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2019-Whenever Misc. Grab Bag Thread

My joints are sore every day from 59 years of abuse, mountain bikes, rock n roll and arthritis.
Maybe I should smoke more joints!
 
jeffbear said:
If you guys are going to more rural Wallgreens locations for shots ... a word of advice. Get there VERY early and pack your patience. The issue seems to be largely with their computer systems, but they aren't all as well organized as you'd like either. Still. Eyes on the prize people. If it's a bit annoying, so what? Get those shots and let's get on the road to something like normal.
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Eyes on the prize is right, take a look at Europe and see what's going on over there. I'm damn happy to wait 45 minutes for my vaccine in Walgreens.
 
I had Pfizer. Arm was really sore about 2 inches below the shot site the next day. second dose, no negative impact, drove to Columbus the next day (daughter and I will be in the small crowd tomorrow night)
 
Paulie Walnuts said:
rental car rates are way high now

www.cnn.com

$300 a day for a Kia Rio. Why rental cars prices have gone insane

Here's what you need to know if you're planning on a spring break trip to Orlando next week: Renting a car — if you can find one — could cost you at least $300 a day. That's possibly more than you'll spend for air fare, hotel rooms or tickets to theme parks.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
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Schneikes. The worst I ever experienced was in San Francisco in July, 1984. It was the weekend of the Democratic National Convention and I'm convinced we got the last rental car at the airport. A late model Ford Tempo, probably cost us about $100, my company almost made me eat it (It was a weekend trip, not where I was working). We had to turn off the A/C to climb some of the hills. It got us up to Napa and back but it was dicey.
 
andyt said:
Schneikes. The worst I ever experienced was in San Francisco in July, 1984. It was the weekend of the Democratic National Convention and I'm convinced we got the last rental car at the airport. A late model Ford Tempo, probably cost us about $100, my company almost made me eat it (It was a weekend trip, not where I was working). We had to turn off the A/C to climb some of the hills. It got us up to Napa and back but it was dicey.
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Dude ... I've got a near mirror image experience. I was in New Orleans during the 88 Republican Convention (I was in town for something else), and while the city itself shrugs off such events easily, the rental car companies didn't move in enough inventory from Houston. Having reserved a reasonable midsized sedan, I ended up in this horrid little base model Toyota Tercel that I'm fairly sure was made of recycled Coke cans and was "powered" by a glorified lawn mower engine. Driving in New Orleans is a full contact sport and I was out there like a mouse trying to cross a river in a newspaper boat. The upside? Hertz auto-upgraded me for 2 solid years after that. And that was back when I was traveling for business a LOT.
 
jeffbear said:
Dude ... I've got a near mirror image experience. I was in New Orleans during the 88 Republican Convention (I was in town for something else), and while the city itself shrugs off such events easily, the rental car companies didn't move in enough inventory from Houston. Having reserved a reasonable midsized sedan, I ended up in this horrid little base model Toyota Tercel that I'm fairly sure was made of recycled Coke cans and was "powered" by a glorified lawn mower engine. Driving in New Orleans is a full contact sport and I was out there like a mouse trying to cross a river in a newspaper boat. The upside? Hertz auto-upgraded me for 2 solid years after that. And that was back when I was traveling for business a LOT.
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Hey now, I had a Toyota Tercel base model of that era with no radio and a manual transmission. It was my daily commuter for 6-7 years.

I travelled a lot for business right out o college, I was up to about 50% for 1985-87. I was in Hamburg, Germany once and the supervisor on the audit told me that the next time we were in Germany together, we were going to rent a Porsche for a day and buzz around the Autobahn. I was always stuck in little Opels that maxed out at about 190 kph. A good speed but not enough to keep up on the Autobahn. Sadly, he left the company before I had a chance to do that.
 
twitter:

NCAA announces Men's and women's soccer tournaments to be held entirely in NC April 27-May 10. Finals at WakeMed Soccer Park. Games played at Campbell, East Carolina, UNCW, UNCG and Wake Forest as well as WakeMed and off-campus stadiums in Greensboro, Wilson and Matthews.

No games at Triangle schools?
 
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