6 weeks without a car (audio)

reflections on  six weeks without a car, four real weeks as I spent 8 days in Hong Kong and then a week on vacation between Christmas and New Year's... what was missed or changed in that time? Not much really ... 

amaryllis and paperwhites growing together this time

Do they still?

A busy weekend, that is quite an understatement on 'busy'. Among the happenings, one of the family vehicles was in a minor accident. Driver safe but some damage that should be repaired before driving it again.

Went to www.Enterprise.com for a rental for the week to provide some coverage. Quick, easy, reasonably priced. Then as I get in the car, I realize I have stepped back into time.

The car windows all have manual winds.
The door locks are all manual.
The side mirrors have the joy stick to adjust them. Meaning that you need to reach across to the passenger side to use the joy stick, then return to position to see how it looks, etc.... rinse, repeat!

I have to admit, while we are not current in cars, I did not realize that they still came with manual options!

Oh, but the radio has a modern media jack for input!

If you were to go back in time, what would the "must haves" be in your vehicle?

happy 90000th!

mile marker

Mobile post sent by shersteve using Utterz. Replies.

auto creation - bogus links

For some obvious reasons, I will not provide the links to these sites but I have observed a regular pattern for these sites getting "auto created". One major reason why Technorati is counting more and more blogs daily.

Theory of relativity January 21st, 2008 I’ve a passion for Sports and keep looking for information on it. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ‘track racing’ in Google and found this: Forces son-in-law tops in Funny Car NORWALK Robert Hight has been around the model of Funny Car excellence for nearly two decades, … since the NHRA announced it would be racing here this season have been fantastic and the track surface … Summit Racing Equipment Nationals NHRA event at Summ

London helg January 21st, 2008 I’ve a passion for Music and keep looking for good articles. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ‘Stan’ in Google and found this: Det blev mycket strosande pa stan pa lordagen medan vi holl oss lokalt pa sondagen (fast jag helst hade velat besoka marknanderna pa Spitalfield och Brick Lane efter a tt ha last den har artikeln)….Fast jag tvivlar att en tvabarns familj skulle lyckats klamma in tva sovmornar, en biofilm, ett gymbesok, ett muse

RO FTW! January 21st, 2008 I’ve a passion for Games and keep looking for good articles. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ‘private server world of warcraft’ in Google and found this: Ok! So for the last couple of weeks I’ve tried playing World of Warcraft (WoW)again and in all honesty I kind of lost interest fast, I’m not sure if it’s due to the s … It’s kind of like WOW but more humanish,animeish type of way, so I found a private server to play on and I was thinking

Premature Ejaculation Desensitizing Cream January 21st, 2008 I’ve a passion for Gems and keep looking for more info. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ‘variscite’ in Google and found this: Elephantiasis sacrate by the premature ejaculation desensitizing cream same token didn’t hove the premature ejaculation desensitizing cream hearten they sucks at itacist dumfounded stand firm. At last we rectifying the rushing detach, it seems it was at least another ladder pipe ap

I could go on but you get the point. Each of these posts were created minutes apart. Each post is on a different site, similar template but while the posting is "patterned", it is copied (likely) from some other sites.

So when someone comments on how many blogs are being created every minute every day, remind them that there are an awful lot of systematically created blogs out there. Not everyone of these has a real person sitting and thinking and writing behind them.


PS - if you would like to duplicate this experience, you can create a Technorati search feed for almost any term you'd like. I happen to track "Passion" (results shown above), Billy Collins, running, and several others. No matter what term I create, these similar patterned auto-created entries appear.

Another me is doing well

Yes, hard to believe but there are other Steve Sherlock's in this world. I am not alone.

Every once in a while I come across a new on online.

This Steve in Australia seems to be doing well renting autos.

If you have plans to go to Australia, and need a car, check out his web site: Oodles.com