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Alison Blogs HereSemi-Dangerous When Thinking
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I’ve complained about this before, but I’m hoping that my message here will get spread around a little more now that my tiny blog is linked to facebook. Every time I get in the car, I narrowly avoid getting creamed by people who don’t know how to drive – and I think part of it [...]
Highway fatality rates in Monmouth and Ocean Counties are the highest in all of NJ. That’s because more people are driving to shore destinations, crowding the roads and perhaps just unfamiliar enough with the territory that they make stupid mistakes. They’re also driving less carefully because, dammit, they’re on vacation! Woohoo! While people might complain [...]
It’s just amazing. I had a lovely lunch with a friend yesterday. As usual, I planned a couple of other errands on the way back so I could make some more use of the long trip. I drove over to IKEA, because I’d spent the day before looking for a cart with wheels and large [...]
I just got back from getting the van inspected at the Lakewood inspection station. It was actually a relatively pleasant experience. The wait wasn’t long, there was a clean customer waiting room (although I waited outside of it) and the facility itself was clean and well-staffed (with pleasant people, no less!) About an hour and [...]
Hubby was working from home, so I left him to supervise the contractor dudes (they don’t need it, but sometimes they ask questions before they do something. And you need to make sure there are cold beverages in the cooler for them. . .) I had done a bunch of research on Ong’s Hat, thinking [...]
And anger management, too. This happened yesterday, but I didn’t get around to blogging it. I was out and about running errands, and the local roads seemed particularly crowded, and idiocy abounded. First, I was heading south on Hooper Ave., in the center lane, when I saw ambulance lights flashing. The people to the right [...]
I was off doing all kinds of errands today, and in between poking and prodding (medical tests, nothing unusual) and shopping, I decided to see if the CVS had an item that the KMart didn’t. I got stuck behind a very big, very slow truck on Hooper Avenue, and decided to pass it. On the [...]
Started with waking Audrey up. Even the dog had to jump on her and lick her all over three times. I had googlemapped the directions to this school, but thank goodness I’d also looked at maps, because google (like anyone from outside of New Jersey) doesn’t understand jughandle turns. I turned right where it was [...]
Down here, we have a lot of intersections where the traffic lights are on sensors rather than timers. What this means is that in one or more directions, the light will stay red until it senses a car waiting for the green. In theory, this is a pretty good idea. In practice, though, it depends [...]
I was up visiting Gayle yesterday and today, and the blog had been attacked by yet another couple of spambots. Hubby has set up a wordpress account so we can play around and then move everything over. I’ll let everyone know when we’re switching. Right now, my brain is a bit too fried to absorb [...]
