5/24/06

I should have kept going yesterday because I have no idea what I still had to rant about. I guess Juan could say the train of thought did in fact derail. We don’t like those sorts of things here at the railroad. Anyhoo, I just got back from the doctor’s office. He said the usual, “Loose some weight, eat better, get more fiber, keep taking the blood pressure medicine, start taking these ‘anti-wee-little-girlie-bladder’ pills, yada, yada, yada.” Short version, I'm fine. So, let me see, what do I have to say today? Oh, mom and I went to look at the Yaris hatch last night. She didn’t like it, but not for the reason I expected. She has always been against the xB because, “It is too small!” I fully expected her to say, “Oh, no! That’s just too small to be safe!” But no, she didn’t like the blue color! I was shocked! As we were about to leave, I noticed a white four-door sedan Yaris parked next to me that was also a five-speed. We talked a bit over dinner and she suggested I go look at it. I did, I didn’t like it. Oh sure, it drove just about the same as the hatch and had similar power and performance, but it was just too pedestrian. It wasn’t me. No, if I'm doing this it will be a hatch. We also came up with an idea for getting out from under the Pimpmobile. My sister’s Ford Expecursiolorer has about a quadrillion miles on it. Her husband drives a Chrysler 300, which is the sedan version of the Magnum, so is used to the size of the Pimpmobile. Mom and I are going to offer it to her. Hell’s belles, I might be able to trade her Expecursiolorer in on the Yaris! I'm going to wait on making any final decision until after talking to my sister though. If she wants the Pimpmobile, I'll probably buy a Yaris hatch. If she doesn’t, I'll probably drive the Pimpmobile until I have a five-speed in Maxine and then start driving that and get rid of the Pimpmobile. If John's sister decides she wants the Pimpmobile, I'll probably buy a Yaris hatch. [ Too late... she bought a mullet machine... - SM ] I'm sure I'll mention that to John and have him ask her. I did offer it to her first so I should give her “right of first refusal.” Perhaps we’ll call her while driving to the Motorsport Ranch tonight to get Maxine. Ok, I really need to go online and do some research right quick. I think I'm going to call this rant complete and will talk to y’all tomorrow. Oh, one last thing, I have already thought of a name for the Yaris. I needed something pretentious and overly manly sounding. So I chose: Agamemnon! Of course it has to be said in a full booming “James Earle Jones” voice to be effective. [ Try it kids, it's fun! - SM ] Ok, that’s all for today.