My OperaMore Changes in My Life
Monday, September 17, 2007 9:27:43 PM
I know you have all held my hand during a lot of events in my life, dear readers.
Here is another new event: Today, I started a new job in a new office... I am still a Virtual Assistant, but I am doing that part time because my hours fell off and I was going to starve to death if I continue trying to make a living being self-employed.
It's not easy, I can tell you, especially if you have developed a bad habit of eating on a regular basis, which I have.
My new job is a DREAM job for any person with an interest in web development, which I have, of course. I am going to be working on Search Engine Optimization, writing articles, writing web content, manipulating graphics for web sites, web design, and writing blog entries (who would have ever thought you could get paid for that?) It is a dream come true for me. The company handles over 500 websites, so there is a lot of work to do.
The people I work with are nice and interesting. Today was day one and I was given about a ton and a half of information to assimilate before I go in tomorrow morning, but it was a great great day... except for the tractor-trailer that was disabled in the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. That wasn't so great. So, you take three lanes of traffic and squeeze it down to one lane and the world stops moving.
Once everyone passed the truck, it was like we were all participating in the Indy 500 and I was only a 1/2 hour late on my first day at work. What a way to make a good first impression.
Which brings me to the question that I am addressing to the universe, today: Why do vehicles always become disabled in the tunnel instead of the approach to the tunnel or after they are through, when they would have somewhere to put their disabled vehcile that wouldn't disrupt the flow of traffic?
Here is another new event: Today, I started a new job in a new office... I am still a Virtual Assistant, but I am doing that part time because my hours fell off and I was going to starve to death if I continue trying to make a living being self-employed.
It's not easy, I can tell you, especially if you have developed a bad habit of eating on a regular basis, which I have.
My new job is a DREAM job for any person with an interest in web development, which I have, of course. I am going to be working on Search Engine Optimization, writing articles, writing web content, manipulating graphics for web sites, web design, and writing blog entries (who would have ever thought you could get paid for that?) It is a dream come true for me. The company handles over 500 websites, so there is a lot of work to do.
The people I work with are nice and interesting. Today was day one and I was given about a ton and a half of information to assimilate before I go in tomorrow morning, but it was a great great day... except for the tractor-trailer that was disabled in the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. That wasn't so great. So, you take three lanes of traffic and squeeze it down to one lane and the world stops moving.
Once everyone passed the truck, it was like we were all participating in the Indy 500 and I was only a 1/2 hour late on my first day at work. What a way to make a good first impression.
Which brings me to the question that I am addressing to the universe, today: Why do vehicles always become disabled in the tunnel instead of the approach to the tunnel or after they are through, when they would have somewhere to put their disabled vehcile that wouldn't disrupt the flow of traffic?
Eliane a/k/a Ellymomable # Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:19:32 AM
Andy WilsonDudley # Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:12:55 PM
I think it is a law of physics. Just like in the movies when a vehicle goes off the road and they explode in the air. A natural law of physics.
Words # Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:55:58 PM
Salspooksister # Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:29:23 AM
About those vehicles that get disabled in tunnels - there needs to be signs at the entrance like we have on some of the major bridges in Vancouver "no stopping for any reason on the bridge - will be subject to a fine".
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:38:56 PM
I think it's one of those cases where cars don't break down more often in tunnels, it's just more noticeable when they do.
ALLY G.ALLY_G # Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:37:26 AM
Good luck with your new job and a lot of success.
Jondigitaljon144 # Friday, September 21, 2007 5:28:44 AM
"Your Fiero won't start?"
"Who's Fiero?"