Brother had told me the code was almost new. It seems it was a variation on a theme from only seven years ago, but one critical logarithm had given the tech boys a great deal of trouble and they couldn’t be sure of their assumptions. In the end, they had given me as much as [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by dianagene
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The beautiful rolling hills of Belgium and northeastern France pass by our car window as if were we driving through a renaissance painting. Picture perfect brooks, full lovely trees, even the cows are beautiful as they nibble at the exquisitely green grass. Another day in a bucolic paradise with nothing in the present to disturb [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2009 by dianagene
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My father drove for a living. His father was a mechanic who owned his own garage. I married a driver whose father was a master mechanic and one of the things I love the most is a long, long car trip. When you have gasoline in your veins like Ron and I do, it is [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2009 by dianagene
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We spent a week in the unbelievably beautiful French Alps of the Savoie region. The busy season in this area is of course winter with all the excellent ski facilities. Everywhere you look there is a mountain and ski lift waiting for the snow to fall. But when the warm weather is here, this area [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2009 by dianagene
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One of the things both Ron and I value a great deal is a really good design. A well engineered road is a joy to drive; an esthetically pleasing and comfortable chair is a delight. And when it comes to tools, there is nothing more frustrating then a bad design, but nothing you can be [...]
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by dianagene
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