Wife's Yaris is so bulletproof....

[nookandcrannycar]

Timmies run-----last one about 8 weeks ago in Madawaska, Maine.....first one in about 6 years.

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

.....first one in about 6 years.

One more notch in the aging belt .

Can't believe it's been at least that long since Horton's branched out into the U.S. Sort of makes me realize just how little time I have left with my daughter before she leaves the nest. Time flies so fast.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

One more notch in the aging belt .

Can't believe it's been at least that long since Horton's branched out into the U.S. Sort of makes me realize just how little time I have left with my daughter before she leaves the nest. Time flies so fast.

No, no...I don't know how long Horton's has been in the U.S. I'm pretty sure the Horton's in Madawaska is the only one I've been to in the U.S. In 2006 I spent 4 months driving across Canada (Whistler/Lion's Bay/Vancouver/Surrey BC to Port aux Basques/L'Anse aux Meadows/St. John's NL (after taking the car ferry from North Sydney, NS to Port aux Basques)....and many points in between.....in my 2001 Suzuki Swift (the car I had before my Yaris). In 2007 I drove from Niagara Falls to Toronto (and back) in my Yaris.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

One more notch in the aging belt .

Can't believe it's been at least that long since Horton's branched out into the U.S. Sort of makes me realize just how little time I have left with my daughter before she leaves the nest. Time flies so fast.

There is a public service ad that airs on TV in the U.S. I'm not sure which organization sponsors the ad, but the 'prompt' is 'to appreciate parents'. The two characterrs are a dad (presumably a single dad) and a daughter. The daughter is leaving for college and is saying goodbye to her dad. After saying goodbye, the daughter gets in the car and motors down the street a bit. The car stops. The daughter gets out of the car and comes back to give the dad one last hug. The first time I saw this ad, my first thought was that when my little cousin (who will be 12 in a few months) leaves for college that (in some ways) will be the hardest day of her mother's life....17 years and a few months after the day that her mother, her grandmother, and I first met her in person in China (on what was deemed to be her first birthday).