Busy day tomorrow

At my computer, updating GPSs for the airplanes... tomorrow, er... today now... is going to be busy.

Longview TX, Jacksonville TX, Destin FL, Carthage TX, Marshall TX, New Orleans LA, Henderson TX, San Antonio TX. Then stay the night and come home.

You can track me through the day if you are bored. Flightaware.com and enter my tail number N467DM. About 7pm I'll be switching planes to N238FA.

See ya!
  • the_gaffer
    Touch and go's?
    by the_gaffer at 03/18/10 1:31AM
  • AlanL
    Wow, that's a lot of moving around!
    by AlanL at 03/18/10 8:47AM

Car trivia

And no Googling!!!!!!!

What was the original use of a car's hood ornament?
  • erik_powery
    brand promotion???
    by erik_powery at 03/02/10 11:34PM
  • meagan
    To loop string through to turn windshield wipers. To distract birds so they wouldn't poo on your car.
    by meagan at 03/03/10 1:10AM
  • meagan
    I Googled after I submitted those two very wrong guesses.
    by meagan at 03/03/10 1:12AM
  • lauralee
    To hide the key hole for the lock on the hood. That's not interesting enough. To act as a bayonet for those pooing birds.
    by lauralee at 03/03/10 7:52AM
  • mikejohnsontx
    Monitor radiator temp.
    by mikejohnsontx at 03/03/10 7:56AM
  • terra
    To see what kind of car it is. Duh.
    by terra at 03/03/10 9:25AM
  • rebecca
    to have something miniature on the car so girls would like them.
    by rebecca at 03/03/10 9:35AM
  • AlanL
    Mike's answer makes a lot of sense. I know they had radiator caps with temp gauges at one time, but I don't know if those were considered "hood ornaments". I really have no idea, but I assume it wasn't for brand identification or you wouldn't have asked.
    by AlanL at 03/03/10 9:42AM
  • garrettw87
    to catch the deer that you hit, preventing it from rolling over the top of your car. psh i have no idea.
    by garrettw87 at 03/03/10 3:59PM
  • baseballcraz32
    To center your vehicle when going through tight places
    by baseballcraz32 at 03/03/10 8:15PM
  • larry
    I forgot I posted this... Mike got the answer right! At least according to Modern Marvels.
    by larry at 03/04/10 9:55PM
  • diannes
    Radiator cap
    by diannes at 03/05/10 8:24AM
  • adampual
    I love random facts!!
    by adampual at 03/10/10 5:51PM

Even though the economy is tight....

let it be known there are still good deals!!!!!!!!

I'm at the Galveston airport waiting on the passengers to get done fishing, and killing some time I thought I would peruse Craig's list. Even though the economy is tight, the users of Craig's list have stepped up to the plate with FREE stuff!!!!

Let me show you some of my findings!

Theme: MOVING!

Need a house?
"I have a 3 bedroom house to be moved or torn down. You must cleanup where House is setting. In otherwords, Don't leave me no mess to have to cleanup. I will expect a $500.00 deposit until the job is finished and cleaned up if you leave a mess. The kitchen is in bad need of repairs in the kitchen area. It has one bathroom. Please only inquire if you have the funds to have it moved or torn down. Or I will sell you the 2 EXTRA LARGE LOTS and give you the house to do with what you want. The 2 lots total .43 of an acre. It is 2 blocks off highway 64West going from Henderson toward Turnertown, on the corner of C.R.4101 and C.R.4104, which the address is 7280 C.R.4101West. "SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY." Thanks "




How about some furniture to furnish your new house... assuming you didn't decide to tear the house down instead!
"Must go now have two love seats and a chair. Also have a large antique cabinet that is very heavy. Glass is broken A microwave oven among other. Misc items please let us know when you want To come get Them will post pics today"




Now that you have some furniture in you're new house, we need to watch some tv! Better get a dish, but not just any dish, a HUGH dish!
"need to get rid of this dish, it looks to be all aluminum. i also have some other scrap metal items and an old dishwasher if interested.
please call at 903-238-6860 or email for directions "




What better to watch what you receive on your big dish, than on a big tv?!
"RCA Big Screen TV. 56" or so. Volume works but no picture. come and get it. its heavy.".... oops... looks like you can only listen.




It really is too bad that the picture doesn't work on the big screen tv, because it would be nice if you could watch this box of assorted vhs tapes.
"Box of kids movies, some adult, not that kind of adult...... no cases... all work. free."




Sometimes while I'm watching tv, I get thirsty. Don't worry, you could be drinking your very own case of grape soda!
"I have this case of grape soda sitting in the garage. Me or no one else I know drinks it. 36 cans for you if you want it. If you come to the trouble of getting it, I'll give it to you. Email me."




If you get tired of laying around on your couch watching (or listening) to your tv and feel the need to get some exercise, you could always go outside and rearrange your collection of concrete statues.
"I have a ton of concrete statues, benches etc. to give away. Huge lions, eagles, horse, fireman etc. Some of it is chipped or broken... but totally usable. Over 2,000.00 worth wholesale. It is super heavy and you must load and take it all. Great opportunity for someone to make money if you have the time to sell it. I have to move this weekend and just have to get rid of it! My loss is your gain."


I'm tired from just thinking about that!



Better take a break on your new stool.
"It is in great shape I just don't have a place. Call. Prefer Text 9727933197 will remove when gone "






And finally... I know it doesn't fit the theme, but it was just too.... weird.... to not list.
"This is a Gerber brand Comfort Massage Manual Breast Pump. It was only used once and then I got an electric one. It cost about $35 new. I also have some nipple pads left over I can give you too (as well as some extra parts from a Medela pump if you need them). First one to come and get it can have it. Please don't contact us unless you are serious about coming to get it. We will only respond to those who let us know what time they can come and get it and also let us know a contact number (this is to prevent spam auto-replies and those who don't read the ads, sorry, have had some bad experiences on here), we will contact you back via email, but we like to have the number in case we have to run off or something (we've had people run late and we couldn't wait around for them). We are located in Plano near the corner of Baxter and Alma (near Legacy). We live on the 3rd floor at an apartment, so please make sure you can handle stairs ok.

NOTE: Not to sound rude, but we posted this up a few weeks ago and everyone that claimed they were coming never showed. PLEASE don't write unless you are serious about coming. This has to be picked up by tomorrow (Tuesday) because we are moving. "

And good grief! Don't call if you don't intend on picking it up! It's free after all, don't make them put a price tag on it!!!

  • sharon
    Tell terra you just found her a house!!!
    by sharon at 02/16/10 4:21PM
  • the_gaffer
    In the top left hand picture of statues, I want "The Plumber" one!!
    by the_gaffer at 02/16/10 5:41PM
  • tangsoodotpm
    What became of your ticket you were contesting?
    by tangsoodotpm at 02/16/10 6:02PM
  • yoyoma
    lol.... wow... simply stunning. i want the stone buddha in the bottom right picture.
    by yoyoma at 02/17/10 1:46AM
  • larry
    Todd, nothing.
    by larry at 02/17/10 3:28PM
  • rick_the_desk_clerk
    So you can bet that since one guy decided to fly his airplane into a building in Austin that now pilots flying out of small airports will be harassed. I'm betting they are going to start putting a ton of regulation on you guys now in order to "keep the people safe." It's crazy.
    by rick_the_desk_clerk at 02/19/10 6:14AM
  • AlanL
    This is my kind of post!

    I think if you had the right LNB, you could actually get an improved DirecTV or Dish signal with the giant dish.
    by AlanL at 02/22/10 9:36AM
  • kiss_the_rain
    Hahahaha, LOVE this post!!
    by kiss_the_rain at 02/23/10 12:21PM
  • plato
    I've been in the Longview area quite a bit lately working on Simpson's campaign. Glad he has your support!
    by plato at 03/01/10 10:00PM
  • garrettw87
    36 cans of grape soda for free?! i'd be all over that if it weren't Way Too Late by now. and if it weren't too far away.
    by garrettw87 at 03/03/10 3:36PM

Draft Ron Paul

Please consider going to www.draftronpaul.com and making a pledge to
support him for President in 2012.

Then share with your friends!
  • plato
    We are using a midwife so it's already about 1/3 of the cost of a hospital birth.
    by plato at 02/16/10 10:20AM

Proflowers/Easy Saver

SCAM!

Several months ago Terra used Proflowers.com to order some flowers. Somehow, some scam site Easy Saver Rewards, is linked to them. Easy Saver continued to draft $14.95 out of our checking account every month. At first I don't think I recognized it. Then I finally saw it and figured I bought something (or figured some gas station billed as that... although when was the last time I saw a $14.95 gas bill?!?!?!...) but couldn't remember what it was. Then it just kept coming at the same time every month.

So I called the bank.

They said call the phone number linked to it, and gave me the phone number. I did... and the number didn't get anywhere. So I called the bank back. They then canceled the card that it was linked to and I filed a dispute. Long story short... we got part of our money back. I intend on contacting proflowers and seeing about getting the rest of it back, we'll see how that goes.

My recommendation, don't use proflowers.com!

My second recommendation (although this would be better suited for my primary recommendation), watch your accounts closely! (Which I typically keep very close watch on.)

And my third recommendation, don't let you're wife have the debit card. ;-) Just kidding!!!!! .........
  • emmywoo
    this post information is unfortunate, but the last sentence made me LOL
    by emmywoo at 02/03/10 7:01AM
  • terra
    :-p
    by terra at 02/03/10 7:55AM
  • sharon
    I've used Proflowers lots of times. The thing she needs to do is NOT redeem the bonus code thing at the end that you "get" after checkout...that's what the problem is. Just ignore it and you don't sign up for the nonsense stuff.
    by sharon at 02/03/10 9:37AM
  • plato
    Kelly has done things like this several times. She'll order from some ridiculous website and then we'll have our accounted drafted monthly. I agree with your last recommendation. lol
    by plato at 02/03/10 11:21AM
  • the_gaffer
    Ha!
    by the_gaffer at 02/03/10 11:53AM
  • terra
    i didnt sign up for nonsense stuff. i just ordered it and payed. thats is. no extra stuff.
    by terra at 02/03/10 3:23PM
  • terra
    anyways... is was for your mom. you should have taken care of it way earlier. :-p
    by terra at 02/03/10 3:23PM
  • caseymp3
    Check out those seat modification photos on my blog.
    by caseymp3 at 02/06/10 8:09PM