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Wolf

I should probably say **why** I have a #Leatherman on my belt.

A couple of years ago, on vacation with a big group of (techy) friends, one of them — Scotty -- was working on something or other and needed a tool. So he asked: “Does anyone have a (whatever thing he wanted)?”. I always carry a Leatherman in my bag, so I said “Yeah. I've got a multitool in my bag, upstairs.”. To which he replied “Then you don't have one.”

It’s one of those things that probably **shouldn’t**, but does have a big impact on you.

So when I got a belt that could hold a Leatherman, Scotty’s words were still with me.

I probably wouldn't have bothered posting this, but my friend @jammcq really wanted me to. This Leatherman situation was the “lightweight" version. When I was still a teenager my father asked me to move his car out of the driveway. So I went out and popped myself down into the driver's seat and … it was a stick. After about ten minutes he came out, looked at me with a face that just dripped with disappointment and said “You don’t know how to drive stick, do you.”. It wasn't a question. It was an accusation. My father died many many years ago now, but pretty much every car I've had from then until this automatic #SubaruOutback I just got has been stick. When I described why I always choose stick to my wife, I called it a “mental illness”. I kinda think it was. I don't want to lessen the importance of anything else with that name, just to express how powerful an effect his words had on me.

Wolf

#SubaruOutback best option: cargo net (and it has a hidden extra piece that goes backwards and covers the whole cargo area)

Worst option: wireless phone charger. Slow and hot. You’re better off using a wire, by far.

Wolf

After years of work-from-home, for the past eight or so months I’ve been commuting three days a week. In stop and go traffic on the way home sometimes. I got myself a #SubaruOutback. I had three must-haves: adaptive cruise control that slows all the way down to zero and starts back up again; wireless Apple CarPlay; and it has to take regular gas. The one I ended up with has a bunch of stuff that was nice outside that list. It’s an annoying color: white. I’m really falling in love with this car!

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