Dear Mother Nature,

[caligurl]

my new car hasn't been clean since i picked it up! it rained the night we picked it up.... the following weekend was a ride so we didn't wash it cuz we were riding (oh.. ok.. coulda washed it sunday.. not sure why we didn't???? ) then last weekend rain and snow... this weekend we were going to "zaino" it.... but of course... more rain predicted

i've never had a new car so dirty when it's so brand new!

[KSH]

Please take some Midol and snap out of it!

second week in a row that it's been delightful M-F and then rained the ENTIRE weekend...

yep, Old Ma Nature has her panties in a wad over something... sheesh...

at least the time change is soon so I can start commuting to work safely again!

Sounds like you live in Texas! What is up with the weather ususally sucking on the weekends? UGH!

And... when we do have a decent day... the wind is gusting up to 25 mph. I am SO SICK OF RIDING IN A HEADWIND!

I figure by the time the wind stops blowing... I will be FLYING down the road... from all the muscles I built up riding into those headwinds!

[SadieKate]

Mother Nature, thank you, thank you!

You're giving us a break and the Blue Angels just flew past my office window so close I could almost blow kisses to the pilots! One just came by up on his edge.

[tatormc]

my new car hasn't been clean since i picked it up!

Caligurl, what car did you get? From a previous post you were looking at the new RAV4. We have one coming in next week, if there are no delays.

[MomOnBike]

OK, I know I'm weird, but since I work weekends, I'm just as glad when weekends have yucky weather. Then I can deal more gracefully with the problems at work, then have 5 nice days that I can bike. Or at least that's what I tell myself.

William is going into the shop this weekend, anyway, to get a new, lower granny gear put on, so I'm all for letting Ma Nature have her tantrum and get it over with.

[caligurl]

Caligurl, what car did you get? From a previous post you were looking at the new RAV4. We have one coming in next week, if there are no delays.

we didn't wait for the rav4..... however for the longest time.. it was at the top of our shopping list! but getting one was a nightmare.... we were explicit in what we wanted (V6, flint mica, with the package that included the upgraded stereo plus other stuff).... we kept looking... discounted a LOT of other vehicles (i REALLY fell in LOVE with the infinity fx!) however after doing MORE research... and once we had changed the size/class of car we were looking at.. the navigation system became an issue (we were going to buy a garmin portable for the rav4).... well my accord already had the best navi system (at least for the year it was)... none of the other companies came close.. i loved the look of the lexus, too... but their navi was AWFUL! the infinity and murano.. you couldn't input info while driving! what's up with THAT? 99% of my inputting is done while driving! we don't even sit in the driveway when we know where we're going.. we go while it "boots up" and then i put the addy in while we're on the road! we look for stuff all the time while going down the freeway (me as a passenger.. not him driving!)

so since the navi became an issue.. we were kind of "stuck" with a pilot or an mdx.... neither of us were thrilled with the pilot... i mean it was nice... but something about it just didn't click with us (expecially after falling in love with the infinity!) so we got an mdx! the bad thing is.. hubby has to lower his seat to put his bike in the back! but at least they are inside and for the most part.. out of the view of thieves! we are getting the windows tinted darker.. the back isn't dark enough and i want the front sides done too! gonna get that done in the next couple of weeks! so far we both love it! it's such a smooth drive! lots of fluff inside! AND i get to put my personalized plates on it since i gave up my car for it! (my plates are my name with an s at the end.. to make is possesive! lol!)

so far the only thing that irritates me.... when you use the buttons on the steering wheel to change the stations... for XM it only scrolls through your presets so that means 6 stinking stations... there's what... 200? so i have to lean over and go one by one with the actual radio knob to scroll! i guess if that's my only gripe... it's not too bad, eh?

[bikerchick68]

hey cali... be careful how dark you go on the tint of the front windows... you can get ticketed and they'll force you to remove it... it's actually in the vehicle code that the fronts can't be tinted... mainly because little hoodlums were tinting so cops couldn't see what they were up to... or who was inside... I guess it's easier to tint 'em dark so you don't get picked up on a warrant...

sounds like a great rig! I got rid of my BMW for a Forerunner... because the bike, the dogs and my landscape stuff all fits inside easily! LOL

[caligurl]

i know i'm not supposed to get them tinted.. but my last 3 cars and hubby's truck are all tinted... it's SO stinking hot here!! (plus it just looks good! ) we don't get the front sides tinted as dark as the rear though!

we looked at bmw's too.. but they didn't have a navi system for us to look at... so kinda just went on to the next dealership (which was the infinity next door! i STILL think infinities are GORGEOUS but HATE their navi! )

[bikerchick68]

I know what you mean about the heat... the tint really does help...

the MDX is a great vehicle... and I personally think you will be happier in the long run... I had an Acura at one point... GREAT car!!! The BMW on the other hand, was a nightmare... the dealer actually took it back and offered me a new beemer... NO WAY! Just so happens they own the local Toyota delaership too... BINGO! I am a happy, happy girl now...

[mmelindas]

Hey Doc,

Here's the deal on the PNB and margarine: starlings, magpies seem to like the stuff and in fact devoured the stick of margarine in less than half an hour! They are tidy little feeders, too, all I ever see is them wiping their beaks on the grass or something nearby. The magpies were stealing chunks of PNB that I had plastered on rocks and the bird feeder and stole so much I was wiped out in ten minutes.

Soooo...to make it more challenging, I put a whole jar of chunky PNB out and laid it on the side. Now the Magpies can't get into it but the starlings can and they crawl half way into it to get at the bottom as it disappears! The margarine everybody liked. They just attack it, in pecks, and I haven't seen any glued-togehter birds yet. They need the fat and protein to make it through the winter.

My philosophy is this: a live, fat bird eats MORE MOSQUITOS!!!

My hubby and I watch out our RV window, a front seat to the amusing scene of birds fighting over the food. I only feed them when it's snowy. Which silly Salt Lake has been, despite it supposing to be 54 degrees this time of year!!!

If you want to see a hilarious scene, put out a stick of margarine or PNB and watch the antics of some of the feathered friends locally.

Melinda

[Trek420]

could you please hold off on the rain for the Cinderella ride? Bikeless just sent me the 10 day weather report and

She's been working so hard and looking forward to this so it better not rain is all I can say. Last two years it didn't.

[Bike Goddess]

Trek- Says showers- 60%. Showers I can handle, on the other hand.... RAIN different story. Could be like Tuesday. We went out for a ride and only got hit once -about 10min worth (we stayed under a tree for awhile). The rest of the day was clear and windy! So, moral of story- you never know what MN is going to do!

[bikerchick68]

Bike Goddess... I think we're gonna take the brunt of it down here by the border... it has effectively ruined CAM for me... but I'm OK with that now... I'll just ride 12 centuries this year... not necessarily one a month tho. Works for me! S comeon Old Ma Nature... comeon down to the border! (And leave Bike Goddess alone! )