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New England and Florida phone area code geekery

For whatever reason I've always been really good at remembering just about every phone number I've ever had, even though I'm allergic to mathematics (I sincerely suck at that.)

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Very clever sticker

I like this. Very inventive.

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New betta fish and other stuff

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My old betta fish was looking real raggedy and his time was almost up (you could tell,) so I put him out to pasture (flush) and bought a new one. He is pictured at right; his name is Lil' Blue because I my last fish's name was FishFace and I didn't feel like reusing it.

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Garbage truck ablaze

This literally happened right in front of my apartment. Around 1:45pm the garbage truck that routinely empties the dumpster caught on fire. It was incredible. Fortunately I got my truck out of the way fast so it didn't get damaged (I did run it thru the carwash however to be on the safe side).

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smokey and the bandit part 3

smokey and the bandit part 3 1983

A few weeks ago I was walking through Wal-Mart and I saw this "Pursuit Pack" which was all three Smokey and the Bandit movies for $10.50. Heck, I couldn't pass that up so I bought it.

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My review of the Garmin nuvi 255W

This is going to be a bit different from my other Garmin GPS reviews because I'm already very familiar with the 2x5 series, having already used a 205 extensively.

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Garmin nuvi 255W crapola part 2

(part 1) nuvi 255W #2 arrived today from Dell. This time it wasn't from UPS but from FedEx. One corner of the box was a little crunched but the unit is fine and in A-OK condition. Works perfectly.

Before getting into that, here's my experience with the return process.

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Garmin nuvi 255W crapola

My brand spankin' new Garmin nuvi 255W arrived from Dell (yes I ordered it from Dell). The first thing I noticed is that the packing box looked like it had been stepped on.

Not cool.

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davis islands seaplane basin and cypress point

Davis Islands Seaplane Basin

This place is right next to Peter O. Knight Airport.

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1981 volkswagen rabbit diesel

I meant to post this yesterday. While out getting a coffee I spotted an '81 VW Rabbit Diesel. It was in darn fine shape. Here it is:

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