The week's continue to "fly" by...relatively it seems like every other day I'm taking a 11:45 PM break to watch Jay Leno's "Monday Night Headlines"...I love that segment and particularly Jay's delivery...and that too will be changing...once again he is being taken off the show...in 2014...and this time the show will be moved to New York City with its new host, Jimmy Fallon...
Per routine, last Sunday, we attended morning Mass...this time only about 15% of the pews were occupied. Then we went to the $7.85 brunch at our local open to the public golf club, and other than a few golfers at the bar, my mother, brother and I were the only ones eating! It's definitely "off-season" in South Florida!
My brother then took me car shopping to see what is currently available as a replacement for the fall. We looked at 13 cars (2013 models in the year 2013!) in the $20,000-$29,000 price range. My "want-list" would be easily achieved (I thought!)...a 4-door, automatic, with sunroof, tilt-in side-view mirrors (a narrow garage entrance), cranberry, forest green, or deep blue, with tan leather but dark material carpets and steering wheel (to hide dirt), fold-down rear seats with legroom, HIGH REGULAR GAS (actually-achievable) MILEAGE, great music system, and relatively moderate-tech operating controls and navigational system, sedan where I could stretch out my legs horizontally (knee relief) while driving! I remain AMAZED that NONE of the cars met the list! One that came close, only came in horrible exterior colors. Another only had light carpeting and a steering wheel, ONLY one offered combined (city and highway) mileage over 30 miles per gallon! One dealer stated that (in South Florida!) there is no market for sun or moon roofs! ALL of them really looked the same on first glance! Once again, it would SEEM that a real market would exist for a company that would do it all correctly. What was pleasing, was that the sales personnel all appeared to be non-pushy, helpful, and courteous! (to be continued!)
Monday morning, I went to the gym...the + 40,000 square foot facility was fairly full. "Tuned in, tuned out" has intensified...I only noticed less than ten people that did not have their phone out and they were talking or "scrolling"! I even noticed one doing dips, another deep squats, another decline abs, talking!!! A good turn of events was that none of the six personal trainers were on theirs, and at their $70+ per hour billing rate (they make $12 per hour), they seemed to be paying attention to their clients' exercises (but I didn't say that the clients weren't talking on their phones!).
Thursday night , a seminar on "Branding" was attended...that will be part of a future blog...
Off to the gym...
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