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Mark
-Dennis
Road trip was fun. Though I felt like I stepped into the Twilight Zone, because there was a Dave and a Mike there, and no Subies besides mine. They both liked it, though.
It is their destiny, resistance is futile!
-juice
Also, thank you Town Hall hosts for the thoughtful card and gift. That will come in very handy!
Well, we've finally made up our minds on a name: Erina.
The correct way to pronounce it is with the accent on the 1st syllable and to softly roll the "r" similar to the way it's done in Latin languages. We're still deciding on the exact characters to make up her name, however so the meaning can change a bit.
Both mom and baby are back home from the hospital and resting. I'm still blown away by the fact that I'm a dad! The feeling of holding your sleeping newborn daughter in your arms is beyond words. I could do it all day.
Being the ecstatic dad, I wanted to share some pictures for those who might be interested:
Ken
-Dave
Erina is a beautiful name. The way you describe the pronunciation is exactly how I read it (Portuguese).
She's adorable! Daddy's nose, all the way. Although it ain't fair - she's got more hair than me and Bob combined! LOL
I could do it all day
Yeah, but let's hope you don't have to. I hope she's a great sleeper and has a good appetite.
-juice
Bob
Steve
My first nephew was also born last Friday, just 30 minutes after your son, and 2 oz lighter. Post some more photos during all of your free waking time (20 mins?).
kirstie_h
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2015 Kia Soul, 2021 Subaru Forester (kirstie_h), 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 (mr. kirstie_h)
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-juice
Many thanks!
I have sat in one at a car show, that's about the closest you'll get by that deadline! ;-)
-juice
-mike
Cheers!
Paul
Congratulations!
Greg
P.S. Partial to girls since I have 3.
<watching for UPS with my time-delay keyboard>
Greg
Bad news - some vandals spray painted my dad's Outback, now the Winestone Metallic has a red stripe in it. Let's take this discussions to GM&R, but I'd love to hear suggestions.
-juice
Left you a suggestion over in GM&R, I would love to catch vandals with a louisville slugger in my hands.
BTW. guys that time of year is approaching when I will going MIA. until the fall, we may be movin up in the next week or so.
Cheers Pat.
Okay, if Pat is heading off to the lake for summer this early in the year, we must be looking to a l-o-n-g summer in Canada.
If so, does it mean a long winter in Australia. maybe I should bring forward the purchase of the New Subaru. Should I stall for the Forester XT or go with another Outback?
Cheers
Graham
DaveM
and BTW...
WHERE THE @$%&@! is PATTI?! Are we going to have to launch a rescue mission to the dungeon?
Bob
Graham: XT, XT!
I visited Fitz Subaru in Gaithersburg yesterday, coincidentally. I got there around 9pm and they were closing, so I didn't get to drive a Baja.
Interestingly, they have just ONE in stock, and it was a yellow one on the show room floor. They had actually sold out. Yowsah, that's a 180 degree turn from the initial slow sales.
The sales guy said the web coupon for $500 helped a lot, and there was another incentive, which he wasn't sure was being renewed. We saw prices dip as low as $20.5k, but the one in the showroom was $22k (auto). Tell your buddy to shop around, find out about the incentive deals.
I've been in touch with Patti. She's very busy at work, they've given her so many other assignments. I'm thinking we could start a letter writing campaign, I don't know if SoA realzes the value added she provides. Perhaps they could specifically allocate a portion of her time to follow Edmunds?
The Crew is a democracy, what do you guys think? We need to be very tactful about it, not get her in trouble or make it look like we're putting pressure on her management.
Opinions?
-juice
Perhaps she could even recommend as to who to contact over at SOA. BTW, I still have the business card of her boss (and he's a VP at SOA), whom I met last summer, if you recall. It has his e-mail address, direct line and fax on it, if you need it. If you want that info, I'll e-mail it to you off line, but I'd contact Patti first.
Bob
If folks do express themselves somehow to our company about it, maybe it will get their attention.
Maybe if we invited that person to Edmunds for a day. Right here in MTM, then we could all express our opinions, rather than bombarding him with e-mails.
-juice
besides the invitation to visit Edmunds for a day, how 'bout giving that person the opportunity to MTM in the flash, say, Lunch?
-Dave
-juice
" But electronic AWD, used by such players as Subaru and Mercedes, is more elegant and flexible. " They are discussing how computers are used more in cars. It's nice to see we are up there with Mercedes.
Mark
Ed
Bob
-Dennis
This troubles me...
Bob
I can't believe that you got more brochures than I did. When I went on a Thursday night, they did not have the full Impreza brochure nor the WRC one.
This is the kind of thing that Patti would take care of.
-Dennis
When they were beta testing the my.subaru.com, I'd suggested a board for owners to congregate. Their response then was that there were too many legal wrangles to deal with for a board within my.subaru.com, but they were very interested in an alternative. I like to think that Edmunds is the alternative, and Patti is just swarmped.
-Dave
DaveM
Steve
DaveM - Well thank you!
-Dennis
Bob
I dunno, maybe they feel like they don't want a staff member directly in the line of fire? Trolls have flamed her in the past, though that is a tiny minority.
She's been kept informed (by me) and the suggestions are not going to waste.
-juice
Outback/Forester forum... I can't remember if I was on it.
Ed-
Lunch at Red Hot & Blue in Cherry Hill. We can invite the person there. Importantly, this gesture would show commitment of the Crew and its interest that SoA continue its participation.
-Dave
Ed
DaveM