Raven’s Range
Blather around a virtual range

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Over the last week I have been to Kansas, virtually speaking. Data entry is surprisingly fun and great for escapism. Most of it can be done on complete autopilot, but every so often a landmark slings itself off the page and hits me in the face and I spend a moment or two on a smiling fantasy about actually going there.

Because who, indeed, would not love to stand at the geodetic center of the USA, or to visit Home on the Range Ranch (assuming it isn’t fenced off with razor wire, that is)? Or for that matter visit Due West, which happens to be in South Carolina, or the town of North, which is also in South Carolina?

I finally made a bit of time to log a few of my own snarfs, too. (more…)

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I’ve never owned a car in my own right, only as part of a couple. I’ve only ever bought one vehicle new, and the rest were always used with varying degrees of mechanical expertise required thereafter. It can be a bit of a gamble when you buy a used vehicle, unless you happen to have a buddy who knows what they’re doing or know what you’re doing yourself.

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