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[littlebittybobby]

okay----I'm rounding up valves for my small-block Packard rebuild. In case you didn't know---55-56 Packards used BIG blocks, and 57-58 Packards used Small Blocks. The small block Packard engine is very, very similar to contemporary Cadillac engines. Only--better. Anyway a set of new valves is nearly $350. Well, I've checking EBay for the last month or two for broken sets or partial lots. I found a set of 8, and then 5 more; at substantially less cost. I just need three more to complete the set. But, I'm patient. At least I not out there DRIVING and DRIVING and DRIVING the wheels off a vehicle(and crashing it, like summa the hot rodders do). Nope. when it goes above freezing, I will break down a set off #555-casting core heads, and take them in for preliminary work--using equipment that I do not own, as it would be impractical. I hadda get out my official IWAH grain scoop that I've had for forty years. A farm boy left it at my shop and never came back to get it. Dad was prolly mad. I found a grain scoop in the bed of a truck at the wreckin' yard last year, took it up front, and the kids at the counter did not know what it was, and let me have it for $5. Pretty cheep. So, now I have two IWAH grain scoops. But anyway---I "cleaned" the snow away from my mailbox and also a spot where my car was getting stuck. So, no--didn't overdo it, like they do in IWAH to show how efficient they are. It will prolly all be gone this weekend, so why break my back? Ha. Hope that helps you kids some.

[rosarugosa]

My DH went to a concert Friday night with a few buddies to see - - - wait for it - - - Joe Bonamassa! I stayed home and finished reading Unbroken. Hope that helps you some, lol.

[littlebittybobby]

My DH went to a concert Friday night with a few buddies to see - - - wait for it - - - Joe Bonamassa! I stayed home and finished reading Unbroken. Hope that helps you some, lol.

That is very interesting, RR. Perhaps maybe DH and his buddies will form up a Joe B tribute garage band, playing faux instruments such as air guitar & mikes not connected to amps. Yup. The other day I sat-n-watched a video of 70's band Uriah Heep in concert in Germany, just a year or two ago. There is only one founding member still in the group, but even at that, the old geezers did pretty good. They sounded waaaaay better than Joe B. The audience had 1000's, and was noot made up of the elderly, looking for nostalgia. But yeah---I'm glad you stayed home the other day & not wasted your time & money. Yup.. Plus--the next time you are tempted to "invest" in a novel, do not do so. Read Kenn-O-dees' book on Tony Fauci, so you can inform us. Hope that helps you some.
Thankk mee.

[littlebittybobby]

okay----I got to thinking that probly i should offer counseling here on a limited basis, so that you kids can get your consumption habits under control and live simply. But yeah---next time you get a notion to do anya that stuff(buy concert tickicks, etc.)that i have campaigned against---let me know and i will try & talk you down from the ledge, if i have time. Hope that helps you some. Thankk mee.

[rosarugosa]

DH's buddy paid for all the tickets and took everyone out for dinner, so DH didn't spend any money that night. I had bought my book at a thrift store, so it was about $2.00 if I recall correctly. So it was a pretty frugal night overall.

[littlebittybobby]

DH's buddy paid for all the tickets and took everyone out for dinner, so DH didn't spend any money that night. I had bought my book at a thrift store, so it was about $2.00 if I recall correctly. So it was a pretty frugal night overall.

well---okay---if that's what you say. But guess guess what? now, your DH OWES his buddy a big favor. Yyup. So, when the "stones" or maybe Elton John or some otyher big-name geezer(wayne newton) comes to town, he will be expected to replay the favor with tickicks for the front row seats to the concert, and of course dinner---turf-n-surf---at the best rest-o-rant in town, for ALL of the gang! Yup. And of course--it'll be a boys' nite out, so you'll be staying home, reading a harry potter or steven king or john grisham novel from st vincent de paul. Yup. How do you like that?

[littlebittybobby]

okay----gene hackman & his old lady were found dead and decomposing in their Sanna Fe mansion. Yup. The cops haven't figured it out; thery are not super sleuths, apparently. But yeah---the home is now stigmatized, and it will require major work to rerstore it after the deaths of the owners. I'm thinking I should contact the loyyers handling the estate about buying the place as-is, so I can restore it and flip it for big bucks. Even call in a cleric to conduct an exorcism. Yup Whatever it takes. Hopefully, I can jump over myself and what I've invested and clear at least $3 million. Yup. Wish mee luckk.

[littlebittybobby]

anyway---okay--where was I? But yeah---RR---in order to avenge yourself, you will feel compelled to invite your 10 closest friends out to dinner & cocktails at the most posh, swanky and upscale rist-o-rante in the city, with you putting the tab w/gratuity on your 29% Mastercard. Yup. It might take 3-4 years to pay it off! And then---treat them all to a Barry Manilow concert, with Kenny G as the opener! Hope that serves as a warning. Thankk mee.

[rosarugosa]

anyway---okay--where was I? But yeah---RR---in order to avenge yourself, you will feel compelled to invite your 10 closest friends out to dinner & cocktails at the most posh, swanky and upscale rist-o-rante in the city, with you putting the tab w/gratuity on your 29% Mastercard. Yup. It might take 3-4 years to pay it off! And then---treat them all to a Barry Manilow concert, with Kenny G as the opener! Hope that serves as a warning. Thankk mee.

That's a warning all right - sounds like the evening from hell.

[littlebittybobby]

okay---I tell you what----you kids'll be overjoyed to hear that I made another acquisition; a real collector vehicle nearing half-a-century old. Yup. It's a K10, and it's fairly solid, but at the same time, needs work. Motor has locked up. Fenders are crunched. Tailgate is missing. Plus, other stuff. But guess what? I got the parts, sitting in my inventory. So yeah---gonna get 'er going. A square-body k10 is just going up, up, up in value, every day. Hope that helps ya some.