A couple of more weeks ...

In a couple of more weeks I will go back to Edwardsville, Ks and pick up MY tractor ... looking forward to going solo and running with my own truck. Six weeks with anyone has to be tough so my plan is to make it as easy as possible on my mentor in the next few weeks. I am sure he is tired of my sense of humor already.

Tools and such

I am compiling a list of tools needed ... it appears duck tape is a truckers friend ... last night a pigtail came lose and we lost all the lights to the trailer ... we secured the connection with ties and tape ... who knew?

Home cooking

I use to grill a lot and got a chance to grill some pork today ... Staci was kind enough to provide hashbrown casserole (thank you Staci) ... and we ate well at our weekly family gathering.

Gas milage

I ran a little experiment with my Jeep ... I reduced the speed I traveled by 5 miles an hour and increased my mph, I gained 75 miles extra in range, and only lose 10-15 minutes. It was worth the reduced speed.

Open Office

I have not played with every feature yet but this software package is comparable to MS Office 2007 ... where MS is $149 this one is free. One less thing I will have to purchase.

A credible rival to MS Office, OpenOffice.org includes powerful applications for making text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, and databases, as well as HTML and XML documents. Not only does it let you edit basic documents, such as letters and faxes, it also handles equations and complex and multipart documents with bibliographies, reference tables, and indexes.

The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find almost everything they're used to: templates, collaborative features (versions, recording changes), macros, and even a programming language. OOo, as it's known, lets you open and save documents in formats as diverse as MS Office formats, PDF, HTML, and XML. It can also import files from those formats, as well as WordPerfect and others. However, it normally saves files in the open-standard Oasis OpenDocument XML format, for maximum compatibility with other applications.

http://download.cnet.com/OpenOffice-org-Windows/3000-2064_4-10263109.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=11002845