I can already guess what a few of you are going to write. I like to get out of town into different surroundings. Just driving out of this area makes my mood start to lighten. The farther I go, the better I feel. Having the right person riding shotgun helps immensely, too!

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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

Before I had kids to consider, my wife and I would take long weekends wherever there was sun and a beach or pool.

My favorites were, the stilt houses in Duck, Outerbanks, NC, Paradise Island Beach Club in Paradise Island, Bahamas, and the Westin Rio Del Mar in Puerto Rico which I believe is now a Wyndham.

Nowadays I'm considering a trip to the Canadian side of the Niagra Falls. There are some cool B&Bs and wineries there. Plus the Falls, the Tesla Museum, Watkins Glenn, Corning Glass Museum.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

During the school year, go pick up the girls early and take them to the park or the zoo on a nice day.

Some things could not be written on a public forum But apart from that... Head up to Sedona, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon country and go hiking.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

A former college professor of mine who I now consider a close friend keeps a large cruising sail boat in Duck/Oriental. Wonderful area. My mother's great great (?) aunt (not ant) was the first school teacher on the Outer Banks.

Our family had a house down at Oriental back in the fifties and early sixties, before it was so popular. I haven't been back since 1962-1963. Now, we have a place at Pine Knoll Shores between Atlantic Beach and Emerald Isle. There aren't many people or a lot to do nearby. It's perfect.

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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

Sweet. Atlantic is a pretty good surfing beach. There and Carolina. My sister has a place at Bald Head and her friend has one at Emerald Isle and they trade out all summer. I am taking the girls to Bald Head in August.

Bald Head is nice. I went once to photograph the lighthouse when I was photographing lighthouses up and down the East Coast. It seems like more of an "adult" type of place. It looked like it might be pretty boring, especially for teenagers.

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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

Guess you never saw Weekend at Bernies

Relieve stress...people get to do that??

Funny, we had just that discussion last night about how nice it would be to "sleep in" and not have to get up early to prepare for some event.

If the family goes on a vacation, it's usually with a hidden agenda orchestrated by some needy family member(s). So we wind up coming home far from refreshed.

When I'm not at work or fixing something at home, I'm carting my daughter around to the many activities she's engaged in. I suppose that's relaxing...to watch her shine, in such a wonderful manner.

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

I do what I love, in one of the simplest forms I have available.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

If my kids were teens, I'd go camp by a lake with rentable water sports. Kayaks, jet skis, water skiing, hiking, campfires and cook outs ... that sounds like fun to me.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Sailing, fishing, or shooting.

I ALWAYS put a ton of rounds down range with my friends around finals.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Kayaking! Yeah, I forgot about that. I like kayaking up and down the Potomac. I hope I can go again soon.

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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 feel one the greatest stress relievers is actually stress prevention.

So many fall victims to stresses that are simply and unnecessarily brought on by their own actions.

Keep things in perspective. Recognize the value of what is actually important in (your) life and focus on that. In doing so, you’ll find many of the stresses in your life will simply disappear.

Step 1: Ask yourself who the Jones’ actually are, and why the hell you keep trying to keep up with them.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !