Jaime decided that we should visit her parents in Elizabethton, TN this weekend. It’s beautiful country up there. Her parent’s home is situated on Watauga River, comfortably nestled at the bottom of a small valley of tall rolling hills. On the way there, we got caught in a hailstorm. A shower of hail at 70 mph doesn’t do much damage to a fiberglass body. However, when we stopped to look the car over, we noticed the bumper had gotten beaten to death in one area. As well, the bottom fin on the left front grill was broken off. After a pleasant visit and (more…)
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2011
Jaime Drives the Snake (in flip flops)
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2011
Stupid People
Yes, stupid people. They are abound! Last weekend, Jaime and I drove to Lasco Ford in Fenton, MI to pick up her new-to-me 2006 Lotus Elise. The car was modified with a Momo Trek-R racing steering wheel. It’s regular retail price is $320. The adapter need to mount this steering wheel retails for about $95. The Lotus horn button for this steering wheel is another $80. So it is safe to say that someone really wanted a slick steering wheel and they weren’t afraid to pay good money. However, they were apparently afraid to install it correctly. A Lotus Elise (more…)
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Best Worst Day, Pt 1
Lately, it seems as if the universe was malevolently conspiring to keep Jaime and I apart. We haven’t seen much of one another as work and other personal commitments have kept us apart. It was really starting to wear us down. Hoping to makeup for lost time with one another, we had a nice lunch together on Saturday, ran some errands and then watched “X-Men: First Class”. We were both pleasantly entertained. Afterwards, we drove home with the thought of taking a short road trip. We went home, changed clothes and took the top off of the Lotus. It was (more…)
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