Local EMS got to deal with this one today…. too much watching the scenery, not enough watching the road. They got a quick drive back to town in a bright yellow truck with flashing red lights (but no windows).
Category Archives: Stuff
Cat What?
There’s this car parked up near some storage units beside the airport; finally stopped by to figure out what was going on: Now I’m not a fan of Lincoln Town Cars, but I wouldn’t go so far as to paint that on the side…. Turns out there is a lens cleaner brand named “Cat Crap”. …
Jaguars
No, not the oh-so-nice cars, the wild animals…. there was a sighting recently of a wild jaguar in the United States: Photograph courtesy Conservation CATalyst and the Center for Biological Diversity This was south of Tucson, Arizona – 60 miles north of the border. The theory is that he came up from Mexico (where there …
Mexican Hat
One town in the Navajo reservation south of us is Mexican Hat. It’s mentioned in a few Hillerman books, and is right on the route to Monument Valley, so fairly popular with tourists. Tiny town, right on a river, scenic, but pretty much nothing there – one cafe, one motel, one gas station, that’s pretty …
New car
Not much time to comparison shop; but ended up buying the Volkswagen. It’s reasonably competent offroad, and by far the most comfortable of everything I tested. Underneath it’s basically a Golf/Jetta, same engine/transmission/interior/etc, but raised up (you can see how much higher it is than its dead stablemate). The colour is a dark grey, pretty …