My Gen X Playlist: Electricity – OMD

There was a knock on my office door. My colleague in the next office over came by after I’d finished my call.

Hey, man. I could hear you through the wall. It sounded a little heated. You really fight for your clients.

I had to fess up. I actually wasn’t negotiating on behalf of my client. I was buying a new car and the dealership was being sketchy for the fifth and final time. I had enough of their shady attempts. Needless to say, I eventually bought the car from them, but it was a painful process. I bring this up only because last night we were discussing probably needing a new car next year and it triggered my last experience. I wish it wasn’t such a painful ordeal.

I think buying a car is one of the most unpleasant purchases. Fortunately, we take good care of our cars and drive them a long time. I’d hate to go through this on a regular basis. I’m tempted to just use the Costco agreed upon price. But then again, I know I can’t can get a better deal – but I wonder if that extra bit of savings is worth it. If not, then this is unnecessary self-inflicted pain. What would you do?

We are considering a hybrid. We still have a little bit of anxiety about being stranded in the middle of nowhere with an EV. Mind you, this anxiety is totally unwarranted because we rarely find ourselves in the middle of nowhere. Baby steps, I say. One step at a time. Hybrid first, maybe with an electric car next in line.

Electricity was the debut single by OMD. I was shocked to learn this was released in 1979 and was written when they were only 16 years old. At that age, I was practicing parallel parking and standing in line hoping to pass my driver’s test. Let’s see. Hit song in one hand or a drivers’s license in the other. We know who the slow one is between the two. Oh, and not to add fuel to the fire, but it took me two tries to pass my driver’s test. Sad, but true.

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Our one source of energy
The ultimate discovery
Electric blue for me
Never more to be free
Electricity
Nuclear and HEP
Carbon fuels from the sea
Wasted electricity

Our one source of energy
Electricity
All we need to live today
A gift for man to throw away
The chance to change has nearly gone
The alternative is only one
The final source of energy
Solar electricity

Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
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