Uh, maybe 2.5k, if i was lucky - I had to wait till the lady befor eme walked her .5k(?) and then the machine went wonky for a bit... and I accidentally hit the emergency stop button and the whole thing froze and restarted.  I had a short time frame so was trying for 2.5k, hopefully I made it!

Work is frustrating.  The client had been sidetracked in ( Read more... )

Finally made it to the gym!  5k in 33 minutes or so.  Had a blank moment trying to figure out what speed to set the dang thing at, since it's in kilometers rather than miles.  Guessed 5.5mph would be roughly 9kph and was pretty close.  The gym here is quite posh - my treadmill had a 15" lcd embedded in it, on which I watched the season final of ( Read more... )

Grease and Petroleum Jelly and Lubricating Oils are all made by starting with Base Oil or Coal Tar (left over after fuel is made) and heating it up, distilling various things off and adding any number of additives.  For example, Petroleum Jelly starts with heavy paraffin-based coal tar, which is heated under vacuum and stuff distilled off that ( Read more... )

1. Instead of flowers, the toilet paper is embossed with a puppy holding it's paw out to shake. I find this vaguely disturbing.
2. It's kinda cool visiting wineries and having them be all excited about both French and American oak they are aging their wine in.
3. My safety minded client has condom dispensers in all the bathrooms.  The ladies ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in my hotel in Cape Town, finally catching up on all the stuff I've been too jetlagged to deal with.  I've only been in Cape Town for a few hours, but I already like it better that Durban - probably because I haven't been out and about much and so haven't gotten the creepies yet!  And Durban was interesting, but it was also rainy and I ( Read more... )