Today was my plan to get some maintenance done on Sherries car. The damn idiot warning light for oil change came on last weekend so it was time to get the oil changed… along with that I had figured to replace a couple of the tires as 6 months ago they had to take on off and put the spare on as one was bald… and it was in the spare spot… so… I took Sherrie to work, stopped and had a bit of breakfast and then took the car to get the oil changed. I use the Toyota dealer hear (Janzen) as they are about the same price as Walmart now, and just as fast or faster, and they check other stuff and can fix it… like today in doing the 25 or what ever point inspection they came in with the cabin air filter and it was really dirty so we had that replace as well as the engine filter… I did double check my records and didn’t find we had done that in the past 3 years… As I was headed out I noticed in the “customer” fridge this coke can and just had to have it… I mean, I am doing all this service today so ???
In my running from dealer to town again I came on this :
now I am not perfect at age and ID but this one was easy… 1967 GTO…WOW… no one was around so not sure what the deal was here?
This is probably why the age was easy? huh?
It was dirty (although the pictures don’t show it and it did have several dings in the paint showing it may have been blue at one time? and it was full of crap in the seats? but maybe it is on a cross country trip and got delayed here?
After a few pictures and salivating some I headed on to Discount Tire and had them put on 2 new tires… but it wasn’t that simple.. I had them check all the tires including the spare, put the two new on the front, put the next best two on the back and the next best back in as spare… I knew the spare was the worst as it was bald 6 months ago… and from all accounts, checking tires and such they did get them all as detailed… but that was expensive just for 2 tires , although about $150 less than the dealer quoted on similar tires. Still, with the tires I had spent about $500 in a bit over 2 hours… OUCH!
Once the tires were done, and done about an hour before I had figured they would be, had a little time to kill so headed down main street for no real particular reason… as I was crossing 9th I had to turn back and stop again…
1939 Ford ( another WOW) and it had an OSU retired parking sticker in it… I don’t remember seeing it on campus but maybe?
Still I had time to waste before picking Sherrie up for lunch and it was too short of time to go home and I didn’t have much else to do so I figured why not stop at the antique/Junque dealer on south main that I have never been in …
The place is full of a lot of that expensive JUNQUE… old doors, windows, tables, benches and a lot of stuff that is made up to look old… including signs and metal work? I did spot a few interesting things…
Had not thought about it but pretty accurate… I have one in a bit better shape , I think? I only used it back in the 70’s… in the oil field that wasn’t enough food… you needed a big box and we learn to stop when ever we smell or find a food place as you didn’t know when the next chance might present itself…
I don’t think I have ever seen a “Coca-Cola" bicycle? but here it is…
I didn’t get may other pictures in there… just a lot of JUNQUE… one sign did say “Eclectic Collection” yep… fits… I still had plenty of time so went by Chuck’s to talk with AJ… he had to tell me he had joined the club…he now had hearing aids… inherited one but adjusted to his loss and he was amazed at what he could now hear… We discussed several world problems and think we may have solved one or two but forgot to write down the answers so guess we will have to do that over… by then it was time and I was off to pick up Sherrie…
For lunch we figured we might go to Taco Mayo and have the Alumni special (BOGO taco salad)… on arrival I spotted that the Duct tape had give out…
Not sure what he can see in that mirror now? might need a new roll or two? wrap it around the car it will work better… OUCH!
When we got in we found they had new people again… this one has had a lot of problems with employees, managers, and various other things… but the food was generally ok (for fast MEX)… but when we pulled out or card they said that they no longer did the BOGO salads… it was now the Burrito… Hey no one informed us of the change…so since they wouldn’t honor the old BOGO I determined to show my customer right and we left… for Taco Bell… I know going down hill fast? but I like the Bell and they give me my Senior discount and we can eat there for under $9… yep I have said it before and will say it again… I like cheap… well most times… when it doesn’t make much difference and I don’t want to wait a long time… we go cheap… OUCH… Even thought it was cheap, I guess I am just real lucky… how many times can you pull the one and only straw that missed the cutting machine…?
If only I could get some good luck and get a lottery ticket to work like my bad luck…
When I got home I headed to the shop and before I could get on that airplane… I saw a pile of scrap can and figured why not cut a few humming birds… so I got two of them cut out and one built before I was interrupted by a phone call from another of my old friends and had to jump to go get Sherrie…
I did get a piece of extra put in with my birds and got the picture of the “cluster:…
Not to get it all way but the center piece for the birds is a fishing lure… I may need to put a swivel on the top end so it will spin more? but not sure as when it is solid like now the birds wings spin a lot more… Some testing is needed here. Since that “cluster” worked I will need to get a couple more and finish up a few more birds…
Earlier in the afternoon before going back I came out to hang a bird and spotted…. some new friends in the yard… I had been hearing them for weeks but had not seen any… but today they were in my back yard… and not real scared of me, although they did move to the trees pretty quick…
Just to add to that… when I took the trash up to the street for collection in the morning… two more (I say two more as I could hear one back off in the trees while I had these two in the neighbors yard…
Since our neighbor to the west had cleared 90% of the trees and insists she needs to mow the pasture like it were a city lawn(120 acres gets mowed every week)… We had not see or heard any of these… that has been about 6 years now… but they are coming back in some other spots now… which is great to see… just hope the cats don’t find them all…
Spent the evening working on the body of the new airplane and had to do a little radio as the weekly net was on… so busy day again… just like I want it…
WD0AJG