Zissimer?!? Ah, c'mon guys, give me a hint. After all, the cat's out of the bag now anyway. What can top ZFX?

BTW, Happy Holidays to all! I actually got to leave my SS out until today as we've had NO SNOW here in MN until just today. But the inevitable is here, I will be storing it now this weekend. And counting the days until Spring when the fun starts all over again. Gosh, I hate to put it away, I enjoy it more all the time. . .

Some play Santa here and give us just a little old clue as to what's new with Zaino! I'll leave a big old piece of Rum Cake out for you instead of milk and cookies if you do. . .

 

Hey Rox!!

How are you? Believe it or not, I've been wondering about you lately, since I haven't seen you posting much. Just wondering if everything is going OK in MinneSNOWta. I think they "might" be predicting a little bit of snow here for XMas or XMas Eve. I'm trying to send it back up your way though!

About the "Zissimer," this isn't a formal product name but a pronunciation of of 3 or 4 words into one. But, if I told you what it meant....well....I'd have to......(you know the rest.) All I know is that it's a product that's being created and thorougly tested, and not ready to come to market. I'm not sure Sal wants any word to come out though, until there is more info and it becomes more official. I don't want to ruin anything by saying something early that may or may not be completely accurate. It's kinda like ZFX when it came to market. It was being developed and tested for a long time before it hit the market. So, I know there are product(s) in the testing phase, but I don't know if it's appropriate out of respect for Sal and his company to discuss it if I don't have all the details. It may be another month, year, two years, or three until it comes out, who knows. I just know that it's killer and it smells good!!

Mike

 

Hey Mike!!!

Appreciate you thinking of me. No, I haven't been posting much lately. Things are a little wobbly here. I may have told you previously that my husband is a pilot for United Airlines and as I'm sure you know, they declared bankruptcy on the 9th of Dec. It has been a pretty tense time for us and I'm afraid the worst is yet to come. They have suffered from bad management for years and of course the events of 9/11 didn't help but inferior managers are really to blame for this situation. If things work out just right and that is a BIG "just right" they could come out of this and be a real kick-*** company but at the moment things are not looking too optimistic. Happy Holidays, huh? He has enough seniority that he will not lose his job unless they close up their doors completely so we are hoping. . . cross your fingers for me, okay?

SNOW in your neck of the woods? Well, you just keep it there, don't wish it back on me!

Say, I thought I would break you number of postings. I noticed before that you had 1666 postings and you know what those nasty triple 6's mean. So I broke your ominous number by getting you to post #1667! I still believe in those vampires, heh heh. . .

Guess we'll all just have to wait for the new Zaino product then. I always love to hear about anything new from Sal, he is the best! As I said, I sure hate to put my car away but I suppose it's that moment in time.

Great to hear from you. Take care on New Year's Eve and hope we all have a healthy and prosperous 2003. . . Peace. . . and Thanks again for the nice thoughts. I hope everything is going well for you?

 

Hey Rox,I too was wondering whats been going on with you.Most time when you dont hear from someone for a long time they are gone,or sold their car. Glad to here every thing is ok on the home front.Im driving my Formula this winter.Its ok I have 22 coats of Z5 and Z2 on her. No snow huh?us niether.We are however forcasted to get a wopper today.Maybe a foot....Well Merry Christmas and dont be such a stranger.....Mark

 

Mark, how nice to hear from you, too. Between you and Mike, you guys have given me a nice warm fuzzy feeling to counteract the cold outside. And baby, it's cold out there today! But warm in my heart to know such nice people as you are out there. . .

So you're driving your Formula this winter, good for you. I wish I could leave mine out all winter, it gives me pleasure to take it out on the road but we are supposed to get rain, snow and ICE on Monday and Tuesday so I don't think that will be happening. I accidentally found a new warning light on my car last Sunday. I was braking on a road that had been sanded from a bit of snow we had had previously, I could see there was no ice but a lot of sand and all of a sudden I see the "low traction" warning light come on. Didn't know I even had that light, guess it's a nice feature, definitely tells me to ease off the brakes and I'll admit, I was in a hurry and going just a little too fast for road conditions that day.

Wow, you've been a busy boy with the Zaino! I actually took the plunge in Aug. and took a clay bar to my car. I was nervous at first but it didn't take long to get the feel of it and the end result was nothing short of spectacular. I then polished the heck out of it with Z5 and Z2 enhanced with ZFX. I had it sitting out on the driveway when I was done and I proudly noticed quite a few people slow down to admire it. All of them but one were guys, though, where are the female car enthusiasts?

BTW, I did receive your email last summer and apologize for not answering it. I was quite ill just about that time and could not be on the computer much. Your island home sounds lovely and I would love to see that part of the country someday. Maybe I will get a chance if things eventually work out here, what with the airline situation and everything.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas (hope Santa made it down your chimney and was very good to you. I left him a great big old piece of Rum Cake instead of milk and cookies this year so wasn't sure how much farther he got in his drunken state) and also a Happy New Year! You can keep your snow up there in the Northeast, we don't want it. I did see on the Weather Channel today that much of that area is really getting pounded. Talk about a White Christmas, huh? I'll try to check in on this board more often now that "I'm back" and keep an eye on you guys. . . As always, Rox PS - that story about you almost having to crawl out the window of your car on your road trip to Niagara still gives me a giggle! And going out at break of dawn to clean off the bird doo-doo, sheesh, you're about as obsessed as I am with keeping that thing clean.

 

Hey Rox,Thanks for the kind words,Hope to here from you again soon.I hope everything goes well with you and your husbands work.Please dont be such a stranger...Happy Holiday from Me and my family,Nancy my wife,Alexander and Nicholas my Boys...Markl

 

Mark, this is too funny - my cousin has sons named Nicholas and Alexander! How old are your boys? I think hers are about in 7th and 8th grades, I kind of forget as we live a long way apart and I never see them anymore.

Did you get that huge storm? My gosh, I was watching the weather channel today and some places had 36 inches of snow! That is just WAY too much of a good thing, hope we can get through the winter with not much more than we've got. Right now it barely covers our grass.

I am planning one more weekend with my car out of storage. I know I will cry when it goes "under cover" for the rest of the winter. I can't bear to put it in the back of the garage, Jay, my hubby has to do that while I sit in the house and pout! But, hey, we've passed the shortest day of the year now and the way times flies I hopefully will soon be back out there with my Zaino in hand!

Do you let Nancy drive your Formula? I'm so mean, I snipe at Jay when he drives my car. He's a foot taller than me so my seat and mirrors are all out of whack, makes me crazy. We tend to get petty when it comes to our cars, don't we?

Thanks for the good wishes for United Airlines, I don't know how this is going to play out but I'm really scared. All of a sudden our future could be gone in the blink of an eye, very intimidating!

Take care of Nancy and yourself and the boys, stay safe on New Year's. Do you party that night? We used to but pretty much stay around home now. Tomorrow night we are going to a "Potato Party", not quite sure what that is, ha, but they have an outdoor hot tub so that should be interesting in this cold weather, brrrr. . . I'll email you if it's a real debacle, probably shouldn't post too many personal things on this board. . . Rox

 

I emailed you Rox.