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Commercial Items Identified on my Commute

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I see a lot of interesting commercialitems on truck on I-75. When you make the commute many times you start to see the same items over and over again. Sometimes it is huge equipment tires, sometimes heavy equipment of different types. I see these huge blocks of aluminum going North. I think about what the mill must look like and where it is going. And how much aluminum foil a block like this will make. Using the Tesla Full Self-Driving (supervised) allows me to look for these things on the highway. The FSD also helps me through the crazy stop and goes. Easily over 70MPH and then sudden traffic at dead stops, frequently. I see accidents every trip. It is amazing there aren't more. A side note- aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. The reason why is that the foil is folded as it goes through massive rollers. The shiny side is the side that faces the steel roller. The dull side faces itself - aluminum.
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Florida is a lot warmer than NY. It appears I picked a good time to evac from Upstate NY. The weather appears brutal back home and I had to use some creativity in getting out of town with cancellations and what-not. The space center was OK. I don't much like getting herded around. Food and accommodations have been fantastic. Today it is off to the Arts Festival. Tomorrow, canoeing in the Chassihowitzka Spring area. Manatees are plentiful there I am told.