[Some of this is EV-related and some is not (OT: my status) ]
Today, I went in to my VA cardiologist appointment to meet with my new Dr. who was taking over for my previous one who had retired (that was the one I previously mentioned that was leasing a Leaf EV, but had yet to even try outside public EVSE like a L3 CHAdeMO quick charge). That mundane trip to the VA was rudely/insanely accosted with a huge (puffy) silver Dodge-RAM truck loudly honking, demanding others get out of its way. It had no emergency lights or any other reason to make any legal claim for that, and since I was caught in a lane that had no way to move out of the way, that crazed driver was just going to have-to wait. This was not like out a movie or TV script with someone's life was at risk, because that driver cut off any chance for me to change lanes, and pulled in front of me, just to slow us both down so he could accelerate hard in a feeble attempt of rolling-coal [ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rollin%27+Coal http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=%22rolling-coal%22&days=0&sort=date ] exhaust for me to go through. Since I have been dealing with a stressing heart condition, I was not going to get involved with this nut. But really I had no choice as I was on that driver's agenda to give me grief. From lane changes, to speed up, slow downs, this insanity continued. I thought, did someone spray paint the back of my (ice) car with words to tick this driver off? Whatever the reason, I did not have anything handy to write their lic. plate# down, so the best I could do was to just stay out of their way. Finally, after a few 35mph miles of this (?where is cop when you need them?) that crazed driver turned into a shopping center parking lot (perhaps to reacquire more deleterious beverages to be imbibed with whatever they were snorting / popping). So, I arrived at the VA, and checked, ... nope, no one painted anything on my the back of my car. As I hobbled my way from the parking lot to my appointment, I thought, why me? This stuff just seems to happen to me, perhaps more than other people (an ex-girlfriend said hanging-out with me was always a 'never-a-dull-moment' experience). So, though I usually try to keep an upbeat outlook on life, my morning was pretty much trashed by some chemical-dependent idiot. To top it off, my 7" [droid tablt], had a [trojn] [ http://www.techknow.me/forum/index.php?topic=8572.0 ] that placed the word DEMO in red letters [ http://i62.tinypic.com/350usjk.jpg ] in the center of the screen, rendering it useless (yet another 'todo' task to fix that). At the pre-appointment weight-in/blood-pressure check, it seems I gained some pounds while on the new heart medication (it requires I take it with food, and tears up/sours/upsets my stomach between normal meals). So, I am taking in more calories than I burn to keep my stomach calm (not-good). So, yup my day was not going too well for me. But when my cardiologist Dr. showed up, it was not the new Dr. but the former Dr. After we yakked about what I was to do in prep for my TEE (chest paddle shocking) on 1/23, we ended the session by talking EVs ... (yay!). It turns out, he turned in his leased Leaf (it was a low-cost trim that only had a 3kW L2 on-board charger), and leased a Kia Soul EV! He could not say enough about how pleased he was about his EV. More room for him, his wife and dog, longer range, and the cost reduction discounts we out-standing ... I mentioned that his Soul EV had a full 6kW L2 on-board charger, and was fully compatible with his existing 3kW L2 EVSE he had previously bought to use with his leased Leaf EV. And that he really ought to use plugshare.com and try a L3 charge to gain the experience. I was so happy for him, as he had found an EV that pleased him even more than the Leaf EV, which he already liked a lot. Before we parted, it was him that said, 'These EVs just do not have anything to go wrong with them' (meaning unlike and ice which is a self-destructing beast by design = will always need replacement parts). I said yea, its like Mom's old Maytag (washing machine, known to last forever) ... and he chimed in when I said, 'they just keep going, and going, and ...' Well, while I still had a problem with a heart beating at twice its normal rate, I left the appointment with my EVangel spirit reinvigorated, re-energized, and ready to continue on. I look forward to after the TEE, so that I can have a few more years to continue spreading the EV-cause word :-) For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3DEVLN%2Bbrucedp2%26days%3D0%26sort%3Ddate {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/A-Soul-pleasing-day-tp4673379.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
