That still meets the one coffee mug rule. When I drive to work, there must still be some coffee left in the thermos when I arrive in the parking lot. If not, then the place of work is GU (geographically undesirable). Oddly enough the GU designation can be used for rating potential dating partners, but I digress. In any case, getting a larger thermos does not affect the one coffee mug rule, as the holder on the console does not accommodate larger mug sizes.....
GU on Long Island is significantly impacted by traffic.
Cars (new AND used) are crazy expensive. I feel your pain. We could never afford a new car at these prices. Hanging in there with the old Chevy we have, and will drive it until the wheels fall off.
Mike’s Buick has just less than 400,000 km, which is 240,000 miles.
Mike’s Buick has just less than 400,000 km, which is 240,000 miles.
Ski’s Rav was towed away weeks ago, so he’s driving the Buick for now. Mike and I are sharing my car. We’re not really working right now, except for a couple of weekend virtual gigs, and everything is closed except for grocery stores and pharmacies, so it’s not like we’re going anywhere.
we’re wide open here. Most places aren’t even requiring masks anymore. 
Our Governor (MA) just lifted all the restrictions starting tomorrow (no size limits on gatherings indoor or outdoors) and masks will still be required only on public transportation and medical facilities. That aside, any private business may still request masks, and/or limited capacity, at the discretion of the owner, but no longer a law under the state.
As of last weekend, outdoor gatherings of up to 5 people are permitted, so we had coffee with another couple at a park. It was nice. 3 of the 4 of us have received one dose of Pfizer so far, the fourth is an anti-vaxxer. Didn’t vaccinate her kids and had to homeschool them; doesn’t vaccinate her dogs.
did it break down? Toyotas are very reliableMike’s Buick has just less than 400,000 km, which is 240,000 miles.
Ski’s Rav was towed away weeks ago, so he’s driving the Buick for now. Mike and I are sharing my car. We’re not really working right now, except for a couple of weekend virtual gigs, and everything is closed except for grocery stores and pharmacies, so it’s not like we’re going anywhere.
It was old and tired. More than 400,000 km on it. He could have invested a few thousand dollars into it with no guarantees that it would last the summer. He got $800 from the wrecker plus a free tow.
Sometimes that’s what you need.
kind of like last year people selling 1 sheets of toilet paper for $1 on eBay
We need a perplexed emoji.
At the risk of sounding like an extremely old person, I'm perplexed by a couple of things. The first is the razor ad for women trimming around the edge of a, hopefully, Bikini. If that was on TV when I was in "training" that would have been considered hardcore p orn. The second and most confusing is the advertisement for mens underwear with built in pouches for each of the boys. Because? Damned if I know. until this week I never realized that there was any problem with relative closeness. I'll bet they sell like crazy for no other reason than guys think it is something they have been waiting for.
I bought Mike and Ski those underwear with the pouch. Saxx brand. They claim that they are amazing! I have no way of verifying.
Nothing new, in the sense that the end goal of advertising is to create a problem that doesn't exist -- and then present a miracle solution for said, non-existent problem. Now, once in a while, a useful, creative idea is actually promoted for sale. But as for the former, people only have themselves to blame for non-critical analysis. (C'mon, admit it -- we've all fallen down that hole at one time or another!
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