Can’t for the life of me find it on the web anywhere, but I could have sworn I saw an ad on TV for a motorized recliner. Not the kind that actually help an infirm person stand up, but just a regular middle-America living room recliner that reclined by pushing a button and little motors gently leaned you back and lifted your feet. Are we really that lazy that the arm motion required to use a recliner has become so inconvenient?
Predicted rain for this afternoon cruised right on by to the north and east. Now the rain guaranteed for tomorrow is getting chancier by the minute, they’re still positive about Sunday though. When I got home I put the bike rack on the car to take Donna’s road bike to the shop. She went for a ride yesterday with a woman friend and mid ride it wouldn’t shift out of the big chain ring, luckily the ride was mostly flat.
In today’s mail was a letter from the DMV. It seems the check for $30 wasn’t enough, they want $42 for the specialized plate. The $12 is for the actual registration. I should get some of it back as I just paid in November. But now I’m thinking maybe I don’t want the plate on the car, I never bike ride anymore…
Started down, went up, still up.
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I didn’t watch this and I can’t for the life of me figure who would want to after seeing the title and promo, Facelifts From Hell. What kind of sicko Programming Director picked that for a Valentine’s evening of TV?
I could have sworn I heard a snippet on FoxNews about some Congressman introducing a bill to boycott French wine, mineral water, etc. because they aren’t supporting us in NATO on the crush Sadam initiative. I personally will not eat another french fry until they come around either. The Aussies are supporting us right? I’ll substitute Bloomin’ Onions from Outback. Don’t ever let it be said I’m not an activist.
We needed gas for the car, so I headed over to a gas station I haven’t used for a while. When I got there I remembered why, they don’t have Pay-At-The-Pump convenience. Pulled back out onto the road and drove a 1/2 down to pull into another station. Insert card – remove card and the readout says, “Couldn’t Read Card, Swipe Again.” After 3 attempts I walked back to another pump to see if it would work there, nope. Back in the car and drove across the street. Read the card, first time, so I gassed up and went.
We just love to quantify stuff here in America don’t we? Channel hopping between commercials during what we were really watching we found the crawl on FoxNews telling us the terror alert was now High, a 4 as opposed to yesterday’s 3. Why did it go up? What increased precautions should be taken now? As confused as I? Here is the place to get all the answers: Homeland Security Advisory System Web Page. After reading that I know just what to do now, I just have to remember where I keep the caraway seeds.
When we check-in on Friday our first impression was good. The lobby looked nice and was decorated well. The buildings themselves looked new. But unfortunately new was not the case. This place had obviously been renovated in the last couple of years. It didn’t really show until you got in the rooms. The tub had been covered up with one of those plastic surrounds, top and bottom. There was about 2 inches of the old white tiles peeking over the top of the plastic and the tub creaked and gave way slightly while standing in it. Another big giveaway was the room carpet. they either had not replaced it or had with the cheapest stuff they could find as it stained, showing wear and starting to come up in the corners. I guess another clue was the “vintage” TV.
You are now rightly asking yourself, “Why does he stay in Holiday Inns if every time the experience s*cks?” The reason is I am a Priority Club member and I get points towards a free night every time I stay. How lame is that?