Tag Archives: transport

On The Merits Of Not Going To Siberia

Posted on September 4, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Our cruise did not being entirely propitiously, as we had to transfer to the Marcus G Langseth rather late in the game after our original ship had an unfortunate run-in with some debris in Puget Sound. First off, we had … Continue reading →

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Culture and the Car

Posted on June 12, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

After a bit more mucking around last week, we did end up taking possession of the car we couldn’t get the lease on, mostly because the dealership was sufficiently apologetic and the maths on buying it was sufficiently similar (assuming … Continue reading →

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The Computer Says No

Posted on June 5, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

I know I’ve blogged a few times about the thoroughly unintuitive and frustrating way that access to credit dominates life in America, but I think this past week’s experience, for us, takes the cake. It went something like this: MIKE: … Continue reading →

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Cons and Conferences

Posted on May 1, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

I was a little worried about getting from AbSciCon – in central Atlanta – out to the hotel in Roswell, a town just north of Atlanta, where JordanCon was taking place. I even seriously considered just getting a taxi, but … Continue reading →

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Driving Issues

Posted on February 13, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

After much ado, I can now officially drive without supervision again. I got my permit back in December, but it’s taken this long to get my licence due to a number of factors involving a) winter b) the nefarious workings … Continue reading →

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Tests of Patience

Posted on December 4, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

You may remember my feelings about the rigamarole the US puts drivers with foreign licences through in order for them to acquire US state licences. It is apparently based on the notion that for a year after arriving in the … Continue reading →

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In The Dark

Posted on November 21, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

The only thing we can really be grateful for about the Great Halloween Power Outage is that it didn’t happen a week later, after the end of daylight savings. Because then we really would have been in trouble. You see, … Continue reading →

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The road is calling

Posted on December 18, 2010 by newenglandkiwi

One of the reasons Mike and I get along is that we both have the same attitude to shopping, to wit: it’s an activity with a point, the point being to acquire something you need, and the best sort of … Continue reading →

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Buying In

Posted on December 4, 2010 by newenglandkiwi

The week after next, Mike and I are going to be embarking on a exciting new American adventure: buying a car. This is for several reasons. The first and most important is that Mike now has a shiny new work … Continue reading →

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