That, when I walk in to a parking lot, I have to think hard about what I am driving today. Make, model, color, i’m reaching for the alarm button to hit panic to see which car goes off. The good news is; I could blog about car reviews or something. I love my Scion.
I shuffled on to the Airbus A320 jet airliner like any other day. No rain delays, no pilot delays, no mechanical issues, oh, wait there was just one mechanical issue.
Capt from the cockpit: Chssht, we had a minor issue when starting the left jet engine. Uhh, a trouble light came on at startup and, uhh, we are in contact with maintenance to see if we are going to restart the engine or taxi back to the gate and off load. Chssht.
Me: The left engine is bad? Don’t we need them both? I hope the guy who is making the call got plenty of rest, woke up on the right side of the bed and his dog brought him his slippers so he could enjoy his morning coffee.
For the next five minutes, the sound of the engines being shut down were heard. Then five minutes later, the engines screamed with life again.
Capt from the cockpit: Chssht. Uhh, as you may have heard, we shut down the engines for a restart. Ground maintenance advised the doohickey thingamabob sensor set a trouble condition in the systems computer. Chssht.
-five second pause- 
Capt from the cockpit: Chssht. Flight attendants prepare the cabin for takeoff. Chssht.
Me: They just did a Control+Alt+Del on the plane. Does the trouble ticket say NTF (no trouble found)? How will we reboot in flight? Did I leave my iron on?
One of my blog readers, possibly my only blog reader Gabby, has brought something to my attention. She suggested in a previous post that more people would comment if an email address was not required. I have no need for your email addresses and I don’t want you to have to slip on your morals by fibbing just to make a comment here, so no email address is required to comment here. By the way, you can contact Gabby, for blog consulting, at sorryihateleavingmyemailaddy@hotmail.com
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So, I’m at the airport in DC. It’s 5:00 AM and I am getting coffee. I pour the coffee and tear the top off of a small half and half container and dump it in to the coffee and throw away the container and repeat. The third time, I ripped the top off the container, skipped the pour it in the coffee step, and threw the full container in the trash. The lady behind the counter and I had a good laugh.
A lot of people are going green these days and BloggingThat is not about to be left behind. As our carbon based natural resources go up in smoke, so do the bank accounts of the oil companies. This is what is called the “footprint” people. So, what size shoe are you wearing?
This is a sneek peek, behind the scenes, look at BloggingThat. It is simple really; I run off of bio-fuel. I like corn and other grains too. Beer is made from grain and so this is how I power up my blog. Maybe this explains some of my posts.
Anyhow, this is a green blog. So, when you read it, you are effectively reducing your carbon based footprint while surfing the internet.
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