Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Took the wife and kid out to look at the comet. Took a while to find it but it is in fact visible with the naked eye. Not as amazing as those ones we had in the 90's, but a visible comet nonetheless. No pictures as I couldn't find it with the phone...

Bought a new dishwasher today as well. Bosch. See if I like it better than the one we had in our last house in Washington. Anything will be better than the Maytag that we are suffering with. New frig a couple months back. Expensive year...

 

I bought a Kitchen Aide 4-5 years ago and it’s been great. After I bought it, I found out the only one with higher ratings were the Bosch.

 

Several years ago at a family gathering with my wife's relatives the topic of dishwashers came up around the table. "Mine died after 7 years." "Mine's been strong for 12."

I piped up with psshhht, that's nothing. Mine's 39 years old and still does a fantastic job.

Got a good punch in the arm from my wife next to me, but it brought the house down.

 

Is she still 39?

 

You're lucky there were people around or else......

 

Um, yes... definitely yes.

 

She must be part Asian! They don’t age a minute until they hit 60. It’s a damned good thing I’ll be 76 and losing my eyesight when that happens.

 

On a side note,
When I finally assume room temperature, I hope someone can write as charming an obituary for me as this one is!

Obituary for Robert Adolph Boehm
Robert Adolph Boehm, in accordance with his lifelong dedication to his own personal brand of decorum, muttered his last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse on October 6, 2024, shortly before tripping backward over "some stupid mother****ing thing" and hitting his head on the floor.

Robert was born in Winters, TX, to the late Walter Boehm and Betty Smith on May 6, 1950, after which God immediately and thankfully broke the mold and attempted to cover up the evidence. Raised Catholic, Robert managed to get his wife Dianne pregnant (three times) fast enough to just barely miss getting drafted into the Vietnam War by fathering Michelle, John, and Charlotte between 1967 and 1972. Much later, with Robert possibly concerned about the brewing conflict in Grenada, Charles was born in 1983.

This lack of military service was probably for the best, as when taking up shooting as a hobby in his later years, he managed to blow not one, but two holes in the dash of his own car on two separate occasions, which unfortunately did not even startle, let alone surprise, his dear wife Dianne, who was much accustomed to such happenings in his presence and may have actually been safer in the jungles of Vietnam the entire time.

While the world was in conflict elsewhere, Robert made due by learning to roof, maintain traffic signs with the City of Amarillo, and eventually becoming a semi-professional truck driver—not to be confused with a professional semi-truck driver.

With peace on the horizon, Robert's attention somewhat counterintuitively drifted to weapons of war, spanning the historical and geographical spectrum from the atlatl of 19,000 BC France, to the sjambok of 1830s Africa, to the Mosin-Nagant M1891 of WWII-era Soviet Union. So many examples of these mainstream hobbyist items litter his small Clarendon, Texas, apartment that one of them may very well have been the item referenced in his aforementioned eloquent final epitaph.

A man of many interests, Robert was not to be entranced by historical weapons alone, but also had a penchant for fashion, frequently seen about town wearing the latest trend in homemade leather moccasins, a wide collection of unconventional hats, and boldly mismatched shirts and pants.

Robert also kept a wide selection of harmonicas on hand—not to play personally, but to prompt his beloved dogs to howl continuously at odd hours of the night to entertain his many neighbors, and occasionally to give to his many, many, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to play loudly during long road trips with their parents.

Earlier this year, in February, God finally showed mercy upon Dianne, getting her the hell out of there for some well-earned peace and quiet. Without Dianne to gleefully entertain, Robert shifted his creative focus to the entertainment of you, the fine townspeople of Clarendon, Texas. Over the last eight months, if you have not met Robert or seen his road show yet, you probably would have soon.

We have all done our best to enjoy/weather Robert's antics up to this point, but he is God's problem now.

Robert's farewell tour will be held Monday, October 14th, at 10 a.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 6969 E Interstate 40 Hwy, Amarillo, TX 79118. The family encourages you to dust off whatever outdated or inappropriate combination of clothing you have available to attend. A tip jar will be available in the front; flowers are also acceptable.

 

Sometimes when I read obits I discover how special a person was and I didn't even know it.
I sure my obituary will be short. It will probably say something about the good times I've spent with my TW friends.

 

Well, you can bet there will be some comment in there about the venison egg rolls you’ve graced us with

I suspect the trick to an obit like this is to give people some interesting material to work with. Maybe just start throwing out wise “yoda-like” sayings with your apprentice…not that they have to mean something…just to make them wonder of it means anything. And if it doesn’t work to make for a more interesting obit, at least it’s fun watching them trying to make sense of it.

 

Run for the hills!!! Its got a grip mounted ramrod!!!!

 

We have a Maytag dishwasher. The only thing I don't like, is that I have to empty it.

 

I didn't know anything about appliances(still don't) when we bought our Whirlpools 11yrs ago.

The appliances in the home when I bought it were old as f×#$ and still working.
All Whirlpool.
That's what I based my purchase on.

 

I was checking on the price of my future hidden front hitch and came across this inexpensive but useful upgrade.
https://www.4xinnovations.com/2005--2023-Tacoma-Shackle-Flip-Kit_p_38.html
Thought someone in here did this recently.

Says it adds an extra 3/4" lift, too, which I wouldn't mind a little extra with the aal.

 

Keep in mind this does involve drilling rivets out of your frame and/or cutting factory shackles mounts

Not inherently complicated, but I know some people are nervous about messing with their frame. Which I don't blame anyone lol

 

It's paid for.
I'm already into cutting things off and drilling holes.

 

I went with Hammer Hangers instead. What I really need are working rear shocks... The thing is like Tigger!

 

I got out and saw it last night also. Nearly full moon didn't help. Binoculars helped a lot. There's another supposed to become visible around the end of the month.