Today, a flood of memories, circa 1993: the lyrics speak to me and they say
Those who laugh and crowd the path
And cut each others throats
Will fall like melting snow
Stand and fight
Live by your heart
Say what you feel
Thanks for calling and taking a trip down memory lane, APXB2… it was a welcomed surprise for an otherwise lonely Saturday afternoon.
… and yes, I miss you, too.
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Maybe there’s a reason I haven’t had a “best friend” in over 7 years. I no longer trust or love easily.
When I was younger and living in CA (which was probably the most awesome and life-defining four years of my life) I had a huge group of friends. Every single friend was someone I trusted deeply; I gave my raw emotional love to them freely, and with absolute and total trust that my vulnerabilities were safe. The same was shared with me, and it went both ways.
Love and friendship are about being vulnerable and trusting that the other person won’t ever use those vulnerabilities against you.
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I haven’t been blogging much, no time since the end of my vacation and the return to reality… however, my friend Scott wrote an email that I’m re-posting (with permission). I guess that makes Scott my very first guest blogger!
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For years I have been using mid grade gasoline. I have kept track of my mileage and know that in my Dodge Durango I get about 13.6 mpg in the city. That is pretty much all I do is city driving, not a lot of highway with my business. So my 2004 Dodge Durango with the 5.7 liter V8 HEMI engine has been doing me just fine.
But with rising gas prices, I decided to give “regular” a try. I read an article in the AAA “Going Places” Southeast edition that suggested mid-grade is, for the most part, not necessary and putting mid-grade into your car is not a “special treat” for the engine, rather, a waste of money. It says to check with the manufacturer but most cars do fine on regular.
So, I decided to fill her up with regular for about $.20 cents less per gallon and see how it went. Well, I should have gone with my gut instinct and stuck with plus. I reset the mpg tracker and sure enough, after driving around town for 3 quarters of a tank I am getting down around 10.6 mpg on regular gas. At $3.99 a gallon for regular, that breaks down to $.42 cents per mile in the city. At $4.29 (30 cents more, but it is really more like 20 cents usually), that breaks down to less than $.32 cents per mile with midgrade. I have been told I am wasting my money, read articles that said the same thing, but all along what I was doing was right. My car is thirsty for mid-grade!
I am switching back to mid-grade, it is cheaper!
Additionally, I looked up my make and model and the manufacturer says “Unleaded mid-grade 89 octane recommended Unleaded regular 87 octane acceptable.”
Acceptable to who? The oil industry.
Do yourself a favor and check what your manufacturer recommends. Then do your own tests. I think you may be surprised to find that it is actually cheaper in some cases to pump your car with midgrade. Especially you guys with the BMWs and Jags. Heck, you probably have to use premium..
Good luck!
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I’m at the tail-end of this era, but the following email forwarded to me today is soooo true. TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s…
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AJK,
It’s been so long since I had you on my “friends” list (IRL or online) and I miss you like crazy, I really do. Whatever we’re mad at each other about, can’t we just let it go? It was so, SO long ago (7 years? 8?) that we let our friendship go missing; 6 years of being “BFF’s” before that time seems like a lifetime ago.
It would mean so much to me to reconnect with you… life is just too short to continue walking on eggshells wondering why we aren’t friends.
Please at least reply - tell me to F-off or something, if that’s all you can manage. It’s killing me to ignore you, and to be ignored by you, while always wondering if there is a chance our old and true friendship could be rekindled.
I have never stopped admiring you and loving you from afar. Not for a single day.
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