The Countertop Chronicles

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Spent this afternoon Geocaching with the son. We found three, including one with a SPECTACULAR view and one that was hidden at the end of elaborate maze of rocks and slot canyons.

What about the guns you say???

Well, I was out hunting all day yesterday and this morning with my father in law and old friend of the wife’s family who basically owns a mountaintop. He spent 40 years or so as the local Forest Service ranger and a couple of decades in the State Senate.

Enjoyable time and I learned a lot about politics and forest management and hunting.

More of the same tomorrow.

Happy New Years and may Saddam enjoy his eternity burning in the fires of hell.

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????

Sirius

As I stated the other day, the FM Modulator on my Sirius Satellite Radio sucks. Big Time.

We drove in to Atlanta yesterday - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. While its pretty bad here - where there are very few radio stations competing for air space, it was unlistenable in Atlanta. I was pretty resigned to having to cancel the subscription and return the radio, and then I saw this Sirus FM Direct Adapter at Crutchfields. Apparantly it connects through the antannae input to the radio - cutting off reception over the FM antannae whenever the satellite radio is on. At only $19.99 its cheap enough. My question - any one have any experience with it? How easy is it to install (I have a Grand Cherokee) And is it really the solution to my (sirius) problems?

Cost of Living

Forget Honey Baked Hams. I’ve got a better deal.

I needed new brakes, and rotors, for my Jeep for a few months, but had been quoted a price by my local garage of about $700 installed. Yikes. Well, while driving back from Atlanta last night, my radiator decided to empty itself of coolant. Turns out, its shot. Not a surprise, they go at about 100k miles on Jeeps (my GC has 94k miles on it). Similar thing happened to my sister in law’s GC two years ago. Cost her over $1000 parts and labor to replace.

Took it to the garage down the street from us here in NW Georgia. $390 they fixed both. $200 for the radiator. $35 labor. $35 for labor on the front brakes and $45 for the rear. $60 for the pads and $15 to turn the rotors.

Savings - at least $1300.

Why do I still insist on living in DC????