bill_schubert | Just got smarter (Reply)

I picked up my Smart Car from Mercedes this morning. So happy to have it back. They did some adjustment on the clutch but not what the Googles say was the problem. I think I'm done with Mercedes. They had something like 40 cars ahead of me when I brought it in but didn't bother to tell me that or contact me for several days. I had to call them repeatedly to find out what was the status. There is a Smart specialty place an hour from us. A PIA to get to but a whole place full of Smart Cars and Smart Car specialists is worth it, I think. I've got 66k on the car and would like to double or triple that. So time to do some routine maintenance. Better than a car payment.

Meanwhile back in NYC, I've been riveted to some of the US Open matches and rewarded with a couple of the best I've ever seen. And the obnoxious crowd in NY does not disappoint. They are not a group you want to have cheering against you but will carry someone they like on their cheers to a win. It is something to see. An 18 kid I'd never heard of played some miraculous shots time after time for 4 hours last night and likely could have played for another four. It was so fun to see the mantle pass from the older players to the younger generation, something I've seen many times in my life.

And being able to hear in my head my mom cluck in derision when John McEnroe talks is priceless.