The chicken was fed steroid-laden feed. Maybe it might have a bit of some nuclear irradiation as a presevative. :-)

A red pick-up past me traveling in the opposite direction where something was "dislodged" [aka thrown] rom the vehicle striking me in the left [driver side] tridion cell. The object was made of a hard rubber compound. It deflected off of the small non-moveable window before striking the metal part. The stripes, 'swoop' and pin-stripe around the side marker light, were installed by me. Thanks for checking the car out.

I too had trouble with the "B" sivler/black gas cover decal falling off 3 times. Dealer said probably due to weather, both hot and cold conditions. They kept trying different adhersives and it has finally stayed in place some 3 months now. Hope this helps.

My sister in Arizona bought a Smart and she convinced me it was a great car. Her license plate is Dottykr. She's an Insider member. I also looked around at other cars. I really like Toyota, but I seemed to get more for the price with a Smart -- better mileage, power doors and windows, heated seats, etc.) Toyota didn't have those on a comparatively priced car.

Fortunately, I don't teach at a regular high school. My classroom is inside a maximum security prison for young boys. They don't know what I drive and I hope they never do, however, it is a wonderful place to teach. The kids get so much treatment and help learning appropriate social skills. For some, it is the safest place they have lived in their entire lives. I see so much improvement in them, not just academically, but socially. The sad part is that once they are ready to leave, we, hopefully, will never see them again. A few return, but we aren't allowed to contact them once they are out, and if we, by chance, meet them in a store, we have to report it.

As for adopting Michael, he's a kind of on again, off again kind of thing. We get together when he isn't preoccupied with other ventures. I rarely saw him when he was playing World of Warfare, but someone hacked into his site and stole his characters and stuff. Now, he can't play until he can get a security key, so I've been seeing him a lot lately. He'll have the key in another week or so, so he'll disappear for awhile. It works out. Actually, I can't wait until he gets the key. I need to get some things accomplished.

Oh boy. Do you really want to hear about my cats. I should really start my own rescue. An irresponsible neighbor let his cats run wild. The survivors made it to my place and found the space under my mobile home a nice maternity ward. It took a lot of effort, but I eventually trapped them, raised the moms and their babies and got them all spayed and neutered. Fortunately, there is a local group that helps pay for all the vet bills. I can't give any one them away. They are too much a part of my family. So now I am the crazy cat lady. I'm sure the Smart car has convinced the neighbors that I'm crazy.

My interests besides cats and Smart cars are my friend, Michael, my job and I'm getting back to a favorite pastime, sewing. I just finished a tee pee for my cats. The cats are crazy about it. I'm going to download a picture tomorrow morning. I think I'm going to have to make a few more.

I like cats, too. How did you ever get yours to wear a wig.

Just got my Smart 3 weeks ago and loving it. A little tricky to drive when the wind blows, but it is very comfortable otherwise. The last fill up was 43 mpg!