Yes, Atlanta had it’s one obligatory day of winter … the great ice storm media event of January 2005. We didn’t leave the house on Saturday, allowing others to discover the frictionless wonders of trying to drive on 1/2″ of packed sleet. We managed not to loose any trees, and the goats managed not to become goat-sicles.
We lost power for about 8 hours overnight, which made it hard to finish watching Goldeneye. Suzan and I stayed under the blankets for a while this morning, although it didn’t get that cold in the house (the new house is much better insulated than the old one). After the world got above 32 degrees, we went out for groceries (the fridge, she was bare).
Pictures will be in the gallery soon. Suzan finally took her Canon Digital Rebel for a drive today, so we just got around to installing the software on my computer.
Turns out the power steering pump on my truck is just fine (there’s a small leak somewhere, but the pump works fine) … but the alternator is toast.
The grinding noise & steering problems the truck exhibited before suffering from “sudden belt loss syndrome” was a faulty alternator. Suzan had to have it replaced a few months back when in South Carolina. Fortunately the local Advance Auto Parts honored their warranty, so we just pay the mechanic a few bucks to install the new part (yay Gene).
Suzan and I spent lunch shopping for a PT Cruiser. The one I looked at yesterday had a purple “flame” decal on the hood & an after-market tint job (possibly pimped in the past … Danger Will Robinson), but the price looked good. Today’s car was newer & lacked any evidence of pimping and/or ricing (can you rice an car from the American division of a German company that was built in Mexico?), but was more expensive.
Another car I need to check out may be the baby bear out of the three, assuming it doesn’t sell before I can get over to Lawrenceville. Nobody buy any cars till I get back, okay?
Take a look at this pic from Austin, via my cell phone’s pseudo-camera …
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Stupid entropy … forget CO2 emissions, automotive entropy (the eventual heat death of any car, specifically any one that I own) is causing global warming.
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Supposed to leave at 5pm … Actually leaving at 7pm … I guess that’s not bad by airline standards.
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