Gas Prices and Hamfests

According to Gasbuddy, prices in my area today are averaging to $3.92 per gallon. My 300C gets about 24 mpg on the highway if I can believe the computer, so that makes my 320-mile round trip to Dayton cost $52.

Last year, a gallon cost $3.27, for a cost of $44. The 300C manual says to use mid-grade, but prices tend to track.

At any rate, I am not going to miss Hamvention for $8.

Another perspective is on Eham.net.

Thing's I can live without on AFV

I like America's Funniest Home Videos. I am a little annoyed that the Disney-controlled network's (ABC) show does some off color stuff, like play Big and Rich's "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" during rodeo/western/horse -themed clips, but in general it's family-watchable. However, there are a few things that I'd rather not see anymore

• Fake lottery tickets. One time was funny, more was annoying.
• Food coming out of noses.
• Dental work coming out of mouths.
• Pulling baby teeth in unique ways.
• Dogs and cats whining and yowling words.

People keep sending them and they keep playing them for some reason, but I fast-forward Tivo through them now.

Happy 20th Birthday, PERL

Larry Wall announced it in 1987 in a posting to comp.sources.misc newsgroup. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl

The Republic

What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?

- Senator Amidala,
Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith