"They say in the blog business, 'If you put that on the internet, people will read it!' "
That is so true. After hearing that the price of crude oil went up $10 a barrel last night, I decided it's time to fill up the car as soon as possible. I went to Chicagogasprices.com and looked up stations near me. Said $4.09 as of 5am this morning. So I get there, and it's $4.19. Across the street that station was at $4.06. Pump took forever (I'm talking like a 15 minute pumping), but here's the final tally: Pump #5 / self pump. $4.069 / g Volume 14.523 GAL. Total: $59.12
I have to say, that's the most I've ever spent on gas in my life. I've been driving around on $3.31 gas. When I was a kid, I could fill up the '88 Dodge Aries ('The Pimp Dodge' as we called it, in cruel mockery) with $10, which got 22 city / 28 highway mpg. My '02 Camry gets 21 city / 30 highway. I don't speed, I don't make fast starts, nor do I turn on the A/C. I change my own oil and keep track of all my fluids, filters and tires.
It is hot. It is humid. It is windy. Dew Point is 70 degrees, which is Tropical air. It is sticky, tornado watches are on, and severe storms are building as I speak all afternoon. I can honestly say I'm a Winter person now. I can handle the cold a lot better than I can handle the heat. -20 below zero doesn't bother me as much as 85 degrees. Perhaps I should move to a hoose aboot in Can-o-da where it doesn't get so hot don'tyaknow.
I now have a TV digital converter box for Broadcast signal. A Zenith DTT 900. And I have to say, I love it. LOVE it! I now get 36 channels, clear and with no static or bouncing. Plus 2 weather channels that I can watch all the time. Now the bad: Broadcast signals are a weird thing, and their strength changes hour by hour. There's a signal button you push on the remote that shows you how strong the signal is. Unless you get a 50% or better signal, you're not going to get sound & your picture will look scrambled or blank. CBS & ABC seem to have this problem, tho it depends on the time of day. NBC seems to be the most consistent. Apparently these stations alternate between antennaes and it is rather annoying. That would suck to lose picture if you're watching a new show. Oh and apparently if you want to tape something, you have to make sure you have the right channel on the converter box, since if you have it going through the VCR because the VCR will always be on channel 3. Reminds me of my first VCR as a kid. No menu screen, only 24 hour / 1 channel manual program recording.
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