tree68Finished up the paperwork for the new truck today. After a very busy weekend, I'll head to Niagara Falls (about 4 hours) to pick it up. Hopefully they'll give me something toward my old truck, so I don't have to dispose of it myself...
Yes, Larry, I hope they don't make you drive it back home; that could be difficult. Maybe you can get enough to pay for the registration on the new truck? Back in '62, I was driving to Mississippi from Decatur, Georgia, in a '50 Chevy. A bearing burnt out right after I crossed the Tombigbee, and, a few miles later the engine threw a rod. I was towed into Cuba, left the car there, and made my way on. This took place on a Saturday. Monday, I bought a new Chevy in Wesson, Mississippi, paid the road and bridge tax and the ad valorum tax (Mississippi had an interesting tax structure for automobiles back then; both taxes declined with the age of the car), and drove to Cuba to get my belongings from the old car. What I was given for it was enough to cover the registration costs.
Johnny
Modelcar Tell us a bit about the new truck Larry.....Have always been a car / truck guy.
Tell us a bit about the new truck Larry.....Have always been a car / truck guy.
My son (the family wheeler-dealer) located it for me. I was looking for something full-sized (I hate having to fold my 6'5" frame into vehicles) for under $20,000 (in recognition of the fact that I'm not going to be working forever), and he managed to find the only one advertised within a day's drive. I also wanted a truck because I carry enough stuff with me (or even on occasion) that a car wouldn't do the job.
Of course, this means I haven't seen it yet, but it's new, so I don't have to worry about the usual used vehicle issues, and I've been in the same basic truck, so there shouldn't be any issues.
Going Dodge is a major jump for me - I've always driven GM (Dad worked for them). Just couldn't find anything that would meet my needs in my price range.
As long as they'll give me something for the old GMC (2002)... Blue book says $2,500 in fair condition, which would actually be something of a bonus - with 194K miles since October 2001, this truck doesn't owe me a thing...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
DeggestyYes, Larry, I hope they don't make you drive it back home; that could be difficult.
tree68quote]2009 Ram 1500, standard cab, short box, V6 auto, free satellite radio for a year, air, cruise, cloth interior - ought to be a pretty compact package. Getting an A.R.E. cap for it. It will blend nicely into the cab and will give the impression of an SUV. It's 'stone white'. Who knew there were so many different colors of white?
Sounds like that should fit your needs.....and V-6 for economy as well...Yes, white...Our automobile is "Pearl" white. {Avatar}.
And the mileage figure you quote for the GMC, I'd agree, it has served you well...
Our "run around truck" here for my local travels is a Chevrolet Xtreme...and still pleased with it.
Quentin
Quentin:
Twenty-Five Years of Rail Banking: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 690"
This is the opening salvos of a small war that is brewing between the trails zealots and just about everyone else regarding rail-trails. Besides multiple cases of lawyers behaving badly, this should give you some idea of what's been discussed before on this forum regarding the unintended consequenses of poor legislation and the resulting public confusion.
STB may not get the file posted until Thursday, and warning: 90 minutes of babbling from all sides.
http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/audiomee.nsf/71c35e25bd34f1f68525653300425877/5f58b4e01b190790852575ed0060efa6?OpenDocument
(From a surveyor's point of view, the Florida Law School professor verbally jabbing the NARPO attorney near the end of the proceedings is amusing and long overdue. Too many folks like the NARPO attorney and a certain former forum poster (now expunged) have this warped view that all railroad R/W is an easement.)
mudchicken Twenty-Five Years of Rail Banking: A Review and Look Ahead, STB Ex Parte No. 690"
M C.....We are one area that does have a nice and lengthy Trail passing thru Muncie.....Former C&O route Cinn. to Chicago area, and it is well received. Have a beautiful restored C&O depot now used as Trail Head....and all seems very successful.
But being a railfan from decades back, I would rather see a rail route located back on the ROW property. Don't know of any requests existing to do so here, but at least the ROW has been preserved.
Good afternoon, everyone. Got tests done at hospital, came home, went to sleep, got up, went to store. That's been my morning and afternoon. Tests looked pretty good, although I have to go back in three months for another check-up. Had a bruise, and then found a lump (knot). The doctors think it's a hematoma from the bruise. So far, it's only about a dime or nickel size lump. So I have to keep watch and make sure it doesn't get any bigger. Hopefully, it'll start decreasing, and disappear totally!
Supper tonight:
1. BLTs on your choice of toasted bread or just plain bread, w/garden salad and your choice of baked potato, fries, or onion rings
2. Turkey sandwiches w/lettuce, tomato, and whatever else you'd like on your sandwich, and the choices of baked potato, fries or oniong rings, along with a garden salad.
I hope you all have had a very good day, and hope you have a good evening as well. Take care.
got a tip from a friend and Matt and I went to town.behind a beat up warbonnet on q 381 was a BC rail loco 4620.its on its way to chicagoland.time to get ready for work.cw thanks for supper.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Joe, sounds fun! Glad you and Matt enjoyed it.
Well, today we sat at a crossing for about 25 min. while NS shoved some hoppers and Staley tankers (Thay were really small in fact???) into the Far North Staley lead. Had a Dash 9 on the head end. It was actually a good learnig experiance to see how "slack" works in a train that long. I enjoyed it, but mom didn't have quite as much fun as I didn with the situatiuon... Mom- "Well, I wish the D*** thing would hurry up!" "I'm sick of watin'!"
Well, today was offically 3 days till' vacation! Tommorow, will be 2!!!! Mom, Dad, and Me are packing as we speak!
Cw, thanks for supper!
Justin
The road to to success is always under construction. _____________________________________________________________________________ When the going gets tough, the tough use duct tape.
WOW!!
Just had an email from Kozzie (David Everest)
He's alive and well and very busy!
Edit: Larry, Congrats on the "new" truck. Sort of surpised you didn't get the Cummins Diesel package with standard tranny. And welcome to the world of Chrysler products!
My first car was a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda; and have owned Chrysler products since.
(well, several exceptions, Ford, GM, Datsun, Mitsubishi )
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Larry:
I think you will appreciate the room in the cab of the Dodge, my 2001 has more room than I need (for a 5'8'', 300lb guy), and for a bench seat, it's very comfortable. As for the satellite radio, once you have listened to it for a while, you will probably never go back to terrestrial radio again (something nice about never having to find a station that plays what you like every hundred miles or so).
Headed now toward Batavia, NY with a load of milkfat, then after I get unloaded, to a shop for repairs to the trailer, found a few leaks in the ceiling this morning.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
locomutt WOW!! Just had an email from Kozzie (David Everest)
That's good news Walt....I've been wondering what has happened to him as it's been many months or even a year since I've seen a response from him on here....
If your monitoring here Kozzie....Welcome back and hello again...
cherokee womanGood afternoon, everyone. Got tests done at hospital, came home, went to sleep, got up, went to store. That's been my morning and afternoon. Tests looked pretty good, although I have to go back in three months for another check-up. Had a bruise, and then found a lump (knot). The doctors think it's a hematoma from the bruise. So far, it's only about a dime or nickel size lump. So I have to keep watch and make sure it doesn't get any bigger. Hopefully, it'll start decreasing, and disappear totally!
Paula, I'm glad that nothing that really needed attention showed up. Apparently you, as well as I, can bump against something and not notice the bump until a bruise or dripping blood shows up. You take care.
tree68Going Dodge is a major jump for me - I've always driven GM (Dad worked for them). Just couldn't find anything that would meet my needs in my price range.
Speaking of keys and getting them out, have a similar problem witht the two vehicles I drive. While on the 2001 Dodge the key is in the usual right side of steering column position, the 2006 Kenworth has a separate key switch on the left hand side of the dash. Habit for me now is to carry my keys in my left hand, so it gets confusing when I hop in the Dodge. (Well, that and the different "feel" of the brake pedals - once nearly tried to flip my mothers' 2001 Chevy Astro after a light changed, was still used to the stiffer air brake pedal in the semitractor, and pushed a bit too hard!!)
My family members have noticed that I tend to drive my personal vehicle like I drive a semi--wide turns, slow speeds, using my four-ways when backing up, etc.
Good Thursday morning,everyone. It's looking like we have a beautiful day on tap here in Louisville, although it will be hot, hot, hot. There is also a slight chance of some rain/thunder showers later on this afternoon. Typical July weather now.
Johnny, thanks for the well wishes! And yeah, all I have to do is barely tap myself on something, or slightly run into the wall or a cabinet, and I will have a bruise.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, iced teas and hot water for tea are ready. And on the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, and cinnamon toast and french toast.
Mookie, here's you coffee mug, clean out of the dishwasher! How would you like to join me in the garden this morning? It's a little bit on the cool side, with a current temp of 73, because there's a very nice breeze out this morning.
You all have a great morning, and take care.
cherokee womanMookie, here's you coffee mug, clean out of the dishwasher!
My ex was in the Navy. She decided one day to do a bit of cleaning and expended a fair amount of elbow grease cleaning out the accumulated coatings from all of the coffee mugs.
The owners were furious. Like a good cast iron skillet, they all had their coffee mugs well "seasoned...."
Time to go mow the lawn. Our regular laborer got a new job, and things are looking a bit ragged outside.
tree68 My ex was in the Navy. She decided one day to do a bit of cleaning and expended a fair amount of elbow grease cleaning out the accumulated coatings from all of the coffee mugs. The owners were furious. Like a good cast iron skillet, they all had their coffee mugs well "seasoned...."
tree68 Time to go mow the lawn. Our regular laborer got a new job, and things are looking a bit ragged outside.
Dan
Morning
Rained a little last night. Was drizzling when I went to bed. Have to take my dog (Rex) to the vet today. Needs his shots. CW, thanks for breakfast. I will see you all later on!
Headed to the garden and then to the dentist for a little sharpening.
CW - had breakfast over on another thread (kudzu). Don't think I want anything to eat for a few days. Ugh!
Pretty boring here, so will stick with my clean coffee cup. (I always washed the outside grill, my coffee pot and cup and my iron skillet. Must be the German in me...or the fact that I took so many food handler classes....)
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
One tenth inch of rain overnight....not nearly enough. But it all helps.
Overcast and a chance of rain each day now {new forecast}, for next several days. But unless it changes, we'll be looking for it to happen....Dry here.
Edit: Light rain has started...{11:40}...Good, we sure need it.
We're comfortably moist in Omaha at this point. In fact, we got 1.80" of rain on Tuesday Night. There is more coming for tonight, and some severe thunderstorms are possible too. Again, not exactly typical July weather.
Willy
Willy - just checked national radar - Iowa has a big red and yellow bulls-eye right in the center! Go Iowa!
We didn't get your rain. We only have until the 24th of July for rain. That is my daughter's bd and it never rains after her bd until the first week of Sept. Let's see if that happens again this year.
Mookie
Larry, I always wash coffee cup, mugs, glasses, etc. If you don't, sometimes you could find little gobs of scum floating around. Don't want that, so they get washed every day. (Don't want the health department coming around, saying we don't keep things clean around here!)
For lunch and supper today we have:
1. Pork chop abracadbra w/potatoes and onion in cream of chicken soup, and:
2. Chicken abracadbra w/the same as the pork chop abracadbra.
Everyone have a good afternoon, stay as cool as possible, and take care. That's exactly what the three of us are doing (well, I guess I should say the five of us, as Win the Dog and Trap the Cat are both resting also).
Mookie Headed to the garden and then to the dentist for a little sharpening. CW - had breakfast over on another thread (kudzu). Don't think I want anything to eat for a few days. Ugh! Pretty boring here, so will stick with my clean coffee cup. (I always washed the outside grill, my coffee pot and cup and my iron skillet. Must be the German in me...or the fact that I took so many food handler classes....)
I never thought of trying kudzu, even when there was a ravine full of it next to where I lived for three years.
Mookie, do you re-season your skillet before each use? I would think that the heat of the cooking would take care of any nasty organisms every time you use it, especially if you wipe it out after use.
It's been sixty-three years since, so I do not remember if my two brothers who were at home for a few weeks after getting out of the service (Air Corps and Navy) washed their cups. I do remember being paid a nickel for each pot of coffee I brewed for them.
tree68 cherokee womanMookie, here's you coffee mug, clean out of the dishwasher! My ex was in the Navy. She decided one day to do a bit of cleaning and expended a fair amount of elbow grease cleaning out the accumulated coatings from all of the coffee mugs. The owners were furious. Like a good cast iron skillet, they all had their coffee mugs well "seasoned...."
Kind of like at Arby's. Employees are allowed unlimited free soft drinks and we each have our own cup. We don't exactly clean them very well, but about once a month someone takes the initiative and cleans all of the cups thoroughly. Everyone spends the next day griping that they can't find their cup or that it's too clean, and other assorted nonsense.
cherokee woman(Don't want the health department coming around, saying we don't keep things clean around here!)
They'll never find us - We keep moving every month!...
Got back over 90 yesterday...The furry black heatsinks are pretty well attached to the cold air registers on the floor at home... The chillers in the office building continue to struggle with water running down the elevator shaft walls...May soon have to get in the elevator cars with a bar of soap.
afternoon
well the contractors came back and our awnings are up now.They have some trim work and are going to add downspouts.mamma is saying well what about this and that next.Cw thanks for supper.tonight is friday!!!.
tree68 My ex was in the Navy. She decided one day to do a bit of cleaning and expended a fair amount of elbow grease cleaning out the accumulated coatings from all of the coffee mugs. The owners were furious. Like a good cast iron skillet, they all had their coffee mugs well "seasoned...." Time to go mow the lawn. Our regular laborer got a new job, and things are looking a bit ragged outside.
Larry, did you get your grass cut, or did you quit also?!
Some sad news to pass along to all the Cafe/Diner people; JHH (jhhtrainsplanes) just lost his Mom;
she died Tue. of a heart condition; he had lost his Dad in Mar. of this year due to same.
Condolences and Prayers to him, siblings and rest of family.
locomuttLarry, did you get your grass cut, or did you quit also?!
Mower quit. I think the belt in the mower deck broke. Suddenly I was driving along, but not cutting grass...
My condolences to JHH.
No real rivalry between Navy and Air Force. She got out not long after we married. IIRC, joining the Navy was more a "get out of Dodge" deal than a life-long desire. We met through mutual friends.
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