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dragonlady7I was gonna post a comment in (my and) Dave's buddy Corey's blog, but it wants me to become a member of MySpace, and given as I've never even heard of MySpace before, much less had any reason to join it, I'm unlikely to do that just to leave a comment.
I only had assaholic things to say anyway, like "you know, honesty's not as important in a blog as writing in it regularly is, and 'interesting' is just all relative anyway", and "what color is jaded? is it like jade? But white jade or green jade?"
So i don't think i'm going to join MySpace. Sorry, Corey. You get no comments from me.
I also wanted to say, man, stick to your guns! If you feel like using big words, use big fuckin' words! It's your goddamn blog! Stand up for your overuse of arcane language, because that is something you are entitled to in Your Space!
But I digress.
So, the car. The temporary inspection sticker doesn't expire for another week. So, i drive it home to Dad, give it back to him, let him decide if he wants to fix it. He could fix it for about $300-500, because his labor is free. However. His labor is also busy, and slow. He said he feels he ought to fix it for me, so he'd do that (he sold me the damn thing, after all, and I actually paid him money, unusually enough).
But perhaps I don't want that. I figure, I drive it there, leave it with him. He can look at it and evaluate for himself how much it will cost him to fix it, in time and money, and if it's worth it. If he thinks it'll take too long, he can give me back the pittance I gave him for the thing, and keep it on his back burner as a project for himself-- he had said he missed having the van, and could use it if he still had it. So he can fix it and keep it. (It's invaluable for moving kids to college and from house to house. I know this.) And I'll take my tiny amount of money and start formulating a plan to get a new car.
Otherwise, he fixes it for me, and I get by without a car until then. Upside: cheap. will probably have car before the worst of winter. don't have to shop for new car or take out loan or make new plan.
downside: don't have car for undetermined period, and dad has to bust his ass to fix the thing. He's got other stuff to do.
Meh. I'll go get the car today, and then I have to decide about when I drive it home. If I wait until friday, Dave can accompany me, to help me push-start the car. If I don't, then I have to either hope I can make the whole trip without once stopping the engine (as I have no starter), or I will have to rely on the courtesy of some total stranger to help me push-start it. (Unless I'm in a big parking lot and can push it and then leap into it and pop the clutch. Which might be the case at a Thruway rest stop / gas station. ... Might.) It's a 310-mile journey, door to door, but it's an easy one. The car can go about 350 miles on a tank of gas, as well. So it's feasible.
Another consideration: Scout goes home on or around Friday. So if I want to see her again, I have to arrive before she goes. Tempting. But possibly silly.
this is from kat
Date: 2004-09-29 05:36 am (UTC)