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Steve
OK, I'll go with 14 months (as of now), because that's my son's age. So DOB of July 2002.
City? Xiamen. Reminds me of names Citreon uses for its cars, LOL.
-juice
Steve: Shanghai, born May, 2001.
Jon
<whew>
Cheers Pat.
Wherever you go and whatever the child's age, my best wishes to you.
Ed
Brenda: the little girl looks to be a nice size and weight. Congrats to her (and your) family!
-Brian
Bob
Greg
Greg
-Brian
Quick update... the procedure went great. Braden now has a PICC line up under his armpit that goes all the way up a vein (I guess?) to a point just above the heart. Administration of the medicine is now much more simple than it was with the standard IV he had for less than 24 hours. As far as he's concerned this is a continuation of our Disney trip... He gets anything he wants and he's staying in a strange room. Thanks all for your kind thoughts, I know they made things go smoothly. The only bit of bad news we've now had is that a couple of doctors who are one step outside the CF loop raised their eyebrows when we mentioned going home after ~ day 5, but we think they'll talk to our CF specialists and get it resolved. I just printed all your comments and I'm going to show my wife/save them for Braden to look at someday. Thanks again.
Jim
Bob
Without lows, there couldn't be highs, and the highs can't grasp the meaning of higher.
Serge, Jim-
All the best will come your way
-Dave
So what finally prompted me to join as a member and sign in? Well, we (wife) took delivery of a '04 Impreza TS 2.5 wagon today, so it's officially a garage full of Subies. Yay!! Hers joins my '98 Forester L, which we have enjoyed thoroughly for the last two and a half years and 60K km. Hers is the new San Remo Red, which is quite bright (think - 'arrest me!'), and it makes my old (white) Forester look a little pale. When's that new Legger coming?
She gave up a '88 Honda Civic hatch which she owned since new and has been great, but has started to show its age. After a long period of subtle persuasion and coaxing, I was able to steer her away from Mother Honda and get her into a Subie. Certainly our favorable experience with the Forester helped sway her. You only have to drive Subaru all-wheel drive once on a crappy Calgary weather day to really appreciate it. Honda don't got that.
Anyway, nice to 'meet' you all, I'll try to post more (than once)! For any Canadian owners out there; Subkid et al, Do any of you know of Canadian online parts and accessory retailers? Need stuff for the TS.
Regards, Owen
Brenda: Congratulations, Grandma!
Steve: Zhangjiang, 16 months.
Dave: I do understand what you said, but still, it would be nice if bad things didn't happen to great people...
Owen: Welcome to a great board, and enjoy you new ride.
Steve
-Dave
p/s: check out Pebbles new toy [skidplate] over at Mods
Owen: Welcome to the boards. Check out the Subaru Impreza board. There have been a couple other Canadians posting there recently. As an 04 OBS owner myself, hey, nice choice!
-Dan-
Congrats to Brenda & Steve, and a welcome to Owen!
Yeah, there have been a lot of lows and highs lately!
-Dennis
Jim: glad things are going well with your son
Brenda: Congrats to you and your family; and finally to Owen: welocme to the best bunch of people on the net.
Serge
Brenda- Congrats for you and your family. Now a days you don't have to be "old" to be a grand"relative". My wife and I are grand uncle and aunt (twice)at the ripe old age of 41.
Owen- Welcome to the crew.(although sounds like you have been an unofficial member for a few years)
Mark
skipped a lot of messages but did catch the news about the WRX wagon theft, the new tranny on the way, the cancer and the new (or soon pending) arrivals.
-Colin
Cheers Pat
Brenda - congrats! How many grandkids now?
Owen: welcome and congrats to your wife. BTW, the '98 Forester L is the best Subaru ever, I don't care what anyone else says, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
The photographer came by, as planned, and took about five rolls of film, so it must've been important to the NY Times. My fingers are crossed, hoping we make the cover of the Cars section, either October 22 or 27.
-juice
Cheers Pat.
Lucky was displayed prominently in just about every photo. Sandy was in the background in some pics, so it depends on which one they decide to use, if any.
We had both kids, even the dog, in the car, on the car, around the car, you name it. Who knows what they'll print.
-juice
i have 3 daughters who are 26, 23, and 21(later this month) ... i have four grandsons who are 7, 4 (this month), 4 1/2 and 3 1/2 ... this is the first GRANDDAUGHTER ..
2 boys live in Texas, and 2 in Hawaii ...
-juice
On top of that, she can still out type us!
Jim
(who's probably older than granny)
TWRX=>YWRX
Just wanted to express congratulations to all those experiencing "highs", and sincere condolences to those who aren't.
I apologize if that sounds a bit impersonal, it's not meant to be.
We've had some highs and lows ourselves lately. I've been promoted to a newly created position that I've been lobbying for since last year. That's the good news, but since they haven't replaced me in my old position, I'm wearing 2 hats - a situation that won't change until next year at the earliest.
My employer is profitable and hiring, but we're in the middle of the largest, riskiest project in our team history (ecommerce software), and in my new role, I've been given more responsiblity for our collective success. So I'm stressing a bit.
Personally, we've had more ups than downs lately, although today we got some bad news that I won't go into right now. It will all work out in the end...
Best regards to all,
-brianV
DaveM
Brian: Hope all works out for you. Share what and when you can and feel comfortable.
Pat: How is your daughter these days? Full recovery fom the accident?
Update on us: A DHL package left Beijing several days ago with our documents, but was reported lost yesterday somewhere in the USA!!!! Beth is going crazy with anticipation.
But on a fun note, the older sister of the Japanese high school exchange student that we hosted in '01-'02 is traveling in the USA looking at graduate schools. I met her last year when I was in Japan, and she gave me a wonderful tour of Osaka. She has been staying with us for the last few days, so it is a timely distraction.
Steve
Live with the flight because it is worth it. Temps are only in the 80's in the summer. You can watch the volcano erupt. My wife referred to our 1984 trip as our honeymoon but I considered it to be a geological field trip. Mahi mahi, Ahi, Ono, fresh water Prawns, Mai Tai, etc. Snorkelling. Pineapple until you get an upset stomach just by LOOKING at one. Dodging pineapples falling off trucks on Maui. Wearing a half dozen cheap shell heishie necklaces to look cool. Hilo Hatties aloha shirts and Crazy Shirts T Shirts. Sunburn. Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the touring the world's largest telescope. Tom's Hotel $10 a night but no electricity at the bottom of the Wiapio valley. Getting there fording streams in a Land Rover. Rental Mustang convertible dodging the occasional rainstroms. Kona Coffee. Mauna Loa Macadamia nuts.
YWRX
When I was getting ready to cross 42nd street, a silver WRX sedan drove by.
I was only about 10 miles from my car (or my EZ Pass) this past Sunday.
-Dennis
Needless to say the news does not impress us one bit given the hit and run tactics being employed over there.
Cheers Pat.
Bruce: I'm sold, and you weren't even talking to me! For some reason all our friends have been honeymooning in Maui, my brother-in-law, and the couple in that wedding in Tuscon, AZ that I just missed.
My contact at the Times (that makes it sound more special than it is) confirmed that we will be featured on 10/22, at a minimum, when she finds out more she'll let me know.
-juice
Isabel won't interfere this week.
-juice
Lan Cai Hong was born on December 13, 2002, in the city of Nanching, in Jiangxi province (that's about 400 miles west south-west of Shanghai). So she is considerably younger than we had asked for, but we are elated. Gotcha day will probably be a week or so before Thanksgiving.
Crew Beer Game? It is a split decision:
Juice was closest in age, at 14 months.
Serge, Jon & Frank guessed port of entry as Shanghai. Karens guess of Zhangjiang (Zhenjiang??) is also close by.
So how would the five of you like your cold one - delivered, or would you like to stop by and pick it up?
Steve
TWRX
More importantly, congrats, I think that's great.
Chat was busy, too bad I kept getting kicked out, and suffered board lag.
-juice
Juice, I am sorry to report that Airton didn't make the 'short list'.... ;-)
Steve
Regards, Owen
;-)
-juice
Ed