Something I noticed yesterday as I drove to Casper from Denver is the number of cars pulled over to the side of the road with people using their cell phones. Ironically I got two calls between Cheyenne and Denver but I have Blue Tooth and it's little distraction to receive calls. If the government is serious about car safety, they should require all new vehicles to have some sort of hands-free cell phone system. I still favor no texting by the driver-passengers text as much as you wish.
Our power went out last night around 11:30. At that time of night I really don't care. We heard a loud bang and then no lights, etc. First a fire truck pulled up at a neighbor's house and then a police car. Of course, they kept their motors running. Apparently the problem was the transformer behind the neighbor's house blew. It came back on around 2:30 so I went down and turned off the lights and TV. As I was going back to sleep I started thinking about all the moisture we've received lately and what would happen if the sump pump couldn't work with no juice. It wasn't a problem last night. This morning the power went out again around 7:00. This time I started thinking people who came out to open their garage doors and no power to open them. For me I can easily reach the manual release but how does a short person do it without finding a ladder or bringing out a chair (especially if wearing nice clothes)? The power came back on within ten minutes but I saw one of my neighbors go sailing down his drive as if he were late for something. When I went out to get the paper, I could hear men talking and then saw them working on that same transformer. Great way to end and start a day.