I remember when I used to work. I couldn't play on the computer with 30 kids in the class, but one year administration messed up. They accidentally gave me two planning periods! I kept my mouth shut and enjoyed two hours of free time to myself for a very long time!
Hahahahaha.....that is awesome, John! When I was in high school we had rotating periods, with first and second always the same, but 3-7 would rotate every day. So on Monday your classes went 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. On Tuesday they went 1, 2, 7, 3, 4, 5, 6, Wednesday 1, 2, 6, 7, 3, 4, 5, etc. One time when I was Sophomore I went to go to locker room for P.E. Well, I walked in on our gym teacher and a bottle of Wild Turkey! He spilled it all over his desk trying to put it away so quickly he knocked the bottle over, he forgot what day it was and thought he was on his prep. He was a cool guy so I told him not to worry about it, I never said a word. That guy let me get away with murder the rest of the year, if I didn't want to do something like when we played baseball, I'd just sit around and he wouldn't bother me.....here's a pic from the other side of my desk. That's my boss's desk on the other side of the windows directly behind me, so he can see what I'm doing all day long, you're not going to get away with anything sneaky. He's a real cowboy type guy, rides rodeos and has horses and such. Just as long as the work is getting done, he really doesn't care if I'm on the internet, just so long as it's cars, guns, or news. I'm usually out in the shop but I come back to my desk probably 3 times an hour for a few minutes.....one day I'm going to borrow one of my stripper friend's G-strings and hike it up with my shirt tucked into it so my boss can have a heart attack.
Lucas... This first burst is to you. > My closest friends know I hate sports, unless an engine is involved. 9th grade PE we had Coach M. Big 'ole college football player that probably didn't make it. I played baseball. Bad idea. I was running towards a pop fly and that sucker hit me right in the mouth!!! Busted my lip open and blood everywhere! Coach said, "Carroll, next time use your glove." I hated sports after that. Same teacher 2 years later... He transferred to high school. Yes I got him. One 9 weeks was weight lifting. I liked weight lifting. No I'm not big. I probably weighed 90 lbs. At the end of the course they had competitions. We had the big old rope in the gym. You climbed to the top and touched the ceiling and slid back down it. Coach said to me, "Carroll, you climb the rope with your legs straight out and I'll give you A's for the semester!" Lord knows I needed an A in something. My grade point average sucked in everything else!!! I climbed that rope with my legs straight out, touched the ceiling, and Coach said the MF word! I was soooo happy I slid down the rope really fast. Guess what??? My mouth / lip hit the big knot at the end of the rope soooo hard. Yes, blood everywhere, but I was HAPPY!!!! Coach said, "Carroll, you suck!" He did give me A's for 2 nine weeks!!!!!!!!
Now back to our regular story. The penguins. What an awesome day, and week, coming up! Cold spell baby!!! These 80 year old penguins are cold. They don't come outside, and the rest of the week is supposed to be cold and breezy. Mc Donald's sing it for me... "I'm lovin it!" The female came outside just a few times today and went right back in. Thank you baby Jesus, 7 lbs. 8 ozs. The male bird spent most of the day laying on his back watching TV. I am buzzed and very happy!!!!!!!!! I had a GREAT day, sometimes. I had to get rid of a lot of used oil. I'd like to blame it on my kids doing oil changes here, but probably most of it was mine. A lot of places, O'reilly's only lets you pour out 2 gallons. So I went to Advanced Auto. They take 5 gallons. I still had more oil. I went to Hobby Lobby to buy the chrome pen for inside touch ups. Got 40% off thank you somebody on this forum. I followed a thread today about the chrome marker. On the way home, with still 3 gallons of oil in the bed I raced an F250 diesel. He must have not had a programmer because I won! Until I got to the next Advance Auto Parts. Oil was EVERYWHERE in the back of my truck dripping down the bumper. Oh sheet! So I went home and washed out the back of the truck.
It is 10:45 and I'm drinking one more beer and then going to bed. That means I'll be up early. I hate sleep like I hate sports. I'll be up early and adding to the Barrett Jackson thread. Jim Weiss, I'll keep it clean as I can, but it'll be the truth.
LUCAS!!! Here is a picture of my work area. I have been buffing and shining all kinds of parts to put back on my car. My fingers are achy and numb all at the same time. As said earlier, the cold breezy weather has kept the Penguins in. Life is very good!
I said we were getting new couches. The second I woke up this morning the female penguin was in my face. The furniture guys are coming any minute! Really? I hadn't even sipped my coffee, had a smoke, or taken a sheet. I barely made it outside and I heard the front door being knocked on. As I peaked around the side of the house I saw it was the furniture guys. Dang! Actually that went quick and easy. They finally left and I got to sit down in front of my garage and drink my coffee. I'm in front of my garage because it was as cold as Minnesota! We got down to 40° today. It was bitter cold! I sit in front of my garage because the sun shines there and it faces south east. The bitter wind from the cold front came from the north west. I'm sitting there sipping my coffee and a rabbit comes hopping out of my backyard gate right next to me! I thought I was still drunk or doing heavy duty drugs. One of those I do not do. You'll never believe this. It was my grandkids rabbit all the way from 11 houses north of me. I don't know how long it took him to hop this way, but he was at their house last night and here this morning. I texted my son and he came down here to help catch the rabbit. He ended up using a fishing net. What a weird morning!
Looking good buddy, the bunny must like Grandpa's house! Glad the penguins are like the ones I saw in Hawaii and don't like the "cold", so they're staying inside giving you a reprieve! Working outside in the sun, drinking beer, and relaxing are some of my favorite times Funny thing on temperature perspective: It is currently 43 and sunny here, all our snow here in town is melting. We are working in the big shop with all 13 garage doors open, and my wash guys are all working in t-shirts! It's like spring for us! (well, it feels like it)....sorry, don't mean to keep side tracking your thread........
Lucas... Feel free to side track my thread at anytime! Temperature and perspective. I think there's different feelings for the same temperatures. High humidity and low humidity make it different too. It's been 40 in Virginia and I thought it was beautiful outside, but........................ it was dead calm. A breeze, or really windy kills me! We had close to 30 MPH gusts yesterday and this morning. That's when I hide in the garage. Your part of the country looks flat out beautiful!!!
Oh yeah, the Penguin thread.... the female made a real good meal for 10 of us tonight. That's twice in 2 weeks!!! I think my brother in law said something to them. They are different this year. They still eat FIRST!!! The second someone says, Dinner is ready," the old male bird dam near runs to the kitchen. Poor guy laid around all day and he's starving. Tomorrow will be warmer. The birds will be back outside. Bummer!
Whatever you call them you cannot call them late for dinner . Good to see this thread revived for the current migration season - highly entertaining and amusing when I should be working on the speedway car ,-) I think it's time you made some space by attaching parts to your car - don't you have a wedding to get it ready for? I'm sure penguins are preferable to a disappointed bridezilla.
Lloyd, You made me smile big time this morning!!! Good morning Sir!!! and yes, they are NOT late for dinner!!!
Well John, although unusual,I have been silently following your plight with your penguins & I feel for ya buddy, while not penguins I got a rarely captured recording of my Mother-In-Law asking me if I still had “all those cars & parts” when no one else was around to witness her interrogation. Notice the intensity in the stare! Chilling....just chilling https://i.imgur.com/bZRwMRC.mp4
I don't know where you live, but in New England, getting rid of used oil is easy. Practically every independent garage has a waste oil heater. They charge the customer a disposal fee and then heat their garage with it. Almost any garage will take used oil. Here in sunny SW Florida the stuff has no value, but our county (Collier) will take it.
Fritz, I think your mother-in-law and my mother-in-law could get along together very well! I wish I could take a picture of the face I see when I walk in the house. Every single time I walk in the house she turns her head to the right stretching her neck out to see who is walking in. There are only two people here besides her. She reminds me of a T Rex turning around to grab some prey.
Huh, that's funny, we have never charged a disposal fee for oil, or tires, for that matter. FYI, yearly maintenance for a waste oil burner is about 5 times as much as an ordinary oil burner, so the cost savings is not as great as most folks assume it is.
I might as well give an update being I'm at my son's house stuck right next to the birds. We were invited for beer, bonfire, and pizza. I think BBB's are better! Anyway, they all, ( the birds), walked on down to my son's. I sat on the picnic table and drank a beer to loneliness. Sometimes it is awesome! Reminds me of an old Twilight Zone. Love that show! This old man loved reading books, but everyone bothered him. I think a nuclear blast went off and everyone died. He didn't. He walked to the library, got a book, and sat down to read it. He pulled his glasses out of his coat pocket and they were broken. I know, bummer!!! Anyway, my loneliness was GREAT! I sat sipping my beer in total solitude. Ahhhhhh!!!! Before they left, the Bitc, oops, I mean female complained about the mosquitoes. They bit her today while she tried to brown her leather wrinkly skin in the sun. Kinda like pork Rhines. So they're leaving and she's standing in the porch holding the door open. DA!!! I said, "You're letting mosquitoes in the house!" D. B.!!! I didn't say that. Just thought it. PS, I'm sitting right next to her as I write this! So much fun! Even while chomping on pizza she continues talking. Big Bird, the male, ran right inside the second the food got here. That man doesn't miss a meal! He did a lot of exercise today. Walked around the block once. Stood in the driveway a couple times. Whew! I'd be pooped too! Oh well, gotta go for now. They're all staring at me........
Long story if you are bored... I had a GREAT day today!!! Tonight's Budweiser award goes to 65Larkin! You busted my azz this morning. I laughed hard, and I believe you. Dang I have a lot of parts to put back on the car! The biggest problem is "parts to choose from." I cannot tell you how many 68 / 69 cars I've stripped down. The dashboard in my convertible came from a grandma car. She died and the 16 year old grandson got the car. Totaled in one night! That car had 28,000 very easy miles! I stripped it to the bare metal. My porch and picnic area are filed with parts to choose from. Yes, I switched a rear seat belt twice today. They look real nice now! I got bored with this. Back to 65Larkin. Don't take this wrong... Thanks for the kick in the azz!!! I did a lot today considering the weather. Most of the time it was great, but we had showers coming in off the ocean. PITA!!! I took apart my windshield wiper arms, and all that stuff down in the cowling. It didn't like moving. Got it all out and was playing with it. PBBlaster didn't make it loosen up. DG, yes, Dollar General spray lubricant made it loosen up instantly! That's endorsement number one. For $2 a can that stuff is GREAT!!! I use it on everything! Endorsement number 2 is the spray cleaner BANG. You can get it at Dollar Tree, I think. I got it out from under the kitchen sink cabinet. That stuff cleans dirty stuff off of interior parts unbelievably! Endorsement number 3... For chrome cleaning, and apparently anything, get 3M Marine rubbing compound. They make it in "Heavily Oxidized" and "Lightly Oxidized." I only used the Lightly Oxidized. It works great on stainless steel, chrome, aluminum, and pot-metal. It leaves no scratches and also has wax in it. If you have a perfect car you don't need it. If you have an "old" car, it works great on everything. Try it............... Going to bed now. Gotta get up early and hustle!!!
