An odd moment, for a nerdy girl, to have the conversation turn to cars, and to be found to have the coolest car in the room. To begin to believe, that in my middle years, I have, just by staying aware and open, true to myself, become cool. A certain flavor of cool, no question, but a genuine kind of hipness. The cool around the far edges of the bell curve.
I grew up on the margins of poverty, though I never felt really poor, knowing kids poorer than me. My parents had grown up in deeper poverty. Now that I live closer to the middle incomes, I feel quite rich - still only feeling I need roof over my head, food on the table, clothes on my back, the rest is gravy.
A few years on East Coast nurse wages, for two unextravagant people, upon return to a place requiring a vehicle, meant we were able to buy a car outright. An inexpensive, but well made wee LEV car. I took it around a curving turn and through an underpass faster than I would like to admit. Unlike the old Neon, which would have gone "ohmygodohmygodohmygodnonononono!", the Fit just said "weeeeeee!" This gives me more sheer entertainment than I can say. I admire how well designed it is, appreciate how much thought went into it's creation. That 36-38MPG helps.
Moby is coming to terms with the sofa, after five months.
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I much prefer the non-material sense of "rich", liking the sense of freedom it confers.
Glad you're sounding more upbeat.
Nerds are cool, it just takes the rest of the world a long time to catch up.
A non-car-person asks: what's an "LEV car"?
D had to ask me as well.
Low Emissions Vehicle.
ah, thanks.
this makes me smile
It truly is a fun little car.
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