The variations between insurance and contractual formatting are bad enough but they also have to throw in costs listed as "...less than $24.99/day" with no real basis for determining how much a "less than" cost will be. With little exception, it appears they really don't want you to know what the cost will be upfront. So, you know what I did, right? Yup, a spreadsheet! It took well over two hours, eliminated or minimized variation and accurately compares the car rental costs of five major car rental companies. And that's how I spent my Friday night.
The following day JP "Jammin" Preston sent me a link for car rental discount codes. The rental rates are reduced by varying degrees and those variations differ from rental company to rental company. He is not yet aware of the beating that will commence if there is even a hint this new data should be included on the spreadsheet. To quote Charles Napier- "You're going to look pretty funny trying to eat corn on the cob with no fuckin' teeth!"
The weekend was not all about spreadsheets, variables and data though. I learned there was an earthquake around Chicago that no one really cared much about and I was able to find this undisturbed area when hiking off the groomed trail at a state park.
This also came to me- Terminator 2, as remixed by Pogo. The idea here, if I understand correctly, which often is not the case, was to take only sounds from the movie and manipulate them into a song.
Bet making that was more fun than the spreadsheet.
