Odds and ends

(A few snippets from the 27th. Having a notepad in the phone has made a difference, all right.)

NCIS is distracting. (Big surprising insight there.)
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Walking to the mall (mostly for the exercise. Really.) Cut a corner to save some steps. Almost tried to find a store entrance in the back. That seemed to be the right place to go in--next to the loading dock.

I've been driving too long.
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(earlier)
Got a call from HQ asking how far I was from I-80. Said I might be needed for a repower. Since I was pulling into a weigh station at that precise moment, he said he'd call me back.

Since it seemed important, I started looking for a place to stop and look at the map. Saw a likely spot and pulled off.

Then saw the sign: "TRACTOR TRAILERS PROHIBITED. All others welcome."

Fortunately, there was a pull-off across the road. Unfortunately, it was full of "oversized load" rigs and their escort vehicles. Room to pull off, but not to turn around,

So I went on. Ten miles or so on a mountain-top two-lane to the next entrance ramp (fortunately, said mountain-top two-lane ran parallel to the Interstate).

Turns out I was a hundred miles or more from the repower location. And the guy never did call me back...