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imidazol97

To all the other oldsters on here, enjoy while you can. A friend had back pain off and on about our age and a blood iron problem. Otherwise reasonably healthy appearing.

He ended up with some kind of tear or leak in his digestive tract. But didn't go to emergency room at first for a day. Didn't go septic but surgery and ICU recovery for days, and then trauma unit (lots of empty beds in our area). 3 weeks later he's being transferred to high level rehabilitation facility. No water by mouth. No ice cubes. He hasn't been able to even sit up. Just flat in the hospital bed. Ugggggh.

Not a good prognosis in my guess. 77 years old.

sda

ab348 said:

jmonroe1 said:

nyccarguy said:

Happy birthday @jmonroe or is today @jmonroe1 ’s birthday?

Well, since we’re joined at the hip, thanks to Edmunds, we’re going to celebrate this day together.

jmonroe

Happy belated birthday wishes, JM!

I have one today. This is my song of the day:

https://youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4

Happy Birthday to you both!

tjc78

@imidazol97
Thanks! This was the first time my wife and I were out sans kids since Valentine’s Day.

Hitting the beach today, then heading home to prepare for first day of work. Wife is still WFH so she is staying at the shore with my Mom until tomorrow night.

tjc78

28firefighter said:

Jealous. I miss the beach in longport and going to the clam shack in somers point.

IMO all the bad things about Jersey take a back seat when you are at the shore !

tjc78

Happy Birthday J!! Us late July babies have to stick together!

driver100

sda said:

ab348 said:

jmonroe1 said:

nyccarguy said:

Happy birthday @jmonroe or is today @jmonroe1 ’s birthday?

Well, since we’re joined at the hip, thanks to Edmunds, we’re going to celebrate this day together.

jmonroe

Happy belated birthday wishes, JM!

I have one today. This is my song of the day:

https://youtu.be/HCTunqv1Xt4

Happy Birthday to you both!

+1 Oh yeh ab....I like this Birthday Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5vUfddkT8

abacomike

tjc78 said:

28firefighter said:

Jealous. I miss the beach in longport and going to the clam shack in somers point.

IMO all the bad things about Jersey take a back seat when you are at the shore !

My fondest memories of the Jersey Shore have to do with sitting outside on a wooden deck at an ocean-front seafood restaurant eating bowl after bowl of "steamers" (steamed Ipswich clams) and a huge pitcher of Amstel Lite beer.

It's on my bucket list to do that one more time before I die!🤓🤪😜

tjc78

We had steamers last night! One of my favorites!

driver100

tjc78 said:

We had steamers last night! One of my favorites!

Thanks for those pictures tjc....made me feel like I was there.
We haven't been near a shore in almost 6 months!

qbrozen

tjc78 said:

28firefighter said:

Jealous. I miss the beach in longport and going to the clam shack in somers point.

IMO all the bad things about Jersey take a back seat when you are at the shore !

Odd. I find the shore to have most of the bad things about NJ.

tjc78

What don’t you like about it? Where we hang certainly isn’t anything like the Jersey shore show.

oldfarmer50

Anybody ever have their car painted like this?

https://youtu.be/RG4GcsomIfc

driver100

Just read a review of the 707 h.p. Jeep Trackhawk. It has a few extra badges but is hard to distinguish from a regular Jeep. Cost is in the 6 figures. Suppose to get to highway speed in 3.5 seconds...not sure if that is 0 to 60.

It might be fun to try this though;
But before you do this, you’ll need to mentally prepare yourself because at full chat the effect of the Hellcat motor on your senses is profound. Like many of these launch control systems, you’ll need to depress the brake pedal as hard as you can while flooring the gas. The supercharger spools up and builds max pressure while the big Hemi bangs off a pre-set rev limiter. The Trackhawk tugs at the reins like a wild stallion raring to go, the big Brembos barely able to hold it in place.

When you’re ready, release the brakes and hold on. Like a cigarette boat, the hood of the Trackhawk reaches for sky as you blast off on a tsunami wave of torque. The first time you do it, your mind will have a difficult time processing things as it gets left behind in the Jeep’s wake.

I’ve launched vehicles that are lighter and faster, and ones with more power but launching something this high off the ground and with this much mass behind it feels more brutal than all of them.


https://www.wheels.ca/car-reviews/review-2020-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk/

abacomike

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

Just read a review of the 707 h.p. Jeep Trackhawk. It has a few extra badges but is hard to distinguish from a regular Jeep. Cost is in the 6 figures. Suppose to get to highway speed in 3.5 seconds...not sure if that is 0 to 60.

It might be fun to try this though;
But before you do this, you’ll need to mentally prepare yourself because at full chat the effect of the Hellcat motor on your senses is profound. Like many of these launch control systems, you’ll need to depress the brake pedal as hard as you can while flooring the gas. The supercharger spools up and builds max pressure while the big Hemi bangs off a pre-set rev limiter. The Trackhawk tugs at the reins like a wild stallion raring to go, the big Brembos barely able to hold it in place.

When you’re ready, release the brakes and hold on. Like a cigarette boat, the hood of the Trackhawk reaches for sky as you blast off on a tsunami wave of torque. The first time you do it, your mind will have a difficult time processing things as it gets left behind in the Jeep’s wake.

I’ve launched vehicles that are lighter and faster, and ones with more power but launching something this high off the ground and with this much mass behind it feels more brutal than all of them.


https://www.wheels.ca/car-reviews/review-2020-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk/

I’m guessing you get maybe 3 launches like that before something snaps and you go home on a hook.

qbrozen

tjc78 said:

What don’t you like about it?

All the non-jerseyans.

Plus, I hate the heat, sun, sand, and ocean water.

I will say that, today, Manasquan beach, the water was surprisingly clean, although really cold.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

Just read a review of the 707 h.p. Jeep Trackhawk. It has a few extra badges but is hard to distinguish from a regular Jeep. Cost is in the 6 figures. Suppose to get to highway speed in 3.5 seconds...not sure if that is 0 to 60.

It might be fun to try this though;
But before you do this, you’ll need to mentally prepare yourself because at full chat the effect of the Hellcat motor on your senses is profound. Like many of these launch control systems, you’ll need to depress the brake pedal as hard as you can while flooring the gas. The supercharger spools up and builds max pressure while the big Hemi bangs off a pre-set rev limiter. The Trackhawk tugs at the reins like a wild stallion raring to go, the big Brembos barely able to hold it in place.

When you’re ready, release the brakes and hold on. Like a cigarette boat, the hood of the Trackhawk reaches for sky as you blast off on a tsunami wave of torque. The first time you do it, your mind will have a difficult time processing things as it gets left behind in the Jeep’s wake.

I’ve launched vehicles that are lighter and faster, and ones with more power but launching something this high off the ground and with this much mass behind it feels more brutal than all of them.


https://www.wheels.ca/car-reviews/review-2020-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk/

I’m guessing you get maybe 3 launches like that before something snaps and you go home on a hook.

Yeh, but think of the fun of doing it....talk about Big Boy Toys

ab348

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

carnaught

@jmonroe and @jmonroe1 - Happy Birthday guys!

jmonroe1

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

It could be worse. You could be a Pirates fan, which I’m most definitely not. I can’t even watch them on TV. I’d rather watch my grass grow.

jmonroe

abacomike

carnaught said:

@jmonroe and @jmonroe1 - Happy Birthday guys!

Ditto! 🥳

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

tjc78 said:

What don’t you like about it?

All the non-jerseyans.

Plus, I hate the heat, sun, sand, and ocean water.

I will say that, today, Manasquan beach, the water was surprisingly clean, although really cold.

Probably because not too many people have been in there polluting it. And to think, all these years people have been blaming the whales.

jmonroe

explorerx4

When it comes to the beach, we prefer less commercial and less crowded, which is what we always enjoyed about going to Hatteras.
Not the going there part, but being there.
A few of years ago, they got an Exxon station about 15 to 20 miles up the coast.
That's the closest 'chain' business.
Usually at least 20 feet to the next group on the beach and the water is warm.

tjc78

qbrozen said:

tjc78 said:

What don’t you like about it?

All the non-jerseyans.

Plus, I hate the heat, sun, sand, and ocean water.

I will say that, today, Manasquan beach, the water was surprisingly clean, although really cold.

Well, in that case I get why you don’t like it!

The water was warmer last weekend, but it was very clean and calm today.

abacomike

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

It could be worse. You could be a Pirates fan, which I’m most definitely not. I can’t even watch them on TV. I’d rather watch my grass grow.

jmonroe

Being a Miami Marlins fan is not exactly exciting either. When they take the field, it's like 9 invisible men without gloves are playing baseball. Derek Jeeter calls it "rebuilding"! For three years?😜🤪🤓

nyccarguy

We are headed to Seaside Park, NJ tomorrow until Thursday. My parents rented a house there and have been for about a week. That’s after going to the beach on Long Island with my in laws today.

oldfarmer50

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

Yeah, but we’ll get our reward in heaven.

jmonroe1

abacomike said:

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

It could be worse. You could be a Pirates fan, which I’m most definitely not. I can’t even watch them on TV. I’d rather watch my grass grow.

jmonroe

Being a Miami Marlins fan is not exactly exciting either. When they take the field, it's like 9 invisible men without gloves are playing baseball. Derek Jeeter calls it "rebuilding"! For three years?😜🤪🤓

Try “rebuilding” for 20 years then we can talk.

jmonroe

qbrozen

nyccarguy said:

We are headed to Seaside Park, NJ tomorrow until Thursday. My parents rented a house there and have been for about a week. That’s after going to the beach on Long Island with my in laws today.

wave as you pass. Well, almost pass. Depends on your route. I suppose you'll be taking the GSP. As you pass exit 98, I'm about 15 mins directly west of there.

Whereabouts in Seaside? Haven't been there in ages, but I think the layout is largely the same. I assume you'll be on the boardwalk nearly daily.

Very tiny bit of trivia, but Charlie's Ice Cream, between 8th and 9th, was started by my elementary school and middle school orchestra teacher, Charles Miller. The ice cream shop was his summer gig. One of my best teacher's ever. A lovely person. He must have passed a long time ago, but apparently they kept the name on the store. Maybe his family still runs it.

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

nyccarguy said:

We are headed to Seaside Park, NJ tomorrow until Thursday. My parents rented a house there and have been for about a week. That’s after going to the beach on Long Island with my in laws today.

wave as you pass. Well, almost pass. Depends on your route. I suppose you'll be taking the GSP. As you pass exit 98, I'm about 15 mins directly west of there.

Whereabouts in Seaside? Haven't been there in ages, but I think the layout is largely the same. I assume you'll be on the boardwalk nearly daily.

Very tiny bit of trivia, but Charlie's Ice Cream, between 8th and 9th, was started by my elementary school and middle school orchestra teacher, Charles Miller. The ice cream shop was his summer gig. One of my best teacher's ever. A lovely person. He must have passed a long time ago, but apparently they kept the name on the store. Maybe his family still runs it.

Stockton Avenue is where the house is. I’ll look for Charlie’s to see if it is still there.

benjaminh

https://www.wardsauto.com/dealers/car-dealers-see-growing-shopper-interest-study-says

"....Because of public health reasons, the study suggests vehicle ownership has become more important to some consumers as they back off from transportation alternatives such as ride-sharing and public transit....

39% of respondents who previously used ride-sharing, and 44% of those who previously used public transportation, expect to decrease their use of these services-or stop using them entirely
49% of respondents say they see their car as an escape or for fun, and 33% say they expect to use their car more going forward."

snakeweasel

jwm40517 said:

My HVAC guy with over 30 years of experience told me probably 20 years ago to use the cheap filters instead of the expensive more restrictive ones. Said the systems would last much longer.

The guy who installed ours told me the same thing. Thin cheap filters lets air flow more freely. Our old furnace had a reusable filter, just take it out a few times a year and hose it off.

snakeweasel

tjc78 said:

Starting Monday I won’t be able to post as much since I’ll be starting a new gig ... Finally!

I’ll be on the other side of the desk working as a project manager for retail clients for a large firm. In other words I’ll be working with/for people that did the same job as I did.

Once COVID hit I realized the dramatic effect on retail businesses and that it would be better to work with a company that had several clients rather than a single retailer.

Several of my peers are still unemployed from the closing and several more in my network have been let go from other retailers. It really isn’t easy out there right now.

@stickguy I’ll pretty much have the same commute again that I had for years. Office is in Cherry Hill only about two miles from my old Moorestown office. It sounds like after the initial training that I may be able to transition to WFH. I’ll also have some light travel again, which is no big deal.

Congrats on the new gig.

snakeweasel

houdini1 said:

roadburner said:

houdini1 said:

What exactly is the goal of having a high end music system. It is to sound just like a live band is in the room with you, or is it to sound even better than a live band?

My goal is the former. I don't tend to trust 'high end audio experts" to evaluate my system. Instead, I listen to friends who actually play in bands and orchestras. If they like how my system sounds I consider my installation to be a success.
As for home theater, my goal is for my system to sound better than a movie theater- which admittedly isn't all that difficult.

If you want to hear some good audio, find some early Glenn Campbell 12 string guitar instrumentals. "Astounding 12 string guitar". Youtube.

"Roger Mcguinn had a 12 string guitar, it was like nothing I've ever heard." David Allen Coe

snakeweasel

omarman said:

Now when you say toys...

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

stickguy

that car must be a pig handler with that big engine up front.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:

imidazol97 said:

Neighbor kid left his girl friend's Jeep running late at night. I saw the headlights on in the morning when I left to get coffee. :Later the headlights were off, so I didn't go wake anyone up.

Apparently when he charged the battery with a charger, the Jeep wouldn't come out of park. Had to have it towed to the dealer. I'm sure he searched the internet for a solution. It's a keyless start. That must be how it got left on when they came home, probably late at night, and ran the gas tank dry.

I knew someone who did that with a brand new Mazda. It idled for 8 straight hours while she was at work.

This past winter I did my monthly start up on the Sebring. Got occupied elsewhere and discovered it still running 5 hours later. Didn’t seem to hurt it at all. They say an hour of idle is equal to 30 or so miles driven. I’ve seen cop car with over 8000 idle hours.

It's my understanding that police cars spend at idle least as much time as they are being driven.

snakeweasel

houdini1 said:

jmonroe1 said:

houdini1 said:

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

I probably wouldn't settle for a Camry either...I mean I am still breathing. I loved my BMW convertible, but wouldn't consider another BMW Cabriolet because I can't be bothered messing around with snow tires anymore. My AWD is good enough to get through most snow. If my MB became problematic I might settle for a Lexus........just a little more willing to compromise these days especially if it means more time-for me. I won't watch a movie or TV program if I am not into it after 15 minutes....life is limited. I'd rather have a Camry than a fancy car that is in the garage half the time. Listening to a good music system.....I love music and appreciate good sound...it is just to passive, rather be doing or seeing something...places to go and see - tennis games to play!

I've got plenty of things to do- plus, I still have a job that I find fulfilling and enjoyable. When I do sit down to watch a movie or listen to music I want something more than a couple of tinny 3.5" cones driven almost to the point of 10% THD.
And not to put too fine a point on it, at 63 years of age I still don't consider compromise to be a virtue.

In retrospect, at 63 I was still a young man, and physically, mentally, and lifestyle wise, nothing much had changed in my life. Still felt the same in early 70's. Now, at 77, I can certainly tell the difference between now and when I was 63, or even when 73. Still healthy for my age and have "shot my age" at least once on the golf course since I was 72...but I am certainly not as strong as I once was and don't have the stamina to play 36 or more holes a day, nor do I have the desire to play that much.

I believe that men also go through a "change of life", just as a woman does. It is a slow process over a 2 or 3 year period and you don't really notice it until it is complete. Different ages for everyone I assume, but it will happen if you live long enough. At 77 I am different, but just as content and satisfied with my life as ever, maybe even more so. Getting old is not all good, but not all bad either.

77, you’re just a kid. Being today is my birthday I just added one to that age. Spent the whole day helping Son #1 at flip house #2. I don’t think I’m any more tired than when we did flip #1 last Summer. I guess some things never change except for the number of candles on the cake. Which BTW, the girls are preparing that as I post. Now that I think about it I can’t eat as much cake and ice cream as I did when I was 28, 38, 48, 58, you get the idea.

jmonroe

Happy BD there old fella !! Together with your evil twin that makes you 156 years old. My evil twin always makes those second try putts that I miss on the first try.

Seems like everyone these days has an evil twin except me. Even my twin has one.

omarman

Seger explained, "It's all about straight-line speed with the big block. It doesn't corner real well or anything like that."

But he also claimed, "It's very comfortable."

I had a '71 Mustang sportsroof with the 302, and it cornered well on clean dry roads but was never comfortable on long drives. So I think Bob must be having fun with short but thrilling bursts of Grabber Green energy.

snakeweasel

tjc78 said:

28firefighter said:

Jealous. I miss the beach in longport and going to the clam shack in somers point.

IMO all the bad things about Jersey take a back seat when you are at the shore !

Unless you're at this part of the Jersey shore, AKA Boot Camp.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

Anybody ever have their car painted like this?

https://youtu.be/RG4GcsomIfc

I parked next to a Nissan SUV yesterday. A nice shinny black one with one severely damaged back door that was painted a flat black, as if someone spray painted it with a can of rustoleum.

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

Because of something to do with baseball I am boycotting MLB for the time being.

omarman

A couple weeks ago I suggested that an NFL team may change their name to "Redacted." I was close.

snakeweasel said:

ab348 said:

abacomike said:

I am watching the Phillies and Marlins game on TV and am truly enjoying watching baseball again! I really missed watching Major League Baseball. Can't wait for football to begin!🤓🤪😜

I resubscribed to MLB TV on Friday in time to watch the Mets win their opener. Then things got back to normal yesterday when the bullpen blew the lead with 2 out in the 9th and they lost in extra innings. It's hard being a Mets fan.

Because of something to do with baseball I am boycotting MLB for the time being.

driver100

snakeweasel said:

jwm40517 said:

My HVAC guy with over 30 years of experience told me probably 20 years ago to use the cheap filters instead of the expensive more restrictive ones. Said the systems would last much longer.

The guy who installed ours told me the same thing. Thin cheap filters lets air flow more freely. Our old furnace had a reusable filter, just take it out a few times a year and hose it off.

So air flows more freely.....trapping fewer contaminates which is why most people have a filter. Wouldn't it be better to buy a better filter, and change it more frequently?
Having NO filter would even get less clogged!

tjc78

The problem is those “fancy” filters restrict the air flow too much right when new. That stresses the fan and can also hurt air flow across the coils.

Use cheap filters and change every month.

driver100

For those who don't believe people are having parties. This house party took place just outside of Toronto, estimate 200 people attended. There are 100 to 150 cars parked on the property....some who were there said the virus is fake.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-break-up-brampton-house-party-with-200-reportedly-inside-1.5663755
The homeowner could be fined $100000!

roadburner

snakeweasel said:

jwm40517 said:

My HVAC guy with over 30 years of experience told me probably 20 years ago to use the cheap filters instead of the expensive more restrictive ones. Said the systems would last much longer.

The guy who installed ours told me the same thing. Thin cheap filters lets air flow more freely. Our old furnace had a reusable filter, just take it out a few times a year and hose it off.

My heat pump has one of those powered “electronic air cleaners” that need cleaning every couple of months. If you don’t clean it it will pop and crackle whenever the fan is running. I switched to a paper filter to avoid the hassle.

oldfarmer50

benjaminh said:

https://www.wardsauto.com/dealers/car-dealers-see-growing-shopper-interest-study-says

"....Because of public health reasons, the study suggests vehicle ownership has become more important to some consumers as they back off from transportation alternatives such as ride-sharing and public transit....

39% of respondents who previously used ride-sharing, and 44% of those who previously used public transportation, expect to decrease their use of these services-or stop using them entirely
49% of respondents say they see their car as an escape or for fun, and 33% say they expect to use their car more going forward."

That makes a lot of sense.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

that car must be a pig handler with that big engine up front.

I’m sure the 70 series rubber of the day made up for that.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

For those who don't believe people are having parties. This house party took place just outside of Toronto, estimate 200 people attended. There are 100 to 150 cars parked on the property....some who were there said the virus is fake.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-break-up-brampton-house-party-with-200-reportedly-inside-1.5663755
The homeowner could be fined $100000!

Well, you Canadaians are a wild bunch.

I heard of one guy who got fined for drinking his Tim Horton’s coffee in his car.