Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Speed limit on our rural road is 25 and not many stick to that and further no enforcements that I have noticed. There are some older pick ups going much faster smoking from diesel injection pumps turned up. Must be a favorite spot to squeal tires based on the tire marks on the pavement. Used the van to pick up mail yesterday driving over to the opposite lane and backing up to the mail box. And when the lane was blocked while picking up the mail there was some honking of horns to complain. Used restraint to not pull the rope for the airhorn

 

[gstrom99]

Regarding dangerous mail box placements: There are a lot of mail boxes out here (very rural) that are placed on the driveway. The carrier has to pull into the driveway and off the road to fill it, and the resident doesn't have to venture out over the roadway to get their mail. I even see this on gravel roads with little traffic.

Seems like a good setup.

 

[Buppies]

If I remember correctly local officials VDOT then house and senate members of Va legislature who are in your district. This can and has been done before just a lot of work on your part. If you are interested I can do some further checking for you

 

[newbury]

And when the lane was blocked while picking up the mail there was some honking of horns to complain.

That's about the time I climb out of my vehicle (acting as a befuddled old man) and ask the "honkers" what's wrong.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .05 inches rain

Boy, what a difference pain meds make.

Energy conservation day. Watch some football.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[wngsprd]

Good morning! 54˚F, NW wind, skies clearing temps rising to the low 80s.

Successful trip to the Costco Toyota dealership in Austin. Only took an hour to get to with stop and go traffic on I35. Right off the bat they offered a $5,000 Costco discount and gave me 2K more for the trade-in than the other dealership offered sight unseen. But most importantly they had the RAV4 with the packages I was looking for. The top one being cooling seats, or as they call them ventilated seats. I went with the all gasoline model (the Texas gasoline is not California priced). I'm betting the resale price will stay stable with no drop-off when the battery time/miles warranty is close to expiring. The hybrid Prius I had was a good car but after the warranty on the battery expires and they wear out, all the money saved on gasoline is ate up by battery replacement or lower trade in value (plus a higher cost to begin with). The prime would be nice but the gasoline money is spent up front on the increased price. The SUV is much easier to get in and out of with my replaced knees. The sale was no hassle, no back and forth trips to the sales managers just a pleasant buying experience. Should get it mid week when KIA is repaired and we can do the switch.

Glad it worked out...I bought our last 2 Toyotas using the Costco program...still happy.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Don,
Good luck with your car purchase ! Did you give any thought to a Hybrid rather than all electric?
My wife Kathleen has a Honda CRV, I like it but a friend of mine has the same car but with the Hybrid option ! Of course you still have the battery issue !

 

[daugen]

tired of owning a plain Kubota?
want something a little different?

how about an Atomic Babe?
a mighty 3.25hp built right here in county seat of Bucks, Doylestown.
I've never heard of it until I saw this ad

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/grd/d/doylestown-atomic-babe-antique-farm/7791726651.html

TRACTOR TRIVIA and other interesting stuff 2/6/2024

Atomic Babe The Atomic Babe Garden Tractor was built by Doylestown Machinery and Iron Works, Doylestown PA, in the late 1940s or early 1950s. As is the case with many obscure brands of garden tractor there is very little reliable history of the time period in which they were built or the quantity...

www.wheelhorseforum.com

 

[Thomas]

tired of owning a plain Kubota?
want something a little different?

how about an Atomic Babe?
a mighty 3.25hp built right here in county seat of Bucks, Doylestown.
I've never heard of it until I saw this ad

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/grd/d/doylestown-atomic-babe-antique-farm/7791726651.html

TRACTOR TRIVIA and other interesting stuff 2/6/2024

Atomic Babe The Atomic Babe Garden Tractor was built by Doylestown Machinery and Iron Works, Doylestown PA, in the late 1940s or early 1950s. As is the case with many obscure brands of garden tractor there is very little reliable history of the time period in which they were built or the quantity...

www.wheelhorseforum.com

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Bet it would be hard to find any plastic..bulit to last.

 

[Thomas]

44F cloudy light rain starting around 9:30pm.

Been good day for outside...long hike with backpack blower lot less leaves tho Generator got oil change and good work out on all phases.Chainsaw purring kitten now,somehow couple saw dust chips between head of spark plug and cap.

NY Giants.

Plans for the evening...feet up watch ending NASCAR,then numb it in recliner.

Enjoy your evening all.