The Back Porch

we swabbies are lovers not fighters...that's what the marines are for.

I'm not saying I hit MY head, Vince.
I know this guy, and HE hit HIS head, see ...

As for no notches, the brave ones shoot the bullets. Us crazy guys, we shoot the film!

Cory, be sure to tell your "FRIEND" to be careful around Dutch Doors! 8->

I'll get back on the 'where are they now' topic:

I'm currently in Indiana saving my pennies (for my next speedy) and rebuilding my retirement fund. I get a speedster fix occasionally by dropping in on Carey at Special Edition just a 40 minute drive from my back porch. My Beck is in Wisconsin and as Wolfgang reported the Green Hornet resides in (warmer) Texas. I'm hoping to make Carlisle this year. My sales job takes me to the Southeast States regularly where I keep hoping I'll find the time to drop in on some of my friends here. I'm still working on moving to the Carolinas or Tennessee for a longer driving season and shorter winter. For now I'm mostly a lurker here keeping my speedster experience and dream alive.

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Hey Tom! Stay well, keep in touch and see ya in Carlisle!

Peace - Out!

Hi, Tom!
If you're ever near Baltimore, give us a shout!

TOM!!! Yeah, come to Carlisle. You can drive mine to help keep the flame alive. As for moving to Tennessee or the Carolinas, I consider this little corner of the country to be just about perfect.

Hi Tom---good to see your post and to know you are still as crazy as the rest of us. We all lived through the saga of the green bomb ---some more than others but we all learned a lot from all that story.

Hope to see you at Carlisle!

Pet peeve of the week: renovating means replacing carpet.
Never, ever, walk around a house where you've removed the foot of carpet closest to the walls -- in order to paint -- without shoes.
Anybody else ever step on a tack strip?
On a positive note, it's been so long since I was in the basement of the townhouse that I forgot all about the Guinness in the beer fridge.
Take the good with the bad, I guess.

Tack strip, staple, nail head, sliver of ceramic tile and the list goes on ..it's all on the dues you pay during renovations :) ~Alan

Hey Cory,
When we acquired our Oregon cabin, the previous owner had wall-to-wall carpet in the bathroom. I guess his/her aim was pretty bad, because my significant other ripped it out the first day we were there! I "thought" I got the tack strip around the toilet out. It's really dark out there in the woods at night. So when I got up in the middle of the night . . . you see where this is going, right?

Ouch!

Unrelated to anything, and since it is the back porch ... As we were adding a little juice to the old radiator a couple mornings ago, it dawned on me that our fire engine has a distinctly Hoopty-esque feature.
See if you can figure out what it is:

Must be pretty hard to drive like that. Limited headlight illumination range for night driving.

Tilt cab?

No, silly! It's the canvas hose.

It's not set up for drafting

Bent spigots?????.....NAAAHHHHH!!!!!

How about this. I saw a while back a slogan on some form of media or another -- tee-shirt, bumper sticker or some similar thing -- "2 much txtng maks u 1 bad spellr."
I know not everybody's good at spelling, so I'm not aiming this at those folks. I'm just mad that one of the great languages in the history of civilization, our beloved English, has been reduced to such barely comprehensible constructs as the average text message allows.
I lived in blissful ignorance until this phone. Now, even from the grown-up people I work with, I get this stuff on the screen and want to throw up a little.
Stuff like: "hey do u kno who hav the hydrnr rench?" which, I believe, meant "Hey, do you know who it was who has the hydrand wrench?"
Grrrrrrrrr. Steams me right up.
I turn funny colors when the text comes from a guy I'm three feet away from. THAT happens. Lots. I HATE that!

Um, Cory, you misspelled hydrant.

Way to implode a good rant there, Mike.
Dammit! :)

It just goes to show the insidious effect this texting has on people.

Tilt Nose , I HOPE!!!

I'm not going exploring for any hose..

Cory - I'm with you 100% on this. Consider responding to those abbreviated text messages with this text reply;

F u cn red ths, then F U.

...I'm just saying...

I'd go one step further Jim....just type back gibberish with "OK?" at the end.

I see all these people staring at their phones so I decided to try it. Looked at the one in our kitchen for about 5 minutes, it did nothing. Was really boring. I just don't get it?

I 'll go one better. I don't send or receive any text messages . And the the only part,, I do use is the voicemail..

Yesterday, I turned on my cell phone for the first time since last October. It said I had one unread message. I have no idea how to retreive an unread message. I turned the cell phone off and put it back in the drawer. I try to keep it simple.

HAA hhh .. I hear Ya David !!!

Let's see.....Road flares, fire extinguisher, tool kit, fan belt, and if ALL else fails, cell phone....I'm just sayin.....

Y'all are fond of saying "That sh*t'll buff out," so here's one for you.
I was in a 'property damage only' fender-bender the other day with a Hyundai Elantra. He was passing in front of me from left to right at a blind intersection. The VeeDub took some damage to the right front bumper, and the Elantra took a dinger to the passenger's rear door and fender. Just a nudge, but enough.
Insurance is on the job regarding who's going to pay for what, but I don't think I'll be filing a damage claim for the Mighty Fightin' Volkswagen. I think I can fix'er right up with a little polymer and touch-up paint. I was SURE I was going to need a new bumper cover until I got out the old bucket of hot, soapy water and a scrubber.

That sh*t really did (mostly) buff out!

Nice to know it has a good appetite.....;>)

Cory,

When you figure out what the "right stuff" is, pls advise. I have a few of these on the Mazda bumper I'd like to take care of. Methinks there is more involved than just touch-up paint, which I have. What is the state of the technolgy for fixing this sort of sh**? All I get from the body shop is: "A new bumper will run you $583.46, or like that."

Look for local guys that air brush for car dealers, the best firm in the Chicago area is Carnica. Metallics are tougher, but will look better than touch up paint.

Look for local guys that air brush for car dealers, the best firm in the Chicago area is Carnica. Metallics are tougher, but will look better than touch up paint.

Cory, "Bumper Doc" really works. Wife sideswipped a cinder block wall along our driveway, scratching the painted plastic bumper pretty bad. These guys made it entirely disappear for a resonable price and in one day. The repair is not visible.

http://www.bumperdoc.com/?gclid=CNrgk726lqACFSpeagodCH6vQw

Thanks!