RW> Mine had a stroke about a year ago. I saw him sucking on a cigarette as I
RW> passed him on the porch of the funeral home for the viewing of my mother
RW> last September. In passing I asked, 'are you still sucking on those
RW> things?' He replied to me; 'what's it to ya?' and I said, 'not much, but
RW> don't expect me to attend YOUR funeral.'
 
You say that now, but when he does pass, you might change your mind.
 
RW> I would have quit then and called the state in on it. There has to be law
RW> against such practices.
 
I left a month later after I'd been lied to.  When I gave that ignoramus my
two week notice, he sent all of the other managers down to my office one at
a time to try to talk me out of leaving.  It was an emotional time for me,
but I couldm't ever again trust someone who lies to my face.
 
RW> Seen the college games there on TV.
 
Tulane had a powerhouse when I became interested in football at the age of
10.  My sister used to drag me to their practices and games.  Her birthday
is today -- 80 and she's still sharp as a tack.
 
RW> Harry is in his mid-40s...
 
Then he now knows what it's all about.  (-:
 
RW> Better get it done soon, GM is being forced into chapter 11, if not this
RW> week, definately on Monday.
 
Interesting.  The work on the building is still going on as I type this.
 
RW> Simple syrup is just sugar water. 1 part water to 1 part sugar can be
RW> used to make summer beverages, even iced tea, although that would be too
RW> sweet for me.
 
Back then, no one gave it a second thought.  It is definitely too sweet for me now.
 
RW> All of them are basically alike. GM, Ford and Dodge all have a bottle
RW> jack in the cab somewhere along with the jack handle. The access to the
RW> spare is through a special hole in the rear bumper (GM trucks require the
RW> igniton key to access), which has a tube used as a guide leading to the
RW> winch that lowers the spare. The lug wrench has a special cut-out in it
RW> so you can latch onto the cable and pull the spare out from under the
RW> vehicle. Once it's within reach, you can pull it out from under and stand
RW> it up next to the rear bumper, where you can access the do-dad that holds
RW> the wheel to the cable and detach it. If you're smart, you leave that end
RW> piece and cable laying within reach, so you can put it on the flat tire
RW> wheel and pull it back up with the winch. Even a petite woman can do it
RW> with a bit of effort.
 
I wonder how much extra that added to the cost of the truck?
 
RW> Kinda tough to forget that you had a flat and changed it out yourself.
RW> :o)
 
But sometimes you get very busy and forget.  That comes with alarming and
increasing regularity the older you get.  (-:
 
RW> He never let me try that more than once. I didn't get the can in the
RW> cooler and so he had to do it.
 
I'll bet once was enough, right?
 
RW> I took my winter clothes to California when I moved there. They got
RW> tossed out as I moved from place to place, not thinking I'd ever need
RW> them again.
 
I need to do the same thing with some clothes I've outgrown.
 
RW> I saved one winter coat because I knew I'd be visiting Illinois again,
RW> most during the late fall and winter months. Eventually I gained enough
RW> weight that they no longer fit. Two trips ago I had to buy a winter
RW> jacket when I got there, as my CA jacket wasn't at all warm. This past
RW> winter, I bought a nice leather jacket at the Burlington Coat Factory in
RW> SA...nice and cozy here in Texas and will be useful if it's cold when I
RW> visit Illinois again in October.
 
When I lived in Mandeville, I went barefoot a lot.  Not a wise thing to do
when you're a tenderfoot, but I wanted to harden the soles of my feet so I
wouldn't feel those little stickers that seemed to grow everywhere.  Lots
of snakes over there, too, and one day when I was cutting the grass in the
culvert, I ran over a baby rattler.  I was pushing the power mower at the
time, but if I had been backing up and pulling it along, the rattler would
have gotten to me first.  Anyway, the short of it is my feet grew another
size.  I still can't believe it.
 
RW> So the ship wasn't battle ready and was a sitting duck...
 
Even so, the enemy can "walk" those shells in on you faster than
the ship can get underway.  The ship itself wasn't hit, but the ones
hitting close were the ones that cost life.  I think they thought they were
out of range, but I didn't ask, so I'm guessing again.
 
RW> I've driven a Mazda with that feature. The gal who owned it didn't know
RW> it had that feature and it was never in OD, until I showed her the
RW> switch.
 
That's a heck of a place to put it on my car, though.
 
RW> Which you can see it do by observing the tach. The Mazda was like that. I
RW> thought 3000 rpm at 65mph was a bit high. That's when I began to inquire
RW> about it.
 
That's what caught my notice when I saw the tach readout go from 1400 (I
think) to 2500 at about 65MPH.
 
RW> White gas. White gas is gasoline with no additives. Back in the 50s, they
RW> needed lead and other additives for higher compression automotive
RW> engines, but the additives weren't needed in outboard or lawn mower
RW> engines.
 
Thanks.  In that picture I sent you, which I couldn't do anything with, I'm
reasonably sure the guy on the right is Knot and the guy on the left is
Earl Karl.
 
RW> I'll bet that hurt. Back in the 50s I used to race on the same track that
RW> later became known as the home track of Arnie 'The Farmer' Beswick, who
RW> drove Pontiacs and Pontiac powered funny cars into the 60s. That's also
RW> where I watched as 55 Chevys (I was only 15yo) with their new V8 would
RW> consistantly beat the Y-block V8 Fords and those lousy Mopar products of
RW> the time.
 
Killed him instantly.  I don't know of Beswick.  We tried mostly to keep up
with the local guys and our dragstrip outcomes.  One weekend, a bunch of us
went to Pensacola to race and those of us who ran won every race they
entered except for me.  Some guy in a Ford beat me in the second run,
otherwise I would have one a trophy.
 
RW> A whole $2?!
 
We bet a quarter a game.  I won the first game and he wanted to double up
for the second game and I decided to make a counter offer.  I told him
whoever lost the second game had to buy the soft drinks at $1.50 each.  I
lost that game and the next one.  He's a better bowler than I am for many
reasons, but just to make the sport even, I bowled with a ball I seldom
use.  I know that doesn't make sense to you, but to him it was sort of a
challenge.  (-:
 
RW> A GPS has a plug that fits a cigarette lighter socket. If your boat is
RW> running, you GPS will work.
 
I don't know if Joe's boat has a lighter socket.  Mine did, but I sold that
boat in the mid-Eighties.
 
RW> My mother balked at 'Levis', but I appealed to my dad and he told her it
RW> would be OK to buy two pair. Later, I had a paper route, so I could buy
RW> what I wanted. Then I got the job in the dairy and that helped a great
RW> deal. By the time I was 18, I had a job in a local clothing store with an
RW> account to buy on credit.
 
We wore blue jeans back then, but I don't know if they were Levi's. 
Probably whatever Sears sold.  My mother worked there for 29 years before
retiring.
 
RW> In my mind. :o)
 
(-:
 
RW> That's what I was going to do.
 
Is it too late now?
 
RW> You'll get over it when you tool on down the road in that GM...
 
I hope the suspension parts needing replacing in the Mark VIII last until
the end of the year...
 
RW> I hate it when people do that.
 
It is insignificant to him, believe me.
 
RW> I've known people like that too. I usually don't ask them a second time.
 
I forget I know them even though I live in the same house with one.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
--- D'Bridge 3.29