Text 19498, 89 rader
Skriven 2011-12-28 14:07:29 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
  Kommentar till text 19497 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Carz & Trux
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Hello, Dave.

Wednesday December 28 2011 at 07:04, you wrote to me:

 DD> As near as I can see all the "traction control" does in a GM vehicle

8< snipped for brevity >8

I've preferred Ford vans since I have a lot of experience driving one.  I
learned to drive in, and even took my driver's license driving test in, a 1987
Ford E-150 van that my dad turned into a rolling locksmith shop.  AFAIK, the
van is still going somewhere in Oregon as he sold it years ago.  But it was
pretty darn solid and while it was never meant to "go fast" it was reliable. If
I found an older Ford E van at a good price, I'd get it just to have something
better on gas than my pickup.

I'm seriously considering having the engine and transmission rebuilt in my
pickup simply because it's sat so much of its life that some of the gaskets are
showing their age.  That might be a year or two down the road but it's
something I'm thinking about.  The truck itself, while suffering from body
cancer, is still very solid.  Besides, it's not every day that I get to drive a
truck with 12" wide back tires on it. :)

 DD> Good luck with that. Honda Accords and Civic seem to live forever
 DD> (your experience notwithstanding). I had an '88 Accord that I got for
 DD> cheap because the starter ring on the flywheel/flex plate needed
 DD> replacing. I'd likely still be driving it if that MAC Tools Truck
 DD> hadn't ripped the lips completely off of it.

The only reason that Civic died was that the mechanic that my mother-in-law,
when she owned it, took it to did a lousy, "bare minimum" job on everything.
When it died, I was in the middle of moving back to Tennessee for a second time
and already had two vehicles to worry about to drive back up to Johnson City.
We sold the Civic for $900 and we -still- wish we could have fixed it and kept
it.

I had an '88 Accord also with 255,000 miles on it.  Again, the head gasket
blew, we were moving back to Tennessee, so I just gave it away.  Wish I'd kept
it: it was a 2-door coupe with the rolling headlights, 5-speed, and pretty darn
quick for its age.

 DD> ... Fools and their money become popular quickly.

A sysop and his money are soon parted. :)

Since it's 40 F outside (and that's the high for today):

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Peggy's Corn Chowder
 Categories: Soups, Ceideburg, Bacon
      Yield: 1 Servings

    1/2 lb Bacon, diced
      1 md Onion, chopped
    1/2 c  Celery, chopped
      2 tb Flour
      4 c  Milk
     16 oz Can creamed corn
      1 cn Potatoes [Or use cooked,
           -chopped potatoes to taste
           -S.C.]
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/8 ts Pepper
           Parsley
           Paprika

  Here's one I got from a friend many years ago...  I haven't tried it
  for a long time, but it was excellent++good enough for me to get the
  recipe and I wasn't even into cooking at the time.

  Fry the bacon and save 3 tablespoons of the drippings.  Fry onion and
  celery in the drippings until tender.  Blend in flour, stirring until
  bubbly.  Remove from heat and stir in milk.  Heat to boiling point,
  stirring constantly.  Boil and stir for one minute.  Stir in remaining
  ingredients.

  If you feel really racy, dump in a drained can of clams.

  Posted by Stephen Ceideburg; February 6 1991.

MMMMM

Later,
Sean

... Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?
--- GoldED/2 3.0.1
 * Origin: Outpost BBS / Johnson City, TN / outpost.slyip.net (1:18/200)