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jayAmidst the illnesses, refinances, home visits, and car purchase this week... I've had to scramble to keep up at work. The air traffic project is OK -- we met today and selected the winning research proposals for this year. But my new drilling automation project is concerning me. I'm hosting our first meeting... here, next Monday, all day. I don't have a room, no agenda, and I'm not sure what I'm going to present for three hours, let alone have finished my slides. And I'm running the meeting... I know I'm good, I can pull this off... but it is still stressful to contemplate, currently.
At least I won't have to worry about van repairs for the next few years... not only is it new, but I also bought an extended warranty (7 years) covering everything but tires. And a four-year service contract covering routine maintenance, like brakes and oil changes and wiper blades. So I can budget...
The car itself is an iridescent blue-silver with slightly purple tones... grey leather inside. Not a luxury, that, given what my three messy kids do to cloth upholstery. Built in Canada, at Oakville, Ontario. A handling-stabilization system with 10 sensors and a tiny gyro, with software monitoring handling and applying dynamic compensation to keep the car stable and in firm contact with the road. A proximity-sensor set on the rear bumper -- it beeps faster as it approaches an object (like a kid on the sidewalk). And full-curtain side airbags, along the sides all the way back to the 3rd row of seats. A built-in break-in alarm, too. And the rear bench seat folds flat into the floor, leaving a large rear carpeted space, large enough for sleeping bags... or sheets of plywood.
Sigh. New toy syndrome, just before Christmas. Problem is, it *is* bright-and-shiny... (wry grin).
At least I won't have to worry about van repairs for the next few years... not only is it new, but I also bought an extended warranty (7 years) covering everything but tires. And a four-year service contract covering routine maintenance, like brakes and oil changes and wiper blades. So I can budget...
The car itself is an iridescent blue-silver with slightly purple tones... grey leather inside. Not a luxury, that, given what my three messy kids do to cloth upholstery. Built in Canada, at Oakville, Ontario. A handling-stabilization system with 10 sensors and a tiny gyro, with software monitoring handling and applying dynamic compensation to keep the car stable and in firm contact with the road. A proximity-sensor set on the rear bumper -- it beeps faster as it approaches an object (like a kid on the sidewalk). And full-curtain side airbags, along the sides all the way back to the 3rd row of seats. A built-in break-in alarm, too. And the rear bench seat folds flat into the floor, leaving a large rear carpeted space, large enough for sleeping bags... or sheets of plywood.
Sigh. New toy syndrome, just before Christmas. Problem is, it *is* bright-and-shiny... (wry grin).
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Date: 2003-12-04 08:48 pm (UTC)i went to pat's journal and read it there...somehow i missed that post yesterday!
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Date: 2003-12-04 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-05 07:14 am (UTC)i'd love to see it sometime!