Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Five
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My first car was a 1969 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon. One of the deacons in the church and my second dad sold it to me for $300. Before he would let me have it he had it tuned up, replaced the transmission and had new brakes installed all around. It was a bargain needless to say. The back of the drivers seat was broken at the base of the back. Literally but steel tubes in the seat back had been snapped at the hinge. If you put the back seat down it held the front seat back up in the perfect position for me to drive it comfortably. My mom took a 6 inch thick piece of heavy foam rubber and made me a mattress that covered the whole back inside so I could take friends along. This was in 1973 so there were no "seat belt laws." I don't really know what she was thinking giving a 16 year old a station wagon with a bed in the back but, I wasn't complaining. Great car! I installed a really good stereo and it lasted me almost 5 years before I had any problem with it at all. Gave it to my mother with over 250K on it, it had well over 150K when I got it but Mr. Duffett had fixed it up like new before he sold it to me.My first new car was a little Subaru hatchback. Creamy yellow with a roof rack. 5 speed stick. How I loved that car! It was a tank, for all its tiny size, and was a blast to drive. I sold it with around 100k miles, only because I had to have ACL surgery on my left knee, and, well, it's kinda hard to drive a stick when your leg won't bend.
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Well that rather sucks. Don't most doctors offices call the day before to remind "you" (meaning anyone, not you specifically) of the appointment? I guess not expensive specialists.
Yea, real kind of them
I know you are already gone for the weekend, but hope everything goes well and you can get some answers to make some major decisions. We will be here for you when you get back. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}
I'll be waiting with bated breath for that one, BB. While I have lots of reasons why I like you, your mastery of diplomacy ain't one of them.
(((((((((3mg))))))))))) I'm so sorry for what you're going through sweetie! I am very glad he's in a facility that hopefully is a really good one that can help him learn to manage some of his difficulties, and help him beat others! I know how hard it is to worry about a kid and not be able to get to them. When my son deployed I was a basket case the 1st 3 months til God finally said...... "Do you really think you're the one who's protected him all these years???" and "Do you think there is any place in the Universe that he can go, that MY hand can't reach???" Sometimes God has to whack me between the eyes like that to get my attn. Of course I still worried bout him after that, but not nearly as much as before. Does he have access to email so y'all can communicate that way? I got creative in checking on my son......if I hadn't heard from him in awhile.......I'd check his bank acct online......if he'd spent money, I knew he was ok. lol Just know that even when you don't.......God knows exactly how he is and has HIS hand on him.
congrats again hun!!!!! didn't wanna tell your announcement, but glad you did!!!! Was great talkin with ya.
well that's til forever and then some!!
right backatchya darlin! It is amazing, but then again, like tends to find like.
Definitely praying for that too, and you answered my ?? about if the insurance was from your job or elsewhere. My dad went to MD Anderson tooWe've had more lay-offs than I can count and none of our jobs are very secure right now. Forecasts are saying that it probably won't get any better until possibly 2018...
I knew it was Zachariah!! hehehe j/k.....would never want ya to feel pressured into revealing something you're not comfy with!And no... my first name is not Ezekiel, though the name may be found in the Bible.
oh that burns me up!!! I know sometimes ya just don't wanna fight certain things....... but if I'd had the energy, I'd have thrown a fit til they got me in to see him very soon!! So gracious of em to offer not to charge you....jerks!!
Nite darlin!! Y'all will be in our thoughts and prayers!!
ohhhhhh you've got a kindred spirit here......who thinks he can run......but he can't hide! Ohhhhhh @subwayaznm I like the name thumpette. Immediately thought of thumper. Funny how we name cars. I had a green Ford Taurus.....the shiny green reminded me of a leprechaun, and the lines of it reminded me of a dolphin. My favorite dolphin that I worked with was named Lucky, which tied in with the green, so I named him Lucky.My first car (not new) was an orange Volkswagen Super Beetle. Semi-automatic transmission. Her name was Thumpette.I still think about her. Wish I had not sold her.
I resemble part of that remark, the whiner and complainer part but it is all my fault. If we only knew what we did when we were young would effect us so much when we got old. I was bulletproof when I was young but starting to find out those bullets were actually doing some damage.Apparently mostly everything these days.Damn whiners, complainers, and everyone's a victim. Nothing is ever their fault.
On da first quote, BO will always make big bucks; even if it means capping wells, reducing processing output and/or laying off employees (re Kaez's posts fer an example).
As to tightened fuel supply, read da next quote's highlighted statement (BTW, Russia hasn't cut back their production either. Can't afford to...)
Oil production glut is affecting most of da industry, and consequently worldwide economies; wid one lucrative exception... speculators! Econ 101 and 601 at its be$t...
Don't hold your breath...
Oh, BTW, wanna get me really riled up... let's talk $ub$idie$s, especially wid corn/ethanol...
Ummm, I'd say Jōb is da most appropriate fer Zael!
Otaaay, let's all let apathy rule! Oh, wait... never mind...
Slacker...
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After 4 treatment centers I continued to drink an then about 2 years ago I just stopped. I tried a couple of beers a couple months ago and it made me feel like crap so like the song says I gotta start takin more of it or less of it for me less is a better option. My BP shoots up and my heart rate also when I drink definately not an option.
Just watched Criminal Minds and the final quote was so appropriate for here:
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
My first car was a 38 Plymouth coupe. It was a rust bucket with a six and 3 on the column. Had a mattress in the back and could sneak 4 people into the Drive in. Paid $75 for it painted lime green with spray cans. I think or a brush never asked. Oh and it had a beer tap handle from a bar for a shift nob.
Wrong button it kinda went sideways when you shifted. Those were the good old days. My mom and dad said I couldn't keep it and had to give it back so I hid it down the road and used it anyway. Insurance what's that mean.
At 16 2 quarts of oil, a pack of smokes and a 12 pack of beer for 6 people we were in heaven. I had a friend who worked at a grocery store and he'd stick the beer outside the back door once in a while.
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according to a fellow reonaut.......MFS has nic on sale
100mg, 1liter $40 at MFS
Code MSF40NIC
good now, through 4/3 midnight EST
100mg, 1liter $40 at MFS
Code MSF40NIC
good now, through 4/3 midnight EST
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