Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

33 and light snow high of 49 today warming for rest of the week 80 maybe by Saturday

Sodamo congrats on passing the test
Ed hope your blood sugars ok

Ddoherty135 welcome to our community

Cars wife and I really like them and we have had numerous types some good some bad but at this stage in our life comfort is very important dependability and dealers who can take care of you if a problem develops. The British make beautiful cars still have quirks but overall pretty good vehicles. German cars hard to beat in ride and technology especially the big boys ie Mercedes and BMW Porsche etc. US manufacturers trucks are my limits as that's what I've owned. Japanese cars and SUVs we've owned several over the years interiors weak wear out pretty quick in our experience but do get one from point a to b.

Have personally tried Bentley, Aston Martin , Audi , MGB , Triumph Lamborghini and lots of others true the years. The younger years ride not so important now it is




Prayers for those in need

Buppies, I’d agree with your assessment of cars in general, the electrical problems MB experienced for about 15 years hurt their rep and resale. They seem to have gotten past that in the last 5-10 years.
I will say that I viewed Korean cars as you described Japanese cars, until I drove my Borrego. Excellent leather, electronics work perfectly down to the automatic tilt/telescope column. Best GPS I’ve ever had aftermarket or factory and the voice recognition is superb. Being a southern boy that’s important! And the 340 h.p. V8 does a great burnout if you turn off the ESC. FOR A 9 year old vehicle that I expected to be a gap filler, I’ve been impressed. And the 7500lb tow rating is no joke either.
I’m only saying all this because I never dreamed I’d like a KIA, let alone own one.

 

[ronjhall]

I got a nasty gram from the wife last night after I fell asleep. Seems I forgot to take her boots off. It's hard adapting to all these little things we take for granted.

LOL.

Have a great day all. Be safe!

My wife has switched to a white board for her messages. Good thing they erase quickly.

 

[Buppies]

I owned a1973 TR6 that was my everyday driver from 1974 until 1980 never let me down. Sold that car last year did not lose money did not make money

 

[Bird]

Oh no, hold me back guys, rox is posting about the goodness of olive oil for heart disease. Please people with heart disease do the research and remember each table spoon is 120 calories of just fat.

Does that mean you ain't supposed to use ANY KIND of oil, butter, or margarine in your cooking?

 

[freedomlives]

Baby Gloria is a cutie. Mama must be a trooper, my wife demanded the anesthesia.

Here's the Gloria song I like,
U2 - Gloria (1981) - YouTube

That's a bit different than what comes to my mind first. I tried singing to her the Latin "gloria in excelsis deo". My wife stopped me. Just as well that I didn't become a priest, despite years of trying at church in atlanta, I can not sing in Latin. :-D

My wife finds the pain during delivery terrible, but she says that you know its intermittent, and that its going to come to an end. She had a bad cavity in December, and she was telling someone now that the pain from that was to her worse. The book Husband Coached Childbirth by Dr. Bradley is worth reading, to make deliveries as good as possible. He grew up on a farm watching animals give birth, and basically when he entered the medical practice in the '60s, he realized the way they were doing it was all wrong. Some of his observations I'd also noticed with our goats-- the female animals tends to give birth when its quite and no one is around, and during at least the first part of labor, she goes totally limp during contractions. Our first son was born in the hospital here, and they had my wife jumping on a fitness ball during contractions, and of course strange doctors always walking through the room-- complete opposite of what was needed.

 

[Looking4new]

Bird,
I use butter, butter is better
Margarine = 1 molecule short of plastic
Olive oil and vinegar is my 'go to' salad dressing.

I've had two foreign cars in my lifetime and that was a 1961 Morris Oxford and a VW beetle. All the rest have been North American made/built.
The Morris was a good car, the VW not so much.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good morning everyone.

"... As Roy said... "Spring is here, but we sure wouldn't know it."- Thomas

Seems more like Winter than Spring. This weekend temperatures should start warming. A sunny 22F here this AM during the walk of the lower perimeter. Mixed clouds/sun now and still below freezing. Nuisance snow/rain showers tonight into tomorrow Some time this week I need to break down some 1/4's to kindling. This may be the last of the wood splitting for this season.

Ted- Good luck with the MCL. Some days were worse (some much worse depending on what stupidness I exhibited) than others during my ACL rehab. I really overdid it with the free roadside excercycle I got and set my rehab back a long time. It's too bad that the pain experienced is after the activity that caused it. Hang in there.

And yes it's nice to have the perimeter walks again. The snowpack is down/gone enough on our hill to check out this Winter's tree damage yesterday for the first time this year. We have some trees down which is typical.

David- Congratulations on passing the HAM Tech examination.

Doherty- Welcome.

I worked in a foreign sports car garage and had the opportunity to drive some really nice sports cars. Back then I had a modified Datsun 510. I really liked that quick "little box". My Honda CRXSi was as close as I ever got to a "sports car."

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

I hope that everyone has a manageable day.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The morning low was 29*, we had snow showers on and off all day yesterday with a lot of wind. Today looks a lot better, mostly sunny in the mid 50's and less wind.

Not much going on today.

Hope everyone has a nice start to the week.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

Well it’s 39 and snowing, has me thinking about an old Elmer Fudd delicacy, “gwoundhog fwickazee”

 

[Bird]

Bird,
I use butter, butter is better
Margarine = 1 molecule short of plastic
Olive oil and vinegar is my 'go to' salad dressing.

I've had two foreign cars in my lifetime and that was a 1961 Morris Oxford and a VW beetle. All the rest have been North American made/built.
The Morris was a good car, the VW not so much.

I prefer real butter, and do keep some on hand, but we do actually use more margarine simply because it stays easier to spread.

Four of the 36 cars and pickups I've owned were foreign makes (one from England; 3 from Japan), and of course all 6 motorcycles were from foreign countries; 2 from Germany and the other 4 from Japan.

And when the VW beetle was so popular, 2 or 3 times I thought that would be practical and something I should have. But all I had to do was visit a dealership and drive one around the block and knew I didn't want it.