Various things

[vilakins]

I did actually do some more writing in the weekend but then I worked till 10:30 last night (another international webinar which had a few technical glitches like the internet connection when it was about to start (I rebooted the router), a German participant being unable to connect (she managed on another computer) and my colleague's mike not working (luckily mine picked up everything she said) but oy.

So tonight I just watched OUaT (of course!) and QI and tried to catch up with the interwebs (and failed).

Anyway. In the weekend we went to test-drive a Jazz but Greg decided to buy the long-lusted-after hybrid, an Insight. I have to say it's an amazing car with an info-rich dash that makes mine look barren, lots of cool features, and about a third the fuel consumption. OK, the newest Jazzes are hybrids too but very few people here can afford new cars; they're a major item here, after a house. It's a very cool blue too, called cerulean, a definite change from the all-too-common silver.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Sorry we didn't end up as car twins, after all, but I can respect going with a hybrid instead. :) (I deliberately decided not to go with a hybrid, myself, since my driving patterns aren't really such that I'd get the most out of one.)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you have to drive them fairly often to keep the battery up. It will be my duty to drive the Insight when Greg's biking a lot or out of town. It's hard, but I'll have to do it. ;-)

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

The new car sounds nice... and it's blue. This means you can easily spot it in the car park. ;)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yes! It can be hard finding mine among all the other silver cars.

[luinielle.livejournal.com]

The new car sounds great. And it's blue! ;o) If we ever move to a more car-necessary city we would definitely try to go with a hybrid.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We need cars here, but I certainly didn't in London and Frankfurt.