Month: April 2002

Put The Voodoo Back On

We got wet from the fringes of a pop-up thunderstorm this afternoon. Cockpit cover did its job. It couldn’t have been much rain as the parking lot was dry an hour later. When we left the building and started to take the cover off, it started to sprinkle so we took the boot off as well. After about 5 minutes into the drive it quit. But when we got to our neighborhood it was another story, the roads were still quite wet, there were tree pieces on the ground and clumps of oak pollen clusters piled along the curbs from the rivers of runoff, must have had a serious cell around here.

My mind slammed shut this evening at 9:00 PM EDT. I took the MGW knob off and put the Voodoo back on. Sorry George. I’ll pass it around this weekend at the gap and see if I can entice someone with it.

Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 93

How Is A Person Supposed To Live On That?

At least 3 folks have to split the 300 Million. Poor souls, once it is chopped into 3, then reduced for the cash option and Uncle Sam takes his cut, they’ll probably only end up with about 50 million each. How is a person supposed to live on that?

Still have the MGW knob on the car, trying to open my mind….

Started down, still down.
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That Hosting Company VIII cont.

1 week and ticking.

I have been ranting here since 1/12/2002 without missing a day. I am going away for a long weekend and this time I am not bringing a laptop to post here while I’m gone. I’ll be back on Sunday, April 21st. (Wait right here.)

Pistol Grip Shift Knob

Made a trip to Augusta after work tonight for 3 reasons: 1) visit MGW. 2) go out to eat & 3) buy some Big Game tickets.
1) Stopped over at MGW to talk about Miata gizmos they are making. George let me try their new design pistol grip shift knob. The new style doesn’t have the flat on top it is fully radiused. Cool knob, but I’m not sure if it is my cup of tea.
2) Went to Damon’s and had some great ribs.
3) Didn’t buy any tickets. The line was too damn long. Like I was going to win anyway?

Started down, still down.
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Getting Good At It

AWD AC panel came today. Of course that is the first thing I did when I got home, ripped apart the center console. I’m getting good at it. Looks sharp, but I’ve got to lose the green AC in the middle of the AC button. I wonder if the bulb is green or the button….

Started down, went up, went back down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/01/02: 93

That Hosting Company VIII cont.

126 hours on this outage and counting. They were offereing to let some folks buy their domain names back for $75. I’m not so sure I would trust sending them any more money at this point.

Masters Golf Tournament

What is it that made me waste most of my Sunday watching it on TV? I watched all the way until Tiger had it in the bag, then I tuned out, not because I didn’t want him to win, heck I hope he wins it again next year, but I just couldn’t care once it stopped being a golf match and started to be just watching some one play meticulous golf. I don’t golf, I don’t watch golf and I can barely name a golfer besides Tiger. I suppose that I watch because I have been on the course. When we first moved to Aiken we went over and bought practice round tickets back when they sold as many tickets as people who showed up. It was especially fun to go over with relatives who visited. Both my brother and brother-in-law are golfers so they were a real kick because they knew the players and they knew the history.

But about 6 years ago they went to a lottery drawing for the privilege to buy practice round tickets. The first 2 years we got selected, but for the past 4 years, no dice. Everyone says that locals don’t get picked anymore because they make more money from out of towners. Bah, the course doesn’t care, doesn’t matter where you are from you still pay the same $2 for a palmetto cheese sandwich. The members don’t care because they don’t own hotels or restaurants in the area, heck most of them aren’t local anyway. I think the real reason I don’t get practice round tickets anymore is that the Masters’ Secret Police found out I don’t even like golf.