Customer support can be a b*tch. A couple of days ago Favourite Man went traipsing down the road one evening to lend an internet hand, and in the dark his toe connected with the client's decorative brick edging....
The next morning it looked like this:
Decidedly purple and blue and red.
Days later it's not as colourful - but brushing against another foot in the household this evening led to yelps of pain once more!
So - your turn to vote:
And what would one do to fix it if it is...?
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Speed Demons
Been wondering... how do you drive?
Let me clarify.
When I'm behind the wheel I completely tune into the vehicle - which is why you'll hardly find me driving with the radio on (it's a rare thing indeed to hear me coming - but it has been known to happen). My ears are attuned to the smallest engine noise changes, my hands on the steering feel every vibration or turn of the wheels, feet constantly fine-tuned to inaudable rumblings at floor level. I watch the revvs and the speedo, adjusting pressure on accelorator according to what I hear, feel and see.
And I do tend to drive by revvs.
Olivia's speedo is out for repairs, so engine pitch dictates gear changes and indicates speed. With Favourite Man's Discovery 2 it's a similar thing - I don't let the revvs go over a certain level, and on the open road (such as the N2 between here and Cape Town I drove twice today) the revvs are kept around 2 no matter what the speed - which was by default well below the limit but still fast enough to put foot and make good time on what I had to accomplish.
I know there are the speed demons among us - those who push their vehicles as fast as they'll go, stick the revvs needle against max and "blow out the pipes" leaving a vapour trail as their lights disappear over the horizon. Then there's the granny-drivers among us, who treat their cars with kid gloves and keep the engine ticking quietly and efficiently along.
Me, I think I'm between these two. Give me a car with power and I'll put foot and show off now and then. But I've always found each vehicle's sweet spot - the perfect balance between fuel efficiency and speed - and there's where I tend to drive that vehicle more often than not.
Having come acropper once very badly I now drive carefully with complete awareness of what's going on all around me, knowing full well that I can drive as nicely as I want to, but there are other idiots on the road who don't - and being prepared for them as much as possible.
Unfortunately being tuned in so fully makes me a nervous passenger sometimes - instead of relaxing and letting the driver do their thing, I'm one step ahead of what's going on around us and when they don't do what I would I spend the journey tensed up and "braking" into the footwells.. :-)
Anyhoo - have a survey. What's your driving style?
Let me clarify.
When I'm behind the wheel I completely tune into the vehicle - which is why you'll hardly find me driving with the radio on (it's a rare thing indeed to hear me coming - but it has been known to happen). My ears are attuned to the smallest engine noise changes, my hands on the steering feel every vibration or turn of the wheels, feet constantly fine-tuned to inaudable rumblings at floor level. I watch the revvs and the speedo, adjusting pressure on accelorator according to what I hear, feel and see.
And I do tend to drive by revvs.
Olivia's speedo is out for repairs, so engine pitch dictates gear changes and indicates speed. With Favourite Man's Discovery 2 it's a similar thing - I don't let the revvs go over a certain level, and on the open road (such as the N2 between here and Cape Town I drove twice today) the revvs are kept around 2 no matter what the speed - which was by default well below the limit but still fast enough to put foot and make good time on what I had to accomplish.
I know there are the speed demons among us - those who push their vehicles as fast as they'll go, stick the revvs needle against max and "blow out the pipes" leaving a vapour trail as their lights disappear over the horizon. Then there's the granny-drivers among us, who treat their cars with kid gloves and keep the engine ticking quietly and efficiently along.
Me, I think I'm between these two. Give me a car with power and I'll put foot and show off now and then. But I've always found each vehicle's sweet spot - the perfect balance between fuel efficiency and speed - and there's where I tend to drive that vehicle more often than not.
Having come acropper once very badly I now drive carefully with complete awareness of what's going on all around me, knowing full well that I can drive as nicely as I want to, but there are other idiots on the road who don't - and being prepared for them as much as possible.
Unfortunately being tuned in so fully makes me a nervous passenger sometimes - instead of relaxing and letting the driver do their thing, I'm one step ahead of what's going on around us and when they don't do what I would I spend the journey tensed up and "braking" into the footwells.. :-)
Anyhoo - have a survey. What's your driving style?
Phones - what to get?
The time is rapidly approaching to replace and upgrade a couple of cellphones in our household. Each of us has a wishlist, but here's generally what we're hoping for:
* VoIP capability - with associated features of course
* Windows mobile stuff
* Batteries that don't die an hour after they're fully charged
* Preferably something that rings and can be answered.. :-)
* Reasonably robust design - no fiddly finicky bits, especially considering some of us have large hands, some like to add their phones to the washing, and some deal with heavy equipment
* Quite probably three different user-levels: basic for the kid, mid-fancy-functional for me, and pimped-out for Favourite Man
There are many nice bells and whistles available, but a lot of them really aren't necessary. We have laptops and digital cameras and a kitchen sink.
So I'm throwing this out to you guys - what are good options out there and what should we avoid?
* VoIP capability - with associated features of course
* Windows mobile stuff
* Batteries that don't die an hour after they're fully charged
* Preferably something that rings and can be answered.. :-)
* Reasonably robust design - no fiddly finicky bits, especially considering some of us have large hands, some like to add their phones to the washing, and some deal with heavy equipment
* Quite probably three different user-levels: basic for the kid, mid-fancy-functional for me, and pimped-out for Favourite Man
There are many nice bells and whistles available, but a lot of them really aren't necessary. We have laptops and digital cameras and a kitchen sink.
So I'm throwing this out to you guys - what are good options out there and what should we avoid?
Poll time!
Right, so the weather's changing around here, and I thought I'd throw a poll into the mix. What do you like? Warm weather or cold?
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