Random Stuff…

Being on the road is just ‘such’ fun…


At least I got a one car upgrade…



Or maybe I should say one squirrel upgrade, now I’ve got two, but I think they’re pissed at each other.  I swear, this car won’t get out of it’s own way anytime soon…


Another ‘problem’ is the GPS…



Um… little help over here please???  And it randomly bitches at me, but somehow “Bitching Betty” just doesn’t fit… AND I think it’s got a speed sensor set at 120kph, cause the ONE time I got going that fast, it started bitching at me again…


Sigh…


But there are GOOD things to having been somewhere before, cause you DO have local course knowledge of ‘alley’ shortcuts…



This one is a short cut off a main road that saves about 15 minutes, but you have to be out of it by 0730, when the delivery trucks stack up, if you’re not, it may take you 1/2 hour to go a couple of hundred meters…


And then there’s the ‘other’ set of alleys…



This is a photo of one entrance to the Makishi market in Naha, these are alleys that have been turned into a public shopping mall by stalls selling various things, that has grown to encompass about 3-4 blocks worth of alleys, now roofed over so it’s relatively dry!


This particular ally is the fresh food market, as shown below…  Other ‘sections’ have housewares, furniture, clothing, etc…



Like I said… FRESH! 🙂


Y’all enjoy the long weekend, we’ll be working…

Comments

Random Stuff… — 20 Comments

  1. Long weekend? I’ll be working too and somewhere in there I’ve got one of those things that are called “birthdays” pushing me further into the “three score and ten”. Where’s the advil?
    See Ya,
    YeOldFurt

  2. You’re just “livin’ the dream”! Heck, where else could you be to be able to buy a boar’s head on ice! 🙂 (of course, if ya come to Iowa, I got a friend . . . .). Enjoy your’re trip, safe travels!!

  3. Have a safe trip NFO! What weekend? I’ve got full classes Sat and Sunday for basic pistol and CCH!

  4. Ewwwwwwww… Naha means Okinawa. I’m sorry to hear that. Spent a year at Courtney on the south end of Kin Bay.

  5. Mmmmmmm. . . . .beautiful Naha, the jewel of the Orient! Gonna get some high-class shopping in while you’re there? Where else can you find a 12′ tall Optimus Prime doll for sale, right?

  6. DB- NEVER…LOL

    Zer- I ‘LIKE’ that one… 🙂

    eia- Thanks 🙂 not the first boars head I’ve seen on ice. I did grow up in the South and we made our own hams and sausages…

    Keads- Have fun and teach em good! And that’s probably true…

    North- Yep 🙂

    Tango- Kadena/Camp Foster…

    CT- Yep saw one at the airport.

    Gerry- Get well soon!

    WSF- Only done that once so far 🙂

    Tango/CT- At least Sam’s Anchor Inn is still open 🙂

  7. Make sure you keep feeding the squirrel that runs the wheel to drive the car. 🙂

  8. Loved the photos from the Naha market.

    Nice trip down memory lane.

    I’m jealous you keep getting to go back there to visit regularly.

    Bring me back some yakitori.
    Not the regular kind you get for lunch, but the really good kind you get from a street vendor on the way home from the bars at 2am, which may or may not actually be chicken. Tasty stuff!

  9. 45er- I’m TRYIN… 🙂

    BZ- It’s a Mazda Demio (which I think means little car…)

    MSGT- Did that the other night coming back from BC street 🙂 The Bad Boy is still there, but no Banana Lady anymore LOL

  10. My legs are longer than you “car”. >.< I’ve got to start actually reading the comments here, instead of skimming them. Coffee shot out my nose when I read DaddyBear’s comment as “Get an efficiency & rent a girlfriend”. Have a good weekend, NFO. I’m working, too.

  11. Ha ha, I have been stuck in cars like that. I always try to get an upgrade. But I often fail. . .