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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

3D PIPES:))

3D Pipes have always been one of my favorite Microsoft screen savers. It is a mesmerizing display of movement & color that can have one sitting in front of the monitor for long lengths of time staring in wonderment at how quickly the pipes are constructed. We have the pipes on both computers running XP. But, do we have the pipes on our new laptop running Windows 7? No we do not!! Along with some other neat-o things I like about XP, Microsoft has seen fit to eliminate most of their screen saver programs & that included 3D Pipes:(( I am a firm believer that newer is not always better!!

Aside from a short mobility van run this afternoon it has been a quiet day. Dropped off yesterday's load of trash in a nearby dumpster & have another load in the works to take to the local 'Good Will' drop off tomorrow. I will keep plugging away at the big clean up until we are finally clear of all the debris!!

Finally had a look at the gas log from our last trip to the southwest & see that we travelled for a total of 6,925 miles for $2,209. I have no idea about how many miles to the gallon we got because I don't bother myself with that kind of stress. Once a decision is made to go from point A to point B then whatever it costs to do that is what it costs & there's no point in stewing about it at each gas stop. Our computerized speedometer can be set to tell us how many miles we are getting to the gallon but after watching those numbers while going down the road a couple years ago I decided that was information that was depressing & I had no control over anyway. So that was that. I now have the speedo set to show how many miles are left before our next fill up.

And gas fill ups for me are always a royal pain in the asparagus. Gas pumps are all computerized now & with their faded displays & 243 different ways to enter your info I generally lose patience & end up trying to physically strangle the gas pump. I hate gas pumps!!!! Some places take a credit card OK while others demand zip codes, rip codes, or the second to last letter in Abraham Lincoln's most favorite nickname of his wife's sister's brother-in-law. A lot of pumps only give you $75 worth of gas & then you have to start the madness all over again. Some places you have to go inside & pay first. Works fine if your a Swami with a Crystal Ball in your pocket & know how much gas your rig is going to take. Surly pumps with attitude really fry me. As a rule it generally takes two of us to fill up the rig's gas tank. Kelly has to come out & act as referee & generally ends up doing the paperwork at the pump while I stand at the rig waiting for a, 'lift the nozzle' sign to show up. If I can see it. More than once we have stormed out of a gas station without gas only to do battle down the street with another miserable pump with attitude!! At least with the motorhome our gas stops have been cut in half or more because of the larger tank. I'm thinking maybe we should replace the gray, black, & fresh water tanks in the coach with gas tanks to further cut down our time doing battle with the #^*)!!%+/** gas pumps!!!!

And one more little statistic I've noticed here on the computer. We have a program called Feedjit which shows us in real time the number of people visiting our site & where they are from. About 70% of the hits come from the United States while maybe 28% are from Canada with maybe 2% or so from other countries. America's population is much bigger than Canadas so that makes sense but I think it has more to do with the fact that probably 99% of our travels are done in the States. Of those 6,925 miles traveled this past winter, only 134 miles were traveled in Canada.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( And did you know that those of you who think you know it all are damn annoying to those of us who do know it all!!

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Friday, December 11, 2009

FRIDAY…..SAME AS THURSDAY:((

To-day was kind of a repeat performance of yesterday so it's going to be a challenge to come up with something to blog about to-night. Just finished emptying the cameras into Picasa so I've got a pile of photos to go through again. I really need someone to come out here & take these camera's away from me. I have totally swamped myself again to-day with sunsets & old farm machinery. But, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining..........it's a very, very, enjoyable hobby:))

Not sure how many people out there are familiar with the, 'NEW TRIBES MISSION' but they have a very active community here in McNeal, Arizona. This is the aviation division of New Tribes & the community is complete with aircraft, hangers, & an airfield. They fly missionaries into remote & inaccessible locations. Kelly's exercise instructor is part of the New Tribes family & her husband is the chief flying instructor here. She told Kelly her husband would be delighted to give us a tour of the facility & it's different kinds of aircraft so we plan to head the short 2 miles over there one day next week for a look see.

Noticed a few days ago that Ivan is on the move again with ROADTRIP 09. Some of you may remember his trip up the Alaska highway a few months ago about the same time WANDERING WILLY was up in that neck of the woods too. Looks like Ivan swung through BC & Vancouver Island on his way south from Alberta this time & right now is somewhere around Barstow, California. Not sure where he's headed but I'm guessing he's in search of warmer weather somewhere. Aren't we all this year:((

Last night I blogged about my confusion with the Picasa photo editing program & it's upgrades. When I opened the program to-day I somehow had the new version again. I hope it stays this time!!!!

Google offers something called, 'Google Alerts' & we downloaded that awhile back to try & get a handle on who visits our Bayfield Bunch blogsite & how did they find it. For the most part I don't really understand how this program works but to-day we found out we somehow landed on this FEEDJIT Double Adobe blog site. Also landed on another site called TECHNORATI. Nice to be picked up by other sites I guess but it's a little scary in a way too because we bloggers have little or no control where our blogs go & who picks them up for whatever reasons or uses.

Would like to thank everyone again for all the nice comments & emails that have been coming in. Very much appreciated by the whole gang here at the Bayfield Bunch:))

Fired up the rig's generator to-day as well as the rig itself. Occurred to me last night that we hadn't started up the motorhome since arriving at the ranch over a month ago & with these below freezing night time temps I was a little concerned about the battery. But, no problem as it started right up, & unlike last summer I remembered to turn it off again before it ran for over 5 hours like last time!!!! Hmmmmm, wonder if I remembered to turn off my motorcycle before heading south in October.