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Cellar Scribblings
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
Oh, we have thunder and lightning here tonight in NJ!!! Just what I like. I have the window open by the computer table, and I can hear the rain pounding down, and watch the flashing lightning.
Back to work today, and I'm already ready for another day off. :laugh: I have June 11th off, for a dentist appointment. Then we have July 4th off. That day is a Thursday, and I think a lot of our clients will close on Friday as well, so it will be a SLOW day in the office.
--- Quote from: brian on May 27, 2019, 04:22:12 pm ---I do not feel in control when driving an automatic. The car (Honda Accord) I drove in Alaska in 2017 (just 3 days and only to the Denali park entry where you board buses) was automatic as was the car (small Nissan) I had for one day in Jasper, Canada and i drove an automatic in Australia (Hyundai Accent) last year for 10 days. The car I had in the Cotswolds UK for 3 days last August (BMW) was a manual.
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It's interesting that you would feel that way, Brian. Most people here in the US would prefer automatic instead of manual. I am grateful that I know how to drive both. It's been many years since I've had to use a manual, but I do know how.
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 27, 2019, 04:34:34 pm ---Congratulations on the new wheels, Chuck! Is there a road trip in your near future?
I'm taking my Crimson Chariot on a road trip at the end of June. First west into the mountains, then up Utah, swinging by Moab way, then a swing through the Tetons and Yellowstone, and across to Ten Sleep, the rodeo on the Fourth of July and the ceremony for John Trudell on the next day. Then, east to Buffalo and the Occidental Hotel and back to Denver. I'm sure my trusty car will be up for it!!
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No, no road trips in the near future. However, who knows what the next few years may bring?
--- Quote from: southendmd on May 28, 2019, 09:52:11 am ---Wow, Chuck! Sabrina is a real beauty. Safe and happy driving!
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Thanks so much, BBP!!! :-*
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 27, 2019, 04:34:34 pm ---Then, east to Buffalo and the Occidental Hotel and back to Denver. I'm sure my trusty car will be up for it!!
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I want to go back to Buffalo. I want to stay at the Occidental Cafe and have a meal at the Busy Bee Cafe, if it's still there.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 27, 2019, 09:50:06 am ---I never change my own tires.
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You just don't, or you don't know how?
My father would not have let me out on the road if I couldn't change a tire myself. I even used to put on my own snow tires. He made sure I knew how to check and add oil and wiper fluid and water and/or antifreeze to the radiator.
One thing he did not teach me, or think to teach me, was to check and add water to the battery--you had to do that back in them days. At least when the battery went dead once because it had gone dry, he couldn't blame me for it because he never told me I had to do that! :laugh:
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 31, 2019, 10:54:33 pm ---You just don't, or you don't know how?
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I know how, but I've never done it and have never had to.
The closest I came to having to was when I got a flat at night (maybe around 8 or so? it was dark, anyway) on a freeway in an area not near commercial development but near some houses. I jumped a fence, knocked on the door of a house and asked the guy inside for help. He changed it! There are some advantages to being a woman -- I think a man would have a harder time doing this. (On the other hand, a woman is in somewhat more danger knocking on a stranger's door.)
Now, in the era of mobile phones and roadside assistance, I wouldn't even need to do that unless I was in the middle of nowhere with no service.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
Oh, the it feels good to be in the weekend!
Work this coming week will be a little crazy. It's "Santander Week", and upper management is doing things for the employees to show their appreciation.
One day next week is a donut delivery for breakfast. Some locations will have a Spa Day where masseuses will come in. On Monday, our department is having a pizza luncheon. On Friday I had to call a local place and order 14 pizzas (7 kinds, two of each) and a large salad, enough to serve 49 people. I didn't order any soda, because these places usually send 2 liter bottles, which are never finished, and then they go flat and have to be thrown away. So today I went and got 4 cases of varieties of Coke, and two cases of water. I can expense this through the bank and get my money back.
Of course, this also means that I must get to work early on Monday, and make sure the conference room is set up for the pizza delivery and lunch.
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