tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344992011-04-21T19:16:39.417-04:00The Miata DiariesA day in the life of me and my MiataBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-3856654492003-06-25T15:31:00.001-04:002002-12-08T10:44:05.000-05:00I was just going to leave the top up, but peer pressure is a terrible thing. Of the 12 cars gathered for our Club's Holiday Light Tour, about half had their tops down in the rapidly diminishing temperature since sundown. It was cold, but not that cold and sure makes for better light viewing. Amazingly enough we kept all 12 cars together for 95% of the trip. We lost one for a moment in the last Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-3854596172003-06-25T15:31:00.000-04:002002-12-03T21:46:10.000-05:00A nice day today, so a lunch time ride was in order. While I was out I stopped at the Screenprint Factory to order the next batch of Barndoor Fan Club T-shirts. They should be ready just in time for Christmas giving....
Started down, went up, went down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/02: 332Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1056068778569980262003-06-19T20:26:00.000-04:002005-01-24T07:40:52.136-05:00
Well, so long Blogger, so long Blogspot I'm on my own now, Moveable Typing along. Ditched the haloscan comments, dumped the blogorama listing and lost the counter stats thing.
The comments are built into MT, so I don't have to rely on some outside service. Has anybody found me from blogorama, nope! Stats, Schmats. Who cares how many people read this and if they are, where and why are they here,Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055982175205241472003-06-18T20:22:00.000-04:002003-06-19T06:52:02.670-04:00My Blogger Shirt arrived today. As a matter of fact I have it on right now. I wanted on a long time ago, way back when I started this blogging gig, but the were closing out the shirts and didn't have my size. They never re-stocked. I guess flush with some new Google money they made up some more shirts, so I got me one. Kind of ironic though, I just moved one of my blogs over to Movable Type and Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055897150221287922003-06-17T20:45:00.000-04:002003-06-17T20:45:50.740-04:00In spite of the dire predictions of more of yesterday’s weather today, the top stayed down all day as the rain didn't show until after 6:00 PM. And even then it was a 10 minute sprinkle. Of course folks 5 miles in another direction could have gotten soaked, but I didn't hear any thunder.
This blog's reserved parking spot may be moving soon. The transfer of Brian's Daily Rant from Blogspot to MTBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055809318797618982003-06-16T20:21:00.000-04:002003-06-16T20:21:58.710-04:00Went out at lunchtime to walk around the parking lot for a bit of exercise and fresh air. Two steps out of the building it was apparent that it was going to rain big time any minute. As a matter of fact it was raining lightly as we pulled the cockpit cover off and raised the top. Lightning was visible to the south as we walked back in. Smug with the satisfaction of dodging a bullet, we returned Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055724089122212812003-06-15T20:41:00.000-04:002003-06-16T20:35:56.276-04:00Took advantage of the frighteningly scarce sunny afternoon weather we had today and went for an aimless drive around the back roads of Aiken County. After about 150 miles of driving, I'm liking these Toyos more and more. Haven't really had a change to challenge any serious twisties with them, but from the few tight curves locally I've attacked, they seem to grip very well. Plus, even pumped up toBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055634816952296592003-06-14T19:53:00.000-04:002003-06-14T19:53:36.856-04:00Washed off the car in the garage using some Mequiars Quick Detailer. Vacuumed the car out. Washed the windshield. Even touched up the scrape marks on the front air dam with some semi-gloss black paint. Why you ask, because we were going over to the Sno-Cap Drive In for a Miata Club gathering. About 15 minutes after we got there the rain started and didn't quit until about an hour after we got Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055554945845352362003-06-13T21:42:00.000-04:002003-06-14T19:37:09.703-04:00$50 was spent on getting the new tires mounted and balanced. For future reference the mileage was 116,050 at the change. Fourteen twenty-five was for petrol. Made a lot of transitions today. Rain was all about and there were extended stops for work, tires and shopping. Sears had a 2-1/4 ton hydraulic jack on sale for 50% off making it just $19.99. I finally decided to break down and get a nicer Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055463787487013362003-06-12T20:23:00.000-04:002003-06-12T20:24:31.343-04:00The screen printer called to tell me my next shipment of the gray Barndoor Fan Club T-shirt was done. I picked them up after work. I owed 2 larges out already, one for the winner of the Roadside Attraction Photo Contest and the other for a fellow in Italy who ordered one a ways back before I had a chance change the web page to reflect I was out of them. He paypaled me the money and when I Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055377883960796872003-06-11T20:31:00.000-04:002003-06-11T20:31:23.750-04:00Went I came up back up front to my office this afternoon I was met by a friend who said, "You better go put your top up. Russ already did." (Russ is the other Miata owner where I work) I went to my desk and fired up the Weather Channel's radar and after watching the radar loop for a bit almost decided not to go out. But something told me to go ahead and do it, just in case. Good thing I did, Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055286183527952382003-06-10T19:03:00.000-04:002003-06-10T19:33:01.543-04:00My new tires are HERE! they will probably get mounted on Friday. That is the day we have a half day off because of working 9 hour days Monday through Thursday.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $609.22
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 110Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-1055207284473434652003-06-09T21:08:00.000-04:002003-06-10T06:30:45.450-04:00Posting here tonight using the new Blogger interface. Everything has a different look, but all the function is still there with a couple added things, like a preview and there is a tab labelled ":Publishing" that I haven't hit yet. The bottom half of the page keeps refreshing on it's own, which is kind of annoying. And it is now called BloggerBasic, well, that puts us freeloaders in our place.
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-954439022003-06-08T21:19:00.000-04:002003-06-08T21:26:28.000-04:00Had a real nice turnout for our Meet and Greet with the writers from the German Miata Magazine, Blue Sky, with dozen cars and about 18 people. We hung out and chatted while Eberhard took photos of the cars. Afterwards most all drove into Augusta to eat pizza at the Pizza Joint. On our way back to our cars Rudy said too bad we didn't take them to the Blue Sky Kitchen a few blocks back. The only Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-954153192003-06-07T17:35:00.000-04:002003-06-07T17:35:46.433-04:00Early blogging because we our going out this evening on a "baby" sitting assignment and usually don't get home until uber late.
This morning was Adopt-A-Highway trash pick-up day with the Aiken Bicycle Club. we got about half of 3 block area picked up when the rain started.. No problem as we brought an umbrella because of the weather. I held the umbrella and bag and Donna picked up the bits of Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-953912472003-06-06T20:35:00.000-04:002003-06-06T20:35:08.563-04:00The deluge started at around 3:30 PM and we don't get off work until 4. Fortunately I listened to my wife, when at lunch time, she said, "Go put the top up." It has been raining pretty steady ever since.
As if I didn't need another way to waste time on the internet. started another blog today, aptly titled, MY FIRST GREYMATTER WEBLOG. It is mainly set up for my entries into Photo Fridays, but ifBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-953525742003-06-05T22:24:00.000-04:002003-06-05T22:24:21.766-04:00Nobody else wanted it, so I'm going to do it again, President of the Master's Miata Club. Elections were tonight and I won the election unanimously, of course, the fact that I was unopposed may have had something to do with it too.
Track my new tires - expected delivery is next Tuesday.
Added some stickers and a mouse pad to the store.
Purchased Today: $13.75 in gas
Money spent since 03/03/03:Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-953087712003-06-04T21:15:00.000-04:002003-06-04T21:44:41.000-04:00I still haven't found the right script font I wanted, but I've got one that is acceptable. Made up a couple of designs for applying to mugs for the new Cafe Press store for this Blog. I'll be starting with just some mugs for now, at least until I get some higher resolution images for the T-shirts.
Purchased Today: $0
Money spent since 03/03/03: $595.47
Started up, went down, went up, back down, Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-952627412003-06-03T21:27:00.000-04:002003-06-03T21:29:43.000-04:00Big purchase today, nearly $300. As mentioned a couple of posts ago, the Bridgerocks were fast approaching the wear bars. After poking my head in on the Tires and Wheels forum on Miata.net I discovered that Onlinetires.com is running a special on the much ballyhooed Toyo T1-S in my 195/50-15 size. $59 a piece. From the discussion I read they have a much softer side wall than the Bridgestones I'm Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-952171502003-06-02T22:08:00.000-04:002003-06-03T21:16:07.000-04:00Flush with my successful car maintenance this weekend I am now ready to tackle the leaking hot water shut off valve under the kitchen sink. It didn't leak until I used it the weekend before last when I installed the new faucet. It didn't even work completely as a shut off valve then. It let a small dribble loose, so much so that I had to go outside and shut the water to the whole house to do the Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-951710682003-06-01T21:22:00.000-04:002003-06-01T21:25:23.000-04:00A nice ho-hum Sunday. Went for a hike in Hitchcock Woods this morning. Went to Zaxby's for lunch. Spent the rest of the day lounging on the couch watching movies.
Purchased Today: $0
Money spent since 03/03/03: $312.01
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 104Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-951382622003-05-31T22:30:00.000-04:002003-06-01T09:35:27.000-04:00Jacked up the back of the car and put its ass in the air on jack stands. Took apart the brakes and cleaned 'em up real good. I put new grease on the backs of the pads, the old stuff was a bitch to get off. The pad on the passenger side was real dry, that is the side the noise was coming from, so I thought that might be it. While I had the wheels off I did the brake bleeding thing to swap out the Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-951022762003-05-30T20:20:00.000-04:002003-05-30T20:20:30.706-04:00Phones back. Needed a new line run from the pole to the house. According to the repair guy, squirrels had eaten into the line!
Went out shopping tonight and bought some stuff for tomorrow's brake procedure. New high temp grease for the sliders and pad shim connections. Brake Cleaner in a can for cleaning up any crud that is on these surfaces before re-greasing. Some brake fluid and a one-man Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-950890302003-05-30T13:37:00.000-04:002003-05-31T22:30:47.000-04:00Did you miss me? I missed you. Since sometime Wednesday afternoon my home phone has been dead or severly wounded, thereby severing my ties with the digital outside world. Called for help on Wednesday evening and bellsouth promised a visit on Thursady by 6:00 PM. Thursday AM we had a dial tone on the phone, but no DSL line sync. Called the service center and called off the technician, figuring I Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-949678292003-05-27T22:07:00.000-04:002003-05-27T22:07:17.356-04:00The cockpit cover saved my bacon this morning. The Weather Channel had no mention of rain for today so the top was down and the cover on when at around 9:30 there came a 15 minute downpour out of nowhere. At our normal walk around the parking lot at 10:00 AM we peeked underneath the cover into the cockpit and there were a few moist spots, but nothing like there could have been.
This morning whenBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-949168822003-05-26T20:41:00.000-04:002003-05-26T20:41:05.546-04:00Completed the triathlon on this 3-day weekend, I went for a 20 mile bike ride on Friday, a 6 mile hike in the woods Saturday and a 4 mile rollerblade skate today. Also completed the Batmobile this morning. Want to take some pictures, but it has been raining all afternoon. Wanted to use the natural outside light as I'm sure the dig-cam's flash will not capture the model well. See!
Purchased TodayBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-948771682003-05-25T21:09:00.000-04:002003-05-25T21:09:56.696-04:00Went for a nice drive this morning to go hiking in the Sumter National Forrest on a trail we used to mountain bike on back in the day. We haven't done the drive in a while and it seemed pleasant, but to be truthful the drive is part of the reason we gave up the mountain biking. The trail we went to today was about 45 minutes from home and is the closest place to drive to for single track riding. Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-948448552003-05-24T22:00:00.000-04:002003-05-24T22:00:24.203-04:00Today was an MMM...Time with the Miata Club and one other person besides my wife and I showed up at the Sonic. We just chatted for about a half hour and then went our separate ways to finish our Honey-Do Lists.
The Batmobile is coming along good. I have got most of the painting done and have started the assembly. This morning I realized that I didn't have any model cement, so off to Hobby Lobby Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-948084092003-05-23T20:24:00.000-04:002003-05-23T20:24:10.730-04:00It wasn't raining and the radar showed no more green so we dropped the top for the ride to work. Apparently radar doesn't show light mist. We did make it to work with it down, but it went right back up. At quitting time, lunch time today, it was still misting. By the time we were done eating and then doing a little shopping at 1:30 it had stopped misting so we drove the last couple miles home in Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-947651752003-05-22T22:04:00.000-04:002003-05-22T22:04:17.050-04:00It rained today. All day. It is still raining. Tomorrow it will be raining in the morning. After that we are supposed to have a pleasant 3-day weekend. It starts a little early too. This has been our four 9 hour days so we can get Friday afternoon off and we have decided to quit doing it. For whatever reason the extra hour a day is sooooo hard. Just a couple more times though. We want to take Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-947134962003-05-21T21:26:00.000-04:002003-05-21T21:26:22.970-04:00Top motion was the exact opposite of yesterday today. We even saved an errand for tonight just for the pleasure of an evening drive, only to have it start to rain just as we left the house.
Red Sox - Yankees on ESPN2 tonight. I've got the game going in a small window in the upper left as I type this. The dreaded Yankees just took the lead in the top of the 7th. On certain Wednesdays ESPN2 is Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-946622792003-05-20T21:47:00.000-04:002003-05-20T21:47:35.373-04:00Hot damn, a semi nice day! Top down on the way to work, up while there and down again after. Got a skate in after getting home and even went for an evening drive at dark. Amazing what a little outdoor fun can have on a person's attitude. Blues, what blues? Every car that I caught on the way out of town turned off before they became a hindrance making for a very pleasant drive on one of our Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-946101372003-05-19T21:54:00.000-04:002003-05-19T21:54:02.630-04:00Another gray day. No depressing movie for tonight, just a depressing baseball game. Red Sox are playing the Yankees and coming into the game tied for first place in the division and the Yankees scored 5 in the first and so far 2 in the 8th making 7 to 1. The Sox are bringing in another pitcher and I'm turning it off.
Purchased Today: $13.50
Money spent since 03/03/03: $222.48
Started up, still Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-945555592003-05-18T20:42:00.000-04:002003-05-18T21:05:46.000-04:00Went out to grocery shop - top up. Went out for an evening drive - top up. After supper Donna wanted to go get an ice cream cone. Last Sunday when we headed into downtown Aiken, it was looking like a ghost town, but the ice cream shop was open. Tonight that's where we went and we were an hour too late, they were closed. We took the umbrella and strolled through the empty streets and looked in Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-945165422003-05-17T20:26:00.000-04:002003-05-17T20:26:47.210-04:00Managed one little trip out in the car today. Minor running around errands. The top stayed up because of the off and on rain all day. Worked out that the lull we went out in lasted for the duration, so we could have had the top down, sigh. The thunder is rumbling right now, the radio station I am listening to has had a few weird pauses and I've been booted off line a couple of times in the last Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-944796242003-05-16T21:45:00.000-04:002003-05-16T21:45:45.413-04:00Just got through watching Road to Perdition and it was such a downer of a movie that I can't think of anything to write. About my day or anything. The only thing I can say about the movie is it is well acted, directed, photographed, scored, but somehow even the supposedly uplifting ending couldn't save me from the funk cloud.
Maybe tomorrow's 30's gangster film, Last Man Standing, will be more Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-944243932003-05-15T22:11:00.000-04:002003-05-15T22:11:29.336-04:00Rained on and off most of the day. The top was up during work, but we managed to get a drive home with it down, the last mile in a light mist.
Things are heating up in the Muffler Men Photo Contest. With less than 3 days remaining the entries are flooding in. I've gotten 12 in the last week, 6 of which arrived yesterday. I have gotten only 2 photos of the title character and neither one are Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-943630872003-05-14T22:01:00.000-04:002003-05-14T22:01:30.666-04:00Went out to see a little baseball game tonight and just as we were coming home it started to sprinkle. Guess that the top will have to go up in the morning if the forecast is right. It has been a while, so it will be good for the vinyl to get unfolded. ;-)
Purchased Today: zero
Money spent since 03/03/03: $208.98
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 88Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-943010512003-05-13T21:51:00.000-04:002003-05-13T21:51:20.963-04:00I've always had a short lived loud lifter clatter when ever it was time to change the oil or the level got kinda low. But the last few mornings I've gotten a very quiet little tick that sometimes takes several miles to go away. Hmmm, wonder what this means?
We watched Igby Goes Down this evening and now I seem to back on a hot streak of picking good movies again from Netflix. Tadpole, Playing Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-942400832003-05-12T22:19:00.000-04:002003-05-12T22:19:01.566-04:00Well I got that pizza I wanted yesterday tonight. We came home from work, parked the car and walked back into town. It is between 2 and 2-1/2 miles one way, but that is OK as it got me out of doing a workout at the gym and I hate working out. The weather was breezy and pleasant and this is probably the last time until fall that a 2 mile walk in the evening wil be pleasant.
Purchased Today: $0
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-941779942003-05-11T22:23:00.000-04:002003-05-12T22:19:20.000-04:00Had a hankering for pizza this evening and when we drove downtown to go it looked suspiciously like a ghost town. Maybe that is because that is what is was. Not only was our favorite pizza joint locked down, but every restaurant in the center of the city was closed. Second option turned out to be the Outback Steakhouse on the southside. Every chain place on the south end of town was open and Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-941275682003-05-10T21:33:00.000-04:002003-05-10T21:35:31.000-04:00Totally bailed on the drive-in event with the Club. It wasn't all because we had spent most of yesterday with the group either. Several other factors entered into it. First off being that we have been on the go for the last 2 weekends and not being lovers of living in the fast lane, we wanted some down time for ourselves. Second, the more we thought of going to the drive-in to see a movie, the Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-940841742003-05-09T21:46:00.000-04:002003-05-10T21:16:39.000-04:00Fun, but long day at Panoz. We actually went to 3 separate buildings. The first stop was the machine shop and admin buildings where they do IMSA and ALMS engineering. From there we took a short drive to the street car production facility where they make Esperantes. After a lunch we visited the Panoz Racing School at Road Atlanta. No way I could describe it here and do it justice, so you'll just Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-940280632003-05-08T22:43:00.000-04:002003-05-08T22:43:57.310-04:00Gassed up for the dawn launch. We are leaving the house 30 minutes earlier than we would if we were going to work. It will be a long day, over 300 miles, but it should be worth it. Panoz here we come. Not only are we touring the street car factory, but the race car site and the racing school facilities as well.
Purchased Today: $14.50 in gas
Money spent since 03/03/03: $195.73
Started down, wentBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-939608002003-05-07T21:11:00.000-04:002003-05-07T21:11:11.863-04:00Dodged the rain today by just putting the top up while at work.
The car is still dirty and my evening to clean it up are dwindling, guess I'll just shake out the mats before leaving Friday morning. Maybe Saturday I'll have time to clean it up real good the Big Mo trip Saturday. The good news is that they held over the X-Men 2 and Daredevil movies for this weekend.
Purchased Today: nothing againBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-939008662003-05-06T22:18:00.000-04:002003-05-06T22:20:29.000-04:00Rainy day. Tonight after work was a busy one, first it is our every 4 week haircut appointment and then we had just time enough to get a bite to eat before going to 2 hour class on the basics of understanding stocks. It was put on by a local Edward Jones Investment Advisor and was intended as an intermediate course in evaluating stocks. I wasn't interested in going, but Donna said she'd pay me Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-938357772003-05-05T21:32:00.000-04:002003-05-05T21:32:30.176-04:00I've got to drag myself away from the PC one evening this week, the Miata is filthy - dead bugs from this weekend's drive, mud from 3 weeks ago's hike in Hitchcock Woods, and it is way past the time I use the leather cleaner and then conditioner on the seats.
Hey, at least tightening down that panel did fix the squeak that has been bothering me for several months.
Purchased Today: not a thing
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-937736042003-05-04T21:50:00.000-04:002003-05-04T21:52:36.000-04:00The trip home this morning was uneventful and along our now familiar route. GA 52 to Lula, GA 51 to Washington and then GA 17 to I-20. Settle in for a 4 day week of work before we travel to middle Georgia again next Friday. This time not so far up north and we are coming back Friday night. The Master's Miata Club is going to visit the Panoz Factories over near Braselton (the town that Kim Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-936308662003-05-01T22:46:00.000-04:002003-05-01T22:46:55.683-04:00Let me apologize for yesterday's post. I reread it this morning and boy does it need help. It was late and I was tired. My wife wants me to write a little something to email to folks at work telling of the experience in hopes of enticing them to come out the next time the Ultimate Drive comes to town. When I get that done I will replace yesterday's entry with that. (just in case someone importantBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-935720002003-04-30T23:13:00.000-04:002003-04-30T23:13:38.480-04:00Took an afternoon off today to test drive BMWs. No I'm not getting rid of the Miata and trading down to a Z4, I participated in the 7th Annual Ultimate Drive for The Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I did it 2 years ago and had a blast. For some reason the local dealer didn't participate last year. The idea is simple, you show up and drive a BMW and for every mile you drive BMW donates a Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-935020692003-04-29T21:38:00.000-04:002003-04-29T21:38:00.476-04:00I have this very annoying squeak in my dash that I have tried to fix (not real hard yet, see April 20th) I can make it stop if I hold the toe of my left foot against the bottom of the dash, but I can't keep that up for long. Got to use the left foot for the clutch and it is an awkward stretch. The temperatures are warming up and soon my mysterious over 85 degrees glovebox rattle will be back. I Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-934372002003-04-28T22:01:00.000-04:002003-04-28T22:01:28.233-04:00Nothing much happened in Miata land today. Took a briefly longer than usual ride home to enjoy the warm sunshine. I finally sent an email to everyone in the Barndoor Fan Club announcing the grand opening of two Cafe Press stores filled with Club merchandise. A page full of original logo stuff and one with my new script style logo. Go buy something, even if you don't barndoors.
Purchased Today: Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-933676762003-04-27T20:40:00.000-04:002003-04-28T11:50:58.000-04:00Filled up with gas in Dahlonega, GA and drove home. Made it back a little after lunch and it has been hectic playing catch up this afternoon. Uploaded the pictures I took of the bike race to Ofoto. Clickee! If you are not a member, you will have to sign up to view the pictures, sorry. Coincidentally, Ofoto was the sponsor of one of the teams in the inaugural Tour de Georgia we were chasing this Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-931471942003-04-23T21:10:00.000-04:002003-04-23T22:08:57.000-04:00Finished the revamp. Added a couple of new people who own Miatas and blog, separated the stuff that is personal to it's own section and ditched the graphic buttons and replaced them with test. I'm happy with it and probably won't change a think for at least a week or so.
Needed gas for the lawnmower, so I topped off the tank on the Miata.
Purchased Today: $9.94 in gas
Money spent since 03/03/03Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-930850622003-04-22T22:20:00.000-04:002003-04-23T21:10:48.000-04:00Worked more on the site. White replaces the pale blue in the tables and got rid of the title blocks, different header graphic, weeded out the blogs I don't read any more and added a few of my current reads. Still need to update the comment pop-up. I don't think I like the buttons in the box, I may change them to text links.
The embroidered Master's Miata Club hats were ready so I drove over to Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-930149722003-04-21T20:58:00.000-04:002003-04-21T20:58:26.903-04:00It rained today during the afternoon, but I put the top up on arrival at work in anticipation of that happening. It had quit by quitting time so back down it went, no boot though as there was still precipitation in the air. Not a bad run, nine days. Maybe if I'm bored I'll check and see what the longest run of top down days I've had since starting to keep track. I guess I should do the same for Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-929537772003-04-20T20:41:00.000-04:002003-04-20T20:41:30.513-04:00I removed the flasher from the third brake light today. I'm a test mule for a device that a friend is going to make. It addresses the big complaint that everyone over on Miata.net has with the flashing 3rd light, incessant blinking. This thing has a small circuit board with a couple of components on it, so that it flashes real quick for 5 times and then burns steady. It takes a minute to reset toBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-929145062003-04-19T22:57:00.000-04:002003-04-20T20:36:17.000-04:00One week and counting. The top has been down with the boot on. I'm sure I have had longer streaks, but this one is a pretty good one. Donna's mom is off with her friend for probably about 4 weeks. They left this morning in her car to drive to Stuart, FL for a brief visit with Donna's sister before boarding a cruise ship for 19 days. The house seems a little empty with out her and now we will be Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-928658552003-04-18T21:17:00.000-04:002003-04-20T21:10:47.000-04:00Went out for a chilly evening drive, the bank sign in downtown Aiken said 54 when we went by. Before we got too far we made a pit stop for petrol. It was cool enough that for the final 3 miles we rolled* up the windows. Of course it may have also had something to do with the ice cream we shared at the "The Sweet Creamery."
I say rolled, but that is not strictly correct because we have power Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-928110092003-04-17T21:30:00.000-04:002003-04-17T21:37:55.000-04:00The 3-day weekend starts now. Got to and from and even a lunchtime ride sans roof. According to the radar the rain should start any minute, but it will be gone by tomorrow evening. This still leaves a nice two days for outside activity and when you get right down to it, a rainy day stuck inside at home is worth 10 rainy days at work. I may have run a stop sign today, I'm not sure. Read all aboutBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-927515352003-04-16T22:05:00.000-04:002003-04-16T22:05:23.530-04:00It was another beautiful day today. At our 10:00 AM walk around the parking lot, we decided to go for a drive at lunch. So we ate our lunches at our respective desks at 11:30 so at noon promptly, we walked out to the car and after removing the cockpit cover just drove around the back roads of Aiken County for 40 minutes burning precious petrochemicals wantonly.
Purchased Today: still nothing
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-926880522003-04-15T22:08:00.000-04:002003-04-15T22:18:12.000-04:00Any perceived time advantage that I had yesterday, evaporated today when for lots of reasons it seemed like 2 days worth of working.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $81.38
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 54Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-926219342003-04-14T22:08:00.000-04:002003-04-14T22:08:30.590-04:00Back to work after a great weekend. It is not all bad, for one I needed to rest my achy weekend warrior leg muscles after the hike on Saturday and biking on Sunday. And two, it is a short week because we get Friday off because it is "Good Friday" so it is already Tuesday.
Purchased Today: zippo
Money spent since 03/03/03: $81.38
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 54Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-925542642003-04-13T21:42:00.000-04:002003-04-17T21:39:01.000-04:00Good news is that today was as nice a day as yesterday, bad news is that the pine pollen is not finished. Man the car looks spiffy as heck with it's new wax job, but there is a small layer of yellow dust all over it. Didn't get the interior done because my wife talked me into going for a bicycle ride. First time I've been on a bike since sometime last fall and after 20 miles, boy was my butt soreBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-925087672003-04-12T21:35:00.000-04:002003-04-12T21:35:10.373-04:00Rollerbladed for 3 miles this morning before doing chores. As promised the car got the star treatment today. Saved the interior clean up for tomorrow, so there was enough time to go for a hike in the woods with Donna. Afterwards we took the long way home to enjoy the open air motoring experience. If you live anywhere near central SC or GA and didn't go for a top down drive today, you better go Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-924625562003-04-11T22:02:00.000-04:002003-04-11T22:02:05.233-04:00Well finally - sunshine. The top went down for the ride home from work. It will go back up tomorrow morning, but this time not to keep the rain out, but the sudsy wash water. Going to have a sunshine filled day in the 70s and the car will get washed, waxed, oil changed and tires rotated. Hopefully when I get all done with that there will be just enough daylight left for an evening cruise.
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-923956742003-04-10T20:57:00.000-04:002003-04-10T20:57:27.280-04:00It rained today, again. Big surprise. It rained so much that the called off today's round of the Masters at Augusta National. First time in history the opening round has been cancelled. If the rain was enough to keep the golfers at bay you can bet my top was up. All this is supposed to clear up tomorrow afternoon leading into a glorious spring weekend. Can hardly wait.
Purchased Today: nothing
Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-923319182003-04-09T22:31:00.000-04:002003-04-09T22:32:27.000-04:00Another rainy day. There were a few hours during the middle of the day that it actually wasn't raining, but for both commutes it was coming down. It is still coming down as I type. A couple weeks ago I was whining about cold, and said if it didn't stop soon I was going to "go postal," well it stopped, only to be replaced by this nearly constant rain. Now I'm whining again, but not too loudly, forBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-922561792003-04-08T20:48:00.000-04:002003-04-09T22:25:02.000-04:00Way back in October of last year the folks that run the MX-5 Passion site, a Miata Net like site for Italy, discovered the Barndoor Fan Club and emails were traded, pictures shared, etc. Then one fellow asked me to send him 6 of the BDFC stickers and he would mail me the same amount of their site's stickers once they had them made up. I mailed them off and everyone of their team put a sticker on Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-921911252003-04-07T22:14:00.000-04:002003-04-08T20:25:01.000-04:00Looks like a rainy week, at this rate it is going to be over a month since the car has needed to be washed, but hasn't. Which means it has probably been a couple months since the last wash. Maybe this weekend. The oil needs changing as well, the lifters are clacking with more frequency on startup.
Watched the best movie I have seen since Amelie, back in February, tonight. It had drama, sex, Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-921139442003-04-06T20:06:00.000-04:002003-04-06T21:03:22.000-04:00Went out for breakfast this morning and managed to eat outside although a little chilly. Afterwards we were going to walk around downtown and pay our bills, water, cable and power, but the rain started lightly so we had to put the top up and drive to the three places. I'm sure we burned more in gas than we saved in postage, but oh well.
Watched Chinatown and The Two Jakes back to back today. I Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-920654102003-04-05T20:29:00.000-05:002003-04-05T20:29:18.576-05:00This may be premature, but the Miata hasn't moved all day. My wife has threatened a ride later this evening and if we do go I'll have to come back and edit this because I know we are going to need gas.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $58.75
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 50Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-920173042003-04-04T21:08:00.000-05:002003-04-04T21:08:48.560-05:00Half-Day-Friday. We met Donna's mom downtown at Malia's. donna loves this place because Donna loves salads and Malia's is the king of salads. I eat there because I get brownie points for taking Donna and they have a manly steak salad there so I can still feel like I'm on top of the food chain while eating lawn clippings. Afterwards we came home and started the back deck cleanup. There must have Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-919563382003-04-03T22:23:00.000-05:002003-04-03T22:23:08.466-05:00Had the April Master's Miata Club meeting tonight. In our never ending quest for just the right combination of food, price and privacy we ventured to the S&S Cafeteria in North Augusta. I don't remember who suggested it, but I hope they don't read this blog - the food was terrible. The trout was cold and the coating too thick, the green beans were bland, the succotash was so over cooked that you Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-918819362003-04-02T20:53:00.000-05:002003-04-02T20:53:35.623-05:00Top down to and from work. This is almost the best time of the year, give it two weeks and there will be no more pine pollen and the temps will be perfect. If the rain would just stay away the top can stay down for weeks....
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $58.75
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 50Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-918155042003-04-01T22:21:00.000-05:002003-04-01T22:21:48.983-05:00Got into the low 70s today. This had better be spring, damn it, if it ain't I'm gonna get Medieval on somebody. I'm afraid we are going to jump right into summer though, tomorrow's high will be 80 and by Friday it supposed to be mid-80s. Excuse number 2 on why I can't wash the car - It is pine pollen season. for the next couple of weeks it would be a total waste of time, 2 minutes after washing Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-917482932003-03-31T21:49:00.000-05:002003-04-01T22:14:00.000-05:00It warmed up a bit because of the sunshine today, but not enough to brave putting the top down after work for the ride home. At first it felt nice and toasty in the car that had been closed up all day, but after about a mile the windows went down as that same heat became stifling. Just remembered that I couldn't wash the car yesterday even if it was warm enough, the hose sprung a leak last time IBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-916776272003-03-30T20:48:00.000-05:002003-03-30T20:49:33.000-05:00I had big plans to wash the filth off the car today, but ol' man winter just came back for a couple day's visit before going off on vacation for 9 months.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $58.75
Started down, went up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 49Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-916294032003-03-29T21:24:00.000-05:002003-03-29T21:24:41.780-05:00Made it back from the Crescent City. Kind of weird being a tourist in a tourist town after living there a while and then leaving. Some things have changed for the better, so for the worse and of course some things never change. We stayed at the French Market Inn and the website makes it look a lot nicer than it was. Don't get me wrong, it was nice and the location was excellent, but it really Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-911542142003-03-21T19:31:00.000-05:002003-03-21T20:13:53.000-05:00The rain finally let up. We got a ride into work through the fog with the top down, but put it up for the morning because there was still a chance of rain in the AM. At lunch we dined out Burger King. Dropped the top for that ride and it has stayed that way ever since. As a matter of fact it is going to stay down no matter what the weather is until at least next Saturday. We are off to The Big Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-910983012003-03-20T21:44:00.000-05:002003-03-20T22:00:11.000-05:00Managed to eke out a drive home with the top down. Not more than 15 minutes after we got here, the sky dumped about another 1/2 in a half hour. I think it is mostly over now. Tomorrow it says partly cloudy with a 20% chance of a stray shower. But more importantly here is where the weather matters next week, New Orleans. We are headed down that way for a weeks vacation this coming Sunday through Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-910307162003-03-19T21:45:00.000-05:002003-03-19T21:45:39.013-05:00Seattle. Scotland. Not a steady downpour or anything, but mist, light rain, thunderstorms, just fuckng wet all the time.
Recorded echoes into a wave file last night, but the compression I used to save some space wouldn't let me open it with Nero's wave editor. Reloaded the wave editor app that came with the sound card and it opened the file, but the interface was such that it was impossible to Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-909610922003-03-18T20:51:00.000-05:002003-03-18T20:56:08.000-05:00Rained again most all day. There was small window around 6 o'clock that it was just misting, guess I should have dropped the top and drove around the neighborhood....
I've got most of the bugs worked out of the new PC. The only thing in my now is for some reason I can't record echoes in MP3 format. Tried all the helpful thing on the software mfgrs site but still nothing. It is something that I Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-908881782003-03-17T19:41:00.000-05:002003-03-17T22:19:26.000-05:00Gonna have to put little floaties on the Miata if this rain keeps up.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $43.00
Started up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 45Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-908322162003-03-16T22:03:00.000-05:002003-03-16T22:31:03.000-05:00Three posts in one. Friday the monitor arrived and I got about 15 minutes in front of it. Donna graciously let me at least take it out of the box before we piled into the car and drove to Hilton Head Island for the weekend. It didn't rain the entire drive down, but close. Saturday morning was spent visiting about 8 of the condos Jerry manages to take pictures for the web page update. Saturday Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-906848322003-03-13T21:53:00.000-05:002003-03-13T21:53:41.950-05:00It was raining for the ride in, it was beautiful during working hours and after. Hurried home because 2/3 of my new PC were delivered. Got speaker and the CPU, the monitor made a sight-seeing trip to Greensboro, NC in the back of a UPS truck. It is on it's way back now, last I checked it was back in West Columbia, SC. It should get here tomorrow. We are going away for the weekend to Hilton Head, Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-906261602003-03-12T22:07:00.000-05:002003-03-12T22:07:24.920-05:00Ran the gage down until it was right on "E", so I spent the most money on gas in recent memory. 10.24 gallons @ 1.659 per equaled $17. I went 271 miles on that tank so I got about 26 MPG. Glad I don't drive an 8-cylinder SUV or live in California.
Purchased Today: $17.00 in petrol
Money spent since 03/03/03: $31.75
Started down, still down.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 42Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-905612562003-03-11T21:50:00.000-05:002003-03-11T22:12:05.000-05:00Maybe a little too cool to enjoy the ride, but we braved it with the top down this morning anyway. After work was our monthly haircut appointments, but we had an hour to get there. Usually we head home and change outta work attire before heading over. Today it was such a nice day we just took an extra long drive before ending up at the hair place.
Purchased Today: Zero
Money spent since 03/03/Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-904946222003-03-10T21:30:00.000-05:002003-03-10T21:34:47.000-05:00Note to self, when you change the template, it changes the archive template, so you screw yourself up. (Well they were here until I posted, now they maay or may not be here...)
This afternoon was b e a u t i f u l. Hit the 70s instead of the predicted low 60s. Went for a slightly longer drive home because of it too. Spring really is here (I hope to stay.) Now I'm really regretting my idea to notBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-904318812003-03-09T21:54:00.000-05:002003-03-10T13:23:08.000-05:00Well spring has sprung, at least around here. Just like that, one day nothing, the next day, pop, all the Bradford Pear trees in town bloomed. Went for a 3 mile hike this afternoon in the woods and when we came out 1-1/2 hours later the car was covered in a fine mist of yellow pine pollen. Had a real nice walk though.
Stumbled onto another Miata owner that blogs, Chris Greer. I've linked him Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-903741022003-03-08T18:18:00.000-05:002003-03-08T22:19:03.000-05:00Washed the car this morning, man was it dirty. The inside was filthy too, but that has all changed, it is now mostly clean. Needs a real intensive spring clean and waxing, but that will have to wait until April sometime, as the next 4 weeks are out of town trips and a vacation to New Orleans. I washed it because the Master's Miata Club was asked to show up for an elementary school's spring Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-903276242003-03-07T18:25:00.000-05:002003-03-07T18:41:37.000-05:00Well my dilemma as to what to buy with the $200 is over. The fire extinguisher used to put out the fire in my pocket is a new Dell Dimension 4550 Pentium 4 Processor at 2.53GHz, 512MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz, 18.1 in 1800FP Dell Ultrasharp Digital Flat Panel Display. That $200 and I forfeit my March's $100 mad money towards the purchase price and I get to replace my aging 500Mhz Gateway with out Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-902787362003-03-06T22:31:00.000-05:002003-03-06T22:31:09.903-05:00Big turnout for the Master's Miata Club meeting tonight, 21. In an effort to mix up the meeting locations some we held this month's at the Atlanta Bread Company. My wife called last week to reserve a spot for 15-20 people and re-called this afternoon to re-confirm, when we got there there was nothing set aside for us. fortunately the corner we asked for was empty, so we moved a bunch of tables Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-902136272003-03-05T22:02:00.000-05:002003-03-05T22:02:39.543-05:00This is the busy week. First Wednesday of the month is the Aiken Bicycle Club meeting and the first Thursday is the Master's Miata Club meeting. At least all I have to do at the Bike Club is sit and listen, at the Miata Club one I am the Secretary so I have to write stuff down. Which means I have to sorta pay attention. The bike club meeting was neat as we had some folks come speak to us about anBrian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-901514272003-03-04T22:02:00.000-05:002003-03-04T22:02:04.263-05:00Can't decide what to mod to buy next. I am torn between some new Gage Faces or some Real Aluminum Trim. I've $200 burning a hole in my pocket....
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
Started down, went up, went down, went back up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 37Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-900833272003-03-03T20:45:00.000-05:002003-03-03T20:47:56.000-05:00As promised, a new Miata thing to keep track of. I'm going to keep track of all the money spent on the Miata. Everything, including gas, repair parts, service, and mods. I was going to do mileage, but I forget to write down what the mileage was this morning...maybe I'll start that on next April 4th.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
Started down, went up, went down, Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-900201102003-03-02T19:13:00.000-05:002003-03-02T19:27:50.000-05:00Started ugly, but changed into a beautiful day around lunch. Went for another hike in Hitchcock Woods this afternoon. We're not sure of the mileage, because when we checked it at the car at finish it read .03 miles. Once, part way into the hike it read 1.9 miles. We were in the woods about an hour and a half so if we interpolate from Friday's data (two miles in an hour) we probably covered 3 Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-899743262003-03-01T19:22:00.000-05:002003-03-01T19:22:25.186-05:00Jeez, that was short lived. The morning started off misty and by 10 it was raining and I think it is raining still.
Before the wetness excelarated, myself and 7 others from the Aiken Bicycle Club did our quarterly trash pick-up. It is only 3 blocks long and the eight of us managed to fill up 4 orange bags with discarded beer bottles and fast food wrappers. It doesn't take too long and we get a Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-899359042003-02-28T22:16:00.000-05:002003-02-28T22:18:50.000-05:00The sun shone today. The temperature made it above 60. WOOT! We rode home with the top down and didn't need the windblocker or the heat.
Since I'm not bike riding any more, at the "suggestion" of my wife, we have started to flirt with hiking. We have some friends that do and have tentatively scheduled a to The Len Foote Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls State Park for an overnight. In preparation for Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3234499.post-898764182003-02-27T21:45:00.000-05:002003-02-27T21:45:10.450-05:00Rained all day, Part II. Not only that, it was cold, mid to upper 30s, and I thought winter was over? March is Saturday and damn it, it better bring spring!
Started up, still up.
Top Transitions since 02/02/03: 29Brian the Redhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416497588578615159noreply@blogger.com