It's funny what news brings out the comments... Appreciate the heads up. I think, and I stress the word 'think', I have it under control. Wakana and I will talk to the boss after Thanksgiving. I'm not a fool. My wife is involved in helping me find a solution.

Thanks for the good wishes on the wrist. I managed to play all the way through Don't Think Twice tonight. My wrist is stiff and motion is limited but the wounds are healing nicely and the fingers still work. My right palm has lost all its tough skin. It is very soft and sensitive. It feels weird.

One of our co-workers invited us to join them at the Hilton for the Thanksgiving buffet. Wakana knows a few of the people who will be there and it will be a chance to get to know this co-worker and her husband better. She is very interesting. She is Burmese (she doesn't use the name Myanmar). She learned English, studied it and has taught ESL in Burma and the United Arab Emirates. Her English teachers were British so she has the most fascinating accent, part Brit and part Burmese. Wakana and I like her a lot.

Tonight, on my way home from work I stopped in at Payless to buy some groceries. It was crowded with people buying their last minute supplies for the big feast day. I tend to lose track of time and then the holidays sneak up on me. But after the rush and madness of a grocery store on the day before Thanksgiving I found myself in a holiday mood.

My boss has a friend who runs a used car lot. I asked him to keep an eye out for a diesel. Now he has one. I've been dreaming of getting a diesel so I can burn waste vegetable oil in it. Now it is time to put my money where my mouth is.

The car is a 1983 Mercedes Benz 240D. It's in fair condition. The body is in pretty good shape but it does have a few spots of bubbled rust. I need to do some serious negotiation. He wants $1500 for it but I think he thinks it is a 1993. Mercedes quit importing the 240D into the USA in 1983 and quit building them in 1985 according to Wikipedia. Of course, I have little faith in that source. It also says that most of the taxis in Africa are 240Ds. It claims they are built like tanks and will run forever. This one has about 171,000 miles on it.

Does anyone know anything that can either support the Wikipedia entry or debunk it?