And now the fun REALLY begins......

Just got loan approval on The Cottage for Ma and Ed. Close tomorrow at 3:00. Then we gotta get a bathroom thrown in upstairs, move a couple walls, close in the porch and make it a laundry room, and generally clean the place up.

Then, the serious fun starts: packing and moving Ma and Ed. Two of the sweetest dysfunctional people you'll ever meet. 1800 square feet of mostly crap (boxes unopened in the last 15 years, newspapers dating back forever, computer parts that pre-date recorded time, etc etc etc) that has to get weeded out and moved into the 1000 square foot cottage.

On the absolutely fanfreakintastic side: Ma is done with chemo. Clinically in remission, but probably going to get radiation at least of her noggin, maybe her chest as well. Oh - and, Darling Wife has finally plowed through enough people at social security to get Ma approved for medical assistance, and for SSI.

Which is really good, since Ed got laid of last week.

Good news is that between Ma's SSI, Ed's unemployment, and paying us less than half what they are paying in rent now, they'll actually be WAY ahead cash flow wise

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Tried to tint my windows and the tint flopped over onto itself. Got stuck, and I kinda got pissed. Got that freed up, then the wind picked up, and threw tons of crap onto the tint. I got pretty pissed off. Crumpled it up, threw it onto the ground, had a beer.


Went outside, threw all the tint stuff out, and called a tint shop. Appointment scheduled for tomorrow. Project complete...

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

thats what I'm talking about.

I rinsed the pollen off the SDL then took my squeege for the body and just watched the water bead off.. I love having my girls waxed.. soo smooth and perfect

I adjusted my tranny linkage, thats about it.

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

Tonight I'm going to pick up Jasmine the new SL500 then taking my boyfriend to dinner.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

I wanted to get my girl waxed, too, but she wasn't having any of that . . . .



Oh, comon, honey. How 'bout a nice Brazilian?

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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

It's hard to beat floss-free.

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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)

I'm just getting my mess of tax stuff together to drop off with my accountant and just keeping my fingers crossed that I've withheld enough that I don't owe anymore.

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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)

I'm getting mine together in fear and trepidation, too, Swamp.

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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

The bright spot tax-wise is that I racked up enough losses last year to off set gains for years to come.

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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

Wooo-frickin'-hoo!

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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

I got a new cell phone last night.. well PDA cell phone thing.. its a blackberry Bold.. It's pretty awesome smartphone and not an over hyped iPhone. I'm waiting for my camera to arrive.. It should be here today... well it will be since I paid for it to be here but It better be here before I have to leave for work.

Had our taxes filed within hours of getting my W2's. The ONE time a year paying the ex has it's advantages! (Of course, pre-paids on the property taxes & interest, moving expenses, and first time home buyer credits didn't hurt either ).

Today is shaping up to be crosseyed from staring at spreadsheets day at work. Tonight, cat food must be procured (with 7 of 'em prowling around, the threat of them eating us in our sleep if we don't feed them is taken seriously).

Other than that, may swing by The Cottage for Ma and Ed with Darling Wife just to stare at walls and flesh out our plans for the next step.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

My bright spot is that my parasi...err kids...compensate for a lot. Almost makes them worth it!

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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)

Back from my date with Julia at 3am; right now the coupe is in the Mercedes Benz dealer in Rocklin, CA. getting a lube service.

That's because it needs to be done before I leave at 3am tomorrow to drive to Los Angeles and San Diego.

I put it on the Dyno in West Sacramento yesterday, true hp est at 250, +/-, not a bad figure for hp at the rear wheels



The AFM tested out fine.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)