Started my day earlier at the airport. Ping. What is that name??? Found out it was Russian for Daniel. Crikey. Wouldn’t have guessed that. His father and him were moving from Russia to Chicago permanently. Long way to go. He was going to go to college to learn IT. Excellent. Sounds steady. Personally he looked like he worked in IT for sure.
Picked up a chap named Ray who used to own Glue360. Rock glue. He said they also used to make the McDonald’s counters. They’re not one piece, but multiple thanks to the glue. Fascinating. I told him I once monitored the movement of 43 Aboriginal sandstone axe grinding grooves. How nervous I was. Concerned that they would break the whole time. I felt weird about it, but they had been moved for the expansion of a coal mine back in 2007. The mine wanted to expand so the site needed to be moved again. This time instead of a cow paddock, they were going to be placed out the front of an information centre at the start of the Kamilaroy highway in NSW, Australia. Great idea people can appreciate them more. I thought about gluing some of the rocks together if they broke in the transportation. None of them broke. Awesome. No need for glue. My passenger was happy for me. People can see these grooves to this day in NSW.
A repeat offender as in a customer I’ve had before was needing two rides. So I agreed. One was home and the other was to a park for a BBQ. She wanted to know if I allowed dogs. Of course I do. His name was Percy. Or Percival von Wigglebottom. Lovely fellow. He would occasionally whine with excitement, whilst driving around town. It was funny, because he would do it by my ear every now and then. He was a black pug. With stilts for legs. Interesting mix. It’d be like if you stuck a pug head on a black lab that hasn’t filled out yet. Thought maybe I should have dog treats in my car as well as human treats. Although I’ve only had 3 dog passengers in my car. As we got closer uber decided to take us to the other side of the park. Great. Thanks uber. This is not the bloody entrance. My passenger wasn’t worried. Thank goodness. Finally we figured out where to go and I dropped them off. Have fun you two.
Next customer works for a non profit company called SPIE. She spelled it out for me. I pronounced it Spy. No that’s incorrect. It has to be spelled out. Oh sorry. Turns out they help with people’s vision, but also help publish papers on LiDAR with an archaeological focus, as well as astronomy. Wow! Anything to do with vision, observations and analysis. Cool. Not Spy? No. OK. Her degree was in creative writing. Well that’s intriguing. Good on you for adapting your resume for your position.
Whilst dropping my passenger off I got another ping. I went accept it, then something went wrong. Then no passenger. When the Something Went Wrong message comes up it means a connection disruption happens. You know like losing phone reception. Darn.
I made my way back to the airport when ping. A Unangax native from the islands of Alaska needed a lift to the Lummi Reservation. She works with all tribes across the country to assist with consultation and building up community relationships. Awesome I’m an archaeologist. I got her details and we chatted the whole way. Including the subterranean habitations they had on the islands before any other people showed up. Fascinating it’s like Copper Pedy in Australia except it’s for the cold and not the heat.
Raymond was next. Two rays in a day? Weird. He was a student along with his passenger. Didn’t delve into too much, except his friend was studying communications and he was studying metal shop work. Hmmm… not sure what that is, welding? Is it welding? Do you use a soldering iron?
Final customer was Dorothy. She wasn’t in Texas anymore. That’s right she’s from Texas and didn’t feel like walking to her friends place. She was from a town with 300 people and cows. Wonderful. Sounds quaint.
That’s all for today.
