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Rian, you are very kind. Before my accident I was obsessed with things I could buy. My life after has been focused on making memories. I have been fortunate to be able to buy some really neat cars. Kept most of them for more than a decade and one of them for 48 years. I will do my best to...

Rian, the first car I remember my parents owning was a Chevrolet Fleetline two door. The next car was also a two door but it was the first year Chevrolet offered the Bel Air two-door hardtop convertible. Mom picked out the light yellow color. That all changed in 1954 when dad bought a 1953...

Hi Rick, The hormone treatments had the side effect of new and unusual fat deposits. I failed to lose any of the extra weight regardless of how much I cut back portion size or avoided carbs. Once the drugs cleared I started losing weight. Now that I've dropped 30 pounds, Liane is worried I...

Joel, I'm okay but feeling awfully weak lately. As long as I'm standing up things are fine but getting under the car and then getting back up is a trial. So many crunching noises from my knees and shoulder... A one-day job turns into a one-week job quickly. When I find a problem it's another...

This will teach me not to disappear for weeks. Michael, I went through the death thing when I was 20 so I try to treat each day as a gift. Since getting off the hormone treatments my days have been pretty crappy gifts. In the summer of 1965 I was doing great and my only worries were...

We didn't have a lot of April Showers and we have flowers all year round but I'm glad April is over. The Phone Vonage has been our home phone (VOIP) provider since April of last year. A couple of times their box has acted up and we lost our dial tone. When it happened at the end of March, I...

@Squankum, I feel a connection to Zane. I left Arizona in 1945 but not because it was too crowded (Douglas had between eight and nine thousand residents) or land speculators (Phelps Dodge and the US Government owned most of Douglas). I left because I was too young to take care of myself...

Definitely a first world problem.

April was one of those months that sucked me into more black holes than usual. I'll share those holes soon.....

@Higgins, the whole reason for wanting a three car garage was tied to the Corvettes. The mess is tied to me. @Squankum, the car names that mean something in another language intrigued me. Nova is Latin for 'New,' as in a type of bright star but most like to split it into 'No Va,' meaning...

@Squankum, that brought back a memory from 50 or so years ago. As I've mentioned before, when we lived in Wappingers Falls we would drive down to Croton on Hudson to catch a New York Central train into Manhattan for weekends. Years before Donald Trump bought the Plaza, the hotel had $50 family...

@Smokeshow69, a non-functioning refrigerator is a free paint storage cabinet. A small light bulb, even an LED, produces enough heat to keep the inside of the refrigerator from going below freezing. Disable the switch that turns the light off for the cold winter months and unplug the...

Kay, I felt the same way. Mine was a '74 so it had the small bumperettes and huge rubber blocks front and rear. The front spoiler was small but it was metal. I gave mine away because the rear shock towers were rusting and it needed a clutch master cylinder. I have a flag on Bring-A-Trailer...

@gman007, I like the quote. It rang a bell in one of my calcified brain cells. One of my college philosophy courses included Herclitus. A decade later (1984) we took a Mediterranean cruise and tour of Greece. The cruise took us to several Greek islands, Egypt, Israel and Turkey. Thought the...

Rian, you have already solved the runs in the paint issue so this is just for future you. I mixed up a batch of body filler in the garage and walked past the '87 Corvette with the mixed filler on a board. Didn't notice the gob of filler that fell off the board and landed on the front bonnet...

Rian, I have a different view. I paid $41,000 for my used 2011 Cadillac CTS-V in 2016 (it had 11,700 miles on the odometer). To have a professional paint it like yours it would cost another $40,000. You put your imagination and vision to work, followed by some practice on a junkyard door...

Rian, I was given a failing grade on a kindergarten assignment because I thought the car I was told to color would look better if each panel was a different color. I was nowhere near as talented and creative as you because I also failed to color inside the lines consistently. I love what you...

Rian, everyone has an opinion as well as an *******. Some don't know they are different.

Rian, I like to think of myself as a lover, not a fighter. During my recovery, Liane and I made friends with a mason. His father took him out of school when he was nine to help doing concrete block work. I met him when he was 22 and saw him pick up four blocks in each hand and set them on the...

Rian, apologies for not keeping up. People go mad when they learn Liane has reached the age of 82 on a three-staple diet: Caffeine, nicotine and chocolate. Because she still smokes cigarettes our doctor sends her in for a CT scan every year -- only to discover the nodules in her lungs have...