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Spent Friday night in Saratoga NY at Joey T's place, and stopped in Kitchener Ontario to pick up a motorcycle engine from Chris Park.
The rental car was very full. Chris and I had to do a lot of rearranging just to squeeze the engine in there. I was afraid that this would be the trip when my luck ran out and I had trouble crossing the border. The border guard did ask "What's all that stuff in the car?" in a startled tone, but he wasn't interested enough to get into the details. Instead he looked at my driver's license and asked me if I ever go to that hot dog place on Michigan Ave in Ypsi? I said "What hot dog place?" and he waved me through. I guess it's OK to cross the border with a car crammed full of computers and salvaged motorcycle engines, as long as you don't eat hot dogs.
Finally made it home around 8pm last night. Michael had gamers here, and they were able to help me take the engine out of the trunk of the rental car. Now there are three baby Sabre engines in the garage. Maybe next weekend Mike Freeman will get the Leper back on the road, and dispose of the other engines. That would be good.
Phil and Jennifer met me here right after I got home, and we all went out for Chinese food, and they helped me drop off the rental car. Jennifer has a rental car this week, too, because her car is in the body shop. Her rental car is better than mine, a Toyota Prius. It was interesting to drive. Maybe that will be my next car, or at least my next rental car. My truck needs replacing.
By 11pm I was utterly exhausted and I fell asleep quickly. It made it easier to get up this morning early enough to go take care of the rental car return paperwork on time. The car was due at nine this morning. It's been a long two years on late shift, and I have rarely seen 9am during this period. I was tempted to go back to bed when I got back, but instead I went into my office and started putting my network back together.
I now have so many computers to link up, that I actually put cable ties to their intended use, bundling cables into matching sets and routing them carefully. Maybe this time I will avoid turning the space behind the computers into a tangled mess. There are just too many of them, for a cable snarl like that to be manageable. Added the new keyboards and mouses to the growing pile in the closet. Anyone need a keyboard or mouse?
The rental car was very full. Chris and I had to do a lot of rearranging just to squeeze the engine in there. I was afraid that this would be the trip when my luck ran out and I had trouble crossing the border. The border guard did ask "What's all that stuff in the car?" in a startled tone, but he wasn't interested enough to get into the details. Instead he looked at my driver's license and asked me if I ever go to that hot dog place on Michigan Ave in Ypsi? I said "What hot dog place?" and he waved me through. I guess it's OK to cross the border with a car crammed full of computers and salvaged motorcycle engines, as long as you don't eat hot dogs.
Finally made it home around 8pm last night. Michael had gamers here, and they were able to help me take the engine out of the trunk of the rental car. Now there are three baby Sabre engines in the garage. Maybe next weekend Mike Freeman will get the Leper back on the road, and dispose of the other engines. That would be good.
Phil and Jennifer met me here right after I got home, and we all went out for Chinese food, and they helped me drop off the rental car. Jennifer has a rental car this week, too, because her car is in the body shop. Her rental car is better than mine, a Toyota Prius. It was interesting to drive. Maybe that will be my next car, or at least my next rental car. My truck needs replacing.
By 11pm I was utterly exhausted and I fell asleep quickly. It made it easier to get up this morning early enough to go take care of the rental car return paperwork on time. The car was due at nine this morning. It's been a long two years on late shift, and I have rarely seen 9am during this period. I was tempted to go back to bed when I got back, but instead I went into my office and started putting my network back together.
I now have so many computers to link up, that I actually put cable ties to their intended use, bundling cables into matching sets and routing them carefully. Maybe this time I will avoid turning the space behind the computers into a tangled mess. There are just too many of them, for a cable snarl like that to be manageable. Added the new keyboards and mouses to the growing pile in the closet. Anyone need a keyboard or mouse?
