411 service Stateside for free!!

Here's a Freebie we all can use ans also save $$$$

( Some 411 Information services charge $1 or more per request ! )

Google now has free Telephone Directory Service. The service will work from any phone and is great for hands free connection when you are driving.

( This will become very useful when CA bans hand held cel phones when driving in 2008)


Dial 1 800 466-4411
( or 1 800 GOOG 411 for those who can still remember things !)


It works great with voice commands:

If you are on a cel that has text messaging feature, you can say the word "TEXT" and it will send address and phone number to your cel

If you just want to hear the address and number just the word "DETAIL" then after either, just hang on and it will proceed to dial the number for you.

ALL FREE

( Well, we're all wondering if this neat service will remain free but enjoy while it is )

A friend of mine recently found the free service very handy when his car broke down while out of town on a trip and he needed a tow. Not having a 800 number to call like AAA Automobile club, he called the GOOG 411 number and just said the name of the town in the area and then said "Automobile Towing" and it gave him half a dozen choices. ( There were no highway emergency call boxes nearby )


If this neat Google service starts charging, there is also another free Telephone Directory Service number but it makes you listen to some short advertisement messages.

1 800 373-3411

Dennis

(note: Non-emergency towing and roadside breakdown service can usually be found by contacting the California Highway Patrol at 1-800-TELL CHP, Pat)

Towing

A towing service can be summoned on NEXTEL. The driver's name is Gerardo and his number is 152*171286*1. He has a large tilt-bed.

A neighbor of mine had a problem with his transmission today in Rosarito. After a prolonged period of time, he was able to contact Gerardo.

Loaves and Fishes

I just received a family newsletter from Ryerson & Anne Clark who live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It has nothing at all to do with Baja California, but it had a couple of items I felt were of interest to all.

Their newsletter is entitled "Dancing with Bears" and usually includes great photography and appropriate commentary:




Baked Arctic Char

There are many ways to prepare a lovely fish like this. You can cook it the same as any salmon and it looks the same as salmon in colour. The taste is clean and bit more favorful than salmon.

Both the Inuit and the Dene people suggested this method of baking.

Clean the fish and oil the outside of it. Thinly slice lemon and onion and lay the slices on the top of the fish. You can use a rice stuffing if you like. I think the good old Betty Crocker Cookbook tells you how to make the stuffing.

Wrap in foil and bake as you would a salmon for weight and temperature.

This fellow will serve six or more. Dinner anyone?

This big fellow seen above is an Arctic Char from Hudson's Bay and they are yummy! It was brought to us last week by an Inuit friend who lives in Arviat. George was brought up on the land and only moved to the village in his early 20s or so. He does very well in his business but also still lets the land provide.

(Ryerson is a professional photographer. Anne is a project manager in NW Territories for the Canadian Government.) Ryerson's website is at URL:

http://web.mac.com/ryersonclark/iWeb/Ryerson/Welcome.html

Handcuffed kids steal U.S. border agent's car

(Edited news article)

Wed Sep 26, 11:25 AM ET

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico.

Police in the Mexican border city of Mexicali said on Tuesday the three boys had been driving a pick-up truck on a remote Californian highway when a Border Patrol agent stopped them.

Suspicious they were carrying marijuana, he handcuffed them and put them in his patrol car while he searched their truck.

"As the agent was doing his search, he left the vehicle running and the keys in the ignition, so one of the lads, still wearing handcuffs, grabbed the steering wheel and they headed back to Mexico," a police spokesman said. The Border Patrol confirmed the vehicle was stolen in southern California on Sunday and driven over the border near Mexicali.

Mexican police used a helicopter to locate the patrol vehicle in a remote agricultural area near the border.

The original article is at URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070926/od_nm/mexico_usa_theft_dc_2;_ylt=AhC8GjxR07KwU5qiClucmagL1vAI