Finally home

It is about 12:30 Saturday morning and I am finally home in Minneapolis.

My 8:05pm flight from Dallas took off at 9:45pm. I was upgraded to first class which was nice and I had a glass of wine or two. I am not able to sleep on planes very well so tried finishing the USA Today sodoku puzzles and my electronic sodoku that Mom gave me.

I am beat and the kicker is I have to go back to Dallas Monday morning!

Pontiac G6

This was a two car week with my unexpected extra day stay due to weather.

I guess I've reviewed the Pontiac G6 before as it came up in the Title bar.

This is a fun car to drive. Snappy and as I've said before, I think the GM transmissions are some of the best.

A couple of complaints...I don't like the red-lit dials. It isn't that they are hard to read. They are just kind of disturbing looking. The pillars for the windshield are really big which makes seeing out forward right and left difficult.

Mercury Milan (again)

Had a Mercury Milan this week. This is the second time I've had this as rental vehicle. It is a nice car with a nice ride.

I was thinking that I think I could tell the difference between an American and a Japanese car blindfolded just by the ride. American cars have a stiffer, more rugged, ride where as a Japanese car is more fluid and loose.

I'm not expressing a preference for one over the other or that one is better than the other.

The Mercury Milan has auto-headlamps and auto-temperature control.

We had some bad weather with ice and snow and at one point I did think the car was going to spin out on me when crossing a bridge. Definitely started to go but it was a short stretch and as soon as I made it across to dry pavement, the vehicle was stable again. Got my heart going though.

I guess I'm just not lucky

Another snowy afternoon in Dallas. My 8pm flight was cancelled at 10:30am. I switched to the 2:25pm flight thinking that would be early enough. By the time I got to the airport the flight was moved to 2:55pm.

We boarded the plan at about 2:30 so it was looking pretty good. Once on the plane the flight departure was moved to 3:00pm...then 3:30pm...then 4:00pm then CANCELLED.

All airplanes that were parked at the gate were told to cancel. There were too many planes lined up waiting to be de-iced so it wasn't worth it for any more planes to get in line.

I have re-booked for tomorrow night. The snow is supposed to be over by morning.

Tomorrow is another day.

Hoopla is over

The primary campaigns in Texas are finally over. I guess it was a late night at many precincts.

Texas is the only state where you can legally vote twice in the same day. They call it the "Texas Two-Step" where they have primary voting during the day and caucus voting at night. And you are supposed to vote in both.

While Hillary won the state, Barack Obama won here in North Texas. North Texas with Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, etc. is more urban than the south eand east part of the state.

Mike Hucakbee was here in Irving at the Four Seasons. We've had lunch there. John McCain was in Dallas at the Fairmont Hotel I believe. I really didn't see any of it.

It's snowing!!

Yes, snowing in Dallas. It isn't really sticking but has been coming down pretty good. And the crab apples have already started to bloom.

Back to Dallas

Another week coming up in Dallas...Monday 3/3 to Thursday 3/6 evening. Looks like bad weather in Dallas tomorrow. We'll see if the flight makes it on time.

Will be in Texas for the big primary day on Tuesday.

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