Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

Some good town names in CA, Ben Hur, it's south of Mormon Bar.

Spent a week in San Mateo back in the 80s, took a drive one evening out past Livermore, probably as far as Tracy, than turned and went back.

Also went to Sacramento once.

CA is pretty, shame the govt is so messed up.

I lived in Vallejo before moving down to Stockton, brothers lived in Benecia and Napa. One worked in Pinole, I use to go up to Mt. Diablo in my buddy’s Austin Healy Sprint, what a blast around the twisties.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I lived in Vallejo before moving down to Stockton, brothers lived in Benecia and Napa. One worked in Pinole, I use to go up to Mt. Diablo in my buddy’s Austin Healy Sprint, what a blast around the twisties.

Been there also. Had a contractor doing work for me there... My trip to Sacramento was to testify in court against him for fraud.. Hmmm, you ever spend time for fraud? Lol.

 

[ronjhall]

I would get off at exit 152, i remember the golf course. Pretty area along I96. Looking at google maps, i don't remember it being so developed the. The company i visited is still there.

Kensington Metropark
Google Maps
Golf course is at West end of Kent Lake.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I went south on kensington rd, company called peaker services.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .28 inches rain

Met a visiting couple from Australia yesterday. Shared some pics from their helicopter flight


On a different note, one my wife just got

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Afternoon everyone!!!!

It's been a while since I last posted (pre-physical exam). It takes a while to get caught up with all the "action" here.

Dave- I am happy to read that you and Sophie remain safe and out of harm's way.

Randy- Whenever a relatively passive and cooperative-to-care Alzheimer's/Demented resident suddenly became combative to care and agitated the first thing I would check would be the unit's "BM Log." Many times the change in behavior was due to constipation. I would become agitated too if I was carrying a "log." I really hope the cause of the agitation is so simple. My + thoughts, prayers, and wishes for Ellen's Mom and Ellen, and you... The "long goodbye" is never easy......

Ted- I am happy to read that "light duty" did not cause more harm than good.... Now I have to start worrying about Farmer. I suspect most if not all the frequent flyers here fit a similar "profile" when it comes to "rehabilitation."

Don- I am happy to read that the move went so "smoothly." I am even happier to read that Whipper is transitioning to "community living." I hope the transition continues to be smooth. Good luck to all.

Drew- Did you ever consider yourself to be a "hunk" or a "piece of meat" in the company of all those women? Good luck with the ladies.

I've been really busy around here trying to make some progress on "The List's" Springtime projects. I am getting decent almost daily seat time on the tractor and I like moving rocks around . There was a decent rock crop to harvest this Spring. Lot's of minor irritations like slow leaking rider and garden cart tires and an ailing string trimmer/bushwacker made "things" interesting. :rolleyes". I do not want to think of all the cans of "Slime" I sprayed into those tires; those tires are probably foam filled now . With those extending lower link arms hooking up attachments is relatively painless, but when it comes to attaching the PTO shafts I have to crib up the PTO driveshaft or suspend the PTO shaft with some line in order to save my limited grip "strength" for those locking mechanisms when I am swapping attachments on the tractor. The garden area is now tilled, planted and "mulched" (black plastic :embarrassed; I am actually only using 25% of the total area tilled for the "garden." The chipper/shredder is now attached and I have been busy processing the windfall. I only stalled out once with the chipper/shredder which required some "disassembly" to remove the jam. My physical exam was interesting. I was one of my PCP's first patients 40 years ago when he first started his practice; now he will be retiring sometime after my next physical in 6 months. He never saw my BP so good- 120/70 and I am 20 pounds lighter than last year. My cholesterol is down from 219 (combined) to 191, but my ratio of HDL's to LDL's is much worse. He supports the 2 insulin shots/day instead of the previous 4 shots/day. Between the reduction in martini's, diet change, and weight loss something is working.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

Back to straightening up the wood pile and make some room for the next cordwood delivery

BBL

 

[txdon]

I'm with you. We've visited the original Sun City, AZ, and one in this area of Texas. Those places are obviously popular, so I can kind of understand why others might like it, but not me.

According to the lady at closing 99% of the people do not read the rules before they buy. I’m the1% that read them a year before I started looking and there were none that were a deal breaker.

RNG, whipper only gets to run free in the dog park, and Back yard. No stickers are needed for vehicles.

Bird, I’m curious, what rule or rules made you decide that sun city Arizona was not for you?

 

[Bird]

Bird, I’m curious, what rule or rules made you decide that sun city Arizona was not for you?

Don, I don't think I could remember and quote the rules. But it's not really any specific rule; it's just that when I pay for property, I like to be as free as possible to do as I please. No matter where you live, there will always be some rules, but . . . .

Before we bought our current home, we looked at two NEW homes and would definitely have bought either of them, if I hadn't learned that they each had a "Homeowner's Association" that had a wide variety of rules; no separate storage building, couldn't paint your house without prior approval of the homeowners association, no change in fencing, no widening or otherwise modifying your driveway. no change to the lawn or landscaping without prior approval, and on and on with the rules. Maybe such rules are good, but they can all change with a vote by the elected board, so you really don't know what the rules may be next week.

Now I don't blame anyone else for buying into such places, but it's not for me.

 

[PJSprog]

Good Afternoon everyone!!!!

It's been a while since I last posted ...

Good to see you're back, Jay. We were about to put your profile picture on a milk carton.

 

[ronjhall]

Don, I don't think I could remember and quote the rules. But it's not really any specific rule; it's just that when I pay for property, I like to be as free as possible to do as I please. No matter where you live, there will always be some rules, but . . . .

Before we bought our current home, we looked at two NEW homes and would definitely have bought either of them, if I hadn't learned that they each had a "Homeowner's Association" that had a wide variety of rules; no separate storage building, couldn't paint your house without prior approval of the homeowners association, no change in fencing, no widening or otherwise modifying your driveway. no change to the lawn or landscaping without prior approval, and on and on with the rules. Maybe such rules are good, but they can all change with a vote by the elected board, so you really don't know what the rules may be next week.

Now I don't blame anyone else for buying into such places, but it's not for me.

My wife’s cousin lives in Sun City, AZ. There are rules. But I don’t see anybody enforcing them. The area still looks nice though.