Today I took my car in for it’s much needed oil change and just as always, they found a few other issues that need tending to, and I walked away paying over close to $400 and the need to schedule an appointment next week, to bring it back in once the rest of the parts have come in, sigh…..
The need for rechargeable batteries has become great these days, with the price of regular batteries rising and rising each time I go out and try and buy some and that just irks me something awful. There are so many things that I rely on that take batteries and then I have to throw them away and they end up in the landfill, which isn’t “green” at all. So I’ve decided to go ahead and make the switch over to the rechargeable ones that I have found for a good price at radioshack online.
I can really feel for today’s parents that must go through batteries so quickly because most of today’s toys require them.
Back in my junior high school days everyone seemed to really enjoy my company, since I was known for my class clown acts during class. One person I will never forget is the girl that used to be obsessed with my hair by playing with it and running her fingers through it every chance she could. Well to my surprise, she had found out where I was after all these years and had stopped in for a visit for a few hours to reunite with old class mates. I thought it was really cool to see someone I used to attend high school with and see how they turned out. It makes me wonder about a lot of old class mates of mine, I do believe Ill be putting out a search myself for all those who I remember.
If you know me at all either from here on my ramblings on this blog or in real life up and personal like then you know how I feel about the recycling issue that is such a hot topic these days. I grew up with parents from the Woodstock hippie generation and was brought up with recycling becoming second nature in life. I have a habit of getting on my soap box at times about people being too lazy to participate in even the simplest recycling effort. And I’ve implemented many a recycling programs in places that I’ve worked out all of my life.
Tonight was the first night of the new TV show on CNBC called “The Secret Life of Garbage” and I’m so glad to see that this trash issue is being addressed on national TV. Did you know that 80% of the trash that we throw out could be recycled and that only 28% of our trash ends up in the recycling bins. That is an outrageous percentage folks, we could be doing so much better than that!
I’m glad to hear that my step-father is enjoying the millermatic welder that my brother and sister and I pooled our resources together to give to him for his birthday yesterday. My mother called to say that he had spent most of the day out in his shop playing (if you can call welding playing) with it, only to come it once for lunch before heading back out for more. It isn’t easy finding something that floats my step-father’s boat on gift giving occasion so this idea was a stroke of genius that my kid brother deserves a pat on the back for thinking of. Beats the heck out of the socks, slippers and ties that the old man is used to getting from us throughout the years.
