Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[RubyCamaro]

Good musical selections for me today. Gee wizz I hate change. I feel like I need to check myself in beside my dad at the assisted living facility.

[lightning]

For tonight's theme....

[RubyCamaro]

Well I survived the first day in the new job site, but the drive there & home was killer! I HATE TRAFFIC!!!!! I felt stupid all day long. I couldn't find anything, had to figure out everything I tried to do with my stupid new laptop & kept gettng lost in the building (well sort of). Now I have the day off tomorrow to recooperate before trying again.

Now for the real reason I am off tomorrow. Did you ever get something new & hated it from day one? That is how I have felt for the last 10 or so years about the behemoth (that is what I have called it from day one) of a TV my husband brought home. I just kept hoping it would die! It is soooooooooooo massive & ugly. It makes my nice sized great room look small. Well tomorrow it finally goes bye, bye. Hurray! Here is a pic of the behemoth. Tomorrow a pic of the replacement!

[69supersport396]

That is a big TV!

[RubyCamaro]

Good morning crew. New TV day!!!!!!! Hip, Hip Hooray!!!!!! Then this afternoon I have to go through boxes of stuff I brought home from work & decide what to do with htem. It has been just too cold to deal with it before now. Maybe a little ride in Ruby later too. HAGD all.

[dianeokie]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Good morning crew. New TV day!!!!!!! Hip, Hip Hooray!!!!!! Then this afternoon I have to go through boxes of stuff I brought home from work & decide what to do with htem. It has been just too cold to deal with it before now. Maybe a little ride in Ruby later too. HAGD all.

This teaser weather makes me want to drive my car too. Just a hint of rain in the forecast and that pesky sand on the road

[zandron263]

I can't even think about driving mine. The ground is covered in snow and the roads are covered in slush and salt. If I am lucky I may be able to drive in in another month or so but the way this winter has been going it will probably be April.

I have been painting my CAI just to give me something car related to do. I am in the middle of the project so I have not snapped any pictures yet.

[RubyCamaro]

Goodbye Massive TV, Hello flatscreen! The room looks sooooooooo much bigger now. We still have some work to do cleaning up hte mass of wiring but already so much better.

I did get to take Ruby out for a drive today. It was sure a nice day. But severe storms moing on for Thursday. That is the price we pay for a nice winter day in Tennessee.

[skipinminn]

YIKES that was ONE big A$$ TV LOL

[Blue-J]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

Goodbye Massive TV, Hello flatscreen! The room looks sooooooooo much bigger now. We still have some work to do cleaning up hte mass of wiring but already so much better.

I did get to take Ruby out for a drive today. It was sure a nice day. But severe storms moing on for Thursday. That is the price we pay for a nice winter day in Tennessee.

I think one of our china cabinets is identical to yours.

[69supersport396]

Jeez, people could have lived in that old TV. New one looks nice.

This is just a PSA to everyone having weather issues, including issues the weather has caused; the house next to me is for sale, and it has a three car garage and a pool that you can invite me over to swim in.

[RubyCamaro]

That sounds nice Rick. Any job openings in Mental health treatment?

We had VERY heavy rain & hail here last night. Thank goodness for a garage & a carport. The yard looked like a lake on all sides of the house for a while but luckily it stayed away from the house & garage. Forcasters totally blew that one. They barely mentioned some "showers". More rain today then potentially severe storms predicted for Thursday. It is back to the grind today. I hope my commute goes batter & I feel les disoriented in the new facility today. Have a good day guys & gals.

[zandron263]

Originally Posted by 69supersport396

Jeez, people could have lived in that old TV. New one looks nice.

This is just a PSA to everyone having weather issues, including issues the weather has caused; the house next to me is for sale, and it has a three car garage and a pool that you can invite me over to swim in.

So tempting that is exactly the type of house I would want in Arizona. Too bad we are stuck here because of my wife's pension.

[abaucom21]

Been visiting this site since mid 2010, and never scolled all the way down the topics page until today. Will have to visit this thread more often. Try to check all my favorite websites about every other day as I don't like getting on the web when I get off work.

A little background on me: Just turned 63, a college professor, car nut since age 4 when I helped Dad buy a new 1955 Olds 2-door '98' hardtop. That only got me started so 3 weeks later talked Dad into buying Mom a matching color 1955 Olds Starfire '98' conv. From then on Dad only took me car shopping with him which is funny because my older brother later became an automotive designer. Family never bought anything but 2-door or convertible models and to this day I have never owned a 4-door.

Lived in an Air Force family and grew up in so many states hard to remember as well as Japan and Germany. As an adult relocated to many states as well as spending time in Qatar and since 2003 a permanent resident of Canada, Ottawa Ontario the nations capital. Plan on staying here until the end even though I hate winters. Still have not unpacked all my boxes since I moved here from Dallas in 2003, but at my age feel no need to hurry anything.

Currently drive a 2011 2LT summit white that I special ordered mid May 2010 and took delivery early Aug. 2010. Like to have my autos my way so most of my favorites over the years I factory ordered. Also have a 1998 Riviera pearl white low mileage summer only garage queen that was my South Carolina aunts last Riviera. Over the decades she owne many different white Riviera's and I was the only one in the family she took car shopping. Regardless of where I lived at the time, Aunt would give me 2-weeks notice to go car shopping. I was expected to do the research, report on time, we would test drive 4 of her favorites, yet she kept buying white Riviera's. She blamed me for her passion for white cars when in 1976 I came to visit driving my then new 1976 white Eldorado convertible. Loved my aunt dearly and she loved to drive and drive fast. I still keep her tradmark red umbrella in the supercharged Riviera and remember all the road trips we experienced together. Sad that so many younger people today don't have all the wonderful family road trip memories I experienced with my family back in the "old days".

I only drive both the Riviera and Camaro about 1,500 miles per year each. I bought the Camaro because I loved the body style and wanted a style I would like well into my 70s. Still think its a keeper. First mid-life crisis in my mid 40s, quit my designer job in NYC and earned a grad degree. Second mid-life crisis in my late 50s, bought a Camaro (much less expensive and time consuming than earning yet another degree!). Thankfully my bucket list is just about completed except come spring must get all this damn road salt crap washed away on my Camaro.