Friday, July 31, 2009
Rental Car Mystery
I was recently on a business trip to Colorado, where I rented a car—a Hyundai, I think. Operating and driving a rental car is always a bit of a trick since each car is just a little bit different. I usually take some time at the car rental facility to familiarize myself with the mirror controls, windshield wiper controls, lights, etc. One night I was driving in Boulder and it was raining, I had the front wipers on, but wondered if there were rear wipers on this car. Since rear wiper controls are often tucked away in various places, I started scanning the dash and probing for buttons with my finger. To the left of the steering column was a button labeled “ESC”. I was pretty sure this was not for the rear wipers (which, turns out, the car did not have), but I wondered what it could be. I was oh-so-tempted to press the button, but had visions of myself flying through the roof on a rocket powered ejector seat, so I used restraint. Still wonder what it did…
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Almost Summer?
On Sunday we had our first “cloudless day” in a couple of months. To me, a cloudless day is one where at times that I’m likely to be outside (or want to be outside) there is no cloud in the sky. On Sunday, that was from about 8:00 a.m. till bedtime 
The temperatures are still pretty low—with high 70s during the day and low 50s at night—and that is keeping the pool cold. Still, we managed to brave the pool for a couple of hours. I think it was around 75 or 76 degrees.
The best part about a cloudless day is that it makes a good canoe day. So, Sunday very early we toted the canoe to Green Turtle Pond and finally got in some nice paddling around. The lake was warmer than the pool.
It has been a very beary season. Lots of bears and you can follow them on Lynne’s blog.
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