I propose a toast

[cjsmith]

Random status:

Called insurance companies (both). Called other driver to confirm license plate number. Appears fairly certain other guy's insurance is accepting liability. Guy on phone said so, anyway.

I don't even have collision insurance. Oddly, this amuses me. (Years ago I decided the car wasn't worth enough to keep paying that bit.)

I will now confirm, never having been a customer of theirs, that State Farm is very nice to deal with in the initial stages of a claim. So is AAA, where I am insured.

Lots of meetings today. The lunch one ran very long, and then the 2pm didn't start until 230 and lasted until after five. This would have to be the day I'm playing phone tag with two insurance companies! Bailed out on a trip to a company we're working with in MtView. No time left; that'll have to be Monday. Also bailed on two reference-check phone calls. Drat. Want that wrapped up, darnit. Well, it's just not been a good day, that's all.

Escaped the office and went to my chiropractor before he closed up for the day. Got a gentle once-over and some good advice.

Canceled tomorrow's flight because I have no clue how I am going to feel in the morning and it will be too late to cancel by then.

Drove the crippled beast home. Parked backwards in the garage so I could exit the car.


Now that I'm not flying in the next 24h, and I'm not driving anywhere tonight, and I have had one hell of a day, I am settling down to some DRINKING.

I propose a toast. To our mechanized servants/companions, stolid beasts of burden, haulers of heavy loads in punishing conditions. To the one, loyal for seventeen years, who gave its life for mine today.

Comments

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

You two are way ahead of me. I figured I just needed to put Randy and CJ together for 10 seconds tonight, but it sounds like the whole thing will be settled by then.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

It'll all be over but the test drivin'.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at those cars, and they're all... big. OK, I know I have a weird perspective. What I'm driving is 65 inches wide not counting the nonexistent right mirror. The smallest thing I can find out there is today's Corolla, at 67 plus a mirror. I know I'm being a little persnickety but in our garage, next to Rob's two-door land yacht, it'll make a difference. :( (Right side mirror counts because I park on the right.)

*sigh*

[allanh.livejournal.com]

Randy says these are among the smallest reliable cars currently marketed in the U.S.. He points to the Matrix and the xB, both of which he claims have about as small a footprint as you're going to find on a car these days.

Except perhaps a Mini. But those are (a) expensive, and (b) not as mechanically reliable as Toyota/Scion.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I'm finding as well. I truly don't want to spring for a Mini. If I were going to spend that much money I'd want something with a longer life expectancy. Even the Beetle, once synonymous with "small cheap car", is both wider and more expensive than the Corolla!

Top runners at the moment, in preference order at this particular instant:
- New Corolla (same width as Yaris, and width's all I care about)
- Used Corolla
- Used Prius (one inch wider than a new Corolla)

PS: Sorry to miss you tonight!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

We finally decided we simply weren't up to going to a party tonight. Probably could have forced it, but... er... and it involved driving... bleah. Sorry I'm not going to get a chance to see you and Randy!