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Finally....Gettin' home!
Finally....Gettin' home!
(Buying my first baby-boomer's old man car....sort of)
It's no secret that there's long been an ex girlfriend from about 10 years ago that still occupies my heart, mind and soul providing me with a lifetime of wonderful memories and intimate fantasies that surrounded us with horses and endless hours exploring the most incredible and exciting high mountain wilderness trails and relaxing weekends of "horse camping"! Well, in 2025 I announced that it was time to listen to Diane and, acknowedging that I still completely love that amazing old GF and miss terribly riding with her, my absolute favorite riding buddy of all time, I knew it was about time to accept that shes never even once stopped by to visit and stake her claim.....much less with full intentions to sit at the piano and seduce me out of control with that wonderful smile that always competely disabled me. For me, in 2025, that only means one thing. Its time to buy a new car! Not anything like a boring family car, but rather..... a Challenger SRT Demon or Mustang GT-500. Both sporting over 700 horse power under the hood. Enough to make any car insurance agent orgasm.
So..... the big day came last weekend and I was off to test drive 2 cars and pick my favorite. First stop...... the local Dodge dealer..... Holy Shit! What an incredible machine! Then, off to the Ford dealer on Arapaho. Nothing less that fabulous! Then I ran into Ray and we headed over to Mike's for a couple Original Chicago Style hot dogs. and talk about how we would build our favoite race cars.....like we always do when hanging out together. Unfortunately (smile) he would have an unforeseen affect on today's project.
"Jim, before you buy anything, go see Ray at Custom Collectables and tell him you're the guy I told him about. Thing is....he's kind of a moron, so he might not remember. If he doesn't remember, have him call me. That said, he should be expecting you. I promise you......next time we talk, you will have thrown out every thing you think you know about cars and powertrains. So call me when that happens......."
"Jim, before you buy anything, go see Ray at Custom Collectables and tell him you're the guy I told him about. Thing is....he's kind of a moron, so he might not remember. If he doesn't remember, have him call me. That said, he should be expecting you. I promise you......next time we talk, you will have thrown out every thing you think you know about cars and powertrains. So call me when that happens......."
I'm only slightly smarter than a 5th grader....as I got sucked into giving an Introduction to Archaeology Presentation to incoming freshmen at U.C. Metro. After indulging myself to the open bar, I headed out to my new car and head home. Upon arriving at my car, I was presented with a quandary..... less than 6 inches between my car and the car on each side. There was obviously no way I was ever going to get in the car! What's a mad scientist to do? Then I remembered..... the dealer loaded an app on my phone that came with the car before letting me go. Once open, I saw it right in front of me!
Remote Control Parking. Following the instructions, I first pressed the "START CAR" button and the car effortlessly started right up. Then I had to choose an action. I chose "Back Straight Up Length Of Car." a nice feature I never knew I had! Upon pushing the button, the car backed up, stopped, shut off and the doors unlocked. Hah! Pretty kewl! I got in and it started right up. Put it in Drive and pulled away. Note to self......once I get home, I need to look up "Remote Control" features in the Owner's Manual and see what all this thing is capable of!
Greetings from one of my favorite camping areas (trying out one very co-operative satellite) .....Geneva Basin...... where daytime highs are reaching a scorching mid 70's....
Gotta love Colorado!!!!
After a couple months of helping my friends and spending time with my kids (whom I've missed almost as much as my horses), I'm finally able to sleep in my own bed, work on dialing in the "Beamer" for running on the street at high altitude, work on all my own electronic projects which are sitting half done, play my own piano and shoot my own guns. It's REALLY REALLY good to be home! Maybe it'll even be time to see if there's a woman out there with an equally screwed up back who might want to share some of my interests or maybe even have a love for horses that she'd like to find a guy to share said love with. Yea, my property might be getin' a little run down, but if I knew horses would be coming, would only take a few days of serious "fixin' up" to be ready to call home for everyone! Thing is, since first losing my own horses and then selling the Mustang, I've come to really miss my horses, a significant other, skiing and even working on a race car,
The following is older stuff from about June. I'll get some more current stuff added soon.
but now, with everything gone, I've been really missing all my favorite passions. Its just that with my back so jazzed up, I can no longer bend over the hood or crawl on my back ....and worst of all, once in the cockpit, I couldn't bend forward far enough to reach the ignition, so had to design/build a remote control (based on a garage door opener) for starting and shutting off the car. That alone took me 3 weeks and caused me more frustration than I have words for! At least these days, with modern automotive technology... everything can be analyzed, recorded, compared and monitored....all real time by computer (tablet now). We can even adjust things like fuel mixture, timing and other engine/transmission characteristics while driving... all with instant performance graphs feeding back the effects of our adjustments and even compare everything in real time to how it all would have looked before our adjustments! Then, send it all to my printer in the house! And my hands even stay clean enough to stop for a burger along the way!
UPCOMING STORIES (and a few edits below) WORTH COMING BACK FOR!!
So, Jim.....how's the Beamer comin'? Success! Stay tuned. Pretty much finished and lots to report when I get a minute! Has anyone ever been to Clifton Forge, VA? (went to attend a specialized Civil War estate auction (for me, a total waste) and stay for the comedy) OMG! What was it like? Ever see the Chevy Chase/Demi Moore movie "Nothing but Trouble?" Yikes! I passed a property for sale in the back woods that I "had" to visit...(was supposed to stop, but...uh...didn't) .......had a mailbox, porta-potty, smoker, well-used lazyboy recliner, old TV with rabbit ears on a TV tray, old mattress, over-the-hill travel trailer on blocks looked like from the 60's and (maybe) 5 junk cars (worthless) with their hoods up. Yea......I didn't stop. And the house the auction was at? A beautiful Southern mansion (about 7,000 square feet), REALLY nice on 20 acres of pasture with full horse facilities all surrounded by National Forest. And priced where I could afford to pay cash for it if I sold my home in Colorado!!!!!!! ....if only I had even a single reason or desire to live here!
So, Jim.....how's the Beamer comin'? Success! Stay tuned. Pretty much finished and lots to report when I get a minute! Has anyone ever been to Clifton Forge, VA? (went to attend a specialized Civil War estate auction (for me, a total waste) and stay for the comedy) OMG! What was it like? Ever see the Chevy Chase/Demi Moore movie "Nothing but Trouble?" Yikes! I passed a property for sale in the back woods that I "had" to visit...(was supposed to stop, but...uh...didn't) .......had a mailbox, porta-potty, smoker, well-used lazyboy recliner, old TV with rabbit ears on a TV tray, old mattress, over-the-hill travel trailer on blocks looked like from the 60's and (maybe) 5 junk cars (worthless) with their hoods up. Yea......I didn't stop. And the house the auction was at? A beautiful Southern mansion (about 7,000 square feet), REALLY nice on 20 acres of pasture with full horse facilities all surrounded by National Forest. And priced where I could afford to pay cash for it if I sold my home in Colorado!!!!!!! ....if only I had even a single reason or desire to live here!
So whats going on? Is this just an unusual asteroid passing through our solar system or are we being invaded by aliens?
Geeeeeez! I've never seen such an incredible spewing of garbage (spam) created by low-life internet trolls as has been directed to the existence and progress of 3i/Atlas! Especially since the advent of Artificial Intelligence! Every loser geek and his buddies, noneofwhich who have jobs (except for those on the Basos payroll for causing and attending anti-Trump activities) and still live in their parent's basement...all who have nothing better to do than sit at their computers and use AI to tell us that 3i/ATLAS has hit Mars, is intelligently controlled and/or is now heading for earth (sigh). 3i/ATLAS is truly very special and indeed unusual, but understand that this is only the 3rd example (that we know of) of asteroids from outside out solar system since we developed the ability to see them in 2015. More in a few days.
Geeeeeez! I've never seen such an incredible spewing of garbage (spam) created by low-life internet trolls as has been directed to the existence and progress of 3i/Atlas! Especially since the advent of Artificial Intelligence! Every loser geek and his buddies, noneofwhich who have jobs (except for those on the Basos payroll for causing and attending anti-Trump activities) and still live in their parent's basement...all who have nothing better to do than sit at their computers and use AI to tell us that 3i/ATLAS has hit Mars, is intelligently controlled and/or is now heading for earth (sigh). 3i/ATLAS is truly very special and indeed unusual, but understand that this is only the 3rd example (that we know of) of asteroids from outside out solar system since we developed the ability to see them in 2015. More in a few days.
3i/ATLAS