Taryl, I guess that's what we get from the Internet: Interaction with people whom we'd probably never meet or get to know in real life because of profound philosophical differences about what constitutes a good life.
What we do have in common is that we're about the same height, close to the same weight, and we don't like it: Thus, our mutual use of this website.
Today in CT the temperature dropped about 30 degrees overnight, from lazy heat to a bit chilly with scudding rain clouds. My manager wants to go out at lunchtime with four of us. Problem is, I'm the only one of the four with a car. Everyone else takes Metro North to work. My car is a two-door. This should be amusing: Loading them all in will be like filling up a clown car. That is, after I get the GPS, the binoculars, the pushup circles, the bike shoes and the reusable shopping bags off the back seat ...