Daily Archives: October 31, 2018
Boo!
Happy Halloween!
In the Halloween theme, Brandi sent over a couple of photos of her family’s costumes.
Here’s Landon in his school’s winning costume parade.
I do like the unicorn right in front of him, though it looks like she’s thrown a shoe.
For her part, Brandi and her friend’s won the ‘Most Entertaining’ prize at her office for her Mariachi Band.
I was wondering why she wanted me to bring my/our trumpet when we came up to Katy on Sunday. In fact, it’s kind of a family heirloom.
I got this Olds trumpet in 1960 when I join the Junior High Band at Foley High School in Alabama. Then years later, I played it in high school, and a couple of college bands. Normally played guitar, but some songs like ‘Ring of Fire’ just need a trumpet.
Then Brandi took up the horn in high school and carried on the tradition.
So, is Landon next?
After putting it on hold Monday and Tuesday, today’s rainy, gloomy weather was perfect for a big batch of Jan’s famous chili.
Tomorrow we’re getting together with Miss Piper for dinner and then we’ll go by and pick up her Schwinn Mongoose bike from the Bike Barn where I left it Saturday for a flat tire repair and a tune-up.
As expected, I didn’t hear anything from Snider Transmission today, so I called Enterprise Rental and extended the Malibu for another week. Besides I’m having too much fun driving it.
If we didn’t need more room to carry stuff, I might actually consider getting a Malibu for our new toad. Blue Ox does make a baseplate for it and the Dinghy Guide does say the 2018 model is towable. But only the 1.5 L engine without Active Shutters.
I had to Google what Active Shutters are, but now that I know I don’t understand why it would make any difference if the car had them or not.
Active Shutters are a feature that opens and closes ‘shutters’, kind of like blinds behind the grille and in front of the radiator. When the system senses that the outside temps aren’t too hot, or the system is not under heavy AC use, it closes the shutters to make the car more aerodynamically smooth, increasing fuel mileage.
Otherwise, in hot temps, they stay open.
Of course, back in the day, we did this with some cardboard and duct tape.
But as I said, I don’t understand what all this would have to do with towing. Otherwise, all you have to do to tow it is to remove a couple of fuses.
But however this works, it does seem to. So far I’m getting 31.1 mpg, about twice what I get in the Dakota.
Thought for the Day:
If you’re buying ‘Smart Water’ for $4 a bottle, it’s probably not working.
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