The end of an era

I have been holding back a vital piece of information, pretending it doesn’t exist, because of the terrible implications of it. Life in the United Nations of Carpool as we know it is over. The Romanian delegate has ceded his membership in the UNC. He has struck out on his own, for an unfettered life of solo commuting in the Buick, no longer encumbered by the poor time management skills of a significant portion of the rest of the carpool, with their utter inability to arrive anywhere on time.

His break was brief and merciful, probably to spare the rest of the UNC the pain of his departure:

To: UNC Carpool List
From: Romanian Delegate
Date: 07/30/2010 01:15PM
Subject: Re: Current Carpool Schedule

Members of the United Nations of Carpool,

I am sorry for such a short notice, but I am not car-pooling anymore.

Is probably just me going thru a troubled phase of my life. I need more peace around me to realize what it is... I am the captain of my Buick..., at least when my wife is not around...

Thanks.

Romanian Delegate

And with that, he was gone. Carpool democracy mourns his return to the dictatorship of the Buick.