For the first time, we have reached the point where the average American household has more cars than registered drivers.
From the Chicago Tribune, Saturday, August 30:
“WASHINGTON — For the first time, the typical American family has more vehicles in the garage than licensed drivers in the house.
There are about 107 million U.S. households, each with an average of 1.9 cars, trucks or sport-utility vehicles and 1.8 drivers, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported. That equals about 204 million vehicles and 191 million drivers.”
And this isn’t even counting the Harleys! No wonder houses come with two and three and four car garages these days.
Vanity, Thy Name Is…
License Plates….
The “Q” Section of the Chicago Tribune, for Sunday, August, 31, has a story titled “All Is Vanity.” Of course, it’s about vanity license plates. It’s incredible how clever people can be with seven letters or numbers.
These sixteen people have proclaimed their occupation with their license plate number. Can you tell their calling?
REVM UP 2
I SEDATE
NISE PKG
ONAROLL
RCYCLIT
IADDMUP
LF SAVR2
IFXWOOD
IFIXUM
I GTU FIT
BOOKWMN
SUPR BWL
NO PLAK
ELUMEN8
BIDNOFR
OH MISS
The Cap’n
This is Dear Husband at the wheel of the Serenity. Doesn’t he look right at home? When I suggested that he pose for a picture at the helm, it didn’t take any encouraging. *G*
Fall Garden Cleanup
I was visiting Bogie’s blog, trying to catch up on some of my reading. Things have been hectic here so I’m several days behind on blogs. I was delighted to discover that she is a gardener. She’s farther north than I am, so she’s begining to get her gardens ready for winter. I have about a month to go before I start putting the gardens to bed. We’ll be having a bridal shower here a week from today, and I want the grounds to look their best, so I’ve been spending a lot of time weeding, watering, feeding, pruning and generally cleaning up the grounds.
I DESERVE IT!
I just had a big bowl of Vanilla Swirl Ice Cream, or “squirrel” as my family fondly calls it. I rarely crave ice cream, and it’s definitely not part of my diet, but this seemed like the perfect treat after spending large parts of the last twenty-four hours re-programming our computer.
It’s not quite done. I have some Window’s updates to double check, and then I need to install CD creator software. Our network is down, thanks to something I entered when I installed the O/S, so my stepson is contemplating how to get around that. I may even get the chance to use the scanner that comes with the Office Jet. I didn’t realize what a dinosaur that thing is until I saw the program disks. It was originally intended to run on 3.1 or 95, so it’s possible that it can’t be updated to run the scanner. At least I have a fax/copier/printer running.
About a year ago, a tiny two month calendar program appeared in my taskbar. I LOVED it. I thought one of the kids had installed it, but they won’t take the credit. Does anyone know where I can find software for that?
Back to ice cream…. I guess my all time favorite flavor is butter pecan in a waffle cone. I wait to order that at the places that carry the really sinful ice cream. I figure if I’m only going to eat ice cream on rare occasions, I might as well eat the stuff that’s REALLY bad for you! I like raspberry sherbet, too, and anything that goes well with hot fudge! What’s your favorite flavor?
Happy Birthday, Harley
This year is the 100th Anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Company, creators of an American icon. Harley’s have a signature sound that other motorcycles can’t seem to recreate, a deep rumble that announces you are in the presence of a HAWG.
So Far, So Good…
Well, the new copy of the Operating System arrived today. Rather than bringing it to the house, Airborne Express dropped it off at the mail box. I’m amazed it was still there when we picked up the mail.
Mergers
Watch for these mergers in late 2003 and make yourself a bundle.
1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush and W. R. Grace
will merge and become Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros. and Zesta Crackers join forces and
become Polly, Warner, Cracker.
3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and Campbell’s Soup and issue forth as
MMMGood.
4. Zippo, Mfg., Audi Motor Car, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge to
become, of course, ZipAudiDoDa.
5. Federal Express is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and
become FedUp.
6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become Fairwell
Honeychild.
7. Knotts Berry Farm and the Nat’l Org. of Women will become Knott NOW.
Blind Date TV
We have a cable channel here in the US which used to be known as The Nashville Network (TNN). It has recently been taken over by aliens and is known now as “Spike.” It’s being touted as the first network for men.
Woe is me….
Alas and alack….
Dell has replaced our hard drive, but I didn’t realize that we didn’t have a copy of our Operating System until 5:00 Wednesday afternoon. If I had been on the ball, I’d have ordered the new O/S on Monday, and I could have been programing the computer today.