69 degrees this morning, walk 38:07 minutes
Sitting out on the back patio with a full moon above me (nice and bright after the red moon last night!) 69 degrees but not wind, so it is nice.
Special Assignment is completed, thank goodness. One of those experiences that you are glad you had the experience but you are glad it is over.
I saw the “other side” of something I have always wondered about, so it was enjoyable learning about another world.
Now, I need to take the time I worked on the weekend (slightly over two days) this week, which I am not used to doing!
Listening to the book about Elon Musk, while I tend to feel rather critical toward him, when they described the Telsa, my only reaction was “I want one”! Of course, that is very unlikely, although I am going to start looking for a Hot Wheels version or maybe even a scale model version.
I will have to live with the thrills of occasionally traveling a mile or so on “electric mode” in our Toyota Camry!
Looking around at the State Fair, I didn’t really have any problem controlling my buying. All I had to remember was what was I going to do with it and where was it going to live!
I realized I have a very hard time getting rid of “stuff” once I own it (re: iPod, iPod shuffles, obsolete iPhones and iPads, books, old wallets, clothes, shoes, etc. etc.!) and I didn’t have any desire to add more at this time!
Also, I don’t like the idea of buying something from a business who may be in who knows where next week and isn’t there to back up a bad product.
The food didn’t really tantalize me much either. I have developed a resistance to food with a lot of fat or deep fried etc. Like steak (but not hamburger etc.) , I eat so little of it that it upsets my stomach to eat it, so I’m not really tempted. Also, I saw the “back operations” and (in a few cases, certainly not all), that killed any desire to eat the food!
One thing about the “original iPod” that I really like is a switch which stops any action so that if you accidentally bump it, it doesn’t go all over etc. I don’t understand why it wasn’t continued in later editions.
I guess it makes too much sense to have such as switch1 I figured the iPod has to be at least 8 years old, possibly 9, and the battery is still excellent.
I read recently that some of this stuff is becoming valuable as people need parts to repair the ones they have. (I didn’t have the foresight to buy a “U-2 Red Model” that apparently goes for over $5,000! ) However, I’ll believe it when I see it. I read a story about how something is bringing so much money, but thenI look on e-bay and it really isn’t so. Or it has to be in absolutely new unpackaged condition, which makes sense, but the article is misleading.
Just for the heck of it, I just checked ebay. There are several optimistic sellers who are asking $5,000 to $12,000 (but not selling them) and there are many “U-2 Special Editions” for sale for less than $100 with some in the $200 range etc.
18 years since my Mom passed away, September 27, 2015. Hard to believe so much time has passed since then. When I was young, I couldn’t imagine it happening, but it did.
That’s it for now, Monday, September 28, 2015.
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