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I'd need a mortgage at that price and I don't want no more o' that in my future! I guess I'll have to find my own cave to sleep in. If I was a bear I'd hire a good lawyer and claim my right to the place as ancestral habitat.

I had my buddy Gus (grandson) over on Sunday. I lost my camera, so no pictures, but we set up a Hot Wheels triple track out back. Two were side by side to start out, then went different ways. The one was the long long run that sent a car that made it all the way off a terrace wall almost to the house... about 30'. The other took a sharp curve to what he called the car wash. Off another chair was the third. That one crossed paths with the long run, then curved back over into other curves. I... er he really enjoyed it. Ok, we both did. He wanted to leave it set up, but we'll do it better next time. I have a lot of track!

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At the wedding in the cave Saturday, my grandsons, 5 and 6, had a launcher for Matchbox cars. They set up plastic wine glasses (is there such a thing?) like bowling pins and played bowling, launching the car into the pins.

We had fun too.

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:lol:

Plastic wine glasses are for drinking wine that comes in plastic bottles. Wait, who needs a glass for that? Oh yeah, formal occasion.

Sounds fun. The car wash was one of those igniter things with no batteries. He's a smart kid. Came up with car wash from the big spongy wheels the cars pass through. Time to buy some D cells. There are two of those and it's going to be an inside thing before long

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It's been a year since I started my Lymphoma treatments. I think I'm strong enough to go for a putt now. So I gave it a quickie wash and going to give it a try.

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seems like summer is never going to end here so enjoy the ride!

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I Hope you enjoyed your Ride! You deserve it, my Doctor told me when I had Cancer " If you can Kick Start it you can Ride IT!" He knew I had a Ol Shovelhead Chopper with Kick Start Only. I went out to the Garage and tried it every day until I could start it on one Kick. I only rode it for a hour but what a Ride it was.

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I hope you had a good ride Dale. It rained all day here.

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Dale started me thinking about riding. I don't have many pictures on this computer, but here's one from several years ago.. This is my old shovelhead somewhere in South Dakota or Montana probably.

That bike makes me look fat?

Uh, I think the fat makes me look fat.

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Where is my LIKE Button when I need it!

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HA, my attorney still has the shovelhead and it's in his will.

I filed suit to collect money for a job, and during the procedures he told me he had a client that had a motorcycle he would like to have. I didn't know he was talking about me.

WE won the case and I asked him how much I owed him. He said "What do you want for that shovelhead." I told him and he said "You know that is exactly what my bill is."

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HA, my attorney still has the shovelhead and it's in his will.

I filed suit to collect money for a job, and during the procedures he told me he had a client that had a motorcycle he would like to have. I didn't know he was talking about me.

WE won the case and I asked him how much I owed him. He said "What do you want for that shovelhead." I told him and he said "You know that is exactly what my bill is."

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I hope you had a great ride, Dale. Always feels good to get back in the saddle once you've reunited as one after a spell without.

Love that FL, Larry. Just the way I like 'em. I had a blue and white '66 I stripped down like that. Sure do miss it.

My '90 FLST. I always look fatter on the bike

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Are all Challengers orange?

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Only the good ones .

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No, only 1/2 of them.

So we got that rain on Friday. Around 9pm we had a torrential rainfall here. I just did a metal roof over one section off my bedroom window, over my son's room. It was so loud it had me wondering if I made a mistake. I liked the idea of gaining that rain on a tin roof effect, but this was some kind of loud!

So I go into town yesterday and driving by the farm I took the wagon ride with my grandson on I notice a lot of activity going on, trucks along the lane no cars at the produce stand. Then I see the entire roof was off the old post & beam barn... rafters and all! A big chunk of roof was missing from the building the produce market is in as well. The road that edges the farm at my end was blocked off by state roads trucks. I googled the farm and got nothing about storm damage, then I searched Mt Airy wind damage and got news reports from both the Baltimore and Washington, DC news channels. If it wasn't a tornado it missed a damn good chance. Not far toward town on the same road is a shopping center with a Home Goods/TJ Maxx side by side. I had just been to the grocery store in that center and noticed plywood over one section of window at Home Goods and wondered if they had closed down. Parking lot was empty, except a couple county sheriffs' vehicles. In the news it was all about the roof torn off/giving out on those two stores, a trailer park with lots of tree damage, and that closed off road having lots of downed trees. Just two weeks ago I was taking a relaxing hay wagon ride with my grandson on that farm. Now they are shut down and in bad shape. Weird thing was, I didn't see any of that big barn roof anywhere in sight in those open fields. Where that farm sits is just east over the ridge (Parrs Ridge). On the ridge you can see Catoctin Mt 20+ miles away. Parr's ridge is the divide of the piedmont... highest point.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ntg3TJA4kK7RVk

Here's the first news:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...zr9w62vQ-La_Jd

Now that a tornado was confirmed:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...E0eG5w3Ld9Fl1N

And an article about Knill's place:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...M4hWmSX9hBkG8l

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Tim I think ya'll are getting more significant storm weather over there than you did 10 years ago. Some years ago I saw on tv a tornado warning had been issued for your area and thought how unusual for your area. I think I then sent you a message to keep an eye on the clouds. Surprised you too.

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I guess I didn’t realize you all got tornadoes in your part of the country. Not just a Kansas phenomenon.

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I didn't realize it either..scary

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Yeah, not like on the plains where two major air streams mash. More like localized I guess. I never heard of tornados when I was a kid and many years beyond. Maybe up in the mountains one would kick up and ride a ridge for a short distance. It seems a lot more violent winds are occurring for sure.

Amazon built a distribution center on the old site of Bethlehem Steel East side of Baltimore. Pretty new thing. They had a wind damage and two people died.

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Larry- your pic of you on the bike reminds me of my buddy Davey. Sent him your pic and he thinks you guys may have been separated at birth.

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Is he fat, lazy and worthless? If so he could be. I don't think my dad spent any time in Indiana, but if my mom had us I'm pretty sure she would have given at least one of us away.

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He’s actually a good worker (retired union welder). He could stand to lose a few pounds, but he’s still a handsome rascal. Another pic of him

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Put leather on 'em, set 'em on a Harley, and they all look the same :lol:

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I think Larry has lost a bit of 'excess' since that picture.

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I had a good time yesterday, went to a Model A club workshop with a friend. We took his '29 closed cab frame to rivet a rear corner gusset in. The guy's place where it was, about incredible. Good people, cool vehicles, food & hospitality, and a seminar on rebuilding Model A steering. There was the shop, the "egg house" with some food among the project vehicles, and the big barn parked full of quite an assortment of vehicles under cloth covers. Not to mention all the collectible stuff everywhere (in all buildings).

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That does sound like fun....

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I didn't know what to expect. My friend had never met the guy. He isn't in the club but his brother who passed away just last year was obviously held in high regard by all as the Model A guru. Jim knows them through him but also by being the go-to guy for Model A speedometer rebuilding or repairs. I may have been among a bunch of Ford guys, but the guy who owned the place had mixed brands. No camera, unfortunately.

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You know some where out there are groups of early Chevy car guys doing the same thing too but I swear I never hear of any.

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I'm lucky to have a son-in-law that shares my interesting cars and trucks. We help each other with our projects, Chase parts and trucks.

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I'd say the Model A bunch is in a league of it's own. I've been to a hot rod seminar on drum brakes and points distributors before.

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Oh the drama. I had 36' pump jack poles and a 30' walkboard set up on a house down in the area I do most of my work, a few exits down the interstate and more. They were calling for snow today, which is very early for us. I 'had to' get that job done 'and' equipment home yesterday before they spread any crap on the roads. My '72 with the racks is the only way I have to move that long stuff. I do not want any of that corrosive crap on my truck, period. I didn't buy it for that. Didn't buy it to work out of, for that matter.

I head out and am at the interstate about to go under to the on ramp and I see a damn truck & trailer with a couple tanks on the opposite side just a sprayin' away with that brine making a loop back up the interstate the other way. I did not want to be seeing that! They were spraying that crap 24 hours in advance because it 'might' snow! It about put me in a panic. I aborted the interstate and took back roads. I think only state roads spray that stuff at this point. My fear was get down the road stuck having to drive back in it. So it was a lot of work but I loaded the truck in the twilight and took the back roads home with an eye peeled for those drizzle stripes on the road. I think I'm good... I hope. And today it is snowing real snowflakes, just like wintertime. A couple inches so far.

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Since that was our first snow of the season i call that one practice for the real snow event to come. ;)

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Only thing falling around here is .....a lot of fine ash!

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I bet, Dale. Well Boog, unless it warms up and rains a couple times my truck is parked for the winter. This was unexpected. And it was worse than they thought. Everybody got double what was predicted and it stuck to the road from the first snowflake. The ground has yet to freeze. We've only had a couple nights hit 32, barely any frosts. Many flowers still in bloom. I can usually drive up till around Christmas. Usually go get a tree in it. Lost my camera last week, so no pictures. It's raining now but a whole lot to wash away (6") before tomorrow. I don't mind snow, but this is too early.

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The starter bit the dirt on my Longhorn and I got it rebuilt while I was gone. I decided while I had the Longhorn in the shop I might as well do some other things I had been putting off, valve cover gaskets, radiator overflow tank, brake rod boot, heck I may even hook the radio up.

I have an old truck I drive when the chemicals start flying.

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That's what I need. I followed up on a '70 C/10 a guy at Carlisle told me he was selling, but it was too beat to get on the road in short order... more of a project then a driver. I need a C/20.

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It was a strange snow event down here. Blew in from Texas and spun around over the state counter clockwise as it moved across. For much of the day we in the center of the state looked like we were in the eye of a hurricane. There were 4 fatalities due to the snow and ice. Looking at the NWS map it looked like it was intensifying as it moved up toward the northeast. And it's really early yet for snow down south. We're supposed to be back in the 60s tomorrow. Ya'll watch those slippery steps.

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My old K20 has been passed around, has 350,000 miles but keeps on ticking. One of the guys let it slide off a hill sideways and get into a guy wire. It pulls a lawnmower in the summer and becomes my snow rig in the winter.