Honda Corp. has some killer leases RIGHT NOW- which you are allowed to extend month to month for up to two years any time, which keeps knocking the buy-out cost down, should she eventually decide to buy it out any time after two to five years.

If the car has equity by then, she could also use it for trade-in value on a new one.

PM me and I will explain the full part of it with how Honda Finance specializes right now and how to "game it".

I have done three accord, two crv and a pilot dea like this for family in the last two years. I have had three brand new cars in two years for zero down and my car's equity 90 days ago was $8k! (due to lease cost reductions and trade-ups at the right time and even though it was less than a year old). Civic deals are good for right now and it is, IIRC, like car of the year.

If she's even interested in a Honda... (which I think are the best value for the money).

63 on its way to 75 with 60% chance of rain followed by clearer skies and sunshine. RH is a chockingg 93%. Still, it qualifies for pants, long sleeves and sox. Lots of time outside on the furnished rear porch "Florida Room."

Good start to a real nice Orlando winter day!

I saw KISS back in 1976 or so at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, for $2.50...it was my

first live show ever...My Mind Was Blown[bombed]

It wasn't flowing, Frank... and you know I'm gud wif wurds, nawt numbahs!

I had to fix it!

I remember paying like $.75 to see Jaws around then.

I just finished my morning 4 miler. I have had to cut back from 5 recently as the knee is getting progressively worse. Lots or cracks and pops going on if I step wrong and sometimes it feels like it is trying to dislocate which hurts like hell. Guess it's about time I start researching surgeon. 😣

From all I have learned over 30 years, including my best friends double-total, everyone has regretted not getting it earlier than they did.

Yeah, I might have done it earlier but docs have told me I would never be able to run again after replacement so I have not been in any hurry as long as I was able to walk with minimal pain. Friends I know have had much more pain than I have before they did the operation. Wifey wants me to get it so I can play Pickle Ball with her again which was what caused my meniscus tears in the first place.

I agree...get it done, and that pain goes away...I've had both of mine totally replaced.

The rehab is a bitch, but I can walk again without pain...I was never known for my ability to run,

but I can take the dog for walks, that don't end in the driveway...🍺

My double-total friend plays 2-3 hours of pickle ball five days per week...

so I got the most damaged knee replaced...surgeon said he'll fix the other one after a couple of years, but not running and not playing tennis has caused the pain to stop in the left knee...

I can walk long distances now, fish, hike, bike...but I really miss tennis, so I occasionally play doubles...

edit: RE: flip flops...I don't like the thong type where you slip the big toe and the second toe around the thingy...I wear sliders instead, and OOFOS makes the lightest, most comfortable and shock absorbent ones around

He can now piss off... as the rest of my day will be spent sitting on my arse.

I agree as I never got used to the toe thingy. Wore Berkies for years but found Keen Yogui and they are the shizit.

Similar tennis story but different part of the body.

When I was having pain in my right shoulder, I kept avoiding going to the doctor, afraid of what he might tell me. I was getting older so thought all I needed to do was to warm up better / longer. Once I got things going, could hit my serve and overhead with full force and no ill effects. But, had to ice it down after every session. Gettin' old, that's all.

Then, in a move of utter stupidity, I tore a ligament when I was trying to quasi-show off to my son that I could still touch the basketball backboard. Doctor confirmed the tear and said I could either get it repaired or learn to live with the pain. I opted for the surgery and after a successful procedure and a few months of rehab, my shoulder started to feel MUCH better. I could actually reach up for something with less pain (...still had to break more scar tissue so it wasn't totally painless...) each time. Went back to playing tennis.

A few years later, my left shoulder started giving me problems. I self-diagnosed it as another ligament issue so didn't wait and saw the doctor. MRI showed a partial tear of my labrum (...so much for staying at a Holiday Inn Express...). Got the surgery, did the rehab. Went back to playing tennis.

Then a few years after that, my right shoulder started acting up again. Oh no, not another surgery!?!?

Nope, doc said I had, what he considered, a mild case of arthritis. But, too minor to get surgery. However, it hurt whenever I played tennis so stopped playing. Like you, I really miss tennis but almost all of my friends have stopped playing so don't even have a foursome to play doubles anymore. Officially retired.

What is this "toe thingy" youse guys talk about? Is it like a loop? The only slippers / flip flops I'm aware of just have the toe thong that goes between the big and index toes. Or are we talking the same thing? I guess 'cause I grew up wearing slippers, it's just natural for me.