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Anecdote from post-Christmas adventures for lack of other things to write about:
My step-grand-parents own a Ford Expedition, the largest SUV I've ever seen, which is affectionately referred to as "the behemoth". At one point while a large number of the kids, spouses, and grandkids were up visiting we all decided to make the short drive to visit some more family. It is established that there are 8 of us, and since normal minivans fit 7 people, the behemoth is the only single vehicle that will fit all of us and the several rather large packages we were bringing.

So we all pack in, and was almost ok to be using the SUV since it was actually carrying a full load of people. It was not, however, towing a boat, so we were still wasting resources.

This SUV has a little digital display above the windshield in the center that shows, the current gas mileage. It changes constantly: 10 (mpg)... 5... 8... 12... 5... Occasionally the numbers grow as high as 25 or 30 when driving downhill.

While we were at said relatives house, it began to rain, then slush, and finally real snowflakes were falling from the sky. After a bit we established that the snow was beginning to stick and that we should all drive back to where it was not snowing so as to be safe. Oh, but we drove an SUV, that should at least be a little better. But no, the SUV doesn't even have 4 wheel drive.

In other news, my readership will not only include my extensive immediate family, but now potentially a whole crowd of extended family and family friends. I should be careful in what I write. Or learn a foreign language that doesn't have online translation tools.