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oldfarmer50

iluvmysephia1 said:

And how many miles should I expect to get out of my regular E400 tires?

What kind a tires are they, driver100? I am by no means a tire expert. I just know that I liked the ride of my '08 Lancer GTS with those Pirelli P-Zero Nero's on the wheels. That car handled so well. Wish it's engine didn't blow up around the 130,000 mile mark.

I really didn't like how fast my Lancer's tires wore out - but the experts told me that since my Lancer GTS ran high-performance, low profile tires, they were made ta grip well and, because of that and some other automotive engineering obviosees, I should not expect much more than 20,000 miles on my tires. They ran me about $200 a tire, and, to a guy that spends pretty thriftily like me, that hurt. But I didn't really have a choice.

Iluv did you ever find out why your Lancer blew the engine? The worst problem I ever heard with Mitsu engines was something about valve seals causing oil burning. Seems unusual for it to go at 130k miles.

oldfarmer50

abacomike said:

Today it is supposed to get to 82 degrees with partly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain.  We had almost 10 inches of rain last week and this is supposed to be our dry season.  El Niño is affecting our entire country's weather.

Going to hit near 60 this weekend. At this rate I'll run out of car wash soap before we see any snow. Love that El Niño.

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

. Love that El Niño.

Just wait til next year when California starts sending us La Niño weather. Extra moisture and below normal temps.

abacomike

imidazol97 said:

. Love that El Niño.

Just wait til next year when California starts sending us La Niño weather. Extra moisture and below normal temps.

La Niña (female) El Niño (male) baby.  

Mr_Shiftright

I just got a Toshiba 17" for$379 with rebates. Not a refurb. Good for anything except gaming or video editing.

nelsonf

This is page 666. The devil's page! Bahaha.

Mr_Shiftright

Next page is the devil's neighbor across the street.

iluvmysephia1

Iluv did you ever find out why your Lancer blew the engine? The worst problem I ever heard with Mitsu engines was something about valve seals causing oil burning. Seems unusual for it to go at 130k miles.


oldfarmer - well, Mitsubishi was fixin' ta send out a recall for several model year Lancer's. And they did. Here's my story about that. Mine had it's catastrophic breakdown, we traded for the '11 Kia Soul, then a recall notice shows up 3 weeks later in the mail. Mitsu's response from their telephone rep? "You guys should've called us right then from Viva Kia/Mitsubishi in El Paso! We could've done something for you - then. But because you traded for a Kia product, we can't help you."

"But our '08 Lancer GTS had engine failure because the serpentine belt broke prematurely, ma'am. What would you have done?" Yes, we talked about the timing chain failing, or seizing, either first or after the serpentine belt broke. It was never fully answered as to what went first, but, the Mitsubishi recall was for the serpentine belt breaking before it should, and that is at least one of the things mechanics at two different El Paso establishments stated occurred.

So, to us, this sounded like Mitsubishi should've thrown us a bone of some value for our trouble.

"I'm really sorry, Mrs.iluvmysephia1 (my wife was on the phone with them for about 45 minutes - it was on speaker so both of us could pummel them), but you guys should've called us from the Mitsubishi dealer." Really? All we could think of was getting some safe wheels under us to get back to Alamogordo, NM, our home, and on with our lives again. We really weren't trying to overly-dramatize anything with this case. The end result? Nothing. No compensation for you! I think we're done with Mitsubishi Motors of Japan. Or MMN America.

Back to Dodge City, KS, living, we went to our local Dodge City Goodyear dealer and got new tires yesterday. We got 4 new Cooper Starfire KR26 195/65R15's put on. Total cost was $389.57. Happy with the deal. The car drives well, better than before, in my opinion. The car wasn't really giving me any problems with anything, the tread was wearing out, so I replaced them. Anyhow, after they got done yesterday afternoon we drove around town looking for any new rental houses that might be available. We stopped at Papa Murphy's ta get a pepperoni pizza, I got out and noticed our left rear wheel was missing it's hubcap. Checked the other three, yep, they're all there.

Drove back to the Goodyear dealer and told them about what happened. "Did you put all 4 wheel covers back on?"

"Yes, I made sure they were all back on there." I believe him - they did. It popped off while driving on Dodge City's bumpy roads, which includes a lot of 1925 cobblestone.

So, it's off ta Wal*Mart, Autozone, or Oh! Oh! O'Reilly's tomorrow for new hubcaps for the little white monster. She's all fettered up with all her maintenance done now. And, I ran her through the car wash, too. I'm going to wipe down the interior and vacuum it out as well. Just in time for Sunday's snow blast we're supposed to get. We're driving to Wichita Sunday, and Wichita is included in the storm zone. Drive on Highway 54 from Dodge City to Wichita and you'll be all right, locals are telling me, because they "have ta keep that highway clear for the truckers."

Go Seahawks against BAL on Sunday. The Hawks are getting their Super Bowl game back, sports fans!

iluvmysephia1

Datsun 1600

I occasionally get a hankering for one of these or a MG Midget. Then it goes away. Last I checked pricing it seemed like you could snag one of these Datsun 1600's for $6,000-$8,000. Got that iluvmysephia1 special savings account working for me, yeah right.

abacomike

@iluvmysephia1:

"Back to Dodge City, KS, living, we went to our local Dodge City Goodyear dealer and got new tires yesterday. We got 4 new Cooper Starfire KR26 195/65R15's put on.  Total cost was $389.57."

I don't think I could get one of my rear tires replaced for $389.57, let alone all 4 tires.  According to Tire Rack, it would cost close to $1300.  

driver100

"abacomike

"I don't think I could get one of my rear tires replaced for $389.57, let alone all 4 tires.  According to Tire Rack, it would cost close to $1300.

 




And, they only last 20k miles (that's like the equivalent to $2600, compared to less than $100 per tire for 40k miles of driving pleasure)

driver100

iluvmysephia1
Mitsubishi was fixin' ta send out a recall for several model year Lancer's. And they did. Here's my story about that. Mine had it's catastrophic breakdown, we traded for the '11 Kia Soul, then a recall notice shows up 3 weeks later in the mail. Mitsu's response from their telephone rep? "You guys should've called us right then from Viva Kia/Mits

Mitsu just went down a lot of notches in my books. I had an Outlander rental once and I loved it - always thought if I was looking for a car in that category/price range I would check out a Mitsu. They make great little engines. The one thing I don't like is there aren't many dealers around if you have a breakdown. But, this is another case of poor customer service....so scratch Mitsu from my list.

roadburner

iluvmysephia1 said:

Datsun 1600

I occasionally get a hankering for one of these or a MG Midget. Then it goes away. Last I checked pricing it seemed like you could snag one of these Datsun 1600's for $6,000-$8,000. Got that iluvmysephia1 special savings account working for me, yeah right.

I had one- much nicer than a Midget, and more sophisticated than an MGB if you get the OHC 2000 motor. The only real down side to ownership vs an MG is that parts availability is nowhere near as good- today you can practically assemble an MG or Triumph from scratch.

bwia

ab348 said:

@bwia - That's a screaming deal on that laptop. I haven't seen anything close to that up here in the Great White North. My first two laptops were Toshibas and I really liked them. Then I had an Asus (garbage) and am currently using a Dell (OK after the screen was replaced under warranty). I have the old 10 year old Toshiba still here in a box. Maybe I'll check out Staples after Christmas and see if they offer any deals.

Don't know why, but the Staples in-store price is better than online. And there are conflicting interpretations of trade-in values on your old computer. One sales associate says the rebate is $150 so long as it has an intact monitor (no broken glass) and a power cord.

The electronics department manager says the rebate is up to $150. And to receive the maximum $150 rebate you must buy a new laptop with an original list price of (?). Not sure what that amount is as pricing is so fluid on these things.

Nonetheless, I am happy with my purchase decision especially with the blazing speed from my 50/50 Mbps FIOS internet connection, which is delivering closer to 60/60 Mbps. Life is good.

stever

FatWallet.com is full of stories about deals at Staples - the "ymmv" depends on who's managing the store at that hour.

bwia

Speaking of falling gas prices. Not sure where I heard it (CBS or ABC news) but the price of regular gasoline is cheaper today than it was in 1965. The price of gas then was $0.31 versus $0.27 today adjusted for inflation.

In nominal dollars, the lowest price I have seen today is $1.85 at Gulf. At these prices Tesla will have to --at least temporarily--significantly discount its Model S, and the Model X will probably have a slow start. But on the other hand now is probably a good time to buy a Tesla to position oneself for the inevitable gas price increases down the road.

iluvmysephia1

And, they only last 20k miles (that's like the equivalent to $2600, compared to less than $100 per tire for 40k miles of driving pleasure)

Yeah, I had the gal look up the rated information on the Cooper's. I was thinking 40,000 miles and they are supposed ta be good for 40,000 miles indeed. I don't mess with snow tires or studded tires during the winter, no matter how grueling it gets in the area I happen ta be living in at the time. I always get all-season radials like this. I think it helps to have manual transmission driving in the snow, too. We just weathered a nasty snow and ice storm over Thanksgiving here in Dodge City, and the Soul with its old all-season radials (mix and match front and back - Nexen's on the front I recall) did very well. I gunned it going downhill at one point and that EBD/car's traction's gonna take over light briefly came on. That's the first time I recall that electronic traction control light coming on in the year and a half I've owned this car.

abacomike

I drove over to the casino today - they gave their elite customers a liter of Jack Daniels Sinatra 100 Select Bourbon.  Nice gift - worth $150+ if bought in a liquor store.  I don't drink, but when I do sip, I love Jack Daniels.  I'll let you know my impressions when I open the bottle - whenever that will be.

Driving home now.

They also gave me a $500 Bloomingdales gift card as a Christmas gift.  $500 doesn't go very far at Bloomingdales, but I could use a couple of new shirts and shorts and a bottle of cologne.  When I feel I can be standing and walking a little longer, I will venture over to Boca Towne Center Mall and buy myself some goodies.  But I will wait until after Christmas when they run their sales.

oldfarmer50

bwia said:

ab348 said:

@bwia - That's a screaming deal on that laptop. I haven't seen anything close to that up here in the Great White North. My first two laptops were Toshibas and I really liked them. Then I had an Asus (garbage) and am currently using a Dell (OK after the screen was replaced under warranty). I have the old 10 year old Toshiba still here in a box. Maybe I'll check out Staples after Christmas and see if they offer any deals.

Don't know why, but the Staples in-store price is better than online. And there are conflicting interpretations of trade-in values on your old computer. One sales associate says the rebate is $150 so long as it has an intact monitor (no broken glass) and a power cord.

The electronics department manager says the rebate is up to $150. And to receive the maximum $150 rebate you must buy a new laptop with an original list price of (?). Not sure what that amount is as pricing is so fluid on these things.

Nonetheless, I am happy with my purchase decision especially with the blazing speed from my 50/50 Mbps FIOS internet connection, which is delivering closer to 60/60 Mbps. Life is good.

Buying electronics for a technophobe like me was always a chore but today was especially bad. Went to get a replacement for wife's Kindle. Which kind? She doesn't know. Just the kind "that I can use anywhere". Huh?

So off we go to Staples. Store is empty of customers but even more empty of anyone to help us. Wait 20 minutes for sales guy who says "I don't know anything about Kindles and I don't think they make one you can use outside of a wifi hot spot" Huh again? Wife pulls out her broken one and the guy looks at it. "Oh this is 3G". ??? "Yeah, we don't sell those". We leave, mouths hanging open.

I'm looking on line at Best Buy. There it is right on their web site so in order to get it to my bride right away I fight the traffic to the local mega mall where it takes me a half hour to find parking and fight my way through the crowd. It's a mad house at Best Buy. Finally I hear "can I help you?" I ask where I can find Kindles. "Right behind you" he says. Yeah! Success! I ask to see one with 3G. "Oh we don't have them in the store, try online" :@ :@ :@

I feel like getting in the Mustang and putting my foot to the floor until the handcuffs click.

oldfarmer50

I've always said the smart play is to buy against the market and go for a hybrid or electric when everyone is paying premium for SUVs and visa versa.

oldfarmer50

Watching the Mecum auction again and I can't understand what drives the classic car market. A beautiful 1959 Caddilac model 62 went for $40k but a1971 Chevy pick up just went for $60k. Am I weird to not be lusting after an old pick up?

suydam

Oldfarmer, why not just order it from Amazon? They explain all the different Kindles, pretty much the same prices, and no need to fight the hordes at the mall! I never go near the malls this time of year if I can help it.

imidazol97

suydam said:

Oldfarmer, why not just order it from Amazon? They explain all the different Kindles, pretty much the same prices, and no need to fight the hordes at the mall! I never go near the malls this time of year if I can help it.

X2.

Buy it at amazon. if you are a prime member, shipped to you in 2 business days. You can pay extra for quick shipping. Only problem is now they charge sales tax on purchases by Ohio residents thanks to our goofball governor negotiating with them to do that as part of setting up a warehouse in Ohio or offices or some type. So they have a presence in Ohio and must charge sales tax to residents.

I love buying from Amazon and Ebay. Amazon has never let me down. When something didn't get delivered in a reasonable time and tracking didn't work right, they made it right based on my email comments about the problem with tracking on their new shipping techniques.

carnaught

Not just your governor. The trend is to have multiple service areas for Amazon, in various States, to give quicker service locally; that usually necessitates a given State charging tax,. If you think you have a goofball, there are much worse ones out there, Moonbeam comes to mind.

iluvmysephia1

Trying to decide if I can handle the Wal*Mart crowds ta go score myself some $15 Wal*Mart wheel covers.

carnaught

iluvmysephia1 said:

Trying to decide if I can handle the Wal*Mart crowds ta go score myself some $15 Wal*Mart wheel covers.

My advice, buy somewhere on-line. Ebay??

iluvmysephia1

My advice, buy somewhere on-line. Ebay??


Yeah, they're really just for looks, anyway. I could knock the three I have off of there and just wait for a while, too. Stay tuned - I'll report back on this tiny project in a couple a hours from now.

driver100

iluvmysephia1 said:

My advice, buy somewhere on-line. Ebay??


Yeah, they're really just for looks, anyway. I could knock the three I have off of there and just wait for a while, too. Stay tuned - I'll report back on this tiny project in a couple a hours from now.

No wheel discs will give your Soul a nice mean look

ab348

abacomike said:

I drove over to the casino today - they gave their elite customers a liter of Jack Daniels Sinatra 100 Select Bourbon.  Nice gift - worth $150+ if bought in a liquor store.  I don't drink, but when I do sip, I love Jack Daniels.  I'll let you know my impressions when I open the bottle - whenever that will be.

Driving home now.

They also gave me a $500 Bloomingdales gift card as a Christmas gift.  $500 doesn't go very far at Bloomingdales, but I could use a couple of new shirts and shorts and a bottle of cologne.  When I feel I can be standing and walking a little longer, I will venture over to Boca Towne Center Mall and buy myself some goodies.  But I will wait until after Christmas when they run their sales.

Mike, that VIP list is one I'd like to be on given their generosity. Do you gamble there a lot? I've not heard you mention it much.

Speaking of booze, I have a rather large scotch whisky collection - not buying much any more, as I went through it a while ago and realized I have more than I will ever drink myself, and a lot of it is pricey stuff that you don't want to break out while just watching a football game on TV or whatever. My doctor was alarmed the last time I was to see her when I mentioned it to her - I guess she thought I was guzzling it every night. I ration myself.

Funny story on the medical front. I had a regularly scheduled appointment with my doctor on Thursday, just to get prescriptions renewed and routine checks. She had me get blood and urine samples analyzed a month or so ago and the results were in. She was rattling off all these thing - everything good, normal, whatever. When she was done she said "You're in great shape!" with a big smile. I just looked at her. "You've got to be kidding" I said. "Well, for someone your age with your medical history, you are", she said. "All you need is a girlfriend. I can give you some Viagra or whatever if that's what it takes." I was astounded. Never had a woman offer me Viagra before! I had a good laugh over it.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

bwia said:

ab348 said:

@bwia - That's a screaming deal on that laptop. I haven't seen anything close to that up here in the Great White North. My first two laptops were Toshibas and I really liked them. Then I had an Asus (garbage) and am currently using a Dell (OK after the screen was replaced under warranty). I have the old 10 year old Toshiba still here in a box. Maybe I'll check out Staples after Christmas and see if they offer any deals.

Don't know why, but the Staples in-store price is better than online. And there are conflicting interpretations of trade-in values on your old computer. One sales associate says the rebate is $150 so long as it has an intact monitor (no broken glass) and a power cord.

The electronics department manager says the rebate is up to $150. And to receive the maximum $150 rebate you must buy a new laptop with an original list price of (?). Not sure what that amount is as pricing is so fluid on these things.

Nonetheless, I am happy with my purchase decision especially with the blazing speed from my 50/50 Mbps FIOS internet connection, which is delivering closer to 60/60 Mbps. Life is good.

uying electronics for a technophobe like me was always a chore but today was especially bad.

I'm looking on line at Best Buy. There it is right on their web site so in order to get it to my bride right away I fight the traffic to the local mega mall where it takes me a half hour to find parking and fight my way through the crowd. It's a mad house at Best Buy.

Amazon is the best way to get a Kindle....and you can buy your ebooks on Kindle too...or borrow books from the library.
Amazon is one of those great companies that tries to do it right, and if it isn't right they do everything they can to make it right.
We have to pay taxes now too....they have a huge warehouse about a mile from us......over 3000 employees! Smart way for states to get some of that sales tax money they have been losing out on.

abacomike

@ab348 said:

" I was astounded. Never had a woman offer me Viagra before! I had a good laugh over it."

So did I.  As for the casino, I don't frequent it as much.  Although I was invited to NYY Steakhouse this coming Thursday night with any two guests for a comped dinner.  So a nice Italian couple who live on the first floor of my condo and have been very helpful to me are my guests next Thursday evening.  He said he would drive so that relieved me of having to drive.

Mr_Shiftright

Not any more. A nice one will cost you $12,5K at least. For $6K you get a fixer-upper (at best), and $8K a driver with needs.

roadburner said:

iluvmysephia1 said:

Datsun 1600

I occasionally get a hankering for one of these or a MG Midget. Then it goes away. Last I checked pricing it seemed like you could snag one of these Datsun 1600's for $6,000-$8,000. Got that iluvmysephia1 special savings account working for me, yeah right.

I had one- much nicer than a Midget, and more sophisticated than an MGB if you get the OHC 2000 motor. The only real down side to ownership vs an MG is that parts availability is nowhere near as good- today you can practically assemble an MG or Triumph from scratch.

Mr_Shiftright

It's the supply and demand equation. Most people who want a '59 Cadillac probably have one. I presume that '71 pickup was one nice tasty piece of work however. You can buy clean driver 70s pickups for much much less than that.

oldfarmer50 said:

Watching the Mecum auction again and I can't understand what drives the classic car market. A beautiful 1959 Caddilac model 62 went for $40k but a1971 Chevy pick up just went for $60k. Am I weird to not be lusting after an old pick up?

Michaell

Mr_Shiftright said:

It's the supply and demand equation. Most people who want a '59 Cadillac probably have one. I presume that '71 pickup was one nice tasty piece of work however. You can buy clean driver 70s pickups for much much less than that.

oldfarmer50 said:

Watching the Mecum auction again and I can't understand what drives the classic car market. A beautiful 1959 Caddilac model 62 went for $40k but a1971 Chevy pick up just went for $60k. Am I weird to not be lusting after an old pick up?

I happened to have the Mecum auction on this afternoon. That '71 pickup was totally resto modded with something like 500HP under the hood.

There were other '71-'72 Chevy pickups that went through for much less than $30K.

Would love to get that kind of money on my dad's '70 C-10. But, I doubt it.

houdini1

oldfarmer50 said:

bwia said:

ab348 said:

@bwia - That's a screaming deal on that laptop. I haven't seen anything close to that up here in the Great White North. My first two laptops were Toshibas and I really liked them. Then I had an Asus (garbage) and am currently using a Dell (OK after the screen was replaced under warranty). I have the old 10 year old Toshiba still here in a box. Maybe I'll check out Staples after Christmas and see if they offer any deals.

Don't know why, but the Staples in-store price is better than online. And there are conflicting interpretations of trade-in values on your old computer. One sales associate says the rebate is $150 so long as it has an intact monitor (no broken glass) and a power cord.

The electronics department manager says the rebate is up to $150. And to receive the maximum $150 rebate you must buy a new laptop with an original list price of (?). Not sure what that amount is as pricing is so fluid on these things.

Nonetheless, I am happy with my purchase decision especially with the blazing speed from my 50/50 Mbps FIOS internet connection, which is delivering closer to 60/60 Mbps. Life is good.

Buying electronics for a technophobe like me was always a chore but today was especially bad. Went to get a replacement for wife's Kindle. Which kind? She doesn't know. Just the kind "that I can use anywhere". Huh?

So off we go to Staples. Store is empty of customers but even more empty of anyone to help us. Wait 20 minutes for sales guy who says "I don't know anything about Kindles and I don't think they make one you can use outside of a wifi hot spot" Huh again? Wife pulls out her broken one and the guy looks at it. "Oh this is 3G". ??? "Yeah, we don't sell those". We leave, mouths hanging open.

I'm looking on line at Best Buy. There it is right on their web site so in order to get it to my bride right away I fight the traffic to the local mega mall where it takes me a half hour to find parking and fight my way through the crowd. It's a mad house at Best Buy. Finally I hear "can I help you?" I ask where I can find Kindles. "Right behind you" he says. Yeah! Success! I ask to see one with 3G. "Oh we don't have them in the store, try online" :@ :@ :@

I feel like getting in the Mustang and putting my foot to the floor until the handcuffs click.

OF, there is really no reason to buy a kindle with 3g. Once you download a book you can read it any place, any time without 3g or even wifi. The only time you even need wifi is when you are connecting to Amazon to buy a book. Once it is downloaded, you should even turn wifi off while you are just reading to save battery life.

The only possible reason to have 3g on a kindle is if you suddenly get the urge to buy a book while on a picnic, driving down the road, or some place where wifi is not available. I have 3 kindles and my favorite is the paperwhite. Easy on the eyes and you can read outside because it won't washout in sunlight, etc.

stickguy

so, speaking of PCs, I finally took the plunge and upgraded my old Win 7 laptop to Windows 10. I was shocked at how smooth it went. No problems so far that I can tell.

I will say that my reservations with Win 8 (OK, abject hate) that kept me from 10 were relieved. Much better, and kept the best parts of 7 (the interface).

so, so far so good!

cdnpinhead

The main issue I've had with 10, which I only installed a week ago on my personal laptop, which I don't use that often, is that my bookmarked websites all went somewhere I can't find or were erased. When I recreated a few of the ones I use most often, it's not entirely clear where they go. Where's my favorites list?

ab348

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stickguy said:

so, speaking of PCs, I finally took the plunge and upgraded my old Win 7 laptop to Windows 10. I was shocked at how smooth it went. No problems so far that I can tell.

I will say that my reservations with Win 8 (OK, abject hate) that kept me from 10 were relieved. Much better, and kept the best parts of 7 (the interface).

so, so far so good!

I've been running 10 on one machine and 7 on the other here. I do not like Windows 10 after a couple of months of use, by comparison with 7. Hard to describe why. I just don't like it.

suydam

Yes, the Paperwhite Kindle is the best one. You definitely don't need 3 g.

stever

@cdnpinhead, are you using Edge then? I mostly use IE11 for my browser with Win10. Don't know what folder the favs are in but they are easy to find on the browser.

stickguy

I use chrome. everything was still there. Even my cookies (it came back up, and I was still logged in here).

Have not tried Edge, but I also never used Explorer.

tjc78

abacomike said:

I drove over to the casino today - they gave their elite customers a liter of Jack Daniels Sinatra 100 Select Bourbon.  Nice gift - worth $150+ if bought in a liquor store.  I don't drink, but when I do sip, I love Jack Daniels.  I'll let you know my impressions when I open the bottle - whenever that will be.

Driving home now.

They also gave me a $500 Bloomingdales gift card as a Christmas gift.  $500 doesn't go very far at Bloomingdales, but I could use a couple of new shirts and shorts and a bottle of cologne.  When I feel I can be standing and walking a little longer, I will venture over to Boca Towne Center Mall and buy myself some goodies.  But I will wait until after Christmas when they run their sales.

Let me know how the Sinatra is. I'd love to get a bottle, but $200 is a bit much for me to drop. I've got about a half a bottle of the single Barrel Jack left, I'll make it. LOL.

abacomike

tjc78 said:

I drove over to the casino today - they gave their elite customers a liter of Jack Daniels Sinatra 100 Select Bourbon.  Nice gift - worth $150+ if bought in a liquor store.  I don't drink, but when I do sip, I love Jack Daniels.  I'll let you know my impressions when I open the bottle - whenever that will be.

Driving home now.

They also gave me a $500 Bloomingdales gift card as a Christmas gift.  $500 doesn't go very far at Bloomingdales, but I could use a couple of new shirts and shorts and a bottle of cologne.  When I feel I can be standing and walking a little longer, I will venture over to Boca Towne Center Mall and buy myself some goodies.  But I will wait until after Christmas when they run their sales.

Let me know how the Sinatra is. I'd love to get a bottle, but $200 is a bit much for me to drop. I've got about a half a bottle of the single Barrel Jack left, I'll make it. LOL.

Well, I sure wouldn't pay $200 for a bottle of anything, to be honest.  Since I got this Sinatra 100, I've been researching it.  It is a single barrel Jack Daniels, but in honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday today.  The bottle is 90 proof, but they just released a 100 proof variety at $499.00 a liter.

So, I decided to open the bottle this evening and take a few sips out of a brandy snifter I had.  First the aroma - very oaky yet sweet smelling.  My first sip was exhilarating - a hint of vanilla sweetness as an after taste.  The second sip was utopian - even sweeter and more refreshing.  This is not the same Jack Daniels I have sipped before - this is the nectar of the gods.

I don't like it with ice or water - straight up (neat).  This is true "sippin' whiskey"!  

oldfarmer50

suydam said:

Oldfarmer, why not just order it from Amazon? They explain all the different Kindles, pretty much the same prices, and no need to fight the hordes at the mall! I never go near the malls this time of year if I can help it.

Yep, that's what I did eventually. Just wanted it for her right away.

stever

We're staying at an Airbnb about two blocks from Frank's Palm Springs house. Got a bottle of screwcap red in the minifridge.

There's a lot of chat going on about his 100th birthday around here. About the only song of his I like is The Coffee Song.

oldfarmer50

houdini1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

bwia said:

ab348 said:

@bwia - That's a screaming deal on that laptop. I haven't seen anything close to that up here in the Great White North. My first two laptops were Toshibas and I really liked them. Then I had an Asus (garbage) and am currently using a Dell (OK after the screen was replaced under warranty). I have the old 10 year old Toshiba still here in a box. Maybe I'll check out Staples after Christmas and see if they offer any deals.

Don't know why, but the Staples in-store price is better than online. And there are conflicting interpretations of trade-in values on your old computer. One sales associate says the rebate is $150 so long as it has an intact monitor (no broken glass) and a power cord.

The electronics department manager says the rebate is up to $150. And to receive the maximum $150 rebate you must buy a new laptop with an original list price of (?). Not sure what that amount is as pricing is so fluid on these things.

Nonetheless, I am happy with my purchase decision especially with the blazing speed from my 50/50 Mbps FIOS internet connection, which is delivering closer to 60/60 Mbps. Life is good.

Buying electronics for a technophobe like me was always a chore but today was especially bad. Went to get a replacement for wife's Kindle. Which kind? She doesn't know. Just the kind "that I can use anywhere". Huh?

So off we go to Staples. Store is empty of customers but even more empty of anyone to help us. Wait 20 minutes for sales guy who says "I don't know anything about Kindles and I don't think they make one you can use outside of a wifi hot spot" Huh again? Wife pulls out her broken one and the guy looks at it. "Oh this is 3G". ??? "Yeah, we don't sell those". We leave, mouths hanging open.

I'm looking on line at Best Buy. There it is right on their web site so in order to get it to my bride right away I fight the traffic to the local mega mall where it takes me a half hour to find parking and fight my way through the crowd. It's a mad house at Best Buy. Finally I hear "can I help you?" I ask where I can find Kindles. "Right behind you" he says. Yeah! Success! I ask to see one with 3G. "Oh we don't have them in the store, try online" :@ :@ :@

I feel like getting in the Mustang and putting my foot to the floor until the handcuffs click.

OF, there is really no reason to buy a kindle with 3g. Once you download a book you can read it any place, any time without 3g or even wifi. The only time you even need wifi is when you are connecting to Amazon to buy a book. Once it is downloaded, you should even turn wifi off while you are just reading to save battery life.

The only possible reason to have 3g on a kindle is if you suddenly get the urge to buy a book while on a picnic, driving down the road, or some place where wifi is not available. I have 3 kindles and my favorite is the paperwhite. Easy on the eyes and you can read outside because it won't washout in sunlight, etc.

I was thinking the same thing but what baby wants...baby gets.

oldfarmer50

tjc78 said:

abacomike said:

I drove over to the casino today - they gave their elite customers a liter of Jack Daniels Sinatra 100 Select Bourbon.  Nice gift - worth $150+ if bought in a liquor store.  I don't drink, but when I do sip, I love Jack Daniels.  I'll let you know my impressions when I open the bottle - whenever that will be.

Driving home now.

They also gave me a $500 Bloomingdales gift card as a Christmas gift.  $500 doesn't go very far at Bloomingdales, but I could use a couple of new shirts and shorts and a bottle of cologne.  When I feel I can be standing and walking a little longer, I will venture over to Boca Towne Center Mall and buy myself some goodies.  But I will wait until after Christmas when they run their sales.

Let me know how the Sinatra is. I'd love to get a bottle, but $200 is a bit much for me to drop. I've got about a half a bottle of the single Barrel Jack left, I'll make it. LOL.

There was a fellow selling a 1982 Frank Sinatra edition Imperial on Craigslist a while back. As part of the deal it came with some bottles of Frank Sinatra Champagne.

abacomike

stever said:

We're staying at an Airbnb about two blocks from Frank's Palm Springs house. Got a bottle of screwcap red in the minifridge. There's a lot of chat going on about his 100th birthday around here. About the only song of his I like is The Coffee Song.

You are aware that I was head of a school in Rancho Mirage back in the 1990's.  I met Frank Sinatra at Walter Annenberg's Estate in Rancho Mirage back in 1991.  I was introduced by Sonny Bono when he was mayor of Palm Springs.  My son lives in La Quinta near the Chocolate Mountains.  I lived on Country Club Drive in Palm Desert.  I sure miss the desert and my son and grandsons.

But if you like single barrel whiskey, give the Sinatra 100 select a try.

By the way, Frank Sinatra's house is inRancho Mirage next door to the old Annenberg Estate on Frank Sinatra Drive just west of Bob Hope Drive.

stever

Ah, I was told the "piano pool" house was down near the movie colony area near Alejo. Not that it would matter, all the cool houses and atomic ranches are hidden behind walls and bougainvillea hedges. Nice mountains, bit cooler than I was expecting for the town being sunny and near sea level. Glad I had my puffy jacket.

iluvmysephia1

My favorites drop-down menu disappeared, too, after downloading Windows 10 onto my desktop. I tried several things that didn't work, then did the old shut-down-turn-it-back-on trick and, lo and behold, Windows gave me some message like "we thought you might like this again - click here if you do - we did xxx-blah-blah-blah."

Well, I clicked there and "Viola!" - my favorites pull-down with all of them in there was restored. And I was able to set it up with msn.com as my home page, and my PC world was right again. Pretty pleased with Windows 10 over the Windows 8.1 that was pre-loaded in to my HP CPU I bought right after the '08 Lancer blew it's engine. The reason the Mrs. and I took off to El Paso was to try and get my old CPU fixed down there. Best Buy had a new HP tower with enough space and speed for us for about $250 in early July 2014. Deal.