I was driving to work and I passed the radar thing
that tells you what speed your car is moving at. They just recently
put it there. The speed limit is 55 and it said I was going 55. I
knew right away that something was wrong. I looked down at my
speedometer and comfirmed that it read around 60-65. I decided to
stop by Steve Wasson's (our mechanic who sold me the car) and ask
him about it. Then I remembered that he doesn't work on Saturdays
and drove by. As I did, I saw that his garage was open and that he
was talking to some people, so I turned around and pulled into his
driveway. I asked him about it and he said that different size tires
must have been put on it since it was bought. The only way to fix it
is to take it to a speedometer repair place. He said that it should
be the same amount off no matter how fast I'm going, so if it reads
40-45, I'd really be going 35.
At work, I asked Chris about it and he said the same thing, but
he said that if I wanted to know for sure if it's the same amount
wrong, just to drive by it when my speedometer reads 40 and see what
it says I'm really going. Phil said he'd like to drive by it to see
how fast he can go in 2nd gear. He said he should be going 85. I
asked why he didn't just look at his speedometer and he said he
didn't have one because it was broken, so he just guesses how fast
he's going, lol.
Work could have been better. I had a stuffy nose and a slight
cough, with my sore throat trying to make a comeback. I'm losing my
voice, as well. No one to talk to was there except Brent. I saw
Randy, however. I haven't seen him in a while. He was telling me how
far he was in "Kingdom Hearts", which I let him borrow. He's
basically to the end. He's living with his sister and brother-in-law
and he said they watch him play all the time. I said I'd like to
come over and show them my saved game of it. I'm at the highest
level you can be at and I've unlocked the special battle at the
battle arena place so I can go one-on-one against the optional, but
hardest, opponent in the game: Sephiroth. Sephiroth is, of course,
the main enemy in Final Fantasy 7, but in Kingdom Hearts, he's
optional. In many RPGs, the last boss isn't the strongest guy in the
game. It's usually a hidden boss. In Final Fantasy 7, those guys
were Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon, being far more difficult to
beat than Sephiroth. But in Kingdom Hearts, Sephiroth plays that
roll. Anyway, I asked him what days he had off and it turns out that
he and I both have Tue, Wed, and Thu off, so I can go over any of
those days.
Heading home, I decided to test my speedometer against the radar
more thoroughly. I had to back up and turn around quite a few times,
but this is what I found out:
When my speedometer reads 25, I'm
going 23.
When it reads 35, I'm going 32.
When it reads 40,
I'm going 35.
When it reads 55, I'm going 48.
When it reads
65, I'm going 58.
When it reads 75, I'm going 65.
When it
reads 85 (as high as my speedometer goes), I'm going 75.
When I'm
going as fast as my car will go (I can't tell because the needle
won't go past 85), I'm going 90. So, my car can go a maximum of 90
MPH. It's rather pointless to get it fixed since the thing that
needs adjustment is in the transmission and I'll hopefully be
getting it replaced soon. Scott's going to give Phil his phone
number on Monday, and Phil's going to ask him if he got the engine
and trasmission yet. I'm really getting tired of this all taking so
long, but Chris said Scott moved out most likely due to money
troubles, so he'll probably need the money and will want to do it
soon. I hope so.
I also found out that the CD burner program I was using puts a
2-second pause between tracks, and that doesn't sound too well with CDs
that are supposed to flow from one track to the other. I looked on
the website of the program where I got my from and it recommended something called "burnatonce". I
used it and was able to burn CDs without the gap between songs, plus
they sound better. Now I have to re-burn all my CDs. Good thing the
night has many hours!