Please give your definition of a "permagrin"

[captcorvette]

For me it is always a series of events that starts with a smile when I look at "Christine". Then it increases when I open the door, sit down, turn the key and she starts to make noise.

By then the smile has turned into a big goofy looking grin that stays there until after I have long exited the car.

I can be having the worse day in many, many days. But by the time the backside of my trousers hit the seat all is well with my world. Doesn't have to be max rpms and through the gears, sometimes it is just taking a nice curve in the road or seeing the silly grin on my face from the reflection in the window. Can even be a smile from another car owner giving me a "thumbs up" or the "OK" sign and they have the big silly grin on their face.

Yeah the "permagrin" has many elements to it but always results in the same ending. Same way I felt about flying when I was getting my license in the mid '60's. See? Its still there!