Went out and around today, getting this and that. Have to say the best part of the day though was coming out to my car at the Tru-Value Hardware store at 4 and 9&20. In the back of the car was a huge box, warranting having both rear seats down, and things were a bit disheveled in the front seat too. I opened the car with my \u00fcber-fob and then a little car pulled up on the other side of my car and the driver gave me a friendly little wave through his open window.<\/p>\n
“What is this?” the biker-dude-driver asked pointing at my car.<\/p>\n
“It’s a 2012 FIAT,” I replied, going around to their side of the car and patting the little argento jellybean.<\/p>\n
“Whoa – really new!” he said. “And what kind of mileage?”<\/p>\n
“About 40, but I’m still adjusting to the different new clutch.”<\/p>\n
This made his face all kinds of astonished.<\/p>\n
“What’s it, start around twenty?”<\/p>\n
“Oh no – they start around fifteen something”<\/p>\n
“And who around here sells FIATs?<\/p>\n
“Armory, over in Albany.”<\/p>\n
“Whoa. Thank you so much!”<\/p>\n
“You’re welcome – they’re fun to drive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
All the while a multiple-lip-and-other-wise-pierced younger being looked on with amazement from the passenger seat.<\/p>\n
And that, my friends, is what the holiday spirit is all about!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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