Besides work haven't made it out of the house a lot lately, but to celebrate Mother's Day took the family to Picchetti Winery in the Santa Cruz Foothills. Found a nice meadow in the neighboring open space reserve for a little picnic. Was great. No gators though.
Sad to hear. My uncle owned an early Shelby Cobra convertible (don't remember specifics). Along with a later Road Runner, the coolest cars anyone in my family would ever own (sorry dad, the Cordoba didn't make the cut).
If used for VNC or long text reading I'd go new iPad. As other have indicated, I think over a year or two you'd get most of the surcharge on memory upgrade back when selling.