Patsy had a flat tire yesterday afternoon. This is the fourth time we've had to change a tire since August 2005 (Katrina). I've had several other tires repaired but was able to drive them to the repair shop. Add that to the 3 or 4 windshields we've replaced and you have one of the by-products of that life-changing event. Before Katrina, I hadn't changed a tire in 20+ years and was getting pretty decent mileage out of tires. Louisiana roads are hazardous not because of Katrina, herself, but because of the thousands of work crews, mainly in pickup trucks towing trailers with unsecured cargo, dumping debris all over the roads.
The Not-Safe-For-Work laugh this morning comes courtesy of The Onion. This kind of humor doesn't always get me but it did this morning. Love the bus stop ad.
Quote of the Day
According to this late-'60s Philco-Ford Corp. documentary titled "1999 A.D," the future will be a technological boon for misogyny. In the world of tomorrow, women will be able to use computers -- but not credit cards.
Helen A.S. Popkin, MSNBC
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "Here are the tracks that I was thinking of putting on the first Song A Day album:"
Writing a song a day and posting it. -Rob
That video caught me at the right moment also. I can think of more than one IT circumstance where if it had been recorded, I would have sounded pretty close to that.
I was going back to work on my lunch hour and following a dump truck down the road when a misshapen chunk of iron flew out back. Even though I stopped, the iron kept going and went under the car and bumped around until it punctured a hole in the gas tank. I had just filled up the night before and gas was pouring all over the pavement. It was a 1977 Olds, so you can imagine the size of the tank. I smelled it before I saw it. The truck driver, not knowing what happened, kept going. Also, he didn't have a rear license plate, but another motorist saw what happened and got the company name off the truck's door. They paid for the repair the next day.
It was a cold and rainy day and the fire department came out and put foam all over the road. This was before cell phones, so I went into the closest business to use the phone, which happened to be the bowling alley division of Brunswick. I'll never forget the wonderful smell of fresh milled hardwood combined with varnish and shellac. I figured everyone that worked there was high all day from the smell.
I never sound like those clowns at work but I surely do at home, Dave. I think I'm about to enter a %$&#%$^ phase in a few days. Ordered a new CPU and it has the dreaded Vista on it. Not looking forward to it.
That's amazing on many levels, Marie. Amazing no one was hurt. Lucky you had filled up. A less-filled tank might have caught fire. Amazing you were able to get someone to take responsibility.