Once, I rushed my (fairly) new car to Midas and begged them to fix my car because the check engine light was on. They took one look at the car and suggested I take it to the dealership to get taken care of for free under the warranty. I felt like a complete idiot. But, […]
Automotive Bailout Problems
As I write this, I’m watching Meet the Press that I recorded earlier. The topic of the day is the potential bailout of the US auto industry and T. Boone Pickens’ energy plan. And I bet I’m not the only one absolutely sick of hearing about corporate bailouts. And plenty of people who know that […]
Questions, Answers, and Relief
Questions: Why do people insist on driving their vehicles into ours? Why can’t my car door stay closed when I close it so the dome light doesn’t drain the battery? Answers: (to questions that may differ from those listed above) PCOS – at least it’s an answer and now we have a plan IE sucks. […]
The young and the ignorant
I wish I had something better to say about the recent accident that killed two students at my sister’s school, one student at another school, and left another one in the hospital. It’s very tragic. I’ll link you up to the news stories: http://blogs.jsonline.com/nichols/archive/2007/11/28/ntsb-interested-in-i-43-crash.aspx http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22013658/ http://www.wisn.com/news/14704785/detail.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22103779/ It looks like there are some key lessons […]
Cadillac’s attempt at cool
I was watching tv today and saw an ad with one of my favorite songs from the ’90’s in it. Cadillac has apparently just discovered a band that broke up years ago . . . HUM. They were one of my favorite bands for quite a while, with two albums, “Downward is Heavenward” and “You’d […]
That privilege called driving
If you are anywhere around Milwaukee, you know it rained all day yesterday. And it was beautiful weather, by the way. But I can never understand why just a day of rain can cause so many traffic accidents. You would think that the only people who drove were 16 year olds who had just got […]