I'm wrapping up a week's long vacation in the Upper Peninsula (Michigan) with friends. Great time using THEIR jet ski, kayak, and paddle board. Granted, my wife and I would love to get a lake house of our own someday, but we're not there yet.
Speaking of vehicles, I bought my first new car after 16 years and 181,000 miles....
2014 Corrolla - 20K miles, $14K. Wrote a check, drove it away. It is very nice suddenly switching to a car that doesn't shake like an earthquake above 70mph, and sound like a jet engine, with a 'check engine' light that goes on and off at strange intervals.
On another note, anybody want a 2000 Saturn with 181,000 miles?
How about my 1998 Dodge Neon with 197,000 miles, a bad transmission, and just failed smog test? Tires are Michelin and are at 85% full tread!
While were talking about it.. How about a 97 F150 with 285,000 miles? She's a beaut!
gosh damn it... now I have that 1960's song stuck in my head... and I can't figure out who sang it... as a DJ - that's bugging the crap out of me.
any old timers out there remember the title and who sang this....
You turn me on, so nice and slow
You turn me up, I'm set to go
You turn around, and I'm gonna fly
(dada something something) and here's the reason why
I'm a coooool, blue flame...
Finally got a weekend that I didn't have to work and that it didn't rain... and finally got the PaylessAutoRepairSucks.com A-frame sign mounted into the truck bed and anchored down.
The website has now had over 214,300+ hits.... hopefully the new sign will get me to 500,000
Go get 'em, Terry!!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I use mono vision contacts--right eye sees far. Left eye close. Together they are 20/15.
Hard lenses-worn them for 15+ years-works amazingly well!
I consider myself reasonably well-read with the word reasonably being quite subjective. There are a lot of holes in my reading, especially some of the classics. I am trying to fill some of those holes. Last summer I read Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Like many I am a big fan of the musical and have listened to the soundtrack countless times. I enjoyed the book very much. Like always there are so many other characters and subplots than can be told in a 2 to 3 hour musical or film.
This summer I read Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath and just last week I finished Melville's Moby Dick. Both books were very enjoyable and I'm glad I finally got around to reading them.
Not sure what will be next. Something by Dickens perhaps. I've heard Bleak House is good.
Any thoughts or discussion on the books mentioned?
A Christmas Carol. David Copperfield.
Wanted list:
Ubris
Slob by Rex Miller
Our Mutual Friend, A tale of two cities.
Wanted list:
Ubris
I've read that too. I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking so much for recommendations as to what to read next. I have plenty of those. I was asking for any thoughts or comments on the ones I have recently read. A PM or e-mail would do so that this thread doesn't get hijacked.
Last edited by Patrick; 08-01-2016 at 01:22 PM. Reason: Clarity
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury