Detroit, White Castle, and Subway

As some of you may know, I've been working up in Detroit for the last 10 days or so.. and will probably be here for another 10. Don't mind it that much, though sometimes the days get long getting all the equipment calibrated and shit, but it could always be worse. Smaller calibrations, more pumps, bitchier clients... always a possiblitiy of things sucking more.

But anyways, Detroit is a wierd town. True, it has 8-mile, and wierd shit like no left turns on major roads, no elevators in buildings 3 stories and under, srap like that. But yeah, the left turns screwes with my head really bad. You'll be driving along, see where you want to turn, drive PAST it, then flip a u-turn and a designated spot then return to where you want to turn and turn right. Wierd as all get out. But some of these u-turn spots are lighted.. so that is wierd. You'll be driving along.. and there will be random lights at spots where traffic is going to be entering from the on-coming lane to merge with you. Well, I'm so used to lights only being at intersections that I completely overlook these lights most of the time. I think I've ran about 5 of them. Just since I'm looking forward to the next intersection, and not at a spot 100 feet before that. Craziness.

Also, had my first experience with White Castle. Terrible burgers.. there is nothing to them. They are about two bites of crappy meat with a soggy bun. Though the pickle is quite good. It is sort of a square of spam inbetween two rolls that someone has kept it their jean's pocket during a really humid summer. Yeah, that describes them pretty well.

Also while driving the 20 miles or so to the site, I pass around 8 Subways. EIGHT FREAKING SUBWAY fastfood joints. This absolutely amazes me. I that means every 2.5 miles I could stop and get a refreshing sub-sandwich which, according to a previously fat guy that apparently Subway owns, can make you skinny. Subway is a marketing genius. They looked at the country, determined people are fat and don't want to be, so they begin marketing their sandwich to make fat people who like to eat, not skinnier, but merely more likely to buy their product. Brilliant.

Alright, I need to go change out some pumps, fill out some dang ol' COCs and maybe take a nap.

Later

PS: Props to Sprint PCS on their modem phones.