Asymptomatic

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Flat Tire? Or not?
December 08, 2004

Berta’s car has this crazy feature that displays the pressure in all four tires on the main display in the dash. (Yes, it’s a screen - were you expecting less gadget? Honestly?) This morning, it blew the warning whistle on the front right tire - again.

Driving with a flat in a minivan is dangerous business because they are more prone to rolling over than most cars. The pressure in the tire wasn’t too low (5 PSI below rating), but it’s disturbing thta this has happened three times in the past week or so that I’ve been driving it.

Stupid Online Forms
December 08, 2004

For the last time… “Palau” is not a state in the United States. It’s a separate country with a valid Compact of Free Association since 1993.

Bottom line: If you’re going to include Palau in a list, put it in the Country list, not the US State list. That way, the residents of Pennsylvania, who outnumber you 600 to 1 can simply push the “P” key to find the place that they live, without having to skip past your insignificant little podunk island.

Uh-oh, Jen
December 07, 2004

I just heard on the news this morning about the oil spill that happened ten days ago while a tanked was being towed into port. Officials don’t blame the pilot for the leakage, since it started happening in the middle of the river (and so they couldn’t have run into anything), but they’re still investigating.

These days I hear about stuff like this and wonder if Jen was involved. Like when there was a bomb threat on some boat in the Delaware. Maybe all of this stuff was happening before and I never noticed. Anyway, I’m under the impression that her steering of vehicles has gotten better since she entered pilot school.