RE: [gardeners] Weather report

Jane Burdekin (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:12:19 -0700 

It's good to hear you got it all taken care of.  Enjoy the new car.  Now
what are you going to do all you hauling with?   Jane 

It actually hit 70F here today, started the day with 35 and ended up with a
high
of 70. Thought I might have to turn the air conditioning on in my new car.
Yup,
it's a done deal, we're now driving a 2001 Hyundai Elantra and it's a really
nice car. It's our first new car since 1976 as we have always bought last
year's
used car. I really like the 10 year 100,000 mile warranty on EVERYTHING. I
sprung for an extra few hundred bux to get that big warranty. Takes a load
off
of my mind, covers everything but batteries, belts, hoses, tires, and brake
pads. Miz Anne hasn't seen it yet as she's still at school but I expect she
will
like it too. Took 8 hours to close the deal and drive out of the dealership.
Interest rate is a little higher than I wanted but was still 3 points below
what
my credit union wanted. Actually got 1500 bux for my old Ford truck with
150K on
it and that was 500 more than I expected. Whew! Glad all that's over, I'm a
nervous wreck, I don't like all the dickering, etc that goes on during a car
deal. Didn't even eat lunch today so look out dinner, here I come.

George

Jane Burdekin wrote:
> 
> George,
> Good luck on the car deal, it's always a scary thing for me.  We are also
> supposed to be in the 60's today, it was 28 when I got up.  Of course we
> have nothing growing outside, except I did see some elephant garlic
sprouts
> up the other day.  The ground is hard and frozen.  I will be starting some
> seeds in a month or so, spring is coming for us here in Colorado.  I can't
> imagine having peppers 6' tall, don't think we have that long of a growing
> season here at all.
> 
> Jane
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gshirley@deltech.net [mailto:gshirley@deltech.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 7:32 AM
> To: Gardeners List
> Subject: [gardeners] Weather report
> 
> We had a hard freeze yesterday, a light frost this morning, and they're
> forecasting 60 plus degrees by 4 pm today with temps rising into the high
> 60's
> or even 70 over the weekend. I guess I'll have to go and uncover all the
> plants
> and open the greenhouse up to keep stuff from getting to hot.
> 
> Got a lot of chile plants that bit the dust but the Thai Hots are trying
to
> bloom again. think I'll prune them as they look like six foot tall trees
and
> let
> them rest until warm weather comes for sure. Gotta prune the lemon tree
and
> one
> of my kumquats too, they're getting rather shaggy looking.
> 
> Soon be time to start seeds for the spring garden so I'm marking pages in
> the
> seed catalogs. Only need a few seeds as I don't have room to store
anymore.
> <VBG>
> 
> Gotta go now, going into town to trade the old red pickemup truck on a
2001
> Hyundai Elantra. We need at least one newer vehicle and both the old ones
> have
> over 150K on them (one has 180K now). Damn, first new vehicle we've bought
> since
> 1976. I just don't like the looks of the late model used cars around here.
> 
> I'm going to be chanting my bargaining mantra until the deal is done.
> 
> George, off to the wars