December 10, 2006

You can do it. We can help!

...said U-Haul! I wasn't too sure. I have always been intimidated by those massive trucks. My hands literally start shaking each and every time I overtake a 16-wheeler on interstate. I just needed a 14' pickup truck to move stuff and although I have never driven anything more than a car in my whole life, I thought I will give it a shot. More so because there was no choice!

Went to the local U-Haul and picked up a truck. True to its name, the truck was massive, with alien-looking huge side view mirrors and absolutely no view of the rear. The mirrors were so huge, I had trouble in the beginning deciding whats actually in front and whats actually on the mirror. For few minutes I had difficulty staying in the lane for the steering was extremely sensitive. I was going so slow, even a pedestrian would have overtaken me.

But once I got used to the drive, it was fun. It did not take much time to load stuff onto the truck. Since it had snowed couple of days ago, the truck did get stuck at the loading point but managed to pull it out without hassle. While loading took 45 mins, we unloaded everything in 15 mins flat. Manisha kept telling me that I could do this for a living!

Certainly, you can also drive a truck :)

December 04, 2006

Driving in snow!


You really have to drive on sleet to appreciate Calvin :)

Source: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1995/12/02/

December 03, 2006

Snow And Shadows

First snowstorm of the year pretty much paralyzed Peoria,IL. Here is a glimpse of what happened...