Last weekend I missed my plane. Flying from Cedar Rapids Iowa to San Diego California. I thought my flight left at 11:59am, so I took my time and ended up at the airport around 10:30. Pleeeeeeeenty of time right? WRONG! My flight left at 8am and the 11:59 was my connecting flight in Minneapolis. Standby had over 25 people on the list so basically that meant I was screwed. I could return Monday morning at 8am but that’s a boring 24 hour wait and a $100 change fee to change my ticket. Talk about lame. So I heard a little somethin somethin about taking your ticket and trading it in at another airline. I hit them all up but they were booked, and then I got to American Airlines (or American Eagle, I don’t know what their exact name is). They got me on a plane that left in 20 minutes and for how much? The price of FREE! Yes! They told me that they’ll just give the ticket to NWA and they’d buy it outright.
A few longs layovers, a cab ride home, and I come home to find 3 tickets from the city of San Diego @ $47 each. What!? Yeah talk about adding insult to ‘almost’ injury. I didn’t have my wheels turned into the curb on the hill. I didn’t even know that was a law. Yeah I’ll be fighting those tickets. Because of the money? No, because it’s the principal of the matter. I don’t agree with so many tickets. It makes me upset.
The moral of the story… if you miss your plane don’t get screwed by the man, just hit up the competitors until you find a seat. And screw those traffic cops, fight those tickets too.
I did this experiment and it works.
1. First I use an optical cloth (purchased for $3-5 at a glasses store like Pearle Vision) and the optical cleaning spray. I spray the DVD with a light mist, and then use the soft optical cloth to clean off the DVD surface. You should pull it away from the center toward the outer edge of the DVD. This will reduce any further damage. Pull in a straight line, never go around in a circle to clean the DVD. Once dry, try to see if the DVD works now. If it doesn’t, move onto step 2.
2. Once clean I take some regular toothpaste (YES! Toothpaste!). You’re using this as a polish. I put some toothpaste on my finger and rub it on the scratched surface area. I usually end up covering about 1/5 of the DVD surface. Then I let it dry.
Continue reading ‘Repairing scratched DVDs that have problems playing.’
Thank god:
Petrochemical plants that supply a quarter of the nation’s gasoline suffered only a glancing blow, with just one major plant facing weeks of repairs. (from Yahoo)
I don’t think I could handle $5 a gallon for gas. We’re not Europe for a reason!
The Default Windows Logon Interface May Not Appear After Installing Third-Party Programs in windows. Here’s how to restore the fancy windows xp logon screen:
Fix Logon/Restore Welcome Screen:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/fix_xp_logon.htm
This should reset the default GINA in registry. To set it manually, see the following KB article:
The Default Windows Logon Interface May Not Appear After Installing Third-Party Program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302346
Note that you will need to delete the “GinaDLL” entry rather than assigning a blank data to it.
smoother: Our 10 year class reunion was a blast, wasn’t it Steel?
steel: Sure was.
smoother: And we know that some people are worried about seeing people for the first time again and what their impressions will be of you.
steel: Sure are.
smoother: Some people have their reunions all the way in November
steel: Sure do.
smoother: So here’s something we found to give you an edge. It’s simple, easy, and effective
steel: Sure is.
1. Restrict calories moderately, starting with 200 calories a day. Gradually increase the calorie restriction to 500 per day over a one week period.
2. Eat a balanced diet. Include 1 lean source of protein, 1 serving of complex carbohydrate, and 2-3 servings of vegetables and fruit at each meal. The total daily percentage of protein is 40%, carbohydrates 40%, and fat 20%.
Continue reading ‘How to lose 5 pounds in 5 days’
Here’s a link I’ve had for a while. It has 622 different music videos. It’s kinda like MTV, except it has music videos. And you can pick the good ones instead of the crappy videos they do play on MTV between the hours of 2am and 6am.
In kind of an ironic twist, the JetBlue passengers were able to watch their own situation unfold on their Direct TV. Ugh.
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A JetBlue airliner with faulty landing gear was headed for an emergency landing Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport after its front wheels were turned sideways and unable to retract into the plane following takeoff from a nearby airport. The plane carrying 140 passengers and 6 crew members.
So far it’s been in the air for 3 hours. The plane is circling in the area burning fuel. Aviation experts said the Airbus A320 is designed so that it cannot dump fuel. The flight had a full load of fuel for the cross-country flight. The aircraft has a capacity of 46,860 pounds of fuel.
You can watch the feed right here
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/
