Hi readers. Jeanne’s 1991 Oldsmobile’s headed for someone poorer and more desperate than she is. Found herself a spanking new Hyundai with less than 100,000 miles on it and less than a decade old. Ran it through all the mechanic pre-purchase checks and online automotive and title histories, and concluded it might be okay.
Maybe it will. The Oldsmobile was doing some threatening and complaining it wasn’t getting enough treasure spent keeping it running. So I hope the Hyundai measures up and lasts a while.
I’m thinking it’s named after a place I visited in Korea while I was on leave, travelling around site seeing. Went somewhere, Taegue I think, saw a giant Buddha, rode a coal fired train around all over the countryside. And came to Hyundai down the other side of the bay from Pusan. Beautiful place.
Beautiful place all to hell, it was. Trees blooming, a serene bay with all manner of Chinese junk looking boats and smaller boats with wiggletails used as oars.
People around Hyundai didn’t see much of GIs, same as up at Taegu. I spent 30 days travelling around and a week-or-so at Hyundae. A fond memory I hadn’t remembered until Jeanne decided on that car.
Hell of a deal.
Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 
Good luck to Jeanne with the Hyundai!
Take care, and have a good one,
Pit
Thankee Pit. Gracie us. J
Congrats to Jeanne. 😛
Hi Tess. I’ll pass it on. I don’t think she reads comments here much anymore. Gracias, J
She hasn’t posted in a lifetime either. Hope she is well otherwise. Appreciate is you pass along the congrats. 🙂
Hi Tess, I guess I just have other projects going on and not a lot of inclination to blog. I’m doing okay, although the car hunt wasn’t really a lot of fun. Maybe someday I’ll write about the ones I didn’t buy, those were fairly entertaining. Thanks for your good wishes!
You are welcome. 🙂 I read about your hunt, but not in a great deal of detail. I hate the thought of looking for a used car, which I may need to do in future.
Thanks for letting us know, since Jeanne tends to post so little on her own blog about such things.
Hi Ed, thanks. I don’t have any enthusiasm for my own blog anymore, and it’s never been my style to talk much about stuff I buy. The process of finding it wasn’t a lot of fun. I’m sure I’ll be more enthusiastic after it’s tagged and I’m actually driving it, though.
You know how it is, cars are a guy thing.
Good luck, good memories.. c
Cecilia: Different world. A person could live a long time from here forward and never see much of that again. J
Yes, it is a different world.. Glad you saw it?
Cecilia: I begin my gratitude affirmations every day with, “I’m grateful for everything I experienced in my life, everything I’m experiencing now, and everything I’m going to experience.” Naturally hindsight’s the easiest. But pre-Vietnam War Asia’s something I’m especially grateful for. Brings to mind the old Brothers Four song, the Green Leaves of Summer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRqA3DSmpc Gracias, J
Hindsight nakes for delicate memories.. your affirmation beginning is wonderful, like a desert prayer.. thank you.. c