Same here, 'cept my Mother is 70 and my Dad doesn't have a laptop

no work.. just doing homework. After that I'll read up on megasquirt

I am going to my last Aunt's funeral tomorrow. In a strange way I am looking forward to it. She was a wonderful engaging person who always made everybody feel that they were very very important and valued as her friend or relative. She lived to the ripe old age of 93 and the last year or two has been largley unaware of things and not really living, so her passing was a relief. Although I will miss her, I will very much enjoy sharing stories about her with others who loved her.

I still have one uncle left....my dad's baby brother who was born when dad was 16.

Actually it turns out she was 91.

Her husband, my uncle by marriage, was a wonderful gentleman too, who always treated me with respect even when I was quite young. He flew in bombers in ww2 over europe. (Yikes!) He died 13 years ago. At the funeral today I met his brother and was talking with him and his offspring and I suddenly had a memory and said...."didn't uncle Don have a twin?....the brother said "yes...its me." Identical twins and Dean has outlived Don by 13 years.

He is now 95 years old and though he does not any longer perambulate he is quite sharp and looks great....and just like my uncle Don did.

I have been pondering how it must feel to lose your identical twin.

My uncle smoked and died of heart failure. Dean was a farmer, I suspect did not smoke and sleeps in the bedroom they both were born in 95 years ago! I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised if my uncle Don learned to smoke while in the service.

The tobacco company provided free smokes to all the service men over there, IIRC.

They lived over near Napanee. Its interesting farm land with some rolling topo and lots of Amish carriages and handsome horses.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Sorry to hear that, Tom. I hope you get to partake in some good story telling sessions.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

That's a good run.And,may I add without any lightsome or flippant badinage,something may we all seek eftsoons.

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eftsoons? badinage?

Where is my dictionary?

Drat!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I've this on my favorites so I can click it open in another window for Carleton's posts.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Today's update.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My wife and I are going to our twins' kindergarten class tomorrow morning for a Thanksgiving play. The kids dress up as Pilgrims and Indians, and each have a few lines that they have been rehearsing for a week, like "....they also planted beets, lettuce, potatoes and carrots", and "....the Indian children showed them how to build their houses".

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

It's a better hump day than most! We're closed tomorrow and an unprecedented Friday and Saturday. With any luck I'll get my new snowplow parts installed and get it functioning again before I actually need it. I've got my 20 year class reunion Friday but will be out of town with family obligations. Maybe the next one. It is amazing how many former classmates have shown up on Facebook in the past couple months.

I spent the day yesterday at the CT Environmental Council annual meeting and tradeshow that I completely forgot about until I woke up at 5 to go for my walk. It was a big "Oh $h!t!" moment.

I going to pick up my new iPhone tonight so I'm pretty antsy. Now that my old Nokia's antenna likes to slide out of its now broken plastic bracket it's really annoying to use.

I know there's a lot of unpleasant news out there but I hope you all are as blessed with family and friends as I am and have a great Thanksgiving!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Oh, an exciting new challenge at work, huh Mistress?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Gonna jump in the car this afternoon and head down to North Carolina for Thanksgiving. This will probably be the last one in my mother's house. Here's hoping that people who normally drive South on I 95 from DC to NC will decide to stay home this year.

I hope everyone else has a happy Thanksgiving and that we can all find plenty to be thankful for in spite of the adversity that may surround many of us presently.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Bill is getting an iPhone and I dont have one... aaarrrrggghhhh ..lol

I'm going to go look for a gift for my friends birthday tomorrow, come home maybe do some more blending on the delorean and then go to work

That is pretty frightening what with me being an old fart and all.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

If I could use it on Sprint, I'd get an I Phone, too. I tried the Instinct, but it did a lot of things, but many of them it did poorly, including being a telephone. I was told that the I Phone will not work on Sprint's network which is different than AT&T's.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles