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skreidle ([personal profile] skreidle) wrote2004-09-28 05:15 pm

Rain, free stuff, and fun links

Man, that's a lot of rain (that I was just out in, particularly as I added a lot of air to my rear two tires--I seem to have some sort of slow leak.)

Metroed into DC this morning, unpacking stuff for an office right across from L'Enfant Plaza. Of course, the parking garage was utterly packed and I ended up parking at the far end of the 6th floor of the garage extension, and then the first two trains to arrive at the station after I got there were out of service--one of which, the conductors were trying to uncouple two of the cars, with no success by the time I actually left. Thus, I was half an hour later leaving than planned, but I still beat JR (who drove through heavy traffic) to the site.

While onsite, I picked up four ratcheting cargo straps and a 1-ton scissors jack, free! (Each i2000 comes with a jack (for use in removing the unit from the pallet) and two straps (holding the unit to the pallet), which otherwise go in the trash. I now have several extra motorcycle tie-downs, and a better truck jack than the little hydraulic bottle I usually use. :D)

From DC, back to the office in JR's car, where I got to check out all the new tools Rob picked up for me, before he gave me a ride back to the Springfield Metro station on his way home.



Haha! Via [livejournal.com profile] visgoth, An Honest Debate Between Bush and Kerry [Which Would Never Air]

Via [livejournal.com profile] megachrisgt: Who loves the chocolate? Everyone love the chocolate!

Awesome! Smart Helmet for Motorcyclists