Some Things are Better Left Unsaid.

Seems I run into good music in the weirdest spots. Filling up with gas at Enroy late last week, what do I hear blasting both inside the store and out at the pumps? Hall and Oates ? Now I'll state right up front, I was never really a big Hall and Oates fan, but...... they did manage to put out a couple songs I liked. "Some Things are Better Left Unsaid" I consider their best.
So, put on your 80's hat, click, and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ0ov4Xes1s

I feel like I could run away

Looking at a darker day

Oh I'm pulling the shades away from my eyes

It's true the moody manners come and go

And it's better that you never know

Some things are better left unsaid

Some strings are better left undone

Some hearts are better left unbroken

Some lives are better left untouched

Some lies are better off believed

Some words are better left unspoken

My ideas seem to frighten you

Are you really that afraid to move

Oh I guess that it's your right to reason

I'm still dealing with a force that's so strong

The force is stringing us along

Yo Ballerinas

I don't know a lot but I do know this. Grocery bags and packing tape fuel the imagination, and make kids happy. I offer the pix below as proof. Not sure what a "Yo Ballerina" is (well, I guess I can see the "yo" in there) but there you have it. Proof in pictures.
*** Yo Ballerinas! ***

The Lighter Side

After suffering 95+ temperatures and $4.00+ per gallon gas we all need something to smile about. Here are some of my favorite funnies. Hope you like them. (If you do you're likely as twisted as I am...)

We Have -xxx- Models That Get 30 MPG or Higher!

........ Gas hits $4.00 a gallon, and now the automotive focus (and advertising) shifts. Everyone is clamoring to show how -they- have the fleet with the most fuel efficient cars. Many are touting that they get "30 mpg or higher". Really? Is that a big deal? 30mpg? Folks............. 30 mpg is a -JOKE-.

In 1971 I was driving a vehicle that consistently got 30mpg ( British Ford Cortina MK-II) and not just highway mpg but -overall- gas mpg. And the car had good performance too! In the 40 years since that car was built, gas mileage figures should have improved significantly. But they haven't.

Now I've seen a lot of banter on the net about how "Detroit" isn't progressive, doesn't think ahead, etc. . Well...maybe. However I place the blame in an entirely different area. I place it with the car buying public. Think about it. Car makers are a business. They need to provide what customers are demanding at any point in time to continue to make a profit, and continue to stay in business. They may want to make fuel efficient cars, but if the fickle buying public is on a kick demanding SUV's ( the same folks who years earlier wouldn't be caught dead driving either a station wagon -or- a truck) then SUV's they must make, otherwise they're left with product they can't move, and then, ...... they're history. Is it any wonder they can't suddenly provide cars with stellar MPG numbers?

So now the cycle shifts. We're back on a fuel economy kick. I hope it's permanent this time. The automotive industry does have the ability to produce vehicles that get much better mileage, but they must be supported by a public who won't revert back to the big hulks if gas drops down in price. Sustained public support for fuel efficient vehicles (voting with the only thing that really counts, their buying dollar) CAN AND WILL change this picture.