Hi BB,
It's my wife's sister that drew that, that's her favorite sort of thing to draw, funny comic looking things. Also she drew in the past all these fairies in nature settings, I thought those looked really cool. She also draws really accurate portraits, like for Aga's friend she used a photo of that lady's kids that Aga had taken and made a very nice big drawing of them for her to put on the wall. She did a very nice one of Jake to

$kaycog…
haha! Excellent license plate on the GT! Are there license plates in Forza 4 or did you painstakingly create that in the editing mode? I have a friend that is all into the artwork of Forza. He made recreations of my Camaro and our other friends older Supra. He even got the pieces of missing trim, fading paint, scratches and dings all incorporated into his design. It's pretty neat. He even tuned them to have similar horsepower. Such a fun game for a lot of different reasons.
I hope you eat something delicious this weekend!
5453

Hi Skay,
Jake and me are feeling really great. I still have a bit of a cough, but Kevin is pretty miserable still. I hope he gets better soon. He felt pretty great last evening and we all took a bike ride, that might have been a mistake. Like he got himself to tired and then he had fever again last night. Today is the first time I ate food with flavor in a long time, yippie! It was gyros. I am also soundly 202.x lb now, so I guess that is something. i watched some Olympic women's beach volleyball this weekend, I like that sport immensely 🙂 I have dentist appointment later today, Aga tells me there's a new dentist at our location, she's not gentle 🙁
Hi Tower,
I forgot that Dr. Tyson is working on a new Cosmos, thanks for reminding me! I really do hope it will be great, he's very good at speaking about and promoting science.
Have a good one,
5455

Hi Skay,
So did you have healthier tacos in rabbit food form? We had tacos yesterday, ha! but I did not eat, I got very hungry at work and had a second lunch of left overs around 3:30PM. I have them here for today. I did have some of that turtle cake yesterday, delicious! It not made from the animals, just has the same ingredients of Nestle turtles candy 🙂 We got Kevin antibiotics, did not have to go to the doctor again, done over phone. He is doing better this morning but still sick the poor guy 🙁 The dentist appointment went great! I really like the new lady. So she is rough, but not with the teeth, like she pulls my head around in different orientations to get to different spots instead of asking me to turn various ways. I think that's what Aga did not like, I bet she could just tell her the next time. She found two spots where I got fillings, not cavities but where my gum had worn away from when I used to brush too aggressively, it has helped a ton with eating cold foods, the other dentists never did anything when I mentioned it, said it was a filling that was doing it. Also she is young and young medical people seem to encourage involving you more in your health stuff, so I like that too. She showed me the x-rays and explained a bunch of things, I have some bone loss in jaw, she showed between which teeth to floss lower down to better deal with it. Also in an upper three spots where to use this more brush looking floss tool.
<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5085/5379151589_ebb9fc66a6.jpg&quot; width="375" height="500" alt="Engine Rebuild"> I'm really liking the Datsun drive posts! The only problem is it is making me jones for a 510 Wagon really really badly! I read this great book once when I was looking for an old car before Aga found Astrid, "How to Keep Your Datsun … Alive." It was filled with great illustrations by Peter Aschwanden like the above. Also that image is a link to more. Anyway, I went to a cruise night yesterday. Fred called me that he was there so I left and got there. It was neat. people remembered me from last year! Harry in particular I am glad he did. He drives a Model A and is really positive guy. Anyway he had a new engine in it this year. He calls it now the "fire engine" cause he got it out of a truck that was in a fire! You could still see some of the roofing tar embedded in the head even though he spent all winter trying to get rid of it all, it seeped through the new paint, nice character and story there. He can drive 45MPH now with this less tired engine, awesome!
Have a good one,
5457

Hi Skay,
<img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/524514_10151000386773867_1343337598_n.jpg"&gt; Good morning from the Olympics diving team! See I would have expected you to be a more diving that swimming fan myself. One of my friends back from HS posted this on her wall yesterday, then her mom replied basically, glad he's 18, cause of all I would teach that boy! And then it just got more crass from there with all these women replying, the COTD trophy posts show restraint and humor in spades by comparison! Man women are funny 😉 Anyway I watch a little, i like the volleyball, beach and indoor. But NBC is not doing a very good job of broadcasting unless you have cable or satellite, so not so much as in years past. I was sick too, I tried to watch some of a women's soccer game with USA at a friend's house when dog sitting, but just could not finish I felt so bad at that point. I typically watch more soccer, oh well. Kevin is doing way better, just some last bit of gunk he is coughing, but only when he wakes-up really. He even went with a friend to Great America yesterday and had a blast. I hope your luncheon went well and the food was good., I bet I know what you ate at PM's later 😉 We have a fun weekend planned, first I am going to that car restoration place, it's an hour away. Astrid is really clean for it, but I had to drive to work today. There is this rule like we are not supposed to use out personal cars for work, but due to funding our division has ONE minivan to share. So all day I was waiting and it never came. I had ridden my bike. It's pretty ridiculous. Other divisions have a lot, and there are all these small cars for the whole lab, but get this they are only for off site trips! All the bureaucracy is pretty annoying sometimes. I told my boss I am taking my car and he is going with me so we both get in trouble if something happens. He wants to wait more, we'll see what happens. Oh got sidetracked there 😉 Anyway after that Aga and Michelle are going to a concert, Big Time Rush. I have no idea who that is, I am assuming a boy band, so will not learn more. They are going each with a friend 😉 After that on Sunday we go to the beach with a bunch of friends, and then Curiosity lands on Mars! Exciting!
Have a good one,
5459

Hi Skay,
<img src="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/673735main_PIA15978-43_800-600.jpg&quot; width="600"> It's going to be busy for me before the trip, sorry not much storm chasing from me for a while 🙁 No I do not thin she was embarrassed because of her mom, I know her too well, ha! That was funny two sentences you wrote as well. I stayed-up until 3AM this morning watching the Mar Curiosity landing, it was worth it! That above is a link to NASA MSL images, it's very nice. That picture in particular is really something, MRO (it orbits Mars) took it during the landing when the drag chute was deployed. Maybe it's all the Cosmos I have been watching, but man isn't that something! A car like thing made by humans landing on another planet and photographed as it's happening by another man made satellite, you know it's really a sort of making us feel smaller all the stupid crap people spend so much attention on when you have something like that to put it all in better perspective but with a strong sense of pride, like humans working together, all over the world in fact did something pretty danged amazing, another step! Anyway here's an image of my computer screen last night as it was happening and the first image came back. You can just make out the wheel in the B&W photo on the wall and in the realtime computer rendering on the right the Odyssey which grabbed the image which Curiosity sent to it and then relayed it back to earth, get this 14 minutes earlier – it's far away – Earth isn't even a speck. <img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/481987_874523076610_1099287247_n.jpg&quot; width="600">
Have a good one,
5461
PS: Still don't know any more about Hill Climb 🙁

@Skaycog: Hello everyone sorry I've been gone for so long, just been busy with things. Today is My Dad's birthday! We're gonna make him an Oreo Cake today 🙂 We've also been walking a really big thunder storm today, Cats & Dogs style.
Hey Skaycog, check out this GT40 video. Sure is a pretty one!
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Hi, BB! Sorry I didn't get here sooner, but I didn't get a notification of your post. That's a great GT40 video! Thanks for sharing it. Belated Happy Birthday to your dad. How was the Oreo cake? Is it an easy recipe, and does it start out with a cake mix? I have an easy recipe for Oreo pie, but not cake. It's good to hear from you and to know that you're keeping busy!
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zsm, smz, elk…………Where else did you go on your trip? I've been on Hiways 9, 24 and 50 many times. I love Hiway 9, even though that is where I hit a deer with my then new Explorer. The Royal Gorge is awesome! I've taken that train ride through it a couple of times………beautiful! That picture of the elk looks familiar. Would that by any chance be on the road from Conifer to Evergreen? I've been on it many times. Sorry you didn't get to go to the PPIHC. Glad you're all safely home and had a great trip. That is a cute pic of the kids. They're sure growing.
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Hi Skay,
I was hoping Aga would get a chance to post some photos today, oh well just text then 🙁
First we stopped in a small town in Nebraska past Lincoln. Hotel was nice, we swam and watched a movie. Also that's where the photo of the kids is from with the silly faces. They had a drinks and snacks hour or two with beer and wine!
Next stop was Denver. There we ate a late breakfast at Snooze (I had the best corned beef hash ever) and then on to I think it was simply called City Park. But it was hot, Kevin was not feeling well, and I had a bit of metal in the passenger tire – so we did not stay too long. We got to the hotel and I asked front desk lady where to get tires fixed replaced. I went to Big O, they were great. Anyway a tattooed woman working there patched the tire. (I never had success doing that myself before.) Hotel was nice too, two stories with a kitchen and even a bed that flipped out of the wall like in old times movies, seriously! Also basketball court, played with the kids there. Oh anyway on the drive over Aga called the doctor and got medicine for Kevin, after the tire I picked it up. While there I got chocolates for the really great people at Big O.
<img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/549700_2280652753915_1704383593_n.jpg">So next day was Vail. We rented bikes and rode down! Aga and me twice! On the second trip we took the Big Mamba most of the way. it was so scary and dangerous seeming to us, but others had no problem. It was great fun. Then we ate pizza (I had artichoke) and drank CO beers (can't recall the name). Kids also played in a rocky stream. We thought tire was leaking, so after we got back I went back to Big O. Here is where the chocolate from before came in really handy, they spent more than an hour trying to figure it out, seriously I could see three of them constantly checking everything. It boiled down to the TPMS, they could not reset it, need Honda computer tool. But now I think it is broken simply.
Well I better cut this short actually, yikes. Okay other fun stuff. We went to Boulder and there we went tubing. Well the first time down everybody but me. I was the photo and video taker person after I parked a ways down (past the HS if that means anything). Aga and Michelle did not make it as far, to the library. Then I went tubing with her, a bit before the library. That was fun, though water was low. We also saw Spirited Away and a singer named Mieko at the red rocks amphitheater. It is cut into the rocks.
<img src="https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/540461_2284099000069_1244468362_n.jpg"&gt; We hiked in red rocks canyon, over did it 6 miles. But the views were incredible. Also we hiked at a place called something like glacier park. Oh man was it something. It was like hiking over boulders at first, then we got to this amazing lake. You can see the glacier beyond it, we made it to there too.

@MZS: Your trip looked amazing, it must have been fun to see how majestic and beautiful CO is. I've never been there, but would love to visit one day. I hope all is well back home. Nothing new with me, just enjoying the weekend. That Buick you posted MZS, is very pretty. I think the design has aged quite well. Anyway, just wanted to stop by and say hello. P.S. I just wanted Funny Farm with my Dad and it always makes me want to get a MGA that the main character drives.
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Hi BB,
We've seen that movie too, it's sort of like two movies in one. Here's a crazy idea when you grow-up, move to CO! One of the tour guides in the rafting trip was from the town two over from where we live. He just decided he wanted to live in CO one day, maybe it was 16 years ago, and he has been there ever since. He does all sorts of tourist stuff during the year, mostly near to Canon city in the warmer months. Anyway, for a person with a sense of adventure it could work. Also lots of places to take photos, and I saw a community college there outside Canon City too, win-win 🙂 The Buick was pretty, I saw a great one yesterday too, I'll try and get a photo up in a day or two. Ever seen any old Packards, oh man are those classy cars!
Hi Skay,
We decided that NP seemed too much of a tourist trap kind of place, so did not go, also did not have time and decided on the Zoo in CS instead, sorry 🙁 We did drive by it though. Kevin might have had trouble with the elevation. He fell asleep on the way down an complained of a head ache. For me it was surprising how much I had to breathe just to move around, simply tiring, but I'm fat so there's that. Also I would say reasoning and sense was affected. like at first I did not notice how cold it was up there, then when I was really cold I dawned on me and I went and got the coat, weird. I had a lot of fun driving everywhere, on PP i liked it when there were not other cars around. I was really proud of my low brake temp compared to the guy in front of me, but I can't remember it now 🙁 That 9, I was driving there fast, I can see how locals would hit deer. It added 75min to our trip to go that way and the guy that told us about it there said it would add 45min but that he drives fast. He must drive REALLY fast 🙁 My favorite part was the driving and hiking in the mountains, and fortunately we did a lot of that. Enjoy the changing of the trees! I went to the Geneva Concourse this weekend, it featured Packard this year.
I guess I'll write up some details. See that hungry after hike image, my food came with a side of black beans and whoa was it too much to eat at one sitting. I was really suffering from the gas later that evening. Also my memory sucks, I forgot about the fishing, bison, and paddle boats, yippie for photos! Aga did not get to take so many photos at the amphitheater since a worker decided her camera was 'pro,' that was sad not to have many photos 🙁 I wonder why they do that, seems stupid to me. Oh man feeding the giraffes was fun! Also that silly chipmunk, I couldn't believe it, went right into the store and was just completely mesmerized with those colorful stones for quite a long time. Oh and Jake, man he liked climbing rocks all the time.
Have a good one,
5471
PS: Today at work I had to avoid a turtle on the road o_O That does not happen too often, maybe second time. He was scooting along at a pretty good clip, for a turtle.

zsm, szm, moo……….You made the right choice by going to the Cheyenne Mtn Zoo rather than the North Pole. I love zoos, and I especially like that one. Seven Falls is beautiful at Christmas time. They place red and green floodlights in strategic places, and usually it's ice, and it's really pretty at night. Also, a lot of other decorations…….like on evergreens, etc. I'm glad that turtle got across the road safely. I saw a black squirrel in the mountains Sunday. I almost got it, but it stopped in the middle of the road just in time. But I think a VW behind me got it……..not sure. Happy Taco Tuesday!
TowerofPower………..CONGRATULATIONS on your engagement to your best friend. That is just awesome! I am more used to the altitude, but still at 10,000 feet, my legs don't work as well. My home is about 5300 ft which, of course, I'm quite used to. Summer is winding down here, and I look forward to Fall. Again, good job on the engagement!
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Hi Skay,
I can't complain about the weather here, unlike those near the gulf, we got rain plus it's been dewy and foggy in the mornmings twice, needed it, was able to weed some thanks to that. I'm keeping both. The S90 will be how I get to work in the winter and also when I do the over drive swap and electronic ignition in the Amazon, exciting! I just could not pass-up on this car when Aga saw it (yes she found another, she has good track record). It was well maintained by a mechanic/welder that works for IDOT in that way that old timer mechanics do for their daughter's cars. At least I hope, ha! I have to lift-up the back and take off the rear wheels to investigate the rear end and brakes soon before I trust it too much, but should not be too bad regardless of what I find, again I hope 😉 I actually decided to buy it after drinking a coffee cup of vodka though cause when sober I was pretty afraid to, funny story. I was eating these berries we had, then when I got near to the bottom I noticed how moldy they were 🙁 So I decided to do the old Czech remedy. I've been too busy to get tags for it though yet 🙁 I did call the insurance agent. Also I saw my friend's '68 140 wagon at a cruise night yesterday. It's really good, once he does all the electrical junk that conked-out, it's really otherwise in phenomenal shape. See all this everybody getting new cars business is contagious! how did learning all the neat-o gizmo stuff work-out for you with your Escape?
Have a good one,
5476
PS: Did all the soccer stuff for two teams last night, also Jake had a rough day, so we rode bikes and played in the park, got him to cheer-up.

Hi Skay,
Yes I do! I was thanking Aga about that earlier! Although yesterday I spent two hours getting the new car ready while she was at parent teacher meetings. She was upset about that. So at first Michelle and Jake were outside playing while I was working on the car. Then Kevin came out and we talked and he gave me a hand. Michelle was supposed to do math, and then they were supposed to watch Wipeout on TV. Well she did not do the homework and they were just playi8ng video games 🙁 But later when the kids were asleep and we had time to talk, it came-out really what had happened is earlier in the day another mom had been mean to Aga on the phone for a long time. That's a long story. I'll probably ask for your advice about it next week after we see how things go. Anyway two nights ago Kevin was kind of bummed, so I goofed off with him that night, and was really happy about him spending time with me outside last night. I'm taking him to this buffet he likes tonight after work. I hope we don't get e. coli cause man that place I don't like. Let's just say Kevin has not developed the palate I have yet, ha 😉 Anyway, he's bummed about school. They put him in this group based on math where he has not friends. Also he really should be in the higher math. He's really bored with the math this year. I thought I had dealt with it at the end of last school year, but guess not. There's a meeting in two weeks, I'll see what I can do then.
Have a good one,
5478
PS: Your wipers story made me smile 😉 Also I have figured-out why the rear brakes are funny, one more go at it I should have them great. Also I discovered new old car (he might be a Henry, not sure yet) has LSD, and it's not blown! That's a limited slip differential, ha 🙂 I vacuumed the inside, got the interior lights to work (mostly, need just one more bulb), and snipped off the bad leaky end of a wiper hose and plugged it back in. Oh and cleaned-out the air box and tapped the filter clean.

szm, zms, fry………..I can see why Kevin is bummed out with no friends in that math class. And if he's bored, that's no good. Too bad about that other mom being mean to Aga. I really don't understand some people. Why would anybody be intentionally mean to anybody at all? I hope things get worked out with that, for your sake as well as Aga's.
Yay! Three-day weekend. I really don't have big plans, but will have company for part of a day, will go out to eat a couple of times and then Monday is a tentative cookout, if friends get back from Denver. Other than that, I hope to get house cleaned and paperwork done. What's up for you?
5479

@MZS: Congrats on getting a new car! Aga sure has a knack for finding great cars. I didn't know the S90 was RWD 😉 Pretty awesome! What year is it? Hows the power? V6? Inline 6? One of my favorite Volvos is the 240, I remember when I was little and one had pulled up to a stoplight next to our car and I instantly fell in love with the design. Same way how I fell in love with Saab 900s and eventually other Saabs as well. Anyway, I found this neat video on a "Royal" S90 model. which is a higher end executive type car.
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5480? – Have a great weekend! 🙂

Hi Skay,
Did you have a nice extended weekend? We had a good one. I met a lot of friends I had not seen in a long time from HS. One of the people said it was like a reunion. That's cause Max (the guy that looked like our dog) came to visit and had only been around one before since then. Also did a lot of fun stuff with the kids, like zoo, park, DQ, etc. I learned more about Kevin's math. He is going to be fine. Basically they rotate three of the teachers per math group, he wanted the funny one for math, but has him for social studies. I bet they kept Kevin away from some of his buddies to make it easier for everyone, ha! Anyway maybe good he has a math teacher that is more typical for his learning stuff really. Alff's and your comments in the caption contest made me smile 😉
Have a good one,
5482

Hi Skay,
We might have gotten some of that rain, there was very strong wind and rain last night here, but I thought I read it was moving in a south east direction across the state last night, so I don't know. There was lighter rain all extended weekend off and on, maybe that was it? I got the car all registered yesterday, what fun to drive! I'm not sure it's Henry now that I have driven a bit more, maybe Dale? I think I may have a leak in a tire now though, I wonder if I got it at work 🙁 Also ABS light went on. I might have done that when working on the rear brakes. It's really fun to fix things with a 5lb mallet on a car. It's exciting to have old car 🙂 Yesterday was busy day, cub scout meeting, then lots of organizing for that, today is a soccer meeting and first practice. Tomorrow a second practice with the other soccer team (I am ass – ha – coach for both my sons now). Awww how cute, I know I know. Oh also have to get soccer photos (from LAST year, whoa) today after work. Go back to the CC post, Irishman left a very funny song at the bottom, about crappers to the tune of TBHB theme. Oh food, yesterday I ate fish, yum. What have you got coming-up?
Have a good one,
5484

Hi Skay,
Whoa there WERE more stories on hooniverse today! At work only that morning question showed-up. I thought since there were so many people commenting on it that they left it up as the only post. But here at home, there are more, so odd! Man I hope all your recent and soon to be greateatin is sumgreateatin! I ended-up having more meetings than I thought for soccer! Now I have to plan the first den meeting, ha! I love it all though. It did cool down here too, now I might have to adjust the carbs yet again, but it's great practice 😉 Last I heard Aga and I are supposed to be going here: http://jalopy-fest.com/ I'm so excited! But after work I went straight to play volleyball with Michelle and then soccer with Kevin. I need to eat something now and then play some with Jake. I hope you have a great weekend and that you have your Escape back.
Have a good one,
5486
PS: I got a very nice note from Ray and Ralph over at RU2, they really enjoyed the post I did, that made me feel all swell inside. Oh and Polar is following me, so I hope he catches on to this storm chasing thing 😉

Hi Skay,
<img src="https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/320125_889172439170_1182084543_n.jpg&quot; width="600">
Yes I did, but went with Kevin instead, long story, still have to digest everything before asking for advice. Here are more photos:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.8891681…
That fireball is from the flame throwers at the end of one of those cars. I want to know how those work now. Anyway Aga is just generally pissed, lots of reasons. I've tried listening and even did what she wanted where I should have, offered advice of my own on what I think she should do about the stuff that others are doing that is bugging her. Also the stuff that was the kids doing, talked with the kid, etc. One thing was that I was so busy last week I had left some stuff laying around. This morning I finished everything finally (like organizing the soccer and cub scout paperwork and fixing all the little things around the house like she had asked) last thing was my glasses got fixed so the bag with little bits was gone. I hope she's in better mood this week. next job for me though: http://www.atthetipwebs.com/technologyinstruction… I hope I can just adjust it though. Sorry to hear you going to have a busy week 🙁 Today is first den meeting. Jake's soccer went great, Kevin's was another sore spot for Aga, again long story. Man I really hope this week goes better. I was really sad she did not go with me to the fest though, I really wish she had, would have been a much needed date 🙁 Got any ideas for a romantic movie to rent or something?
Have a good one,
5488

Hi Skay,
It's definitely not the time of the month thing, it's stress like that mom. Anyway Aga wants me to call her today, I'll see how that goes. I talked to the secretary here at work, she did a good job raising a daughter now in college, and got some advice from her. Yesterday was better, Aga was a bit ticked-off in the morning and then during the cub meeting when I looked at the sheet and got the order of the meeting wrong, but was able to wing that back fine. And no kid got hurt or anything, so that's great considering it was all outdoor stuff, ha! She talked with one of the moms there, that seemed to help, then we played Sequence was nice like before. She did tell me that she still had trouble sleeping. Anyway Michelle is becoming a somewhat obnoxious preteen and some other girls are making things rough as well as some moms that are being annoying as well. It's really stupid stuff, generally Michelle needs to be more assertive and say no when other kids want her to do things that she knows are wrong, like knock over the birthday cup cakes of another girl etc. I just won't give-up being a dad trying to raise good decent kids is what it boils down to. Oh and with Kevin, Aga wants me to talk to him about all that changes stuff that is going to be happening. Every time I do then she's like, no way you could have done it that fast. But yeah we do, just boys are different, not such a concern really. The funniest thing is she got this book from the library that is all serious about this stuff and Kevin and I just can't stop laughing when we look at it.
Have a good one,
5490

I got a quick breather after handing some stuff in at work so, story time! I contemplated for a long time how the proposal was going to go, but after a lot of thinking, I knew that my girlfriend liked small meaningful things over big public things. My original and very public plan was to propose in the restaurant on top of the John Hancock building in Chicago. But after some thought I figure that was too overdone on TV and in movies. So instead we spent the day together going to Cave Of The Mounds. It's really near to where I grew up and I had been there a few time before, but she had always wanted to go so we went there. It's really a neat cave system if you are into that kind of thing. The craziest part is that the rock that the cave is carved out of is about 500 million years old! That blew my mind! Anyways, after the cave I suggested going to Blue Mounds State Park which is known for being the highest point in southern Wisconsin at a whopping 1,716 feet (I can hear you laughing $kaycog). They have an observation tower on top where you can see Platteville (where we both met about 45 miles away) and Sinsinawa Mound which is just outside of Dubuque (where my girlfriend grew up about 60 miles away). After much waiting for other observers to leave I had my girlfriend set up her camera and tripod so that we could take a picture of us against our history in the background. I had her take a couple to "make sure they were turning out ok". Really I was trying to get the timing of the pictures down. Then on the 5th self portrait I pulled out the ring and got down on my knee just as the camera clicked for a picture, so I even got a picture! Though I don't have access to the picture at work (I'll work on that). It turned out rather well. I was convinced that something would screw up the day but it all worked!
mzs…
Hello new (used) Volvo!! That's fun. I don't know why but like Buick Boy I always thought those were front wheel drive. Never assume I guess. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with that and being rear wheel drive, should make snowy parking lots extra fun!
$kaycog…
It sounds like you are getting your car all figured out. Too bad about all the recalls but I think it's great that Ford is being very open and taking care of issues quickly. I too learn best by playing with things. I think they call it kinesthetic learning or something. Glad to hear you are getting rain! So many areas need it!
Happy Hump Day!
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Hi Tower,
Again that was a very sweet way to propose. You really out did yourself! I hope to see that photo soon. Here's to a great future!
Here's something that surprised me, this morning the forecast had 100% chance of rain while it was splendid outside. I've never noticed that before, and it does now look outside like it will rain. Michelle told me the car is named Dale, just that the car told her so. Dale has not spoken to me yet, but he likes to go fast. Also when he starts, it's beautiful cause of hydraulic lifters. It's like ROAR roar ROAR tick tick tick vroom rumble…. It's like some monster waking-up 🙂
Hi Skay,
Yes I called, was a twelve minute conversation. I think it went really well considering. You know Aga got another book now, "Where do babies come from?" Oh man… Here's a funny thing from yesterday. Aga and I went to eat for lunch, we tried that Italian place again. So except for long wait for food was very good this time. But before we got there I saw a very nice Willy's, but it was gone later. Also I parked and there were these two ladies talking to what turned-out to be one of the waitresses. I think they were related to the owners since they later were talking in Italian, in that way that Italians talk that sounds like a quarrel but really it's just a conversation. Well next to Astrid was a grey Corolla and Jetta. The new melted looking sorts. One was getting into the Jetta and the other was flustered that the door was was not opening cause she was trying to get in the wrong car. The one in the right car complemented Astrid and I said, "I like your car too, but the problem with new cars is they all look the same." That one thought it was funny, the other not amused sadly, dang I feel bad for her husband.
Have a good one,
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Hi Skay,
Oh man I accidentally quit the browser 🙁 Anyway, have not read the book, looked it over, more targeted toward Jake. This image cracks me up: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/55056… Jake would be unstoppably silly after seeing that though. It's funny book though, like the kids have all these crazy ideas like babies explode out of gigantic eggs!
For the meal we got mushroom soup, gnocchi in a white cheesy sauce, and pizza. The pizza was with garlic, oil, bacon, some kind of crumbly cheese, and tomatoes. It was all very good, I liked the mushroom soup the least, Aga the most, so worked-out great.
Yesterday I saw Raiders with Kevin at IMAX, but I don't think it was the restored version that was shown last year in a small number of regular theaters. It was still a lot of fun and something special to do. Soccer practice was in the rain. I have to get back to work now.
Have a good one,
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smz, szm, par……….That bucket thing is very funny. A couple of Oppo guys posted a couple of pics. One wasn't in a bucket, so I told him it didn't count. I posted the last to Disabled_Vette last night, but he's either tired of it or got mixed up. Doesn't matter. It doesn't take much to amuse me. 😉 I wonder what the deal was with you getting shakes after using hot tub?? I'm glad you're okay now. I have a new place for us. I'll go get it now and use it for the last one in this thread (5499). We'll give Alff a break from email notifications (for awhile anyway). BRB! I see that I said in first comment in this thread that this would be through 5500. Well, I lied.
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