Private number plates have always fascinated me. I like to look at other cars plates when I’m driving, or when stopped at a traffic light. Many of them are designed to “say” something special and are easy to figure out what it is they are trying to say, like “LUV2FLY” or “IOIO” or “C-YA” or even “JAIL-B8.” I’ve seen business vans with company plates with special designations that referenced the business. If I had a daughter who drove a car, I’d definitely want her plate to read “JAIL-B8″ until she was 18 years old! I’m sure she wouldn’t like it, but I sure would feel better about letting her out on her own!
Having these special plates, often called “vanity plates” costs more when you register your car. Because of that, I’ve never gone ahead and bought one for myself. I’ve always had other important bills that needed to be paid! But I understand that there are several states that use the money raised by the sales of these plates for worthy causes, such as supporting youth sports programs.
I think that is a worthy cause, and I’m going to check and see if my state does that too. If it does, then maybe I’ll go ahead and order a plate. The challenge is in finding a plate that I like that isn’t already being used by somebody else already!
One of the old classics from the 70’s that I’ve always enjoyed hearing now and then is the song “Taxi” by Harry Chapin. I was browsing through You Tube earlier and stumbled onto the video. I really enjoy the way You Tube brings us all the music you could ever think of and allows us to listen and watch at our convenience.
Its getting so that almost everyone I know has a home alarm of some kind in their house. My mother-in-law just recently installed a monitored home security system in her place after her next door neighbors house was broken into. We all felt that was “too close for comfort” and encouraged her to put in an alarm system; especially since she is elderly and lives alone in an area where her house is not easily seen from the road. It really could be quite dangerous for her safety if some criminal broke into her home – he could do a lot of damage and no one would know about it!
Sometimes I get really frustrated with new electronic devices. My wife just bought a device that is supposed to be a VCR/DVD player and recorder. It was delivered today. She bought it because she has a video camera that records on tapes and she had no way to transfer it from the tape to a digital format so she could copy it onto a DVD or send it as a file over the computer.
So as I was saying, this thing was delivered today and now I’m trying to set it up. Of course it is not working the way the instructions tell me it is going to work, not even the initial set up. So I’m getting frustrated. I don’t understand why these things don’t work the way the instructions say they will work! Technology and machines are great when they work the way they are supposed to work, but when they don’t work that way, they are a huge pain in the neck!
I admit that I like to watch television. I like to watch it a lot. Some of my favorite television shows include Burn Notice and the CSI shows. And Criminal Minds, and NCIS. I find the plots very interesting, and I try to video tape them if I am going to miss them and watch them later. I have to admit that I like video tapes, and it has been depressing to me to find that video tape recorders seem to be leaving the market in favor of DVDs.
My brother has been trying to convince me to switch from cable television to Direct TV satellite television. He has had satellite television for a couple of years now and he loves it. He watches a lot of movies and sports channels. He says that there are a lot of great DirecTV Offers right now that I could take advantage of if I sign up now. I told him I’d check out the DirecTV Specials and see how they compare to what I’ve got now. If it’s a good deal, then it would be smart to switch!