Didn’t Fool Around Today
Just put it up while at work and left it up for the ride home. Tomorrow will be the same as it is supposed to be in the upper 90’s.
Started up, went down, went up, still up.
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Miatatude
I Panicked
The streak is over at 10 days and all because I panicked. Had a doctor’s appointment this afternoon and he was wrapping up the visit I could hear the thunder outside. After redressing I hurried outside to put the top up, even before the nurse had finished my paperwork. Looked pretty bad in a couple of directions. After coming back form the office a second time, I headed home and didn’t encounter a single rain drop.
Started down, went up, still up.
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Finalized The Route
Didn’t make the post office so the mix will get mailed on the deadline date of Monday, sigh. Speaking of post office, they delivered my J. C. Whitney package today, at work, it should be waiting for me on Monday.
The evening was spent on a drive to finalize the route for this coming Friday’s full moon rally with the Miata Club. Got it down to 47 from 60 making it a 10 minutes shorter ride. Hopefully it won’t rain. It hasn’t all this week, as you can tell from the top transition count being stuck at the same number.
Started down, still down.
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Still No J.C. Whitney Delivery
The package was coming from the same area (midwest US), was lighter and they charged $10 vs. zero and it ain’t here. No wonder UPS is kicking the USPS’s butt. Actually got my CD Mix of the Month done today. I waited until the last day to sign up and thought I would end up mailing on the deadline date too, but it looks like I’ll send them out tomorrow, 2 days early. Can’t really gloat though, as I have yet to post the track listing from last month’s mix…
Started down, still down.
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Snake’s Nest Of Wiring
Got the DVD player this morning and spent most of the evening hooking it up. Wouldn’t have taken that long, but I took this opportunity to clean up the snake’s nest of wiring and patch cable behind the entertainment center. Cool thing about the player is that if you put a DVD in it, the TV automatically turns on and switches to the correct video input. Think I’ll put off the next couple of Miata mods and buy a JVC receiver and VCR to complete the package, this compulink thing is coool.
Started down, still down.
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Drive Past Where You Normally Turn
Another to and from work drive day for the Miata, the only things different were the routes. We like to mix it up and drive a slightly different way to work each day of the week. Try it you’ll like it. The best one to do first, if you have a set route you take to work every day, is to as you are about to make the last turn, don’t take it. Go on up to the next street and come back to the work parking lot from a different direction. Even if it is a 1/4 mile further along, the feeling of freedom generated by “driving past” where you normally turn will be worth it.
Called Serious Auto up and asked if they had got my order. They had, they just hadn’t changed the tracking stuff because they couldn’t yet. The spark plug wires are on back order, so no UPS yet. The mats will be drop shipped right from the manufacturer, so no tracking number will be available.
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Tracking New Stuff
Drove to work, drove home, that’s it. My chrome rock guards for the pop up lights were shipped from J.C. Witney, $7.95 (with $9.95 more for shipping.) Track them here. Serious Auto hasn’t updated their database or they haven’t processed my order for the mats yet, as their online tracking still shows that my last order was delivered on July 15th. But I can track my non-Miata shipment from Best Buy here – a new DVD player.
Started down, still down.
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