60+ year old thread.

Have a great vacation Tom and be safe

I see a rant or two coming on this subject...

Had the same problem years ago...couldn't do this cause I had to mow the lawn, couldn't do that cause I had house maintenance to do...etc., etc...finally the wife had enough and we moved into a new home in a 55 community and it is really good. No more mowing, fertilizing, snow shoveling and life is good

 

Sorry about the car Mike,Know you wanted it bad, The bright side you know whats not right with it .. Hope it works out for you in the long run!!

Glad you all had some fun..Sounds like no one was a stick in the mud.

The last vet's treated right was WW2 boys, But when DC saw the cost of all of the good care. They found ways to stop it.. IE police action . Two waiting list. kill a few vet.'s & get a 100 mil bonus .. Cant say what I really think as I would not be here anymore. But I think you get it.. OH FN bureaucracy lose out to one man , come on===

 

kill more vets is right, has anyone read bama care fully? over 75 it cuts are big time

no good word imm about lawyers here. bro is dead 3 years at 2.5 I find out about this lawsuit thought nj statue of limitations was 2. now the sob wants to go after me for failing to notify the probate court of a pending suit. never was tight with bro. never knew anything even that his legalzoom will having me as executor till I read it the day he past, going to see the shrink at the er very soon, my mind is all screwed up.

 

The Tacoma is a great "young man's truck". That's why you don't see an "80+ Thread".

 

Mornin' ... Have a great trip Tom.
I'll monitor Live and just try to ignore the mucked up posts, if you know what I mean.

Not gonna rant ... Really I'm not

Considering going the retirement community route ... Didn't realize they started at 55. Better talk to the wife and look into that a little more; there's a pretty nice one right here in Palmer.

Mornin' Ken

Really sorry man. Hang in there brother.

Well played Sir, very well played indeed.

Just got back home from the airport and received text from BIL that they are boarding now. In-law invasion 2014 complete and I survived. I think we all actually enjoyed the visit despite the logistical challenges of keeping so many people (15 total at the high point) organized and moved around to the various activities. The house seems so strangely quiet now.

So here I am with Bear sleeping at my feet.

 

Home Sweet Home. Don't you just love it???

 

saw the doc. got some help and a appointment for tomorrow , another Harley out of the garage and running, fired up on the 4th kick, yep still is a kicker, all the needed parts to convert it still sit in a corner. the old Kawasaki still runs also. maybe tonight to the burger joint for bike night, it just might have a few guys looking, like how often dose anyone see a 2 stroke triple anymore.

 

Afternoon all ...just got back from making the wife a happy women...No I didn't file for divorce(that might make her too happy)...had my hearing checked and was told I'm in need of hearing aids...no wonder why I can't hear the wife...Always thought it was because she was mad at me and wasn't talking I'll give them a try if not, I have 30 days to return them...

 

Need one for the left ear . but will hold off till I cant hear shit. then try that for a year or two..

 

I have two, but I'm not so sure I hear much better with them in. Make sure you try them out in a busy restaurant, I don't understand a word said in there, so I just turn them off.

 

I got all you old coots beat on this one. I've been wearing at least one hearing aid for over 20 years. I started wearing one in my right ear first, then a few years later needed binaural aids.

I'll never forget when I realized I needed them. I was at my then-employer's annual engineering dinner, where the cheap pricks were handing out $75 certificates as 'reward' to people who busted their asses all year long. But I digress. Anyway, I was at the bar getting a beer (EDIT: Yuengling Lager) when I happened to look to my right, and there was a guy standing there talking to me. If I had not turned I never would have known it.

So here's my hearing aid advice.

• Don't wait. Every day you wait is another day you miss out on a chunk of life - sound.
• Don't cheap out. Shop around for sure, but pay for quality. I paid $5600 for the pair I'm using now. They're 4 years old and still ticking along (knock wood!). That's about $3.75/day -- and going down -- to be able to hear what people are saying, to hear phone conversations, to hear music and birds and throaty exhausts and trains going through the valley on the other side of the hill early in the morning. Seems pretty cheap to me.
• Find an audiologist you trust. Preferably, find one that sells multiple brands. You don't want someone who only sells one brand. If you can't find that, see about going to a hospital or somewhere else that does not sell aids at all, and just getting the hearing test; they might have a service that helps you choose what works best for you.
• Give the hearing aids, and yourself, a chance. In most cases people have been losing their hearing for years, or decades; suddenly being able to hear again is a shock to the brain. Wear them for a few hours a day, in quiet settings, then move up the hours.
• Don't settle for an uncomfortable fit. I wear aids that go completely in my ear, and they take getting used to. So do the behind-the-ear models. But neither one should be outright unpleasant to wear. If it is, it needs to be refitted.
• Don't settle for hearing aids that don't improve your hearing (also see "don't cheap out"). If you can't hear what people are saying in a crowded room, they either need to be adjusted or replaced. With my aids and their high falutin' programs I sometimes hear better than my wife in those situations, and she has normal hearing.
• In my experience multiple programs trump a single automatically adjusting system. YMMV.
• Here's a wild one - consider going overseas to buy them. I'm told that my $5600 Siemens are $1500 or so in Europe. The difference will buy plane tickets and then some.

Okay, climbing down from the soapbox.

 

Wow Charlie ... It's like stepping back in time; your garage is like a mechanical time capsule ... and so very freakin' cool!

So very WBO-like.

That's some very worthwhile advice ... Never hurts to get the perspective from someone who has BTDT ... Besides the folks here being a lot of fun, it's the main reason I like hanging around all you cool old dudes. Thanks for passing along the advice.

 

Hey!!! give me back my motorcycle

 

I only wanted one for the left ear cause the missus sits to my right all the time...

That's one place I need to try them out...always have a problem in crowded restaurants or bars

Good advice wdb...the audiologist I went to offered pretty much the same advice and offered many options and styles of aids...in 2 weeks I get to spend $5800 for them. 30 day trial period so I'll be trying them out.

 

got one aid here, but need 2 so the one most of the time sits on the top of my dresser. when one needs 2 and has one. it tends to make things to loud and small things like paper being crumpled sound awefull. aid 2 is on top of the list of needed items.

whick bike do you want back sue? the Kawasaki that turned heads last night or the chopped pan head.
took the triple to the drive in night. had a bundle of ricer heads looking it over and one dude on a Harley tell them their nuts were not big enough to ride it. he sure knew the bike just by looking at it. knew right off that I had 500R jugs stuck on it. asked about the motor some more, shocked to hear it was a now very rare denco performance stage 3 race motor

yes mike before you ask,i do double oil it. pump and in the tank. can't chance burning a piston. those came from a 350 2 stroke twin,

 

I think it's pretty cool that some of the old Japanese tech from the 60's and 70's is starting to get attention. The Japanese were doing some innovative stuff then.

Good morning folks. I had a really early wakeup today, had to be in Jersey in time for a call with people overseas. Thank goodness for coffee.

 

Morning Cool Old Dudes + Susan.

Looks like rain today. Oh well, I wasn't all that excited to mow the lawn today any way. Looks like I'll take another invasion recovery day. Back to work tonight.

 

Evening all:
A rather productive day!
Got a chainsaw running, the coal stove cleaned and put back together, and reinstalled AVG virus protection. Somehow I lost it; maby through updating anti-malware????? Says you are supposed to disable the anti virus protection when installing it, but I don't know how to do that.
As for the coal stove; got to get ready, only 4 months till heating season starts!

 

Yeah, the Kawasaki. First vehicle was a motor cycle. a 650. Was a blast to ride.

Hiya Rob... hope you are recovering.

evening boys

 

I had the bike that was the fastest one made until they came out with the triple a Vincent Black Shadow took a long time to beat it is was a 1954.