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about a year without a car in houston
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2010-03-21 14:12 UTC
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It's now been a little over a year since my car died and I decided not to replace it. I take the light rail to work and back, and occassionally drive my wife's minivan. I can run a lot of errands on my bicycle, thanks to a couple of bags that hang nicely off the rack in back. It's only 4 train stops to work - I walk about a total of 7 blocks each way (to and from each stop), but the downtown stop is right next to a tunnel entrance, so I can walk the two block to my office underground if the weather's not nice.
On those occassions where I need a car temporarily, there's an Enterprise Rent-a-car office that's two train stops away. I can pretty much walk in there and drive out within 5 minutes - not bad. When I drop off the car, they give me a ride back, or I can walk or take the train. I would probably use zipcar, but it looks like they don't operate in Texas.
Not about to get another car...
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screwbydrew and the blue glue
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2009-12-20 16:14 UTC
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| Mike sent me a PDF of a scan of an old cartoon I drew. Not exactly sure when I did it, but the characters go back to when I was in 6th or 7th grade. I must have left it with Mike to keep it away from Jane :) |
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Some things are maybe better left undigitized, but it's always funny to see something from the [distant] past |
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car accident
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2009-11-03 02:05 UTC
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On my walk to the light rail station this morning, I saw a car accident - before both vehicles had come to a stop, I and about every other witness were dialing 911 on our cell phones. I stayed until the ambulence arrived, but couldn't help notice that three (3) independently operated tow trucks were there about 5 minutes before the ambulance arrived.
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