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okay---here's a car I missed while it was sitting at a salvage auction in Fla, armpit of America. Anyway---it is a very, very, very, very, VERY rare car, unlike the Subbbarroos and other late-model stuff you kids "trade"(get screwed) for. But yeah---only 159 of these 58 Packard wagons were ever made. (see photo). Yup.Attachment 6273Attachment 6274
okay-----i fergit if i told you kids this, but in case i didn't, i'll say it again, as it's better safe than sorry. Yup. But anyway---i went ta the wreckin' yard for the first time in a long time---it's been awhile---and guess what? Spotted a very(xxx444)nice set o' West Lake LT 235-75 r15 tires. They are very dirty, but nearly new. Only probbrem is, they were mounted on the 1990's S-10 alloy wheels(an inappropriate-size tire for an S-10)so I hadda buy the tires/wheels. But that's okay---I can do something else with those weels. The tires are so new, they still give off that new rubber smell. Yup. But yeah---West Lakes are an import, made by the Shanghai Mfg. Co., like about every consumer good, these days. I've got another set of 16" Westlakes on my 3/4 ton(classic '77), for the last few years, and they work real good. They're "an affordable choice". Why buy a set o' BadYears or Failurestones, just to be patridiotic? I haven't decided which o' my classic junker pickups to use 'em on, as of yet. It won't be my s-10. But yeah---congratulate mee.
My husband mentioned the release of the Kennedy assassination files, and I said I was sure littlebittybobby would scope it out and let us know if there was anything new or interesting there. My husband said, "Who the hell?" :laff:
okay----thanks for thinking of littlebittymee, but you know what? There prolly ain't anything of value in those files except trivia about people-places-and things that are no \cylonger relevant or living. Except for the schizoid manic conspiracy buffs, the case is closed. Yup. I know you kids like novels, but let me recommend a non-fiction novel by Pricilla Johnson McMillan, callewd: "Marina and Lee". It's a little hard to find, but not impossible; it may be out of print. But yeah---I read it cover-to-cover twice; even have my own copy. Yup. But yeah--it's good. Also, Death of a President, by William Manchester; and also: Case Closed, by Gerald Posner. Then, there's one by Lee Oswalds Brother, Robert, and I don't recall the title. Then, there are dozens and dozens of books that are rubbish. I won't dignify them by naming them, here. So anyway---Oswald did the dastardly deed, and he certainly was the lone nut, and a Marxist Marksman. Yup.
okay----i saw an ad on F-book mktplc that i guess had been on there for several weeks, and the seller had lowered the price, quite a bit. The sellers responses were kinda of strange, so I wondered what was going on. But yeah---I went over there, across town in my cheap sub-compact economy car and purchased for $140 a gas water heater, that looks pretty good/low usage. It's a 40 gallon, and while it's fine for me, a household of people in a large home might find it inadequate. The seller is a plumbing tech who changed it out, and took it home to re-sell. But no--I do not presently need a heater; but the one I have in here now I bought over 12 years ago, and it was a used one I paid $100 for. So, yeah--I'm gonna wrap this one I just purchased up real good, and store it until It is needed. This should reduce down time, should the one in service go bad. Heaters over at the Big-Box have gotten pricey---even dented ones. Hope that helps you kids some.
okay---I needed tires for the front of my 18-year old cheap old economy car that i bought at the wreckin" yard nearly a decade ago. The right side tread was worn down to the indicator bars, and the left side was getting there and the wreckin' yard didn't have the zact size out back in the huge pile o' tires you can sort through, but i found a pair in the back room that were the right size except the aspect ration was one bigger, so i figured that"ll work Their prolly at 3/4 tread and the way that type o' car wears front tires, it's maybe two or three years worth o' driving, for mee. So, I negotiated a lower price and took 'em home and pulled the front weelz off in my driveway & went to the tire shop to have them mounted & balanced. I used my classic 1977 GMC to haul the weelz and tires downta the tire shop. After I got homes, I scrubbed them up to clean the sidewalls and brake residue off the weelz, so it looks much better. I used never-seize on the lug studs, as a precaution, and tightened them tight. So, now I can get 'er through inspection after I wash n' vacuum it out. Good thing licensing only comes every other year, as it's an expense and a time-consuming chore. Yup. Another good reason for you kids not ta move ta Zurra.
Okay---we had wind and rain this .owning, and I have two big trees down. NDN is out there mowing to his hearts content. 1000's are without power. But yeah--two big trees out back, topple d over, etc. If Ida voted for Kemalla, she'd prevented all that.
Okay---still without lectricy, like in the good old days. But yeah---think how much I will save! Yup. Gonna get the saws working, to remove the tree offa my 77 GMC perfessional grade truck.
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Originally Posted by littlebittybobby
what kind of trees came down in the storm? If you say ‘Alianthis’ I will say you deserve it. I observed quite a few of them in hillbilly land down yonder.
But probably they were better quality trees, so that is too bad. Ya know, trees are the enemy all too often and they love destroying human-made things. Sometimes they even kill humans. We had a deafh-by-tree last year in St. Louis not far from my old neighborhood.
Okay--far I'm concerned, all trees are Zurra trees, and they are a nuisance. Chain saws are your best friend, around here. But yeah---now it's resumed raining, and no lectricity except downtown. Don't move here, unless you like crime, severe storms, and poverty. Nope. Hope that helps you some.