The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

 

[donaldtoo]

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Labradoodle, now a knew breed…the “Labramuddle”…!!!!!
OK, that was bad…

 

[Figgy1]

James

 

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[donaldtoo]

C'mon car is when I drove a 1975 Chevy Monza 2+2 hatchback no AC , carburetor , if I pumped the gas pedal too much I would flood the engine . Then came modern fuel injection.

My first car was that ‘71 Olds Cutlass, that I’ve posted about before. Rocket 350 with a 2bbl carb.
No A/C in that one either.
My ‘85 Mustang GT had a Holley 4bbl carb on it, and man, when you kicked in those secondaries, it roared like a monster…37-ish years later, and I still miss that car…..

 

[Figgy1]

The bread crumbs have been made, bacon cooked, veggies chopped, fruit sliced up, eggs boiled, mac cheesed, 4 day weekend incoming send wine

 

[MinnieM123]

The bread crumbs have been made, bacon cooked, veggies chopped, fruit sliced up, eggs boiled, mac cheesed, 4 day weekend incoming send wine

Everyone:

Figgy made bread crumbs.

 

[Lilofan]

The bread crumbs have been made, bacon cooked, veggies chopped, fruit sliced up, eggs boiled, mac cheesed, 4 day weekend incoming send wine

Now that's high quality with a lot of love , right there - homemade bread crumbs. A lot of food items homemade I tend to eat more and then I loosen my belt a notch or two .

 

[donaldtoo]

A few years before my retirement I bought my dream car. It was a 2005 Cadillac DLS. It only had 21K miles on it and came with a 100K mile, 10 year bumper to bumper warrantee. I intended to buy a quality car that with care would last my retirement. It had every possible "extra" on it which my grandkids loved (so did I), It drove like it was on a cloud and for a big V-8 Northstar engine it gave me almost 30 mpg on a road trip. I reached the warrantee end at 100K. After that it wasn't to bad, but parts were expensive and under the hood was so complex that my limited mechanical talents led me to just not touch it. I made 8 round trips from Vt. to NC just to find an apartment and visiting my family. It got to 140K and on my way back from my 50th HS reunion in Vt. it started to overheat just south of West Virginia.

After an emergency stop at a dealer they replaced the thermostat and that got me home,. After that it over heated more and more often. I finally took it in for a diagnoses and it was determined that not one but both head gaskets had quit their job and the dealer would happy to fix it for just a little over $6000.00 dollars. At this time the car was 11 years old and every bell and whistle on the car worked perfectly. The interior and exterior was pristine, even the original exhaust system was still shiny. It now blue booked for $900.00, so it was stupid to sink another six grand in it so I sold it for a $1000.00 and leased a new car.

I still miss my Cadillac but by now I would have been bankrupt just in repairs. As a note, my previous car had been a 1998 Cadillac Deville that I bought at a car auction. That was a good car but by coincidence, I assume, while on a trip to WDW it also had a head gasket blow while in Kissimmee. Another 2 grand just to get home. I just thought of that as a fluke and never expected it to happen again, I just did a quick check on my Quickin program and from April 2011 to Sept. 2016 I spent over $10,000.00 on repairs. Now I wish I just had that repair money back. No fool like and old fool they say.

My first job in HS was at that local go-kart track that I’ve posted about before, owned by an older couple that, basically, became like second parents to us. He was a WWII vet that was with the Seabees, and was on Peleliu and Saipan.
From time to time, they would have one of us run errands, like drop off a bank deposit, pick up food, etc.
She drove a ‘75 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, and he a ‘74 Plain Jane Chevy pickup truck (pics below of almost exact versions). Even though we had cars, they would send us to do errands in one of their vehicles. I’ll never forget the first time they had me run errands drivin’ her Coupe DeVille…it was like drivin’ a cloud…sooooo fine…!!!

 

[Figgy1]

Everyone:

Figgy made bread crumbs.

I like panko bread crumbs but do not like the cost of GF ones which are not as good as regular panko so it's easier and tastier if I make my own

 

[MinnieM123]

Now that's high quality with a lot of love , right there - homemade bread crumbs. A lot of food items homemade I tend to eat more and then I loosen my belt a notch or two .

Flattery will get you anywhere -- I think you're trying to get yourself invited to Figgy's Memorial Day barbecue extravaganza!

 

[93boomer]

My first car was Mom’s hand me down 1975 baby blue Gremlin. Haven’t got a picture of it but found this online is close.

 

[Goofyernmost]

1st 1960 Plymouth Wagon (Black)........................... 2nd 1961 Beetle .................................................. 3rd 1962 Chevy Impala
My first chick magnet

None of these are actual pictures of mine but the last two are exact replicas. No doubt about it, I was a cool dude.

 

[93boomer]

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1st 1960 Plymouth Wagon (Black)........................... 2nd 1961 Beetle .................................................. 3rd 1962 Chevy Impala
My first chick magnet

None of these are actual pictures of mine but the last two are exact replicas. No doubt about it, I was a cool dude.

Dad had a ‘61 beetle too. It was tan.

 

[Songbird76]

My first car was a 1977 chevy malibu classic. It. Looked exactly like this one except mine had black interior and the little old lady who owned it before me had problems getting it in and out of her garage, so it had scrapes along the side.