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So . . . dropped the iBook off in the Richmond suburbs Sunday afternoon.

It arrived at the door just before 11am today. It has a new logic board.

This means . . . not only does it *work*, but the ethernet also works, as it's got a new card and shiny new solder joins.

I'm still going to use the wireless when we get to the new place, but YAY!

I've been deleting email all day, just resting up and stuff. I need to go pack some stuff soon.

And it snowed a tiny bit today! YAY!

holding a monkey wrench

there's a little man in my head
and he's drunk all of the time

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I live in charlottesville, a small city/town nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It's hilly here. We do get snow every winter, though not as much as the Shenendoah Valley recieves.

So, WHY can't local people drive in snow? It's not like it's something crazy and new and out of the blue. It happens every single year. We have winter. In winter, we sometimes get snow or *gasp* ice! And people suddenly forget how to drive. I know--it could be worse. In DC, they forget how to drive every single day, rain or shine, snow or wind, gridlock or construction. Why do they give these people licenses to operate motor vehicles?

And people freak out when the accumulation is half an inch. Half an inch. That's barely even a dusting. Even one inch isn't enough to cover the grass. You need about four to five inches to make the grass be invisible, usually closer to six or eight inches. Good sledding (for adults) also requires *at least* that much.

And WHY is it so damn hard to find windshield wiper fluid rated below 32F around here? It gets colder than that! I hate frozen wiper lines and I especially hate instant slush/ice on my windshield. When I do find fluid rated for well below zero, I stock up.

And that lock I bought a few weeks ago from Lowe's? It's frozen. Not in ice. I just tried to open it this morning so I could get the shovel out of the basement(just in case--I like to have it near the door, not around the side of the house and down a flight of slippery steps)... and the key wouldn't turn. It's an all-weather heavy-duty, cold weather padlock. What is it about Virginia's positively balmy winters that it can't handle? I doubt I still have the reciept or the packaging. If it doesn't loosen up, I'll need bolt cutters to remove it. I have something that would cut it--inside the basement.