tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post3114610357927057009..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: A Ride in a PriusK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-27280397105974894012009-07-01T06:02:15.610-07:002009-07-01T06:02:15.610-07:00Dean,
Yep, I set up a store for myself. Yay?Dean,<br /><br />Yep, I set up a store for myself. Yay?K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-73813317678865157692009-06-30T20:57:53.256-07:002009-06-30T20:57:53.256-07:00ummm... I think I'd might like to buy a bumper...ummm... I think I'd might like to buy a bumper sticker from KT's store. For reals, dude? I suppose I'll find out.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448369692335981936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-60876158583204179472009-06-30T20:10:16.996-07:002009-06-30T20:10:16.996-07:00Kelly, we're awaiting word from Rome. Well, n...Kelly, we're awaiting word from Rome. Well, not Rome <i>per se</i>, but San Bernardino. That's close to Rome, isn't it?<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Annulments work by getting the local diocese to sign off on it (check!) and then getting a neighboring diocese to sign off on it to prevent political influence from being used in the decision process. It's all a slam dunk, but even slam dunks take time.<br /><br />We've joked that when it comes in, we'll run over to our parish priest so fast that he'll wonder why the ink from the document is coming off on his hands.<br /><br />:-)K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-23547816056532921942009-06-30T19:22:36.599-07:002009-06-30T19:22:36.599-07:00I'm back.
Ya, its that tight wad puritanism w...I'm back.<br /><br />Ya, its that tight wad puritanism we grew up with. ;)<br /><br />Congrats to Wolf. When is your turn?Kelly the little black doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056007606676004685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-88519185105774601332009-06-30T15:39:40.191-07:002009-06-30T15:39:40.191-07:00Kelly, I don't know if you'll be back to r...Kelly, I don't know if you'll be back to read these comments again, but I think you and I agree on being green in quite a few ways. Probably on water as well. We're not planting a lawn at our new house for that reason alone.<br /><br />Maybe there <i>is</i> a good dose of sanctimoniousness here.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Captchadef: bubch (n): the noise a drum machine makes in the background. "bubch-bubch-bubch-bubch..."K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-46393739922311911082009-06-30T12:44:19.966-07:002009-06-30T12:44:19.966-07:00Love the sticker. Ya Prius smugness is almost as b...Love the sticker. Ya Prius smugness is almost as bad as Subaru smugness. Where vehicles like the Prius really shine is in stop and go commute traffic. My uncle recently got a Smart car. It gets better highway mileage than what you got with the Prius. <br /><br />As for the mileage of your 84 Datsun, I'd guess low 20's. Barry had a 4WD one of these an only got 19. The difference between the ones with and without 4WD was less than 4 mpg. I wonder what they'd get these days with fuel injection, and modern transmissions and engines? Maybe almost 30?Kelly the little black doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056007606676004685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-45966092382383146932009-06-30T10:30:31.705-07:002009-06-30T10:30:31.705-07:00Great comment, Tim. I have no idea what my 1984 D...Great comment, Tim. I have no idea what my 1984 Datsun pickup gets for mileage, but it's got to be pretty good.<br /><br />In any case, I don't want people to think I was bashing the Prius. It's a neat technology and it does enhance your gas mileage considerably. I just didn't see the need to jump up and down about it.<br /><br />It's kind of like Macs. Yep, they're nice computers. Hooray for Macs! Can we move on now?K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-88604959984093571512009-06-30T10:20:51.213-07:002009-06-30T10:20:51.213-07:00Heck, even my 1994 Ford Ranger *pickup* [1] gets a...Heck, even my 1994 Ford Ranger *pickup* [1] gets almost 30 mpg when driving unloaded. And my old 1982 Ford EXP got almost 40[2]. Neither of those is really *intended* to be an "economy" vehicle (the EXP had delusions of being a sports car. I got it cheap because the delusion was not very convincing).<br /><br />My understanding is that hybrids like the Prius mainly save gas while you are sitting in traffic jams not moving (because it just shuts off the engine instead of idling, letting you do all the slow inching-forward stuff on batteries). When you are actually *going* somewhere, the extra batteries and motor/generator set are just a lot of extra weight to carry. Traffic jams are not an issue around here, so a Prius makes about as much sense as stabbing myself with a fork.<br /><br /><br />[1] Of course, it's a *small* pickup, 2-wheel drive and kind of underpowered for towing heavy objects, but it does all the normal pick-uppy things adequately. I bought it new, and with any luck it will hold out another 12 years or so and my daughters will be able to learn to drive in it.<br /><br />[2] That is, until I lost coolant and cracked the head on the engine. Then the mileage rather understandably went all to pot during the drive to the scrapyard.Tim Eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-5802221122673343512009-06-30T09:20:44.173-07:002009-06-30T09:20:44.173-07:00And the smug bugs don't compare very well to m...And the smug bugs don't compare very well to my dad's '81 diesel VW Rabbit, which got an incredible 60 mpg on the highway.Jeff Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068021849429001560noreply@blogger.com