Now, the Camry had a remote for locking and unlocking the doors.  And, I kept it on my key chain.  If I hit the lock button on the remote, all of the doors would lock.  And if I hit the unlock button, all of the doors would unlock.  But, if no doors were opened after 15 seconds, all of the doors would lock again.

Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a problem.  But, I would often go out to the car only to find that all of the doors were locked.  Now, I never knew if I had bumped the button while the keys were in my pocket or if the car had just decided to lock the doors.  But, now I will never know.

Now, while the Camry would lock all of the door when you put it into drive, it also locked all of the doors for no apparent reason.

Once, I put the car in park but left it running.  When I got out and closed the door, I heard all of the doors lock.  Fortunately, I was home at the time so I could use Kathy’s keys to open the door.  From then on, I never trusted the car.

So, when ever I left the car running, I also left the door open.  And, while this was inconvenient, I was guaranteed access to my car.

As much as I loved my Camry, it did have some annoying characteristics.  But, there were two that were extremely annoying: the power door locks and the panic alarm.

Now, all of the doors would lock every time you put the car in gear.  And, that was fine.  But, the doors would not unlock when you put the car in park.  In order to unlock a door, you had to open it.

This meant that if only the drivers door was opened, only the drivers door got unlocked.  So, if you backed the car out of the garage, you had to remember to unlock the doors in order to let anyone get into the car.

What a pain.

This is the year of the Cicada.  Every 13 years, the larva emerge from the soil and shed their skin to become “flyers”.  And, this is the year.  Soon, the males will be up in the tree tops making their buzzing sounds in an effort to attract a mate.

I remember them in the summer as a child.  Every time the sun went behind a cloud, the buzzing would begin.  I didn’t know what was causing the sound, but it sounded electrical so I assumed that it came from the power lines.  Now, I know the truth.

I would love to hear them this summer as it would remind me of a time of innocence.

I saw a news caption today that read “China investigating selling illegal children”.

At first, I thought that it was a misprint and that they had meant to say that China was investigate the illegal selling of children.  But, as it turns out, the caption was correct.

In China, you are only allowed one child per family.  So, any additional children are illegal.   And, it is these illegal children that are being sold by the Chinese government.

Remember, buy American!

While driving the back roads this  winter, I noticed a snow mobile sitting along side the  road.  I assumed that it was for sale since it had a “for sale” sign on it.

However, winter is gone and the snow mobile still sits there.  It is an old snow mobile and I suspect that nobody really wants it.  It will be interesting to see just how long it will sit there.

Maybe they can make it into a planter.

There is a movement at foot to start admitting atheists as Chaplins in the military.

Now to me, this seems like a  contradiction in terms.  Chaplin’s deal  with spiritual matters.   And atheists, by definition, are not spiritual.  So, an atheist Chaplin is an oxymoron.

Now, if an atheist visits an atheist Chaplin what do they talk about?  Sports?  Maybe the atheist Chaplin reenforces atheist beliefs lest the counselee  start to believe in God.

I went to the store the other day to by some AAA batteries.  The digital books that I listen to require a AAA battery so I decided to buy a package to keep at work.

Spying a 4 pack, I grabbed it off of the shelf.  $10!!!???  Wow!!  But, when I looked at the package, it said that it lasts 8 times longer than regular batteries.

Now, I usually put in a new battery every time I get a new book.  And, a battery lasts about the duration of a book.  So, new book, new battery.

But, if a regular battery lasts for one book, will one of these super batteries last for 8 books?  I doubt it.  Besides, I would need to remember to take the battery out when I am finished with the book. And, while I might remember for the first few books, sooner or later, I will forget and give my expensive battery to some one else.

So, I opted for the regular batteries for $4.

I was in Meijer (regional grocery chain) the other day when I noticed a young lady wearing 6 inch heels.  She looked entirely out of place in the store.  I was amazed that she could even walk in those thing let alone push a shopping cart.

But, they did make her look much taller.  In fact, they made her look like a giant.  And, I guess that they made her legs look slim.  But, she really didn’t look like she had any feet.  It looked  more like she had peg legs.

But, I guess looks are not nearly as important as fashion.

There is a grass roots movement here in Michigan to recall the Governor.
And, they have started a petition drive.  But really, in order to
proceed in a more efficient manner, the petition drive should also
include a repeal of the motorcycle helmet law.  Since neither has a
chance of passing it would make sense just to combine the two.