May I direct your attention to the weather box in the left sidebar, it’s presently:

Temperature: -3°C, Conditions: Light Snow, Wind Chill: -10°C

It’s been a strange old week, in the good way of course. Lewis & Clark was open when it snowed, closed when it wasn’t, things were cancelled, meetings postponed and I got out and took a fair few photos. Yesterday it seemed like the ‘inclement weather’ was over and we took a friend to the airport and on the way home decided to drop into the DMV to get our Oregon licenses. 

This involved presenting various bits of paperwork that I didn’t have on me and taking the computerised theory test. It was a touch-screen multiple choice affair and would have been quite challenging were it not for the “Skip this question” option on each question. The theory is that your skipped questions return at the end of the test, however the vast majority didn’t come back at all (we knew this would probably happen thanks to sage advice from Abraham). So I didn’t have to know driving trivia like “What is the maximum speed of vehicles with a ‘Slow Vehicle’ sign on them? 15mph, 20mph, 25mph or 30mph.” Anyroad, I got 93% which is a pass. Same as Dr.Sita.

Another question I should have got right but didn’t was along these lines: You’re driving along and feeling very tired, what should you do?

a) Open the windows and turn the AC on

b) Put on loud music

c) Find a safe area to park the car and take a nap

d) Drink something caffeinated

I reckoned they all sounded good. Only one of them is right.

Another was a question about why there are more accidents in the evening rush hour. a) because of the dark b) people are tired and irritable c) there’s more traffic d) I forget. I got the feeling there was a book we probably should have read beforehand. And it’s amazing how conditioned we are now by Who Wants to be a Millionaire; for nearly every question I was looking for the 50-50 button, or Phone-a-friend.

Strange questions… Anyroad, we’re now the proud owners of temporary Oregon licenses which, when presented in Washington state, for example, mean we don’t have to pay any sales tax. Good times.

I’m considering sledging today. I’m looking round for suitable snow vehicles. I’ve already ruled out Nanny’s scrabble board lazy-susan rotator thing… dustbin lids? Photos as and when. Stay warm, folks.