grayhair

Love to have that Safari wagon now...

And oddly enough, I wish I could have again my old clunker, used, first truck.  It was a 1967 Chevy C10 short bed, straight 6, 3 on the tree, no power anything.  I also had a '67 C40 flatbed with a 283. At 300K miles the front cam lobe disappeared. Put a new cam in it and drove it another 100K miles before giving it away.  Somehow I have a soft spot for both those old clunkers...

18 hours ago, mowerman said:

My first car was almost a 69 Corvair but I did buy a 65 impala ragtop one time just for the motor car was in pretty good shape except for the roof all torn to hell pulled the engine out and scraped the rest still kicking my ass over that one...bob


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I think may of us sold cars we wish we hadn't... Back in the day my 66 'Vette ragtop, 327/350, 4 speed, side pipes, leather, beautiful car, but at 110,000 miles developed a faint rod knock, sold it for the  same amount I bought it for, $3500. Wish I had that one back along with my '73 big block "Vette ragtop, 454, 4 speed, loaded, ac, pw, ps, pb, every damn option.  Let it go for $5K.  Oh well.... 

And, I wish i still had my '58 Austin Healy with 289 and cruisomatic and my '71 Datsun pickup with 302 and cruiseomatic.  The Healy was good for 143 MPH on the NY State Thruway and the Datsun 125 MPH and both were scary as hell at those speeds.  Visualize stupid young man with teenager-style lack of fear, running on adrenaline and nearly-bald, bias ply, rayon, cheap ass 7.35 -14 tires.  Like many of you,  I am lucky to have made it this far.

Certainly not every bodies cup of tea that's for sure.  But you gotta admit, how many people pushing 70 with seven grandchildren can get up on stage and perform like this?

Once you figure it out you'll wonder how you managed without it.  Wife and I use our cell phones exclusively as do all of our kids. 

After much procrastination, I finally got rid of our land line at the house. Besides saving about $40. per month, I no longer receive calls from people trying to sell me something I don't want or need, interrupting me from whatever I was doing at the time.  And when I come home, no stupid recorder blinking at me telling me I have 10 missed calls.  And, I don't have to answer the landline phone only to find out the caller wanted to speak to my wife and vice versa, and have to take a message for her, etc.  One less irritation in an already complicated life.  If your cell phone rings you can be pretty sure it is actually someone wanting YOU.

And best of all, my cell phone allows me to easily block the phone number of incoming calls that are from someone I don't want to talk to.  "Al Gores office calling, how are you sir, are you concerned about global warming? 

"No I'm not."  I hang up, click on settings, choose block number.'   Sweet justice...

Sometimes I think it is actually better to get a used, made in USA part from the junk yard.  A lot of new parts from China seem to be defective from day one. 

I messaged the seller on your behalf.

On 6/5/2013 at 9:38 AM, mowerman said:

that was excellent thanks man,,,chicks in those days,,didn't have to strip for ratings,,,although I don't mind that....lol.bob

OK.Let's go back a little farther and see the entire dance routine.  No wonder Rita Hayworth was the GI's number one most popular pinup girl of all time. Set to modern Jackie Wilson music.

25 minutes ago, kscarbel2 said:

The truck has a range of 150 miles and can operate for 30 miles on batteries alone.

Not impressed with the range.  If you're lucky you could make it from Port Long Beach to Riverside and back, just barely.  And that's if their is no traffic jams.  These babies are going to have to stay pretty close to home I think...

Never seen anything like that before.  Crazy....

Welcome!!!

On 11/2/2017 at 10:16 PM, VaPatentman said:

5 out of our 9 fire extinguishers (yes I am excessive compulsive) in the house, garage and cars are on the recall. Luckily the others are 5 and 10 pounders with metal fittings. The Mrs. Is not overwhelmed with 10-pounder sitting in the kitchen while the 5 are out of service, until we get the replacements. 

The attachment is the listing of the recalled units.

US_Plastic+Handle+Product+ID+Guide.pdfUS_Plastic+Handle+Product+ID+Guide.pdf

 

Here's the link, click on recall. Really a simple task to get a replacement. http://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/

 You can never have too many fire extinguishers or first aid kits!  

Thanks for the info!!!   We have 2  of them so I started the online process to get the  replacements...

And of course this classic...

2 hours ago, other dog said:

I've been seeing this movie on TV a lot lately, never saw or even heard of it before until the last year or so. It's a really good western! I came to the conclusion that Kevin Costner is more bad-ass than Clint, just from this one scene!

 

 

Yep, good movie alright.  But by my count Costner got about 13 or 14 shots with his revolver without reloading...

18 hours ago, 41chevy said:

I stopped at the family ancestral  estate on leave from S.E.A. in 1971 and had the door slammed in my face for being a" Colonial Upstart".

Wow, that's some history indeed!  I think you can rightly take the door slamming reception as a badge of honor my friend.

Many had to sign this oath of Allegiance in order to escape the crown.  My ancestors did sign in order to escape to the "colonies."  You can read the oath here.   It's kinda hard to read from this copy but the meaning is abundantly clear.  You basically promised your very existence to the  King.

Oath of Allegiance and passengers lists Rotterdam to Philadelphia 1763.docx

1 hour ago, 41chevy said:

Mack screwed itself by letting Signal in the door then Renault.

Yeah, I once had Renaults on my fruit trees, had to spray fungicide to get rid of them. 

We don't need no stinking Tesla truck.  Afterall, Nikola will have his 300 strategically placed hydrogen refueling stations opening up in just a couple more weeks.  

2 hours ago, grayhair said:

I don't know if the luggage was ever recovered, but I have it on very good authority, the Dr. is doing well, back to normal, his new teeth are good, and the settlement was in the low to mid 7 figures kind of money.

Good for him!  As for me, it has been over 30 years since I last flew United and there is no way i will ever do so again.  

Oh yeah, here's one more thing to dislike about United...

On 4/15/2017 at 10:11 AM, 41chevy said:

Ironically, United has now "lost" Dr Dao's luggage. .  .

I don't know if the luggage was ever recovered, but I have it on very good authority, the Dr. is doing well, back to normal, his new teeth are good, and the settlement was in the low to mid 7 figures kind of money.

Good for him!  As for me, it has been over 30 years since I last flew United and there is no way i will ever do so again.  

 So many funny scenes...

Fortnately the good people of Tennessee are willing to execute this kind of scum following a conviction.  I am amazed by the people who argue that a piece of human excrement like this can be rehabilitated. 

You would think the states that don't have the death penalty could find something better to do with the taxpayers money rather than feed, cloth, provide dental and medical for 30 or 40 years for homocide convicts.