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Day 2: Former West Virginia Penitentiary
Day 3: Old Barracks Museum
Day 4: Mark Twain Museum
Day 5: Five Wits
Day 6: Witch Dungeon Museum
Day 7: Cap'n Fish's Whale Watch
Day 8: Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour
Day 9: Biodome
Day 10: Uno's
Day 11: Cave of the Winds
Day 12: Whirlpool Aero Car
Day 0: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Went to work as usual, then smashed my hand between the 2-tier cart and one of the corners of the wall in SULB. Thus, the first injury and only for the roadtrip. Went home, got all packed up, drove out to West Lafayette. Arrived in time for bedtime.
Day 1: Friday, August 7, 2009
Food: Potbelly, Starbucks, Pizza Hut
The Road Trip starts... Well, after the complications. So, the plan was pick my sister up at noon then head out. Unfortunately, around 10 o'clock...
Fran: "You did bring your passport, didn't you?"
Me: "...NO!"
So we had to drive and get it our. Our parents were supposed to meet us halfway, but they wouldn't go anywhere until after they took car of the dogs & cats and made coffee... So, basically, by the time they finally left Hammond we were pretty much already there.
We got back and ended up leaving at 2 o'clock. Mostly just all driving. Stopped at Potbelly and Starbucks for lunch before we started driving. Then we had 2 personal pan pizzas to split between 3 people for dinner.
Went look for a hotel room around 7:30... only to find out that there's some kind of art festival going on, and all the hotel rooms are booked within 2 hours from where we were. So, we had passed up this Baker's Motel place that still had rooms... so we drove all the way back to it and had a "wonderful" night's sleep at the most "up-to-date" motel ever.
I mean, the beds were so comfortable and clean. All the lamps worked. The sink was dry and the water ran perfectly. Ok, I'm being sarcastic... reverse all of that.
Day 2: Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Food: Cracker Barrel, Subway, Dairy Queen, Five Guys
Breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Drove to Moundsville, West Virginia.
Our first destinatin was the Moundsville Grave Creek Mound Historical Site. A nice free stop. Basically, just a big mound where they buried dead people.
Our second destination was the Former West Virginia Penitentiary. Pretty much boring. Would have been so much better but our tour guide kept leaving us standing around doing nothing while he talked to some guy who was a former inmate there.
Then we ate at Subway and DQ, followed by lots of driving and falling asleep in the car.
Dinner at Five Guys Burgers & Fries, then off to Super 8 for some zzz's.
Day 3: Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Food: Super 8 (yuck), Gianna's Grill, Dunkin' Donuts
Breakfast at Super 8... highly unadvised.
First stop of the day: Delaware... Oh the joys of Delaware. We were there ready for an attraction, but there just weren't any. So we ended up at Read House & Gardens in New Castle. This was just a tour of George Read II's house. Some interesting facts... like the last couple who lived there (alone w/ no kids) didn't like the neighborhood but wanted to live there, so they bought the rest of the neighborhood and fixed it up.
Next stop was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ate lunch at Gianna's Grill: a vegetarian philly cheesesteak. Then off to the Liberty Bell, when it decided to rain.
Final stop was the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, New Jersey. Toured the Old Barracks, which was a tour that consisted of a grand 3 rooms... the officer's quarters, soldier's quarters, and the doctor-type room.
Then lots of driving... Geeeoooorge Waaashington Bridge, George Washington Washington Bridge. Was very not-fun to go around cuz of the delay.
And then we ate Dunkin' Donuts and slept at Four Points by Sheraton Norwalk in Norwalk, CT. Fancy Shmancy.
Day 4: Monday, August 10th, 2009
Food: Dunkin' Donuts, D'Angelo's Grilled Sandwiches, Tim Hortons, Dunkin' Donuts
Left the expensive Four Points hotel that normally costs $220/per night. Ate breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts.
First stop was in Hartford, CT. The Mark Twain House... big fancy house that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) used to live in...
Second stop was Providence, RI. We had gone there for Regal Reptiles which looked really crappy and was closed anyway cuz they were moving, so We ended up at Roger Williams Memorial Park. No statue... just a small piece of land with a gift shop and a few signs... Yay.. Providence sucks.
Third stop was... well... Massachusetts... but Battle Cove was closed and the stuff in Plymouth was closed. So we ended up hanging out at the Atlantic Ocean and gathering rocks.
Sleeping at Super 8.
Day 5: Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Food: Super 8, McDonald's, Express
Went from the hotel to wonderful Plymouth... Plimouth Plantation and Mayflower II. Enough said. Plymouth makes MA look bad. They should kick it out. But then again, the whole state sucks.
On to Boston, MA. First we did the Five Wits. We were a team of "archaeologists" going into a tomb, and we had to solve puzzles and find things to get out of the tomb. Then we walked the 2.5 mile Freedom Trail and back. Off to the beach for some shell-collecting.
Back to the same Super 8 for sleep, except now we get another room attached to it with a king-sized bed in it.
Day 6: Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Food: Super 8, Fountain Place, Papa Gino's Pizza, Biggart's Ice Cream
Left the hotel and headed back to the not-so-wonderful city of Boston, MA. Wasted a bunch of time window-shopping at stores that I wouldn't buy anything from cuz they're in MA.
Then on to Salem, MA. Wasted more time shopping. Ate at Fountain Place. Then on to the Witch Dungeon Museum. Breezed through that in a jiffy.
Next stop: America's Stonehenge in Salem, New Hampshire. Lotsa walking to see lotsa rocks, but the good kind of walking. I really should have used the bug-spray I bought solely for this trip...
On to Pizza and Ice Cream then to America's Best Value Inn for some sleep.
Day 7: Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Food: America's Best Value, The Smiling Moose, Kaler's
First stop: Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Mostly just looked it and walked around. Second stop: Cap'n Fish's Whale Watch in Boothbay Harbor, ME. Saw a couple of whales. Walked around the shops in Boothbay Harbor and tried my first lobster roll at Kaler's.
Then on to another Super 8 for the night.
Day 8: Friday, August 14th, 2009
Food: Super 8, Ben & Jerry's, Quizno's
Off to a late start in the morning cuz Super 8's hot water wasn't working; needed 40 mins to heat up some more. We tried to make up for it by stealing half a dozen individually wrapped donuts, but since someone *cough* Fatly *cough* didn't want 90 degree donuts that have been sitting out in the sun all day, they visited the cooler. Individually wrapped and sealed doesn't mean that the seal is tight... 4 soggy donuts met the fate of a gas station garbage can and 2 edible donuts met the fate of a Francisco's belly.
First stop: Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour in Waterbury, VT. Factory tour followed by a "free" sample of Whirled Peace. ('cept, ya know, you pay for the tour, so it's just a nice bonus.).
Second stop: Cold Hollow Apple Cider Mill. Free apple cider, yum.
Sleep time at Super 8 again, after driving around to find a beach and settling for some people's private boat dock area... run away *ninja*
Day 9: Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Food: Super 8, McDonald's, Starbucks
First stop: Vermont Teddy Bear Factory; took a tour and got a free button bear.
Drive-to-Canada day. Long wait to get in then we went to Montreal in Quebec. French, not good when you don't speak it.
We went to the Biodome and Olympique Park. Looked around for the underground mall, then settled for McDonald's and Starbuck's for food. Then headed back to the comfort of America. Heh, comfort... yeah... the booked hotel rooms, which resulted in us following the GPS an hour and a half away from the border to rooms then realizing they were across the water and the GPS expected us to pay to take a ferry, so heading all the way back to the border to sleep in a crappy room at Great View Motel in Fort Covington, NY. Got to sleep after midnight.
All we ate was "breakfast" (a bagel) at Super 8, some car food (4-5 Oreos for me and Oreos and Chips for Tab/Fran), McDonald's (McDouble for me and snuck about 5 fries; Large fry split between Tab/Fran), Starbuck's (a brownie each).
Day 10: Sunday, August 16th, 2009
Food: Dunkin Donuts, Uno's, Tim Hortons, McDonald's
Lots of driving... Drove all day.
Staying at a Super 8... the one with train across the street, NOT the one with the jacuzzi, fortunately.
Might I just say that Canada's McDoubles at McDonald's are a lot better than the ones in America.
Day 11: Monday, August 17th, 2009
Food: Super 8 (gag), Tim Hortons, Planet Hollywood
Our Super 8 was terrible, so we went to Tim Hortons for breakfast. I had 2 donuts and Tab/Fran shared a donut and an egg salad sandwich. Iced Caps for all, of course.
On to the Cave of the Winds and Maid of the Mist. Cave of the Winds was walking alongside one of the falls. Maid of the Mist was riding the boat past the American side and into the Canadian Horseshoe mist.
Then to the Canadian side, where we got our Four Attractions pass for: White Water Walk, Niagara’s Fury, Journey Behind the Falls, and Maid of the Mist. White Water Walk was walking alongside the white water rapids of Niagara Falls. Niagara's Fury was watching a video about how Niagara was formed and then going on a litte wet-video-4D motion-type thing. It wasn't much fun for me cuz none of the water was coming into the corner I was in. Journey Behind the Falls was looking out from viewing holes located behind the Falls. Already went on Maid of the Mist on the American side, and it was closed anyway.
Ate at Planet Hollywood. $40 for 2 burgers... ouch.
On to Super 8 for sleep after going and up and down the same escalator 5 times trying to find out where we parked. Finally tried chocolate Smarties; I've been wanting to for so long.
Day 12: Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Food: Super 8, Smarties, Potbelly's, Jimmy John's
Whirlpool Aero Car over the Falls first thing in the morning: a car on ropes that went over one of the whirlpools and back. Then souvenir shopping. Got me some more chocolate Smarties.
Followed by a drive through Canada to Michican.
Border Guard, as he searched our bags: "What, did you guys rob a Super 8?" (Which can be explained by the accumulated rolls of toilet paper and cups)
Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. A collection of Ford automobiles and equipment, as well as the Dymaxion House, which is a round metal house.
Then off to home for the night.
Link to pictures to follow.
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| Well, here goes the entry for the 2008 Road Trip around the
Southwest coast.
Trip Start: Thursday, July 3, 2008
Trip End: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Trip Duration: 13 Days
Thursday
- City Museum:
St. Louis, Missouri
Our first parking spot! And it only cost $2.50! That’s $2.50 in nickels
and dimes! Good idea to get rid of spare change, right? I mean… there was
no attendant, so how hard could it be to shove coins in a slot? Well… The
slot did not have any indication how much money you shoved in the slot,
and you had to put each coin in individually then press it in with a
stopper. So paying for parking took forever and it was really confusing
and upsetting because there was no proof that we paid. Just pick a number,
park there, and cram money into the slot that goes with the number.
The most awesome museum ever; so not what I was expecting. I was expecting
a normal, boring museum. Then… the fun began. It is essentially a tall
tower of climbing that leads up really high and you have to slide down.
That description does not do it justice. Let me try to describe specific
spots: One path we followed twisted up just fine; then we got to the top,
and there was this long tunnel that was a little bit taller than my head;
we were like “We have to fit through that!” Then there was this giant
bridge to the slide…a metal wire bridge, suspended in air…it was shaking
so much and felt like it would fall; so awesome! Then after we went down
the “Monstro Slide” we played in the fake caves. They were real fake
caves! As in the small nooks and crannies that you have to squeeze through
and tunnels to crawl through and things to bump your head on! I,
Cavemaster Fat, took the lead and led through as many small tunnels as I
could find. Then after playing with the stuff for a few hours, it took
about 15 mins to go through the 2 or 3 floors of museum-stuff: rocks,
insects, whatever, museums are pretty unexciting. - Gateway
Arch: St. Louis, Missouri
Well, this is just a really big arch. There’s not much more that can be
said about it. We were going to ride on one of the trams to the top. We
even walked all the way across St. Louis
from the City
Museum. But, then we
got there…and saw there was a really long line; departures to the top were
set for an hour after you purchased your ticket, and it probably would
have taken 20-30 minutes to get to the front of the line and get a ticket.
The attendant also made it sound like they were behind schedule and our
departure would be later than indicated. Instead of waiting around an hour
and a half to 2 hours, we just walked around inside the building then
hiked back to the car.
Friday
- Clinton Presidential Center: Little Rock, Arkansas
Parking spot #2! This was the 4th of July, so parking was fun!
One reason we went there was because admission was free for the day.
Tabitha drove around the parking lot a few times then finally found
parking on another street with a bunch of other cars. I think it actually
took longer to find a parking spot than we were actually in the Center. It
was another 15-20 minute stop; just presidential stuff. Then we walked
down to the gift shop for it (so Tab could get a magnet) and then to the Museum of Discovery (Looked lame, didn’t go). - The
Old Mill: Little Rock,
Arkansas
This was actually pretty cool. It was pretty fun to find because we
couldn’t get an actual address for it. Made it there eventually. It was an
old water mill. Lots of neat things to climb on and fun spots to take
pictures. - Water
Taxi & Bricktown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
After Arkansas, we proceeded to Oklahoma
City. Bricktown was basically a collection of
small stores and other related things; there was a baseball stadium too.
So, the main reason we were there was for the Water Taxi. It was basically
just a small boat that went up and down the canal in Bricktown. Tabitha
and I think we had the best boat captain, Captain Rick. He had a lot of
mildly amusing jokes and made the experience fun. He even stopped on the
side of the canal to ruin peoples’ pictures. He also told us the brief
history of Bricktown. Also pointed out the highway bridge; I believe he
said it was built in 1964 and “they” promised it would last 30 years;
1994’s dead and gone but they still haven’t fixed it up yet. - National
Memorial: Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
This was a memorial to the victims of the bombing back in 1995. Really hard
to take pictures in the dark. After this; we hightailed it out of Oklahoma City. It was
the 4th of July, there was some kind of ballgame, there was a
“Family Fun” event of some kind, and the large fireworks show was just
starting. There was soon to be a large convoy of departing guests from
each of these events.
Saturday
- Cadillac
Ranch: Amarillo, Texas
This took quite a while for us to find. Where did we stop for directions
you ask? Well, first we called Takho and got an address to a place that
was definitely not what we were looking for. Then we went to 2 gas
stations, Dairy Queen, a Christian Bookstore, the Navy, Marines, Air
Force, some Driver’s help place…everyone gave directions varying from 1
mile to 20 miles down the road… and eventually we found it. - American International
Rattlesnake Museum:
Albuquerque, New
Mexico
Next we proceeded to Albuquerque.
It was really crowded and someone was having a wedding, so all we did was
go the Rattlesnake
Museum. This was
basically just a small collection of snakes and spiders…
Sunday
- Discover
Balloons: Albuquerque,
New Mexico
Heh… Reservations required the day before. Pickup at 5:30 in the morning;
had to wake up at like 4:30. $170 per person. But it was fun overall. We
went up in a hot air balloon. Our ballooner crashed into a tree. The fun
part was when we trying to land. We kept overshooting the spots, so the
ballooner kept sending the ground crew all over the city. “We’re going to
land here…no, wait, missed that…go over there.” Then we finally got down
and they had to put the balloon away. We had champagne, and Tabitha got
drunk. Then we got dropped off at our hotel and separated from our
ballooning partners. - Sandia
Peak Tramway: Albuquerque,
New Mexico
A nice tram up the mountain. There were also hiking trails of course, but
we just rode the tram up, listened to some guy talk for a few minutes,
then rode the tram back down. Not much more to be said. Oh, funny sign! I
forget exactly what it said. “Danger! Keep Off! Survivors will be
prosecuted.” - Meteor
Crater: Winslow, Arizona
Roadside attraction on the way to Cali.
It is what it says it is. A crater left by a meteor... Cool but not overly
exciting.
Monday
- Go
Parasailing: San Diego,
California
Made reservations the day before for 1:00. $70/person plus fuel surcharge.
Got there early. Had to kill about an hour. Well, we went parasailing.
That’s when they tie you to the back of a boat and then you go up in the
air and follow the boat. Tabitha wanted to go alone, but she was too much
of a stick for the wind so Fatty had to weigh it down. - Beach/Ocean:
San Diego, California
Our destination was Mission
Beach… but we didn’t
know where it was. We followed signs for both Mission
Beach and Pacific Beach,
but not led to the ocean. You’d be shocked how hard it is to find a giant
sandstrip along an even more giant body of water. Eventually we just found
anything that was a beach and had people in it. So, by this time, we were
annoyed so all we did was take lots of pictures then left.
Fun ocean quotes from Tabitha: “Lick yourself… Fatly, lick yourself….
Fatly, do it. Wanna lick me? You can taste it.”
Tuesday:
- Tijuana, Mexico
Basically we entered Mexico
to buy a magnet and leave. They really wanted to sell us things, I’ll tell
you that’s for sure. “Here’s a bracelet for you…no? What about for your
mom?” So Tab bought a magnet, took pictures by signs, then we left. This
is what we got from the bordercheck.
Tabitha: “Girl, your legs are red. Ok, go ahead.”
Me: “What were you doing in Mexico, Mr. Joseph Michael
Wolff? How long were you there? Did you buy anything? What's in your
pockets?" - Sea
World: San Diego, California
Sucked. Just like an aquarium. A little boy poured chocolate milk on
Tabitha, so I had to hear about how stupid she looked the whole time I was
there. - Wild Animal
Park: Escondido, California
Zoo. All zoos are about the same. Nothing really exceptionally appealing
about it.
Wednesday
- Disneyland
& Disney’s California Adventure Park:
Anaheim, California
Let’s start with Disneyland. In
Tomorrowland, we did Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and “Honey, I Shrunk
the Audience.” Fantasyland: Pinocchio’s Daring Journey. Mickey’s Toontown:
Chip ‘n Dale Treehouse, Minnie’s House, Mickey’s House. Frontierland: Pirate’s
Lair on Tom Sawyer Island,
Sailing Ship Columbia. Critter Country: The Many Adventures of Winnie the
Pooh. New Orleans Square:
Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Adventureland: Tarzan’s Treehouse.
Now for California
Adventure. Hollywood Pictures Backlot: Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to
the Rescue!, The Twilight
Zone Tower
of Terror. “A bug’s land”: It’s Tough to Be a Bug!. Paradise
Pier: Sun Wheel. Golden State: Soarin’ Over California.
Least favorite thing about Disney: The stupid parade that goes through the
middle of the park.
Thursday
- Universal
Studios: Universal City, California
We went on these rides: The Simpson’s Ride, Revenge of the Mummy, Jurassic Park, Universal’s House of Horrors
(not a ride), Shrek 4D, and the Studio Tour. On the tour, we saw: cars,
the real Skull Island they used in the movie—it was very tiny, a flash
flooding effect, the part of the studio that recently suffered a fire, the
plane from War of the Worlds (it was a real destroyed plane), the mummy’s
scarab ate whoopi Goldberg, an earthquake in the subway complete with the
collapsing walls, hot explosions, and loose wires; and a Jaws attack
complete with exploding barrels and a fake shark lunging out of the water.
Speaking of water, in every Universal Studios ride, we got sprayed by
water at least once.
Friday
- Las Vegas, Nevada
and M&M’s World
Just walked around the casinos and stores. Got there the night before;
walked a little then too. M&M’s World was one of the stores; it was
our more specific Vegas destination. - Hoover
Dam: Boulder City, Nevada
Well, we should all know what Hoover
Dam is…a big man-made dam. And that’s all it was. So we took a few bored
dam pictures and our dam tour guide was boring us more.
Saturday
- Grand
Canyon: Grand Canyon, Arizona
This is another national landmark that everyone should know what it is.
Took pictures, looked at the big hole in the ground, then onwards! - Four
Corners: Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado, Utah
Well, it’s where all 4 states meet. That’s all you can really say about
it.
Sunday
- Seven
Falls: Colorado Springs,
Colorado
Waterfalls. 224 steps of climbing. People get scared/tired climbing lots
of stairs. More hiking at the top. About it. - Garden
of the Gods: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden. Literally just
drove through. Hey, it was free.
Monday
- The Oz
Museum: Wamego, Kansas
We were going to go to Wichita,
Kansas, but that would have
added 2 hours of driving to our trip, so we just went to the Oz Museum
because it was on the way. Pretty much just a bunch of statues and items
from the Wizard of Oz. Quick walkthrough since we couldn’t climb with the
statues.
Tuesday
…Drive. Got
kicked out of the car in middle of Missouri
for being disagreeable by saying “ok” too much. I thought “ok” was agreeing. I
mean, what else am I supposed to say when someone’s complaining about things I
either can’t do anything about or don’t even know about? Say STFU? I’d
definitely get kicked out of the car then xP
Ada
Long
This section requires some explanation. We borrowed Chester’s (aka Sherlac or
Charles) GPS. We named this GPS Ada Long, because she aid us long time. We also
punned Ada Wong’s name from Resident Evil. Here are some of her more brilliant
moments.
- While
we are driving on a highway: “Turn left.” Do you want to know what was to
our left? A big gaping hole! In the words of Tabitha, “Ada, are you mad at us?”
- While
we were following all of Ada’s
directions: “Proceed to the nearest road.” We were also on 17-S, so it
wasn’t like it was a little road or something.
- First
thing Tabitha gets to hear in the morning: “Make a U-Turn”
- I
think Ada
likes telling us to turn left. While driving on a road with a big median
through the whole middle:
Ada: “Turn
left.”
Tabitha: “Into the median?” - This
one right here takes the cake. It happened a few times, but here’s one of
the worst ones. Numbers are estimates and not exact.
Ada’s Directions:
“Turn right, drive 3.2 miles, turn right, drive 1.3 miles, make U-Turn,
drive 1.3 miles, turn left, drive 4.6 miles.”
For those of you who could not follow that, what Ada SHOULD have said was
“Turn left, drive 1.4 miles.”
Other note-worthy facts:
- On
Saturday, we were driving through Arizona
and saw these signs:
”Nice Indians”
”Chief Yellowhorse loves you”
”Turn now. It’s ok” - Gas
prices ranged from $3.77 to $4.89. On the $4.89, we went across the street
and found one for $4.49.
- I hate
Chevron with their stupid Techron.
- On
Thursday when we were driving to Vegas, the temperature hit 113 degrees.
On Saturday night in Colorado,
not the desert, the temperature was 58 degrees. So within 48 hours, we
went from 113 to 58. There was snow in Colorado, which we saw the next day
while driving. To give you a better picture...
- In El Reno, can’t
remember what state, 2 funny hotel-related things happened. The first was
the night when we were looking for a room: one hotel room we parked
outside and the guys inside like panicked and locked the door real fast.
They were like “Hold on.” And made a phone call. Then the guy came back
and said there were no rooms. So we stayed at some other place. Which
leads to #2. While leaving the hotel, Tabitha took a bowl of Fruit Loops
with her. They were stale, so she told me to dump them out the window…on
the expressway. Now I might be dumb, but I know that wind blows in windows
more than it blows out them. So I was like no, and she did it… her car was
covered in milk/fruit loops: I got splashed a little too, but it was more
fun for me to laugh at her.
- While
playing the alphabet game with Tabitha on the road, we were on X…
Tabitha: “Vehicle!” - Fat: “Good
old Arkansas.”
Tab: ”We’re not in Arkansas.”
Fat: ”Good old Missouri.” - On the
way into California,
we hit an inspection station and 2 border patrol check areas. The guy at
the inspection station was like: “I’m looking for fruit. I see you have a
cooler back there; can you open that up for me?”
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| I haven't logged in a while so Xanga said they were cleaning up names and deleting people who haven't posted in a long time. So here's my post so I don't get deleted. (Note: I'm not dumb enough to actually follow links in the email--in case it's a fraud.)
All that's really new is...well, I'm sure there's a lot considering that I haven't posted since some time in my first semester. Maybe some day I'll start posting again. I'll be leaving Wednesday afternoon for CA and will be coming back around July 19th. Bye bye, whoever reads this!
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| I need to make an entry in this thing sometime because I neglect it a lot. So why not start with the class I just left?
These are some of the highlights.
1. ATMs have cameras, but they have a 30 minute delay. So if you want to withdraw more money than you're allowed to, just go from ATM to ATM and make withdrawals before the 30 mins are up. Yes, obviously, you will get caught and be liable for the money you withdraw.
2. You get on a bridge from one end and get off at the other, unless you're crazy and get off in the middle.
3. What do you get when you count to 4 in binary on your fingers? Now, show your parents.
4. Some people can listen to modems talk. A modem sounds like "bzz bee boop beep" etc. and the computer imitates it when it's trying to connect. You try listening to both at the same time, and you get a "bzzzzzzz" cuz they cancel each other out. Apparently, it's highly annoying. I'd imagine it would be.
That's about all I learned from class. There were other funny moments. Like our professor was keeping a finger tally of the people who came in late; I think it was 6. The late people must have been like "What's up with the fingers?" Ah, next up, boring 130. The thing I learned today that makes me happy is: We're not supposed to understand it, we're supposed to just do... I wonder what the point of the class is then...
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