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  • Colbalt Debut

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    My new laptop came in off the big brown truck this morning. I set it up to work off the wireless network, and am posting from up in the dining room.

  • Whither Cobalt

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    The offical word from Dell is that a laptop that I ordered was sent on the brown truck (UPS) by this morning. At some point, I will be transferring data from my desktop “Monte-Carlo” to the new laptop “Cobalt,” then I will re-image (read: format) Monte-Carlo for my brother, and put back any files that…

  • rainfall

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    Got about .50″-.55″ in the rain gauge this evening

  • Hot hot hot

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    The Mercury topped 100 today, and if the forecast holds up, will do so again tomorrow. I’ll probably stay at home and finish up the web site…. maybe work on my train layout

  • Egged Again

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    Back in December my car got hit by the Harvard Road Egg Squad. early this morning, they were at it again. This time, however, I think I got most of the egg cleaned off without problem. The last hit caused some damage to the already slghtly weak paint that I have had to touch up…

  • 100,000

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    The car hit 100,000 miles as I hit 6th and Iowa coming home from Kennedy Glass after replacing the Spark Plugs, wires, and the air filter. I noticed a falloff in fuel mileage, and wanted to be proactive to prevent any problems. The spark plugs were visibly worn to the point where the excessive gap…

  • Two Teardrops

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    Today, among the people I know, life is being given and taken away. Art Friedbloom, a member of my model railroad club, passed away in his sleep this morning. Meanwhile, my cousin-in-law was taken to the hospital where the doctors had decided to induce labor (assuming that she hadn’t already gone into labor sooner). We’re…

  • You have 1 new message….

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    Debbie Slack left me a message on my landline voicemail today hoping I had a happy birthday.

  • Lost: One Flash

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    Yesterday (which also happend to be my birthday) I found out my flash unit was missing from my camera bag. The last time I had it out was wendsday night, when I took the pic of my front plate for this blog. I have a flash unit on the digital camera, but I’ve always felt…

  • New tags

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    Back in March, I went to the Treasurer’s office and applied for the new personalized “Vanity” tags. I paid the fee and went on my way. Today, I went to the courthouse to renew my tags and pick up the new plates. My car now carries my “handle” of ‘ROUTE56’ Here’s a shot of the…