Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

David, when I was working in my Dad's service station, we had a regular customer who was a fairly young widow with 2 small boys. She was driving an old worn out 6-cylinder manual transmission Chevrolet. And then one day she showed up in a brand new 1958 Chevrolet Nomad wagon. Her father-in-law had taken her to a Chevrolet dealership and told her to just pick out the one she wanted, and he'd pay for it. She picked that station wagon sitting on the showroom floor. When I raised the hood, I had to ask, "Why in the world did you pick this one?" She said, "What do you mean" and I told her I couldn't imagine her doing any hotrodding, so why get a car with a big V-8 and two 4-bbl carburetors. She had no idea what she had gotten. So it wasn't long until she was very unhappy with the gas mileage, went back to the dealer, and learned it would be expensive to change to a single carburetor and even then she would not be happy with the gas mileage compared to her old 6-cylinder Chevy.

 

[daugen]

Bird, great story. And shame on the salesman who sold that hog to her. I had, for a while, until I defied the laws of physics, ahem..., a 58 Impala with a 348 and got 8 miles to the gallon. I can't imagine what that thing was like with twin four barrels.

and is it nears dinner time, may I wish you all a good evening. Mine sure will be, my honey is home. :dance1:Not without serious issues, and a very bleak future, but home is home. You all have kept me company through this and I am sincerely grateful.

 

[DABSGT]

64 and raining again. With all the reminiscing of first cars have to admit there are several nice vehicles on the post. My first car was a 65 Buick GS with a 455, but the best was a 64 Chevy impala with the 283, lots of room in that car!!! My father caught me going just a little to fast with the GS traded for the 283.

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[farmgirl19]

69 humid degrees this morning with heavy rain by this afternoon and tonight. Daugen you are truly blessed, happy for you wife is coming home. In the early 70s had a Ford Fairlane 1966 with a 390 , 4 spd hurst shifter. Lots of fun back in the day used to eat small block mustangs and Plymouths for breakfast. Really enjoyed talking to Sam yesterday. There are some great people here on TBN. Morning all

Anything with the 390 was good, and would run forever. Mine just sucked the fuel, was it's only downside. Of course, fuel *used* to not be as expensive!

 

[sam5570]

well we got 2" of rain today so i made my gas run. on my way out i noticed the water running across the road everywhere well i checked a few places and the ditch line was full of dirt so the water had no where else to go. so on my way back from town i stoped by the dot shop and and ask a guy there witch i knew, when they might be gonna clean out the ditch lines so the water would have a place to run. you ain't gonna belive this, he said sam we don't clean out the ditches any more i said your kidding he said no i'm not. now if they go to clean out the ditches the EPA has to be present and test what comes out of the ditch and tell them where they can dump it. so the extra time that is involved the dot decided not to do it any more. needless to say i was mad when i left where does the bs stop. everyone have a good evening.

 

[jinman]

Anything with the 390 was good, and would run forever. Mine just sucked the fuel, was it's only downside. Of course, fuel *used* to not be as expensive!

How would any fair lady with so few years on this earth as yourself ever know what fuel prices "used" to be? Surely, it was some older person that told you about those days long ago.

 

[RoyJackson]

2013-06-19, 0425

39 right now, high of 72 predicted...no rain today!

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Where is everyone?

Up at 0530... I wanted to sleep in, did not get to bed until after midnight... :sigh: Such is life.

Hi 81, 20% chance of rain. Might be a nice day.

Be well & God Bless,
David

 

[newbury]

Where is everyone?

Maybe they have something better to do,

 

[sam5570]

good morning 59 degrees headed to the mid 70's today. just a small chance of rain rest of the week. might get some hay up by saterday. hope everyone has a great day.

 

[Buppies]

Weather pattern might be changing nice today but heat headed this way oh my. Sam There are so many things V-DOT used to do that they don't do anymore money I guess

 

[farmgirl19]

How would any fair lady with so few years on this earth as yourself ever know what fuel prices "used" to be? Surely, it was some older person that told you about those days long ago.

Of course, I heard the stories. Sort of like the ones of walking to school, uphill, both ways!

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot coffee. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 73° with sun all day. Great Grand Daughter celebrates her first birthday today. That also means it's my birthday. Today is her last day visiting us. 2 weeks went fast. Need to take her and her parents to airport for their flight back to WA. this afternoon.
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jinman, missed your anniversary. Congrats's. I still remember your engagement announcement at a TX get together.
Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

Ron, she's a sweetie! Happy birthday to you both!

Cooler, still cloudy, sunny and very mild later with a high of 78. Won't last long, 90 by the weekend. Planted an apple tree the other day that mom brought me, it looks to be doing well, I'm hoping it's here long after she and I are both gone. With her at 90 and me at 60 that's not much of a stretch.
Farmgirl, I sold a bunch of Amoco for 29.9 and 35.9. The first time I ever got $10 worth in one car was a new '68 Cadillac, everybody came to see the pump, we couldn't believe one car held $10 of gas!

 

[300UGUY]

Cooler today, but really nice, the skeeters have finally abated. Kinda sore, twisted my back putting my 85 lb boxer in the car yesterday. He has a injured leg, now both of us are stove up. Have a good one, boys & girls!!!

 

[creekbend]

06-16-2013 Currently 63 degrees. High of 76 expected. Another downpour late yesterday evening. More rain on the way. Grass is getting pretty high.

 

[toppop52]

We had about 1.1" of rain yesterday, that's about 26" for the year, or about 4 times what we had this time last year.

 

[daugen]

Maybe they have something better to do,

Heresy!

and a pleasant good morning to all.
Going to be a beautiful day.

 

[deerseeker001]

it is sunny this morning but cool and 48 getting up to 76 today.i think of making a few new flower beds have to get the tiller out.

 

[Mousefield]

Mostly sunny with rain later today, high of 20C/68F.
Got my water line in from the barn to the chicken coop done yesterday. Kind of nice not to have to carry water buckets any more through the barn.