Whose idea was it to add a day to February in Leap Year? I know it’s the shortest month, but it is still February, so it should be as short as possible. Next time, in 2020, let’s add an extra day to June instead.
Month: February 2016
Things I Know
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If it’s as cold in New York tonight as they say it’s going to be, I have a plan. When I go to bed, I’ll turn my electric blanket all the way up to broil.
Back in the 1950’s and 60’s, a lot of popular singing groups were named after cars. Thanks to the Super Bowl commercial, I now know that Buick has a new convertible called the Cascada. To the best of my knowledge, it’s the first car named after a singing group.
A sign of inflation: In early January, I went to an ATM at Penn Station in New York City and it gave me $50 bills. Before that, I had never gotten anything larger than a $20.
You may recall that I bought a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport last summer. It has all-wheel drive. One advantage of having all-wheel drive is when you get two feet of snow as we did recently, you don’t have to take advantage of the all-wheel drive and go out in it. You can still stay home and turn up your electric blanket.
Another advantage is in snow, I spin my wheels a lot less often with AWD than I do in a 2WD Nissan pickup truck.
I visited Europe in May, 2014. I’d like to go back some day. Although I didn’t notice at the time, from what I’ve read since, wearing white sneakers is a sure sign in Europe that you are an American. I doubt if I’ll pass for a local anyway, but if I do go back I’ll consider getting the sneakers I wear in black or brown so I can fit in better.
If I visit Europe again, I’ll buy a wide-angle lens for my camera and I’ll probably leave my tripod home. You can’t use a tripod inside any of the historic buildings I visited in London, and it’s a couple of pounds less weight for me to carry around. The wide-angle lens will be useful for landscapes and for building interiors.
Things I Want (Or Need) to Know
Is New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Presidential primary as important as news coverage would have you believe? Will anyone who is currently running for President of the United States visit New Hampshire again this year? How about for the rest of their lives unless they run again in 2020?
Who ever thought Groundhog Day would be a believable annual event? Has Spring ever arrived in Pennsylvania in the middle of February?
Does anyone here know how many blocked numbers you can maintain on a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone? I block every robocaller who calls my number and I’m hoping there’s no limit.
A national drug store chain lied to me. I got a robocall from them. It said, “This is a courtesy call from (insert name of actual national drug store chain here) for (insert my daughter’s name here). To continue, press any key.” I pressed the hang up key and it didn’t continue. Why? When I get an emergency robocall from the county I live in, hanging up on them doesn’t make them hang up on you.
I love my Weber gas grill. It’s expensive, but everything about it reeks quality. Except for one thing. Why can’t Weber put decent wheels on it? And, since they don’t, why doesn’t Weber, or someone else, sell decent wheels for a Weber grill as an accessory? I don’t move mine often, but every time I do, I wish it had better wheels.