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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Wednesday, July 10, 2002

One of the few things I really like about The Birmingham News are the little feature stories they write about folks in their Just a Chat... columns. This is a nice one written by William Thornton about a guy who lives close by in Remlap and works on cars. (For those not in the know, Remlap is next door to Palmerdale, and in fact is "Palmer" spelt backwards. In addition, I know a guy named Dale Palmer who lives in Palmerdale.) Anyway, an excerpt from the story:
[...] Is it hard to keep up with changes in cars?

Road and Track comes out with something new every month. Some of it makes it harder for you to work on stuff, because they make it where the mechanic at the dealership can diagnose the problem with a computer.

I guess that makes it harder for you?

Some times it's trial and error to find the problem. And when people come in, they want you to tell them right away what it is that's wrong. A lot of times, you can't tell right off the bat.

What can you tell about the people from their cars?

Sometimes people drive really arrogant sports cars, and you can tell a little about them. If somebody's in a smaller, more modest car, they might be really nice people. Occasionally you see a big dude driving a Geo Storm. You never can tell.
Yep.


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