Miatatude

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

Back To The Doctor

Left it up for the trip to work on Thursday, but it went right back down for the trip home. Friday it was upper 50’s so we drove to work with it down, nothing like a little brisk fresh air in the morning. Back to the doctor this morning to try another pill. Feeling better today, but not normal. Hope I feel well enough tomorrow to make the Master’s Miata Club’s MMM…Time. We meet at 4 and there is a matinee showing of the Attack of the Clones at 5:30, I’m going to try and get them to go to the movies.

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

Bat Cave

Finally hooked up the garage remote to the “Bat Cave” toggle switch. Works OK. You have to have the key on and you can’t hold the switch up or the garage door stops traveling. It’s a momentary on type switch, but that just means it is spring loaded, you can hold it too long and it confuses the opener. I’m sure with a little practice I will get the hang of it. 🙂

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 117

100,000

Donna had an eye doctor’s appointment at 9:00 this morning. It started to mist on the trip over and by the time we pulled into the parking lot it had started to sprinkle. She went inside and I stayed out to remove the boot and raise the top.

The Optometrist is only a couple of miles away, so when we got home we were still 8 miles shy of the magic number. Good thing too, as I forgot the camera. The rain finally passed completely about 6:30 PM. After dinner we both had cabin fever, so we went for a drive and needed coats as it was in the 60s (unusual for us this time of year, it should have been 10 degees warmer.) We made a big 25 mile loop of the trip to the grocery store for OJ. Pulled over at a subdivision entrance along the way and took the pic.

Started down, went up, came down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 117