The oracle award of the year goes to saeble

[fbhjr]

Last night we met for morgan_lafaye’s birthday.


Honestly, I lost count of who showed up, but I’m pretty sure it was more than a dozen.


It was a good dinner and a nice time.


She seemed to get some “interesting” presents.


And, for once, they cooked her steak as rare as she likes it.


My food was also very good, but it always is there.


This morning we tried to get flowers for my mother in law’s impending memorial. My wife wanted to go to Skaff’s which has a very good reputation.
We drove over to where their store was first thing in the morning.


But, although the sign was still in front, their store wasn’t there.


It turns out Mr. Skaff retired and closed his store, even though it is still listed on the internet as open, and people answer the phone. However, when questioned, it turns out it is a different shop in Grafton two towns over that just used to work with Mr. Skaff.
So, we drove over there and made all of the arrangements. They seem good and are very close to where my MIL and (now) wife lived when I first met my (now) wife. So, that doesn’t seem totally inappropriate.

After that, it was off to the house of ick to check on the cats and get the car.

saeble suggested a couple of weeks ago when I was having car problems that we buy a used Subaru. Well, now we’ve got my mother in law’s old one. So, that shows remarkable foresight on his part. It even has less miles then he suggest...

On the way home I stopped at the comic books store. They’re having a special “Green Lantern” story line this month where there are all sorts of other color lanterns too. So, Mortimer got the other rings as he is the house lantern.


I’ve been going through a lot of old photos for picture so my MIL. But, I found these from 9 years ago.

Comments

[saeble.livejournal.com]

heh

which Subaru specifically ? can you find something to link me to online ?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Right now all I know was that it is silver and covered with snow...


It's a 2003 Forester wagon. It's got about 65k miles on it.
It did miss its annual safety inspection that was due in October, but there isn't any sign there is anything wrong with it.
It's going to take a bit to deal with all the paperwork for it, get it re-registered, insured and inspected. But, we'll probably phase out one of our two much older cars and keep that one.

[saeble.livejournal.com]

nice set of wheels, best make sure you waxoil it or something if its been outside most of its life, Subarus rust just like everything else on salty roads, check the scuttle too

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Forget the Subaru, let's go for that AT-AT! :D

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Are you crazy? Those get abysmal mileage!
And, it's Tabanna gas to boot! Those stations are few and far between out here.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

This much is true...

I guess I got excited about the large storage space and firepower

they are vulnerable to tripping, too... Not so good.

Oh man, could you imagine trying to do an oil change or fixing a flat foot? Ugh!

[morgan-lafaye.livejournal.com]

First, thanks again for Friday night,coming and all.
Have you guys looked into trying to take both of your older cars and using them for a trade in for another less broken vehicle? I know money is tight, but a some point you have to say your throwing good after bad.either way I'm glad you are taking the Subbie,even if it sucks how.

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

Wow, a Forester ! See if you can find the maintenance history/any service receipts on it. We had a very good experience with our 1999 Forester - and it prompted us to buy a 2010 Forester. I actually think that the pre-2007 Forester models are better made than the new ones. You won't get as good gas mileage as the Saturn, but they are pretty reliable and should give you at least 27 MPG on the highway - we usually averaged 30 MPG, but that isn't with typical MA highway driving... All wheel drive will impress you this winter..