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So last night Mike showed me some engine guards for his motorbike and how he removed the rust off of them. It was looking pretty slick.

How did he remove the rust?

With some tinfoil and some Coca-Cola.

I was amazed.

Eric watched an episode of Mythbusters in which they demonstrated that this is in fact, true.

I remember I stopped drinking dark pops (well…I don’t drink that much anymore anyhow, compared to years ago, it’s all water and juice and beer now) because I read what Coca-Cola was used for – such as cleaning up murder scenes. I figured if it can clean up rust, what the heck is it doing inside my poor fragile body?

Anyhow, this is a post to say kudos to the Mythbusters. I enjoy their show and they give us practical advice.

Read the post here for background info.

To all the naysayers out there, please note that I received a letter from HMV last night which had a great letter outlining all my points I brought up, as well as a $25 gift card for my troubles.

I’m so impressed that I will reply to their letter and tell them thank you, because people never get a thanks for their work.

I must admit their reason (read: excuse) is kind of lame though…they said ‘human error’ didn’t find my CD that day. Sounds like they actually had my copy somewhere but that didn’t really make sense. Not a big deal. What kind of a reason was I really looking for anyhow? I just wanted a response. I received it.

Booya.

Lesson learned: Give it a try. It never hurts.

Two days ago someone dropped by my office and told me to call the LAN team so they can install my new 19″ flatscreen monitor.

Oh baby. Christmas has come early.

I had forgotten they were giving me an extra one. I have held onto my dinosaur 20″ CRT monitor for the past 5 years since everyone was going for the ultra sleek (but ultra smaller at 17″) flatscreens. I would rather have size than aesthetics any day so I held out.

It paid off and I inherited a 19″ flatscreen. Booya.

The colour is more vibrant and I think the brightness was wacked on my old one so I’ve been visiting my favourite websites with a new experience.

Sure, I’m a geek. But heck, I really don’t care when I have something so cool in my possession.

And, to all those who want to complain about how I get the perks – two words. Get Bent. I work hard.

When I worked at Woolco, there was a manager there who was an avid golfer so for awhile I hinted that my uncle Arnold would be showing up in Kap to play a round of golf. He was ecstatic until a week later we told him it was a joke.

This weekend I’m heading out to the Gaspe golf tournament. Every year, this event brings the people from Gaspe into a common terrain to socialize and play a round of golf.

Let’s be honest here…I haven’t played a game of golf in my life. I went to the driving range once in the past 5 years (twice if you count last night) so I’m not expecting I will do that well. However, everyone has assured me that it doesn’t matter if you can play well. Which makes me think that there’s something a little more to this tournament – it’s not about the game, it’s about the good times.

Last night Eric and I went out to the driving range in Orleans which was good times. We were hitting them pretty good for the first 15 minutes and after that the humidity has sapped our strength. They don’t just give out humidex warnings lightly. Luckily, Eric and Annie purchased a sno-cone machine and we made a few when we got back to his place.

I can say that I was doing decent in the driving the ball part, but sucked when it came to hitting it with the iron. It may also have to do with the lack of coordination due to the heat.

I also went biking last night after work. Now that I can’t bike into work from Orleans (too far), I’ve decided to make it a point of biking for an hour every day after work (pending rain of course).

It was a decent ride but I was disappointed to find that there are no paved trails along the river like they have in the west end of Ottawa. It’s all gravel which wasn’t the best to travel on. I can proudly say that I made it up Trim Road hill alive which was an accomplishement on its own. 😉 Tonight is supposed to be 40 degrees with the humidity so I am happy that I have class to go to and not have to go biking.

http://www.gamedaily.com/Specials/Mario-Through-the-Years/?page=1

26 years? Whoa.

Imagine a picture of Bono with a mullet here. Philipp loves Bono with the mullet. Did Germans ever grow a mullet? Or was that North American tradition back in the day?

Anyhow, Vero cut my hair yesterday during the beautiful day yesterday. I dig it, but she thinks that it may grow into a mullet in a few weeks so she wants to do a touchup.

I say NAY! If I’m going to grow a mullet, I say grow for it! This will be a good segueway into the moustache that I must grow for Katie’s cottage. Considering the amount of facial hair that comes my way, I figure I should start growing the moustache around Canada Day to be ready for the August long weekend. I hope they have some amazing challenges lined up for the moustache-off.

In other news, as I have grown older, I have not cared to bend over all day long with a sponge to wash my car. Last year at Rob’s, he introduced me to an amazing invention – a scrub brush with a handle. I’m sure everyone in the world has one and is laughing at me right now, but I had never had one. So I picked one up yesterday at Wal-Mart and I am loving washing my car again! No more bending over…just scrub a little with the brush and you are gold. Or, the car is.

You know, while I’m just speaking about things randomly, can I just say that corn is amazing? Vero and I bought corn for the last two days and it’s amazingly cheap and filling. Granted, an hour later, I think your body has processed whatever it can and then you’re hungry again. But for 50 cents, I can get two corn and be full off of it. You cannot go wrong. In fact, I’m going to start a street vendor shop that sells corn.