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explorerx4

@ad348,
Happy belated Birthday from me, too. You have to stick around to bring down the annual cost(drvier100 method) of that shower cartridge you just bought.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

laurasdada said:

Regardless of my above post, today must have been National Remind Laurasdada of all the Poor Career and Financial Decisions Made Most of his Life Day; running errands in and about my 'hood earlier, I shared the road with an Aston Martin DB11, two Ferrari California and a 458 Italia. While not as $$$-y, a just as stunning Jag F-Type convertible.

Yeah, life is good. And, I have no deck at all.

Don’t feel envy for those other drivers, those cars are probably leased and they have no furniture in their homes.

That's the couple that lives at the end of my block. They have a Lexus, a MB, and a Lotus in the driveway and no furniture in their livingroom and dining room.

laurasdada

Happy birthday and good health, AB.
OF, love the color of your Stang, as well as that whole picture.
Snake, how often does the Lotus actually move out of their driveway. British cars, you know... ; - )

And, while I am somewhat wistful about my career choices, I'm quite satisfied with my life. My "jealousy" is mostly in jest. And, I have been well-decked in prior houses!

Although, I'd have no issues trading at least one of my comfy chairs for any of the just slightly out of reach cars I mentioned earlier!

laurasdada

Oh, yeah. Saw the Steve Miller Band Thursday night. After a few somewhat disappointing recent "Geezers of Rock," concerts, Steve didn't disappoint. He's still got the guitar skills, and his voice grew stronger as the concert progressed. Great keyboard player in his travelling lineup. Played all the hits and some nice blues.

So, really a beautiful summer evening with a lovely woman on the water in Boston. I'm a lucky man.

houdini2

Happy BD AB, and many more. You're still just a kid.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

@ad348,
Happy belated Birthday from me, too. You have to stick around to bring down the annual cost(drvier100 method) of that shower cartridge you just bought.

Ha! The cartridge was replaced free by Moen, so zero cost there.

Odd thing I noticed after I replaced it. I think the plumber who originally installed it 2 years ago didn't do a very good job. I always was bothered by how far the handle seemed to be from the wall plate. There is a collar that is supplied with it that covers the shaft and end of the cartridge and it was showing for over an inch. When I replaced everything that collar went in an additional half inch so the handle is that much closer to the plate. But more interestingly, while the handle wasn't difficult to turn before, with the new cartridge it is much freer to turn. They provide a little packet of lube with it which I used on the rubber parts as instructed. Makes me wonder if he lubed any internals originally and if that might have had something to do with the failure.

kyfdx

laurasdada said:

Oh, yeah. Saw the Steve Miller Band Thursday night. After a few somewhat disappointing recent "Geezers of Rock," concerts, Steve didn't disappoint. He's still got the guitar skills, and his voice grew stronger as the concert progressed. Great keyboard player in his travelling lineup. Played all the hits and some nice blues.

So, really a beautiful summer evening with a lovely woman on the water in Boston. I'm a lucky man.

Saw the Steve Miller Band in the early '90s, and they were already on a nostalgia tour, then. He has to be 70++ by now!

graphicguy

oldfarmer50 said:

houdini2 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

houdini2 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

thebean said:

Do you think we will ever see quirky or low profit autos like the Honda Element or a really small GM/Ford pickup or Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon again from mainstream companies? It seems that auto makers aren’t going to mfg anything that won’t sell in large numbers. Not to mention only limited exterior/interior colors. What’s out there now is not enough to get me in the showroom to spend my hard-earned cash.

I think you’re spot on. It’s been years since industry leaders Honda and Toyota abandoned cars like the MR2 or S2000. Now most brands are eliminating whole segments in favor of the most profitable lines.

Kia and Hyundai are your best bets.

OK what happened? As was typing a response the page went blank and was covered with a message that “Cloudflare” had timed out and I should try again later. What’s up with that?

You have been hacked ! Send me $20. (I'm not greedy) and all will be well.

Well let’s see....

I can post emotorcons.....



And I can post pictures. So I guess you unhacked me. I’ll gladly send you that $20, just give me your bank acct. #, your SS # and your PIN and I’ll send it right out. Also if you tell me your mother’s maiden name I’ll mail her a mother’s day card.

I just wet my pants a little.


Gorgeous!!!!!

kyfdx

@oldfarmer50 What does the badge on the fender designate? Can't make it out on my monitor

graphicguy

HBD, AB!

(I really liked typing that)!!!!!!!!

laurasdada

kyfdx said:

laurasdada said:

Oh, yeah. Saw the Steve Miller Band Thursday night. After a few somewhat disappointing recent "Geezers of Rock," concerts, Steve didn't disappoint. He's still got the guitar skills, and his voice grew stronger as the concert progressed. Great keyboard player in his travelling lineup. Played all the hits and some nice blues.

So, really a beautiful summer evening with a lovely woman on the water in Boston. I'm a lucky man.

Saw the Steve Miller Band in the early '90s, and they were already on a nostalgia tour, then. He has to be 70++ by now!

75. Big mop of gray hair; that's not fair!

pensfan83

kyfdx said:

@oldfarmer50 What does the badge on the fender designate? Can't make it out on my monitor

5.0 I think

berri

Happy Birthday ab and liked the pix of those big ships. OF - nice Mustang. Finally, remember that the Steve Miller Band says "take the money and run..."

driver100

graphicguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

houdini2 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

houdini2 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

thebean said:

Do you think we will ever see quirky or low profit autos like the Honda Element or a really small GM/Ford pickup or Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon again from mainstream companies? It seems that auto makers aren’t going to mfg anything that won’t sell in large numbers. Not to mention only limited exterior/interior colors. What’s out there now is not enough to get me in the showroom to spend my hard-earned cash.

I think you’re spot on. It’s been years since industry leaders Honda and Toyota abandoned cars like the MR2 or S2000. Now most brands are eliminating whole segments in favor of the most profitable lines.

Kia and Hyundai are your best bets.

OK what happened? As was typing a response the page went blank and was covered with a message that “Cloudflare” had timed out and I should try again later. What’s up with that?

You have been hacked ! Send me $20. (I'm not greedy) and all will be well.

Well let’s see....

I can post emotorcons.....



And I can post pictures. So I guess you unhacked me. I’ll gladly send you that $20, just give me your bank acct. #, your SS # and your PIN and I’ll send it right out. Also if you tell me your mother’s maiden name I’ll mail her a mother’s day card.

I just wet my pants a little.

But, how did you like the Mustang GG?

Sorry, couldn't resist - it was too easy

driver100

Hi

thebean

Happy belated birthday @ab348. You need to take care of yourself and stick around, as others have stated. We are lucky that the vast majority of posters here actually contribute a lot to this board. I look occasionally at The Truth About Cars and half of those clowns do nothing but post the same tired rant about GM or Tesla or whatever. Very tiresome to read. (Thumbs up emotorcon here).

oldfarmer50

laurasdada said:

Oh, yeah. Saw the Steve Miller Band Thursday night. After a few somewhat disappointing recent "Geezers of Rock," concerts, Steve didn't disappoint. He's still got the guitar skills, and his voice grew stronger as the concert progressed. Great keyboard player in his travelling lineup. Played all the hits and some nice blues.

So, really a beautiful summer evening with a lovely woman on the water in Boston. I'm a lucky man.

It doesn’t get much better than that. If you worry about poor life choices you could be the guy who bought front row seats at Woodstock 50 only to have them move it to Maryland.

oldfarmer50

kyfdx said:

@oldfarmer50 What does the badge on the fender designate? Can't make it out on my monitor

5.0 it designates that it’s not a secretary’s car.

ab348

thebean said:

Happy belated birthday @ab348. You need to take care of yourself and stick around, as others have stated. We are lucky that the vast majority of posters here actually contribute a lot to this board. I look occasionally at The Truth About Cars and half of those clowns do nothing but post the same tired rant about GM or Tesla or whatever. Very tiresome to read. (Thumbs up emotorcon here).

Thanks, bean, appreciate the well-wishes from you and all others here who offered them.

Today is a good example of the good day/bad day business I mentioned. Yesterday was a good day, and today is not. I did not sleep long enough since I was awakened early by soreness in my back and knee (probably from what I did yesterday), so I am on short sleep. When I wanted to do a few things around here today I felt the heart symptoms right away and stopped. This needs to get fixed. soon.

It's sort of like the board's software actually, some days it works, some days not. In the absence of emotorcons maybe we can come up with our own shorthand? "TUE" short for your "thumbs up" one, etc.

carnaught

@ab348, Happy Birthday! Hope you get the cardiac issues sorted out quickly. Thanks for those great pics of the ships in Halifax harbor.

cdnpinhead

Here's wishing you improved health in the near future, AB. Hang in there!

snakeweasel

laurasdada said:

Happy birthday and good health, AB.
OF, love the color of your Stang, as well as that whole picture.
Snake, how often does the Lotus actually move out of their driveway. British cars, you know... ; - )

Well since it is garage kept I cant say for certain how often it's driven but I see it on the road once or twice a month.

driver100

thebean said:

Happy belated birthday @ab348. You need to take care of yourself and stick around, as others have stated. We are lucky that the vast majority of posters here actually contribute a lot to this board. I look occasionally at The Truth About Cars and half of those clowns do nothing but post the same tired rant about GM or Tesla or whatever. Very tiresome to read. (Thumbs up emotorcon here).

You mean they don't talk about washing machines, TVs, deli sandwiches, laundry detergent, stereos, refrigerators, Sears, watches, decks, air conditioners, waxes etc.....how boring!

berri

You know, that's one of things I like about this forum - lots of smart people with different topics. I'm always learning something. Of course, for all I know about some of it they could be BS-ing me as well I guess Seriously, it is an interesting group of people and knowledge.

oldfarmer50

snakeweasel said:

laurasdada said:

Happy birthday and good health, AB.
OF, love the color of your Stang, as well as that whole picture.
Snake, how often does the Lotus actually move out of their driveway. British cars, you know... ; - )

Well since it is garage kept I cant say for certain how often it's driven but I see it on the road once or twice a month.

I’d like to drive a car like that at least once. The low weight makes that car accelerate exceptionally well. Totally impractical to own of course.

oldfarmer50

berri said:

You know, that's one of things I like about this forum - lots of smart people with different topics. I'm always learning something. Of course, for all I know about some of it they could be BS-ing me as well I guess Seriously, it is an interesting group of people and knowledge.

You mean driver100 might not actually be Batman?

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

berri said:

You know, that's one of things I like about this forum - lots of smart people with different topics. I'm always learning something. Of course, for all I know about some of it they could be BS-ing me as well I guess Seriously, it is an interesting group of people and knowledge.

You mean driver100 might not actually be Batman?

Or was it Superman?

cdnpinhead

If we're lucky, we might be able to view the group picture driver 100 has of himself. I'm sure it'll be framed.

driver100

I have many disguises.....next year Spiderman!

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

I have many disguises.....next year Spiderman!

I am waiting for you to show up as wonder woman.

driver100

Mrs D is going to this years Halloween party as Wonder Woman and I will be Superman. We can't both go as Wonder Woman, that would be silly

snakeweasel

driver100 said:

Mrs D is going to this years Halloween party as Wonder Woman and I will be Superman. We can't both go as Wonder Woman, that would be silly

I figure if we can have a female Captain Marvel, we van have a male Wonder Woman.

qbrozen

driver100 said:

Mrs D is going to this years Halloween party as Wonder Woman and I will be Superman. We can't both go as Wonder Woman, that would be silly

That depends. If you happen to look like Linda Carter and her Gal Gadot, it would actually be kinda cool.

driver100

Mrs D is very pretty and would look good in her WW costume......I don't think you want to see me trying to look like Linda Carter or Gal Gadot.

oldfarmer50

Just heard the Sacramento CA has made it illegal to work on your car in your own driveway. I fear the Apocalypse is at hand.

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

Just heard the Sacramento CA has made it illegal to work on your car in your own driveway. I fear the Apocalypse is at hand.

Those local and dealer mechanic shops must have a big lobby group with lots of money to buy the city lawmakers off.

driver100

I don't think it is the dealers and mechanics....it is the anti-car lobby. Here they are making streets that had 2 lanes each way into roads with parking on the sides, so these main thoroughfares will have one lane. Speed bumps, traffic calming islands, light rail transit using the best lanes, bike lanes, un-sychronized traffic lights on a major by-pass, all to try and make driving as unpleasant as possible.

On this street, bike lane on the far left - bikes can go both ways, then believe it or not a parking lane - hope the passenger looks before opening their door, and then the driving lane. Do you know how many people pull up behind the last parked car and think that lane is moving.....a lot!

oldfarmer50

No way to treat a Lincoln. Didn’t look too bad until they took the jaws after it.






I don’t think that will buff out.

ab348

driver100 said:

I don't think it is the dealers and mechanics....it is the anti-car lobby. Here they are making streets that had 2 lanes each way into roads with parking on the sides, so these main thoroughfares will have one lane. Speed bumps, traffic calming islands, light rail transit using the best lanes, bike lanes, un-sychronized traffic lights on a major by-pass, all to try and make driving as unpleasant as possible.

On this street, bike lane on the far left - bikes can go both ways, then believe it or not a parking lane - hope the passenger looks before opening their door, and then the driving lane. Do you know how many people pull up behind the last parked car and think that lane is moving.....a lot!

Same silly things being done here. It is the urban planners current flavor of the month. The difference there is that the photographer captured a couple of cyclists actually using the lane. Here they are almost always empty. We have one set up like that and the cycling activists call the traffic patrol whenever some poor sap in a vehicle gets a wheel onto the painted markings dividing the park lane from the bike lane. Here that is an instant ticket and they have given out a lot of them even though it makes not one iota of difference to the cyclist. I have found locally that the cycling activists are among the nastiest and most entitled bunch to be found here. They simply hate all vehicles (or more accurately I suppose, drivers).

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
Was that an exercise by the FD? Right in front of their building.

qbrozen

Just had an encounter with a cyclist this morn that irked me. He was riding in the car lane rather than on the shoulder, as they often feel the need to do. I went around him and came to a stop sign maybe 30 yds later. I was behind someone turning left, so I was sitting still. Now, I’m thinking to myself that this bicyclist SHOULD line up behind me since he feels he belongs in the car lane. Nope, of course not. He rides on the shoulder around me just as I move forward to the stop sign. He fails to come to a full stop and continues straight, where I am also going. I know his next move is to move back into my lane in front of me, so I make sure to step on it and get next to him before crossing the intersection so I can stay in my lane to get past the cars waiting at the stop on the other side of the intersection. Kept thinking to myself I’d love to ask this jerk if he really wants to share the road or not. You can’t have it both ways and use the shoulder only when it suits you and inconvenience everyone else the rest of the time.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
Was that an exercise by the FD? Right in front of their building.

No, it was an accident in Pittsfield MA. Good planning by the driver I guess.

explorerx4

Yesterday, was behind a pickup truck. at a light. We bot wanted to take a permitted right on red.
3 guys on bicycles blocked the whole lane, so we had to wait for the light to change.

omarman

Car rolled over after two vehicles collided on Columbus Ave and Center St in Pittsfield

explorerx4

Disaster averted, or at least a major inconvenience.
Opened a tube of driveway sealer in the garage.
When I went to apply it outside at first it was very liquid, but firmed up after a squeeze or two.
Later, I was going out to the garage and decided to check the side door to make sure I locked it.
Walking back after checking the door, I noticed some gray spots on the hood of the Mustang.
Some of the sealer had dripped out and I hadn't noticed some landed on the hood.
It was dry, but was able take the spots off using bug and tar remover. Whew!

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

Just heard the Sacramento CA has made it illegal to work on your car in your own driveway. I fear the Apocalypse is at hand.

IIRC the law made major repairs illegal to do in your driveway. If you want to change out brake pads, change the oil, do a tune up and such its OK. If you want to tear down and rebuild an engine you cant. I believe it's more to keep people from having a disassembled car in their driveway for days on end and to keep backyard mechanics from running a business in their residential homes.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

No way to treat a Lincoln. Didn’t look too bad until they took the jaws after it.






I don’t think that will buff out.

No but enough duct tape will keep that roof on.

roadburner

oldfarmer50 said:

No way to treat a Lincoln. Didn’t look too bad until they took the jaws after it.






I don’t think that will buff out.

No great loss.

thebean

Wow, @roadburner, that’s pretty cold and condescending. We all know you love your bimmers, but other brands do serve a good purpose for other people.

roadburner

My son and I ran up on some bicyclists on a two lane road- one riding about two feet from the fog line, the other two feet from the center line. And God forbid they make it easier for a car to pass.