60+ year old thread.

late afternoon yesterday...22 mph wind with 40 mph gusts...didnt dissuade me and theses thighs..

 

That was my plan when I got my 21 taco. Hopefully last truck I'll buy. Still working, had it 3 years and just turned 10k on it. 3 more lease payments to go and then I'll buy it. I refuse to pay what they want for new vehicles today, I don't want to a second mortgage. And I have no interest in the new tacoma, they ruined it.

 

Good Morning

 

Good Morning Porch Pals & Sue . Here at TX. Orthopedics to get the wrap removed, and a new splint. Wife did some one handed trimming while I cleaned in the yard. Some progress. Not too happy with myself tho, 15 minutes and a break, then 10 minutes and winded and a break, finally 5 minutes, winded and dizzy and a break. Then I quit. Chest hurts far too much...

Edit, that was over the 4 hours, but still

 

Be careful Kurt, we ain’t 29 anymore.

 

Feel more like 92 this week!

 

Speak for yourself! Mentally I am 17.

 

That would make a good hood ornament on a round body, early fifties Chevy.

 

We bought a set of Maytags 15 years ago for $500. The last of the mechanical transmissions that they made, which made them ultra-reliable. Don't plan on replacing them for another thirty years or so.

 

Maytag repair man, loneliest guy in town

 

Morning all:

I think most of us are WAY YOUNGER mentally, but when it comes down to doing what we could do when we were that age we are quickly reminded that those days are far behind us!
When we get a deer I quickly get reminded that the old grey mule sure aint what he used to be, UNLESS those 110lb buck now weigh 500lb which is what it seems!

 

I'm 5

 

You are correct sir, but since I am mentally 17, I am not well grounded in what reality actually is as yet.

 

Not anymore!

 

Unfortunately

 

Only if you buy the techy crap... It's a given that people spend more money on bells and whistles than on the original, reliable products. That's why we have vehicles with more expense in the "options" than in the base model. We've been sold the idea that options are necessary to maintain "resale value"... when the options are what depreciates faster than the car and they also are less reliable than the basic vehicle. Hell, you can't even find a "stripped" model on a car lot anymore, even though they will likely outlast the tech laden junk.

 

I miss my 87 F 250, bench seat, no air, locking hubs

 

sixtys/wannabes/agitators. When my mother and dad wanted to get a new washer/dryer pair they gave their old Maytags to me. They worked just fine, but they didn't have some of the newer features. I used them through 10+ years and two houses until the washer started leaving rust stains on clothes. We went looking at the new stuff -- LG, etc. While there we ran into a friend of my wife's, a younger woman with 3 kids. She was shopping for a new washer too, because her "old" machine was 5 years old and acting up! What was it, we asked. LG. The electronics were going wonky and circuit board replacment was expensive, so, time for a new one.

We just looked at each other.

Then we went home, found out who was still making fully mechanical washing machines, went to the store, bought a Speed Queen pair. I expect they'll outlast me.

 

Just out of curiosity... what kind of "features" make a washing machine more attractive?

We got a smokin' deal on a dishwasher, something with a lot of features. In the ten years we've owned it we've used four of the fifteen function buttons, two of them being the Start and Cancel buttons. I've found this to be the same with everything bought with a lot of features. We end up using the same buttons all the time because those are the choices that do the job. I like the dishwasher. It wasn't cheap and it washes dishes better than any other we've had... but it really only needs four buttons, and if the features were combined in a single Start button it would only need two.

 

I chose the speed queens because of the minimal features and mechanical timers, more durable and less to break.
I chose my Triumph bonnevile motorcycle because of its minimal electronics and simplicity.
I wanted a tacoma trd sport but all I could get at the time was the trd off road and it has features I'll never use.
Minimalism is a good thing sometimes.