Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Misc Ramblings

September 30, 2004 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off on Misc Ramblings

My car is in the shop. They are going to overhaul part of my transmission. Luckily, I had bought the extra warranty. Which is good news since otherwise I would have been 8k over the standard warranty. I’m not too happy with the fact that my little RAV4 needs to have part of the transmission overhauled at 68k miles. I just hope this doesn’t happen again. And I’m really happy that the warranty will be covering it. I was afraid they would say that since I haven’t gotten my oil changed by them or went in for all the scheduled maintance that they wouldn’t cover anything. But they didn’t even put up a fuss. I learned from my friend George that even if they put it in their agreement it is illegal (he even quote the law). Luckily I don’t have to fight it.

I don’t like to talk specifics about where I work and live. But… the company I work for is having a dedication for a piece of “equipment” that is going on display at the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center. For those who don’t know the Udvar-Hazy center is Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum new museum near Dulles Aiport. For the dedication, my company is basically renting the museum for the night. Since it is a Smithsonian there is no entrance fee. But since it is in the middle of nowhere, you have to pay for parking. For the dedication, we get free parking and we’ll get to roam around the place and nibble on free food. Very cool! The Imax theaters will be open along with the simulators.