When I was a kid, I learned how many days each month had by naming them in my head; knowing the starting month and every alternate one after that had 31 days each (doubling up with July and August), and the other months had 30 days or less. If I say the 31 day months a little louder in my head, I can keep track of which month I’m on and how many days it has. Judy learned it a different way. If you make a fist with your knuckles up, you can count on them. Count the knuckles and the spaces between, doubling up on July and August as you head back the other direction. Every knuckle month has 31 days. Every in-between month doesn’t. That’s the knuckle trick. I think her way is easier than mine.
Car radios
You’re driving along listening to the news. They promo a story that is coming on “right after these commercial messages”. You want to hear the next story. You have a choice. You can listen to mind-numbing commercials repeat toll-free numbers over and over until the program returns with your story, or you can mute the radio and hope you remember to turn the sound back up in time. Muting the radio is not like muting the television; there are no visual clues to remind you to turn the volume back up. Well, we’re not limited to these two choices anymore! We have a third option. The new car radio has a pause button like a television DVR. You can pause, drive along in silence for five minutes, then hit play, jump forward through the commercials, and listen to the story. An excellent solution to such a problem plaguing mankind!
These newfangled backup cameras and alarms are unsafe
We have had them for so many years now in the Jeep and minivan, we’ve gotten used to them and unconsciously rely on them. One of us backed out the driveway at home in the golf cart and almost drove in front of a neighbor going by in their car. Well, it’s unsafe not to have them now that we’re used to them anyway.
The new motorhomes are too new
They cost more than we want to spend. The used motorhomes are too used. What we want to spend doesn’t get us what we want. There is a resolution here. We’ll either decide to spend more or want less. Meanwhile, it’s good to be home.
Wow
There are sure a lot of motorhomes to look at. There is a 30 foot Winnebago we like but it only has one air conditioner. That might be enough air conditioning for that small a rig but it gives us pause in this South Texas heat. There are several 32 footers we like, a Holiday Rambler and a Jayco for sure, and they each have two air conditioners. All these RVs we like are new RVs and we came prepared to buy a used one. We’ve looked at a lot of used ones and don’t find the ones we like. There is a big price difference between new and used. We may have done enough for this trip. We’ll probably head home and reboot.