One Little Thing After Another

Bad Gas part 2. Maybe it wasn’t bad gas before that was causing the engine knock. It was back today under hard acceleration. The gas level was low so I filled it with high test again. Maybe the knock only appears when I get to the bottom of the tank?

Didn’t pull all the way into the garage when we got home from work today as I needed the aforementioned gas and we needed gas for the lawn mower. As I walked through the garage into the house I noticed a couple of oily looking spots on the floor. They were towards where the rear of the car sits. I just switched to synthetic and from what I’ve read on Miata.net sometimes this leaking is because synthetic has smaller molecules that sneak by where the bigger dino oil molecules can’t. May have to switch back.

Not car related but annoying none the less, the water heater now has a small drip coming from the place where you hook up a hose to drain it. About a 1/4 cup in the last 24 hours…

Purchased Today: $14.00 in gas
Money spent since 03/03/03: $2597.67
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 261

Today Is Not Much Better

Just wasn’t into blogging last night and tonight is not much better.

4th listening of Dido’s new CD, it is definitely growing on me.

The pictures from last Theme Thursday’s challenge of “Picture Yourself” are up on the Picture Yourself site. This is my 3rd entry over there.

I haven’t scanned any new images in the last two nights. I have been busy cobbling together the November issue of The Driver. (The link is for last month’s, this month’s won’t be up until later this weekend, as I won’t mail them until tomorrow.)

Found this over at missives anonymous, another blog I read regularly – the Postal Gallery Database. I’m not sure what is more pathetic, somebody actually came up with idea/web venture or that I am definitely going to contribute. 🙂

Coincidentally there is a link on the bottom of the Postal Gallery page for another internet lost cause that I have contributed to No More AOL CDs. (The link is for nomreaolcdsnj.com, but wasn’t working when I clicked it.) I used to be on the Biggest Contributor list when I sent them 88 CD last year, but as you can see I’ve dropped of the radar screen. I’ve got about 10 more at work to send now….

Vinny’s

Someone suggested that the Miata Club meet at this new place that opened up in North Augusta, Vinny’s Pizzeria. The meeting is next Thursday at 7:00 PM, so as a recon mission, Donna, myself and her mother went over tonight around 7:00 PM to eat. The place is cobbled together out of who knows what it used to be. Very small and if we get a big turnout we might overwhelm the place. As it is the owner mentioned we could have the back room all to ourselves. Well the back room had 3 tables in it. Plus the pool table and an air hockey table. Going to be tough to hold a meeting while somebody is playing air hockey. I’ll let you know.

Purchased Today: $0
Money spent since 03/03/03: $2583.67
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 261

Oil Change

Stopped on the way home from work and picked some oil. Changed the oil and rotated the tires at 123,527. With the return of daylight standard time, I barely got through before it was too dark to see. Next scheduled change is at 127,000.

Purchased Today: $10.12 in oil
Money spent since 03/03/03: $2583.67
Started up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 261

I Bought A CD Today

For the first time in ages, I actually plunked down money on a CD. “Life for rent” by Dido. Loved every minute of her first CD and from what I had read review-wise this sounded like it would be better. After 2 listens, I’m not sure.

Filters Are Here

Just as I predicted, the stuff from Trussville Mazda arrived today. Unfortunately, it has been raining all day so I didn’t have a chance to change the oil, maybe tomorrow.

I say maybe, because I was going to shot the photos for Theme Thursday, but the rain put a damper on those plans, so I will have do it tomorrow. Pun intended, but it really isn’t one seeing as my use of the word damper has nothing to do with wet.

Purchased Today: $0
Money spent since 03/03/03: $2573.55
Started up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 260

Finite Number Of Bald Heads

Is there a limit to the amount of man with completely bald heads in a population group? say 1 per 300. I mean the kind that are going bald in spots and decide to shave the whole dome.

Willie, for the longest time, was the one individual that had a shaved head at work. About two months ago Sherman decided to go the smooth pate way. Willie is African-American and Sherman is Caucasian, Willie is 30 and Sherman is 60, Willie works in die casting and Sherman works in shipping (which are on opposite sides of the plant) so they probably have little contact with each other, but with in a week Willie started to let his hair grow on the top and for good measure he started a beard. About a month ago, Andrew white, 40’s, engineer shaved it all off. He never kept it up and let his ring of hair return.