Monthly Archives: January 2020
Maybe Yes, Maybe No . . .
This morning the Weather Channel was calling for 40 to 50% chance of rain tomorrow so I was outside this morning doing some more prep work for tomorrow’s test drive up to Katy, puiting away some things both in the rig and the truck.
But when I checked later in the afternoon, the chances were up to 60% and heaviest early in the morning when we’ll be trying to get unhooked and hooked up and on the road.
Later, about 2pm, Jan and I headed over to Yummy Yummy’s for lunch. Delicious as usual, with both Jan and I enjoying the boiled shrimp, which was pretty much all I had.
Coming home we stopped of at our storage room to drop off our toaster oven and pick up our BrakeBuddy for our upcoming test drive. Jan’s decided that our new Ninja Foodi Air Fryer Grill is a good replacement for the toaster oven so we can reitre it now.
When I checked the weather again after we got home, and now the rain chances were up to 80%. Not good.
So after Jan and I talked it over, our test drive is up in the air, and we’ll see what it looks like tomorrow. We weren’t planning to head our until about somewhere in the 11am to 12pm time frame, so we’ll have some time to decide what we’re going to do.
But either way we planned on going up to Katy to meet up with Brandi, Lowell, and Landon for lunch. so if necessary we’ll just drive up in the truck.
So now we’re looking at Tuesday, Thursday, or next weekend for our test drive. We’ll just have to see how the weather goes.
Thought For The Day:
Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, you’re probably drunk.
dfgh
It’s Always Something Else . . .
It’s always something else.
As part of yesterday’s undone prep work, I went outside after I got back home from work this afternoon to check out our rig’s outside lights. I was worried about the right rear turn signal which sometimes goes on the fritz. But then as soon as I take the lens cover off.
But this time both turn signals were working perfectly. However, what wasn’t working now were the rig’s tail lights. So tomorrow I’ll pop the cover off the cover on the fuse panel that’s on top of the dashboard in from of the steering wheel. Hopefully it’s just a fuse. But you never know.
Although there’s only about a 20% change of rain tomorrow, unfortunately we’re looking a 50% chance on Sunday, when we’re supposed to be heading up to Katy and back for oil leak test drive. After we get up there we’ll park at the Buc-ee’s for a while and go out to lunch with Brandi, Lowell, and Landon before heading back home.
Here’s hoping we’re leak-free.
I mentioned yesterday about my uncle Tom turning down the first contract offer that he received from the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1951. But then the legendary Art Rooney, owner of the Steelers as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates, lured him back with a better offer.
Jan reminded me that a few years ago Tom told her that the offer he accepted was for $8,000. When Jan commented to Tom that it didn’t seem like a lot, he laughed and said that in 1952 it was a lot of money.
And in checking it I found out he was right. $8,000 in 1952 was the equivalent to about $80,000 today. While not a lot compared to what NFL players are making today, this is when a top of the line Chevy ran about $1,800, and a Cadillac convertible was about $3,400.
So yes, $8,000 was a bundle of cash in 1952.
Thought For The Day:
Why is it some women won’t date a guy that still lives with his mom, but will date a man that still lives with his wife.
ghf
