Daily Archives: January 9, 2016
PowerBall and EZ Tags . . .
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Although the weather this morning wasn’t bad, our walk was called on account of migraine, Jan’s to be exact, so we stayed in.
Since her migraines often run in threes, i.e. three days in a row, with decreasing pain each day, tomorrow is possibly out also. So we’ll have to see how it goes.
The weather here is apparently cycling back through winter again, with day temps in the 50’s and night temps in the 30’s, or even the 20’s, like tomorrow night’s forecasted 29°.
And as far as weather goes, we lucked up yesterday. They had hailstorms all around north Houston, with golf-ball sized stones damaging auto paint jobs and breaking out windshields.
Really glad we weren’t at Lake Conroe this week.
With Jan under the weather, I headed into Columbus about 4pm to pick up Whataburger for dinner. And again had no problems with my order.
Regular readers will remember my running battle with the Carthage Whataburger. We ate there about once a week for 3 months, and almost every time it was like pulling teeth to get my order correct.
Here’s a sample. Whataburger Order Problems
But the first part of December at the Katy Whataburger, and today in Columbus, I rattled off our order with absolutely no problems. And they got it perfectly.
So it really was that cashier.
While I was in Columbus I also picked up some PowerBall tickets, but I probably didn’t need to. I decided not to win this time, but save my win for next Wednesday when the prize will be over $1 Billion. Now that’s a Jackpot.
Here’s a website with a lot of good information about what to do before and after you win the lottery. You can check it out here. Lucky You
One of our blog readers asked about using an EZ Tag on Houston’s Toll Roads when driving your RV, She saw that we used one when we travel back and forth between Lake Conroe and Colorado River.
We already had one for our truck, and then got one for our RV right after we bought it in 2008. Having one makes your life a lot simpler, and cheaper, driving around the Houston area.
1. It doesn’t cost anything to get one. They’re free.
2. There is no monthly fee.
3. Some toll roads (i.e. the Westpark Tollway) and some exits only take the EZ Tag. No cash is accepted.
4. It’s cheaper on tolls. If you drive the toll road and pay manually at the booth, the toll is $1.75. But with the EZ Tag, it’s only $1.50.
5. This also makes it faster. During rush hours, the lines at the toll booths can be long.
The only slight downside is how you have to handle the tags themselves. As I said we have tags for both the truck and the RV. The one in the RV is permanently mounted on the windshield, but the one for the truck is not.
If we are driving the RV and not towing, the rig registers as 2 axle vehicle and we’re charged $1.50, just like a car. But when we’re towing, the system is smart enough to register us as two 2 axle vehicles and we’re charged $3.00. But if we have the tag permanently mounted on the truck windshield, we will also be registered as an additional 2 axle vehicle, and charged a total of $4.50.
So when we’re towing the truck, we keep the tag wrapped in aluminum foil and tucked away in the center console. Then when we’re driving the truck, we unwrap the tag and laid it out on the dashboard. Easy Peazy.
With Jan’s migraine sequence still in progress, tomorrow’s antic’s are up in the air, so we’ll have to see how it goes.
Thought for the Day:
“When government fears the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.” – John Basil Barnhill, 1914
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