So I got her something smart.

heeeey, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mrs Marsh!

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clear skies

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. CARL SAGAN

Mak: Pass the pepperoni please.
Fazor: "Hail, Bautainia! We pledge our hearts to thee! Science and woo, some babbling too, and astron-oh-meee!"
slang: And it made ash out of yew and tree.

Wow.
You must really love her so much.
Happy Birthday ! Stay Strong and Faithful!!!

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein

"The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge " - Bertrand Russell

Unfortunately for Eric, his lady doesn't play golf and she traded the cart in for a Smart Dishwasher instead.

I didn't meant the "Car" , it's the "Sweater".

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein

"The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge " - Bertrand Russell

I thought it was the nifty poster on the wall.

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

Wish you Happy Birthday,Mrs. Marsh.

I like that car in the photo very much, are you purchasing a new car !!, eric !

No, we take turn getting new toys. I got a Kawasaki ZX-14 last. Before that she got a Mercedes. Before that I got a Dodge 3500 diesel.

What's surprising about the smart is how big it feels inside. Janet has ordered some blue body panels and is converting it to a "Dory" car.

Aw, smart cars are so cute!

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I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Dory.. Is cute.
The car on the other hand...


Well, they've been around a couple decades at least.
I knew neighborhood kids that had one when I was a kid...







ETA: Sorry Eric...

Nice car Nev, what do you get to the gallon in that?

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"Why change passwords when you've got a baseball bat?"

Runs on juice or soda, and gets "up to something" six times per teaspoon. I'm not sure what that translates to in mpg.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

You might be interested to know, Eric, that the SmartCar posted the same 0 to 0 time (0sec) as the Ferrari Enzo in an independent short-track test. A very impressive result, really.

Unfortunately, so did Nev's kiddie car.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

Well, we proved that you can fit $300 dollars worth of groceries in a Smart today....

Good gollly smith.... that's a lot of stufffff.

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While speech might be free, consequences cost.-Doodler

I'm dumbfounded.

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein

"The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge " - Bertrand Russell

Yeah, but $300 buys what, a gallon of milk and some cat food, right.

St. Pauli and root beer - hey everyone, party at the Marsh house!

But seriously Eric, what kind of mileage do you get?

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One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009
All moderation in purple

We've been pulling down 36 - 40 mpg. But she's not broke in yet.

That's pretty descent. And I'm not surprised there is a break-in period. When I got my Ford Escape hybrid I decided to keep track of my mileage. The first two months showed significantly lower mileage - I don't have my spreadsheet in front of me, but IIRC it was at least 2 or 3 mpg.

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At night the stars put on a show for free (Carole King)

One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009
All moderation in purple

Non-Alcoholic St Pauli.

Lots of pet food (and cat litter) though!

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I can tell you that fuel consumption is extremely high if you calculate it in l/100 km/4 persons (I´m too tired to calculate this in miles/gallon): You need two (2!) of these cars.

And there´s no way to take your two best girl friends to the beach, let alone their children

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Die Lücke, die wir hinterlassen, ersetzt uns vollkommen [The gap we will leave behind will take our place entirely] (Carl Heinz Schroth)

1 + e^i*pi = 0