Gloria and I took the new GTI on a 2700 mile 8 day road trip. We started September 15 leaving Frisco, Texas following a day behind the aftermath of hurricane Ike up through Ohio. In Frisco, Texas, Saturday and Sunday before we left, the hurricane was no worse than any typical North Texas storm front. A fair amount of rain and some strong wind but not seemingly hurricane strength. The worst damage we saw was...
Continue reading...Car Smarts
The GTI did a strange thing to me yesterday. Well, actually a good thing. It has more gee-wiz electronic devices than even a computer nerd like me wants to know. I kind of sorta know… 🙂 The low tire pressure indicator came on first thing (5:40 AM) as I backed out of my drive. I jumped out (while in the street) for a quick check for a flat tire. I have an air compressor in...
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It is staying hot here in Frisco Texas. For several weeks, temperatures remain in the 100’s and yesterday was 110 in some places. The Weather Underground gives the best picture of what the temperature really is in a community. They have all those home stations reporting. A few of those reportage’s are in error I am sure but you get a good overall sense of the local backyard temperature. Our official temperature is reported out in...
Continue reading...Ramblin’ Update
If you haven’t noticed, the right hand column on the blog has changed. I dropped the calander ’cause I wasn’t much interested in the dates shown there. It’s one of those features that I don’t have to use just because it is available. 🙂 I then added some photo display at the bottom just because it was available. (Did I say that?) Well, I guess I do like to do things just because I can....
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