This blog is now a year and a month old. I'm thinking that maybe I should send out a email to all with the site address http://romemates72.blogspot.com and advice for Ron about the need to sign in with his gmail address and password, since it may be that some have lost the contact. That just happened to me since my hard disk died a few weeks ago and Leo, my son, had to give me the blog address again.
Not much to report for the month I'm afraid. All is well. Glad to hear you are still running the half marathons Loise (I doubt I would finish). Also I do know a bit about the Smart cars they have been here in Mexico for a while and my wife, Cristina, has a bit bigger version which is a Merecedes Klass A, also with the five speed semi automatic. Merecedes never let those cars enter the USA (probably afraid of damaging their luxury image with a 4 cylinder economy car, I've never seen their truck or buses in the States either). So the one or two times I've driven up Stateside have caused quite a stir in car culture. Hope the campaigning isn't too tiresome. Georgia politics has certainly changes since I left the area. At least you may gain some common understandings with Katie; I have no idea what actually participating in a political campaign is like. I do know something about academic politics -- that is where people fight desperately over very little.
Hope I have more to report by next month.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
April Greetings And Happy Passover
Hi Everyone! Andy, it was good to hear from you. Glad you had a nice family reunion and got to see some good old U.S. TV. I really think you should register to vote. This is such an important election. Ron's (husband, not friend) campaign is getting off the ground so he is really busy and we hardly have time to talk. I will be glad when it is all over. I ran the ING GEorgia half-marathon and finished (that is always my goal - I don't worry about time anymore). The weather was raining and cool, which is much better than last year when it was way too hot.
Atlanta is covered in pollen and almost everyone is suffering from allergies. They say that this is the worst year we have had in decades and I believe it!
The most exciting thing I have to report is that I bought a new car. I have been driving a 12 year old 1996 BMW 318ti. I really loved this car but I wanted something that got better gas mileage. I heard about the smartcar and decided to order one. It takes about a year to get one once you place the order. Sometimes people order one and then change their minds and don't take delivery. These are called "orphans" . I ended up adopting an "orphan" and so far I love it! It is really different from any car I have ever driven. It is a 3-cylinder, 5 speed automatic-manuel (you shift it but there is no clutch). It is a two-seater and very small. There are very few smartcars in Atlanta now so I get a lot of stares. These cars have been in Europe for years but are just now being sold in the U.S. WE are so far behind the rest of the world in bulding fuel efficient cars. Ron drives a Civic Hybrid so I guess we are a "green " family now.
That's about all I have to report. I hope everyone is well. If anyone is coming to Atlanta, I'll take you for a ride in the smartcar. Take care!
Lois
Atlanta is covered in pollen and almost everyone is suffering from allergies. They say that this is the worst year we have had in decades and I believe it!
The most exciting thing I have to report is that I bought a new car. I have been driving a 12 year old 1996 BMW 318ti. I really loved this car but I wanted something that got better gas mileage. I heard about the smartcar and decided to order one. It takes about a year to get one once you place the order. Sometimes people order one and then change their minds and don't take delivery. These are called "orphans" . I ended up adopting an "orphan" and so far I love it! It is really different from any car I have ever driven. It is a 3-cylinder, 5 speed automatic-manuel (you shift it but there is no clutch). It is a two-seater and very small. There are very few smartcars in Atlanta now so I get a lot of stares. These cars have been in Europe for years but are just now being sold in the U.S. WE are so far behind the rest of the world in bulding fuel efficient cars. Ron drives a Civic Hybrid so I guess we are a "green " family now.
That's about all I have to report. I hope everyone is well. If anyone is coming to Atlanta, I'll take you for a ride in the smartcar. Take care!
Lois
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