Recent content by anniemcu

I've got the Honda Fit, and the back seat is divided 60/40. If I put down the wider section, I can put two large acoustic guitar cases down, then slide the bass in on top of them, with its back against the smaller seat's side and neck between the front seats, add a fiddle, banjo, mandolin, my...

I've had two half size basses, one a Kay, and the other, my current instrument, a Knilling. I would definitely recommend a 1/2 size, but play them first to find one with good tone and projection, as they are not going to have as much ooomph as the larger ones.

I know that not many people opt for 1/2 size basses, but I have one, and found myself in need of a new case for it. They are not easy to come by, and certainly not cheap. Yesterday I received a GEWA half size padded bass case Invalid Link Removedthat was recently added to Gollihur Music's...

Positively dazzling! How does it sound?

OK. Would you mind explaining that to me? I believe you, but I would like to understand the reason.

It's a long tradition of pouty truculence that has, unfortunately, become an American value. (I get to say this because I am anchored in both the UK and the US. :D)

I got the manual. It's got a lot more room in it that it looks like it could. I've nicknamed it "the TARDIS". With three people, one guitar (I thnk two would be easy enough), the bass (half size, but with enough room to spare that I am sure I could have gotten the 3/4 in with not too much...

09 Honda Fit Sport Manual transmission 1st tank, filled by dealer, so not sure just *how* full, returned 30+MPG. 2nd tank, filled by me, to the point where it was sitting right at the base of the fill opening, netted a much more pleasing 40.4MPG!! And that included a road trip and air con, as...

After considering all the info shared here by you good folks, we settled on a Honda Fit Sport [This invalid link has been removed]. We've nicknamed it 'the TARDIS' because it is so much bigger inside than the outside lets on. I could have gotten the 3/4 size in with a little effort, and the 1/2...

Totally in agreement on that. I keep to the speed limit on the lesser roads, where those behind me have no chance to assert their perceived dominance, unless the road conditions warrant slower (wet, snowy, nights with lots of wildlife, and then they can mutter and mumble all they want, LOL!). I...

That 'hypermiling' is looking better and better to me as gas prices rise again, though I doubt I'll dive fully into it. There certainly are some easy wasys to add mpg's though, and the simplest is to drop speed. I do the posted speed limit, and a little less on multi-lane hiways. It is...

I have, and I liked it a lot! I have recently been paying more attention to them on the road, and have noticed that they tend to be passing me rather than the other way 'round. They don't seem to fit that 'retirement community' jibe at all. LOL!

Yup! It's time to perfect that inflatable model! :D

Sure. A lot of folks cared. Just not enough of them in a position to do something more widespread in scope. So. We go on from this point.

Yes. We (my family) have been doing some of it for a long time. We could do more, and are working on it. To quote K in Men in Black, "A person is smart. People are dumb ..." Most people buy what they "think" they want, or more accurately, what they are sold, and that is generally 'a bill of...