interested in the movie. Ended up eating some ice cream and going for a drive up by the lake and points west. Ended up in Thompson and came home via I-20. Since we hadn’t really made plans for an after drive meal before we started and nobody had a CB we ended up scattering off different exits on the way into and past town. Donna and I drove into downtown and dined at our favorite Augusta eatery, the Boll Weevil.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions sine 02/02/02: 119