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To: Slumdog who wrote (128316)	1/14/2017 9:44:47 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 217648

Re <<Not even Range Rovers?>> Sunday morning tradition of many years (since Erita, now 12, was 7) is father-daughter breakfast at the neighborhood hangout, and afterwards I take her to ballet school or I pack her off to ride-share w/ her ballet friends to school. The point of the exercise is to have regularly predictable opportunity to engage daughter in dialogue, and she is happy with the tradition. Thanks for your prompt, I posed a hypothetical question to daughter, "Erita, four fellows ask you out to the ball on Saturday night. They all seem good people. None drives Ferrari but neither do they drive Mini Cooper. They each drive Range Rover of the same model and model year, only one of each color, red, black, white and silver. What do you do?" Without hesitation, she replied, "I would say - I have other arrangement for that night and will not be going to the ball" It wasn't the answer I was gunning for, so I re-set the circumstances, "well, interesting. Let me recast the scene. You need a date for a group get-together, and there be the four volunteers. What do you say?" Again, without hiccup, "I choose the one whose Range Rover is least dented" Once more, excellent answer I thought, but not the answer I was looking for, so I try again, "hmnnn. Okay. But say that you must choose one of the four and all four Rovers are in equally good condition, only red, black, white and silver" "I do not know, what do you think is the answer? and I would try to get references from others, and bring along my drug-test kit for drinks", said daughter. I noted, "White be the colour, it is the most practical of the four colours, easy to clean, match paint, good at night and perfect in the sun." I believe the coconut did well, and i certainly did not anticipate her answers.

To: Slumdog who wrote (128316)	1/15/2017 12:27:04 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217648

Coconut is correct.. I see Range Rovers all over Toronto and just shake my head... Our December snow is all gone :)) A Subaru is just fine even an A4 for the fashion conscious ... This is not the Australian outback or an African Safari in the 60s :)) I bought an Explorer (built on Ranger Pickup chassis) back at the oil highs when they were dumping SUVs... Dealer offered me and Aviator also for a little more... Beauty interior and the kids loved it.. but it takes Super gas.. at least 20cents / litre more... 80 litre fill up.. and I drive a lot... 30-40K annually on just that one vehicle alone) haul a trailer etc... I'm not trying to impress anybody ... just get where I need to as cheaply and safely as possible :)) You can always rent a Porsche for your birthday :))