Happy Birthday Dave1982!

[Evil Queen]

Happy birthday dude!

[Dave1982]

Thank you, thank you! Big plans today. Lunch with my friend AdamAnt316, then I'm taking Angelica (co-worker) to get a ride in the Greatest Customer's DeLorean, per her request. Should be fun.

[Becks]

Happy birthday, Dave1982!!

Hope you have a great day!!

[Plaidman]

Wowza. Same birthday as my mom. Happy birthday! Hope its a good one!

[Evil Queen]

I beat ya to it last night Becks.

[Becks]

Yaay you, EQ!!

I wonder how I missed the thread...I always look before I start them.

[Dave1982]

Well, I am actually sitting here bored right now, but I had some fun earlier.

Had a great lunch with AdamAnt316 at the Longhorn steakhouse, then we went to see the Greatest Customer and cleaned up the DeLorean. There was a bit of a mishap, because the passenger side power window stopped working while we were trying to jumper the driver's side to make it open. Even though I had previously told him the passenger side was only working intermittently, he thought it was something we did and nearly flipped out. But it definitely wasn't our fault. There is considerable evidence of a short circuit or an overload somewhere, because the wiring harness connectors to the window switches had started to melt (the passenger side one had actually fused itself to the switch. The electrics in that car really need to be overhauled professional (many many small problems that add up), but I digress.....

After getting the Greatest Customer calmed down, I sent AdamAnt316 on his way and then went to meet up with Angelica....yes, the Angelica I mentioned in the "Dating Your Co-Workers" thread. She'd been asking me to take her for a ride in the DeLorean for a while, but for various reasons we couldn't make it work. Finally, today, I was able to grant her wish. It really made her day, and was hardly an imposition for me, even if it was my birthday. Getting to take a pretty girl out for a ride in my absolute favorite car? Yeah.....HUGE burden.

We just cruised around the Nashua and Lowell areas for about 90 minutes, listened to music on my iPod (cassette adapters work REALLY well) and talked. Despite what the Greatest Customer thought, this was not a date. I knew it, Angelica knew it, and we didn't treat it as such. It seems clear to me that even leaving out the can of worms that being co-workers brings to the table, we would never work out as a couple. That topic didn't actually come up, but based on this and other conversations we've had, that's the only conclusion I can come to.

That's not a bad thing. It's better to figure this out now then to potentially ruin everything with a failed relationship. We'll be good friends, but that's all.

Even with that, we had a really good time. It was a BEAUTIFUL day for cruising, and aside from no windows and no AC, the car behaved nicely. I think this was probably the longest I've ever driven that car at a stretch, and it was fun. She got a charge out of riding in such a rare, nice-looking car. She even got a chance to drive it, but stopped after a couple miles because she couldn't get used to the heavy clutch and close-set pedals.

Of course, since in that short time she did NOT stall it, but I'd stalled it twice, she had to tease me by saying "I can say I've driven a DeLorean WITHOUT stalling it......you can't say that." It's all good though.

It was certainly a new experience for the both of us. She'd never seen a DeLorean in person (having previously thought it was a custom made car for BTTF), let alone ridden in one or driven one. And I'd never been able to take out a girl in a classic car.

So yeah, I'm gonna chalk this up under "good."

Now I just need something to do for the rest of my birthday.

[cinema guy]

Sounds like you had a great time. Happy birthday.

[Dave1982]

A couple rather amusing things I forgot to note.

Since the windows refused to open and the AC still doesn't work, it did get pretty warm in the car. Angelica was controlling the music from my iPod touch, and at one point came up with "Hot in Herre."

Angelica: Now THAT is just perfect, cause it sure is!


She skipped over that before it ended and settled on "I Believe I Can Fly."

Now, because it was warm inside but comfortable and breezy outside, I opened the driver's gull-wing door at each stop light (one of VERY few cars you can do this with!) to let the breeze in and cool us off.

Just as I did this, the lyric "I see me runnin' through that open door." from the above song came up.

Me: Hey, perfect timing. Running through the open door!

Angelica:

There was also some waving to little kids on the sidewalks who got a kick out of seeing us driving by with the door open.

And on a less pleasant note, Angelica got a little lesson about buckling up. She didn't have her seatbelt on, and I had to brake suddenly when two jaywalkers ran out in front of us. The seats are slick leather, and she started to slide down and out of her seat. If we'd been going any faster (I'd only just shifted to 2nd gear), she'd have ended up a heap on the floor.

[Dave1982]

Mmmmm.........chocolate/yellow checkerboard cake....sugary goodness.

My brother thought he'd be funny by arranging the candles to say "72" instead of "27."

[Dave1982]

Of course, since in that short time she did NOT stall it, but I'd stalled it twice, she had to tease me by saying "I can say I've driven a DeLorean WITHOUT stalling it......you can't say that." It's all good though.

She's trying to get a rise out of me....she just posted that to Facebook.

Oh yeah..... pic, anyone?

[tropicsgoddess]

Happy Birthday!

[SG15Z]

Thank you, thank you! Big plans today. Lunch with my friend AdamAnt316, then I'm taking Angelica (co-worker) to get a ride in the Greatest Customer's DeLorean, per her request. Should be fun.

I am so jealous!

The electrics in that car really need to be overhauled professional (many many small problems that add up), but I digress.....

Just make sure you don't get hit by lightning.

Oh yeah and

[Dave1982]

I am so jealous!

Well, that's a fringe benefit of being my friend; you get to share in the perks I get from being a friend of the Greatest Customer, especially if you're a girl. All I had to do was say to the Greatest Customer "Hey, I'd like to take a pretty girl out for a ride in the DeLorean" and he couldn't say yes fast enough.

Just make sure you don't get hit by lightning.

Didn't have to worry about that, seeing as it was a gorgeous day yesterday. But on a related note, when we hit the highway I was going to try and hit 88, because there wasn't a cop in sight. Unfortunately, we hit a knot of traffic and had to slow down. But even if the road was clear, the speedo only goes up to 85, thanks to the asinine US DOT regulations that were in place in the early 80s. As if limiting the speedo to 85 will stop people from speeding if they have a fast car!