I hate hybrids. The new Honda and Toyota claim something like 35MPG. WHAT! A modern european Diesel engine can do upwards of 60 (think some can do 80). However, I learnt something interesting the other day. In America many states are allowing Hybrid cars to use the Carpool lanes even if you only have one person in the car. That’s cool!
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Decisions
Sometimes you have to make decision in life which 5 minutes later you think. “What the helll made me decide that”. You can be talked into commitments without even realising it. Today I got caught about by such a decision. I left a meeting thinking we’d all agreed to the same thing and those not in the meeting knew about their representives opinons. Within 5 minutes it turned out this was not the case and chaos ensued.
God is Awesome
Driving along the freeway in California the other day, in the carpool line I noticed a license plate. The surround said “God Is Awesome”
I had to chuckle as the car only contained one person and hence violating the car pool lane rules. He must have been on a mission from God! 🙂
Britain isn’t very friendly
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the US recently and people there are just so much friendlier. Even when you go to places which might be considered, less than desirable, there really doesn’t see to be any trouble. Living in Manchester I’m used to crime and fear of where I live. America is portrayed as a very crime ridden society. I just don’t see it.
Everywhere you go in Manchester there are undesibale people. Commonly known as Chavs or Scallies they don’t seem to have any respect for other peoples; space, desire, possessions. In America, certainly California there’s little car crime because cars are considered so important to daily life and most people have one. This leads to the conclusion that quality of living it just a lot better in California…what more is there to say
Halloween – USA Style
This being my first Halloween in the USA it’s prooving to be quite an experience. Firstly for those of you who don’t know; they do things different over here. Firstly it’s a huge holiday here not just about witches and scary things like in the UK. However they do still have the pumpkins. My first encounter with Halloween was going to buy a pumpkin. Not a the local supermarket but at a “Pumpkin Patch”. These are large fields fill with pumpkins, from very small to larger than you care to imagine. (Wish i’d take a picture of the huge pumpkin, it must have been 4 ft tall)
So we got our pumpkins from, famous for its pumpkins, Halfmoon Bay.
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