Traffic on the 210 Freeway!

So I was on the way to work and it was raining and we had some major traffic.  I suspected that there was an accident and I saw this.

Check out the semi on the right.  Sorry for the windshield wiper.

Damn!

Freaky Electronic Fry's

I was shopping for hard drives at Fry's and I saw something that was absurd.  Actually it was the lack of something that blew my mind.

There were very few hard drives at Fry's!  This was due to the flooding in Thailand a couple of months ago.  From what I understand, we should have some hard drives back in a couple of months.  Trust me, the locals in Thailand had it waaay harder than us.

Prostitution in Pasadena?

I saw this sign in Pasadena.  What do you suppose they mean?

No-Bagle-No-Bagle-No-Bagle!

When I was in NYC, I encountered another Seinfeld spot!

H&H Bagles!

So in case you don't know, Kramer worked for H&H and they had a strike, for 12 years!

You can read about the episode.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strike_(Seinfeld)

So Kramer goes back to work and something happens and he quits his job and harasses customers.  He tells new customers nobaglenobaglenobagle!

Intrepid Museum in NYC

Today wasn't that cold....60 degrees with a light sprinkle!  The day before was freaking 35 degrees.  So somehow they managed to park an aircraft carrier on the side of Manhattan.  I believe it got stuck on its way.

It is a remarkable sight to see.  The thing is freaking huge.  And on top of that, they parked quite a few planes on top of it and some more inside!  The museum is a whopping $25 to get in and on top of that you have to cough up another $25 to go INSIDE the Concorde.  Unfortunately $25 for museums in NYC is general is unfortunately the going rate.  At least the money is going for charity. 

$25 gets you inside!

SR-71 "Blackbird". 

This thing goes Mach 3 as in 3 times the speed of sound or 2,193 MPH. 

Read up on this record breaking aircraft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird

Here is the backside.

The other side.

Here is an F-14 "Tomcat"  Yup, just like the movie Top Gun.

Front View.

This thing is HUGE.

Harrier.

This plane can take-off straight up!

And you can go inside where they "drive" the aircraft carrier.

Here is where they sit.

Here is the captain's quarters.

Captain's Desk.

And you can go in the middle of the aircraft carrier.

It is huge inside!  There is a kids area, theater, models, even a lego model of the aircraft carrier.

And this is what I really came to see! 

The last flights on these planes cost a whopping $7,000 for a one way flight from JFK to Heathrow

Read up on this airplane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

This plane goes over Mach 2 about 1,350 MPH.  It's cool you can hang out underneath! 

This plane is long!  The windows are SMALL!  Yes, you can go inside, but that costs an additional $25.  They are going to have the space shuttle later on 2012, and when they have it, I will come back with my video camera and give you all a guided tour inside the Concorde.

NYC trip week of 1/23/11

What's up internet!  I just got back from my NYC trip.  The weather was horrible.  30-40 degrees with occasional rain.  Some days the sun was out, and at least it wasn't windy nor rained heavily so I suppose it could have been worse.  My flight there was horrible.  I had this bozo coughing every 1-5 minutes the entire goddam flight.  I am suprised I didn't get off the plane infected. 

My first stop was the Nineth Street Espresso in the Chelsea Market.  So far, this place has the BEST coffee I have EVER tried, so far. 

This is what perfection looks like.

 This is the cost of perfection.

28.  Yup.  I can't recall ANY place let alone an espresso joint getting this high of scoring.

Next up was the Museum of Sex.  Aka, MoSex. 

Exterior

Here are some deer "running a train."

  Early porn in the 1910s!

Robot porn!

Primitive adult "toys".

Dimes and Nickles Are Useless in Glendale,Ca

I hate electronic meters. On the top of that heap are the huge electronic meters in Glendale, Ca.  I say that they are huge because in comparison with other cities, these are huge.  My latest gripe was the fact that they only accept quarters and those coin dollars that everyone hates.  Yup.  Those stupid Sackajewea.  I know I misspelled it and I don't give a fuck.  This is my goddam blog. 

Who the fuck uses those stupid dollar coins?  Nobody likes them and there are few places that accept them.  You might as well have a Euro coin.  All I know is that the USPS disposes these dollar coins from the automated meter and from there I take the coins straight home and they stay there.  That and the stupid automated parking attendant to validate your parking.  I hate it when you have no change and you "hit the jackpot" when you put your $10 or worse $20 in the machine.  I digress... 

So I asked the guy maintaining the machine about this conumdrum about the lack of love for silver coins less than a quarter and he responded that first of all the machine is Canadian (cringe) and that the dimes and nickes get stuck in there when it rains.  Whoa!  I never in a million years would have guessed that lame-ass excuse.  Correction, I understand the Canadian explanation aspect but not being able to deal with a bit of moisture?  Canada has more fucked up weather than the USA.  Besides, you would have thought that they would have mastered this engineering feat by now.  Thousands of meters and who the fuck knows how many soda machines collect all silver coins but the clowns in Canada can't (or won't?) do it.  At least the guy that told me this admitted that it sounded silly.

My other gripe is that you NEVER get credit from the last bozo that parked in your parking spot.  That 15 minutes or whatever time credit that the last guy parked before you will never happen in Glendale.  Those Canadians rigged the damn machine so that EVERY damn time you park, you pay.  Even if the last guy left an hour credit, you pay. 

Jeez.  Where is the love?