Subaru Crew - Meet The Members II

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  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    Hey, Pat...

    Most places do, some don't have much, as far as fitness standards. I have to pass an annual physical, which includes a treadmill. I get to the gym a couple times a week, ski, bike, etc, if for no other reasons than ability to do my job & self-preservation. I can't imagine trying to do what I do being that far out of shape.

     

    A lot of EMS providers are private companies rather than governmental agencies, so whatever standard they have, if any, is up to them.

     

    Cheers!

    Paul
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Yeah Paul, thats what I was thinking, your job has to be physically as well as mentally challenging. I can't imagine how those guys would do their job, it was literally hard work for them to be hauling their own bodies around.

     

     Both of them looked to be heart attacks looking for a place to happen.

     

      Cheers Pat.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We don't need a new nose, we need a new perspective! Subarus will no longer be as conservative as they've been in the past, we have to face that.

     

    You want ugly? Check out the Cirtoen Xsara Picasso, I got to drive one today and later on I'll write a review. It's not quite ready for prime time but there are some very handy features I think Subaru could copy, like handy airplane-style trays that fold out of the back of the front seats.

     

    -juice
  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    like handy airplane-style trays that fold out of the back of the front seats

     

    Mazda Japan has accessories for the MPV, including folding airplane style trays.

     

    -Brian
  • twrxtwrx Member Posts: 647
    occking, I have 4000 miles on my 2.5 i ltd wagon. It has plenty of horespower. I think it seems to go faster now with some miles on it, engine loosened up and adaptive tranny has learned my driving. I came from a WRX to this car and was expecting it to be a slow car but no it does really move out well. My mileage is still a little low: 21 city and 28 highway.
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    Here's why you don't 'put it off' when you need to get something medical taken care of .... even if it seems harmless ...

     

    About 6 1/2 years ago, I had a lump on the back of my neck at the hairline and just behind the tendon that runs down the side/back of the neck. As it grew quite large, I finally went to the doctor to be checked. This was shortly after I separated from my ex. The dr. diagnosed it as a cyst and recommended that I go to a surgeon for removal because of the size and the location. I actually left the office and went to a surgeon's office nearby - one who had done surgery on one of my daughters - but they were closed. Shortly thereafter it drained and shrank to a very small 'bump' under the skin.

     

    Fast forward to now.... off and on I'd think I really should have this thing removed .... however .. you know how it goes ...

     

    Early last week, I realized this thing was feeling 'tender' and 'sore' and that it was growing ... by Wednesday, I was calling to get an appt with the dr. Went in yesterday and by now it's the size of a large walnut .. it hurts to even touch the thing and it's getting red .... (It's actually not as large as it was the first time around but feels much harder and I don't remember it HURTING!)

     

    I'm on antibiotics .. this thing is driving me nuts ... It's on the side I normally sleep on and it's almost impossible to get comfortable. If I'm on the right side, I'm bumping it ... if I'm on the left side, it's 'pulling' it ....

     

    I go in tomorrow morning and they are to remove it in the dr's office .... I told the newlywed husband that he has to come with me to hold my hand ... usually I'm really good with getting medical things done, but because of where this is and the way it hurts NOW, I already warned the dr. that I will be a real BABY about this one!

     

    sooooo don't put anything off that you need to have done !!!

     

    see you guys when I'm minus the 'garbage' ...
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I've got the exact same thing! The thing started as a pimple about a year ago. Going to the doctor and getting it removed is on my list of things to do.

     

    Bob
  • c_hunterc_hunter Member Posts: 4,487
    Ouch! Hurts just to think about that!

     

    Craig
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    Praying that it goes trouble-free for you tomorrow!

     

    Jim
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    Good Luck, Brenda

     

    DaveM
  • nygregnygreg Member Posts: 1,936
    Lots of luck. Guess he married you for better or worse. :)

     

    Greg

     

    P.S. Having a spouse that can't sleep is the pits.
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Hope everything turns out well, Brenda. And take advantage of the sympathy points from your new hubby! ;-)

     

    Ken
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    old "bug eyes" WRX and last-gen OB.

     

    Can someone update that graphic? I'd like to suggest a Legacy GT to be a part of the logo this time. :-)

     

    Ken
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
  • p0926p0926 Member Posts: 4,423
    From one procrastinator to another... good luck Brenda!

     

    -Frank
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    It should be ultra quick and simple- but you can still get lots of sympathy!

     

    tom
  • paisanpaisan Member Posts: 21,181
    Hope it works out. I haven't been to the doc myself in a long while gonna make an appt soon for a checkup.

     

    -mike
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    Brenda, hope all goes well! Rob M.
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Good Luck Brenda. Hope everything works out.

     

    Mark
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    Good luck with that, Brenda.

     

    Bob, look at the graphic for the Crew Weekly Chat above.

     

    -Dennis
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Dennis, I just figured that out and deleted my post as you were responding. :)

     

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    with juice. He got home safe and sound early this morning. I'm sure we will be hearing from him soon, once the dust settles and he gets some rest. :)

     

    Bob
  • njswamplandsnjswamplands Member Posts: 1,760
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    We fly in this coming Tuesday and leave on Thursday. We'll be at the show all day Wednesday.

     

    Bob
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    I've just returned from South Carolina where I've been for the last week and a half, having internet access for only 10 minutes during that time - just long enough to check e-mail, not to surf Subie sites.

     

    I see the new B9X pics circulating and I'm not getting a warm fuzzy yet. I really don't like the front treatment, not so much for the center grille but for the angles between the headlights and the "wing" grilles. I'm not sure I can put it into words but it looks like the angle of the edges of one should have carried into the other.

     

    I agree with juice's (at least IIRC it was juice) assessment that the B9X resembles a Mazda3 hatch in profile, especially since I see one of those parked in my office parking lot this morning. I've also followed the thread on topic at nabisco, where I've voiced the opinion that the rear looks so much like the rear of the Alfa 147 (ditto the Subaru R1e concept) that it leads me to draw the conclusion that Zapatinas is just drawing (no pun intended) from past work at Alfa. Thinking along those lines leads me to another notion: The B9X, Murano, RX330 and FX35/45 all look like very large hatchback cars, rather than trucks. Are people who are attracted to the looks of those really just looking for big hot hatches? Maybe America's interest in hatchbacks never went away, it just wanted them in a bigger package. Just a thought.

     

    I did notice a lot more Subarus on the road in SC, which bears out the sales figures linked to elsewhere in Town Hall. Ironically, most of those I saw were Foresters, with Outbacks and standard Legacies not far behind plus a solitary WRX sedan and a clean first-gen 2.5RS sedan. Whether the increase is a result of the increased influx of Northerners to SC or, as I'd like to believe, recognition that the small AWD cars are well-suited to use on unpaved rural roads (and a more practical choice than the traditional 4WD pickup or SUV) I cannot say.

     

    Ed
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Are people who are attracted to the looks of those really just looking for big hot hatches? Maybe America's interest in hatchbacks never went away, it just wanted them in a bigger package. Just a thought.

     

    I think there's a lot of truth to that Ed. I've always liked hatchbacks. Unfortunately they have always been associated with econo-boxes here in North America. I think that's now changing mainly due to recent VW Golfs, which are really pretty nice cars, and don't come across as being cheap. Also BMW and MB are thinking of bringing over new and improved small hatchbacks, and the Mazda3 is also very nice

     

    I'm actually hoping the next-generation Impreza is offered as a Golf-like hatchback in both 2 and 4 doors.

     

    Bob
  • Karen_SKaren_S Member Posts: 5,092
    I was trying to come up with something clever about "taking one's lumps", but my creative thought powers are not cooperating. SO, hope it goes well and you'll soon be lump-less and wreaking the all the sympathy points you can get. :-)
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    I'm actually hoping the next-generation Impreza is offered as a Golf-like hatchback in both 2 and 4 doors.

     

    Bob: Based on that statement, and on Subaru's GM connection, how about the idea of offering the new Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC rebadged as an Impreza hatchback (with a Subaru-sourced drivetrain of course)? Do you suppose hardcore Subaristi and others would accept it?

     

    Ed
  • bluesubiebluesubie Member Posts: 3,497
    "...that it leads me to draw the conclusion that Zapatinas is just drawing (no pun intended) from past work at Alfa..."

     

    Ed, welcome back!!

     

    I showed the first B9 drawing to an English friend that will be in the market for a crossover this summer. He liked the drawing, but hates the spy/magazine pics. Without having any knowledge of Zapatinas, his comments were: "That's ugly. Looks like an Alfa."

     

    I told him about Zapatinas and he said that his Alfa heritage was coming back to "haunt" him. OTOH, my VW buddy likes it.

     

    -Dennis
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Bob: Based on that statement, and on Subaru's GM connection, how about the idea of offering the new Opel/Vauxhall Astra GTC rebadged as an Impreza hatchback (with a Subaru-sourced drivetrain of course)? Do you suppose hardcore Subaristi and others would accept it?

     

    I doubt it. I know I wouldn't. I want it to be a ground-up Subie piece of engineering.

     

    Bob
  • lark6lark6 Member Posts: 2,565
    Thanks, Dennis. I owe you an e-mail or two.

     

    When I wrote about seeing more Subies in SC, I should've elaborated that I saw more that actually had SC license plates on them - not just cars from other states that happened to be in SC. I wonder if we'd see even more Foresters there if they were sold as rebadged Chevrolets as they are in India. Forester SS, anyone?

     

    Ed
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I told him about Zapatinas and he said that his Alfa heritage was coming back to "haunt" him. OTOH, my VW buddy likes it.

     

    The more things change, the more they stay the same. It looks like "controversy," long a Subie DNA characteristic, has not been lost. :)

     

    Bob
  • hondafriekhondafriek Member Posts: 2,984
    Brenda, I am sure things will be fine once you have the thing removed.

     

     I always thought it was the male of the species who was the procrastinator where Doctors are concerned:-)

     

      Cheers Pat.
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    Pat, this proves that Brenda is just another Guy! :P
  • toboggantoboggan Member Posts: 283
    on the surgery to excise the lump on your neck.

     

    MNSteve (currently hiding in "sunny & warm" Arizona)
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Made it back home fine, except I think I did grunt a little on that landing...

     

    Are people who are attracted to the looks of those really just looking for big hot hatches?

     

    Um, yes. :-)

     

    I don't like the new Astra all that much, though. Opels looked better one generation ago.

     

    -juice
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    welcome back juice

     

    thanks for all the warm wishes, guys .. it's appreciated!

     

    We drove over this morning in the ice and snow (in the Outback -- what else?) ... Took my 'handholder' into the office with me ... dr sticks me with the needle to 'numb' the thing which of course hurts like heck ... and he couldn't get it all numb ... so here I am with this huge, inflamed, sore, and slightly infected thing and the dr is cutting, mashing, pushing, .. well you get the picture .. it only took about 20 minutes but it wasn't pleasant (aren't I making you want to go get all YOUR stuff taken care of?) ...

     

    right now it's packed full of gauze and I go back on Friday to get that out and let him take another look at it ... if I'm lucky he's done with the squeezing and mashing ... it not .. you might hear me from wherever you are....

     

    at least he gave me some hefty strength Vicodin ...

     

    I'll be fine .. thanks again ...
  • dcm61dcm61 Member Posts: 1,567
    Sounds like fun. :-D

     

    Here's to a smooth (and painless) recovery.

     

    DaveM
  • tsytsy Member Posts: 1,551
    Glad it went ok (I guess?) Brenda

     

    Just remember not to drive on the Vicodin (DUI!) and drink plenty of fluids and eat lots of fiber. The vicodin will, um, stop you up. ;-)

     

    Hope it heals quickly! Vit. C and eat well!

     

    tom
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    for the more poetic among you:

     

    Be sure to scroll down the page to Jan. 5

     

    http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/docs/2005/01/03/

     

    Shifty the Host from Somewhere Else
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    So, what ever happened to the possibility of updating our Subaru Crew graphic?

     

    Ken
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Ken, I think you're right, but that's up to Edmunds web art department. I would wait until the new Tribeca and new Forester and Impreza debut, otherwise it will be out-of-date (again!) within a few months.

     

    Bob
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Brenda: Sorry I missed the lead up to your cyst, but glad to hear it is out.

     

    Bob & Juice - way to go!

     

    Opals: Spent a few hours in a '04 Vectra this past summer on a trip into Belguim. Nice car. But not a Subi...

     

    Steve
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Brenda - if I had read that before lunch I would have saved the $5 I spent. ;-)

     

    I had cystic acne as a kid, even needed Accutane to treat it (the stuff works but boy does it ever dry your skin up).

     

    I also had a cyst on my neck, and had that removed while in college. Then I got another one last year but it was treated with antibiotics, and the doc told me it would eventually "rupture".

     

    And did it ever. You remember the scene from Animal House with Jon Belushi?

     

    -juice
  • bigelmbigelm Member Posts: 995
    Thanks for messing up MY LUNCH!!!
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Thanks for the warning Juice. I just moved on and kept eating my fried baloney sandwich in peace :-)

     

    Steve, Host
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    ... fried baloney. Not as good as Spam!

     

    spam, spam and more spam. Rob M.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Well, have you got anything without any spam in it?

     

    -juice
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I only eat Spam in the woods. Most any food tastes pretty good cooked over a camp fire. Probably causes severe acne though, especially when washed down with the hot Tang.

     

    Steve, Host
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