Mornin Y'all!
My grandson just joined the Army. Wow have things changed in 50 years. He's getting a 5K signing bonus and 20K after 4 months of AIT in systems analysis. He signed for 4 years and 40 weeks which seems strange but what do I know. I'm proud of him for getting off his lazy a$$ and finally doing something. He's going to love Camp LaJeune.
Y'all have a gooden.

Mornin' all! I hope you all had a great weekend. My oldest niece graduated from Pitt, so family was in, all except my youngest sister. Dinner on Saturday, followed by the Pirate game, where my sister's oldest daughter was playing the national anthem with her school band. Graduation yesterday, good stuff. I'm a proud uncle.

Good, Fern, glad that worked out for you.

J, got 'em, I like it.

Floyd, that's awesome of your grandson. I hope he takes to it like a duck to water.

You all have a great day!

Floyd last time I checked Camp Lejeune was a Marine base???? Ferndale spent some time there 57-58 years ago. Weren't no such thing as politically correct back then. They would break your ribs with a rifle butt in a second. I got nothing for enlisting and $72 a month. You are right times have changed but the free health care at the VA makes up for some of it I guess.

Hey guys. Weather was decent enough for the day on Saturday at Cecil. Car is going to be fun. Was not turning the numbers I expected and the MPH seems kind of low for the ET. Number 1258.

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Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
Floyd last time I checked Camp Lejeune was a Marine base???? Ferndale spent some time there 57-58 years ago. Weren't no such thing as politically correct back then. They would break your ribs with a rifle butt in a second. I got nothing for enlisting and $72 a month. You are right times have changed but the free health care at the VA makes up for some of it I guess.

Might have the base wrong. It's in N. CAROLINA. Six weeks there then four months at a air force base for AIT.

Floyd that's good to hear that your grandson is becoming part of the service. Tell him we say thanks.

Mornin' all! Looks like a little cooler day today, but dry. That's not necessarily a good thing, with Arrietta pitching here against the Pirates tonight. At least the Pens won last night.

1258, I'll have to check your pic from home, PB pics don't show for me here. Did the car run good overall?

You all have a great day!

I had it all screwed up. My grandson is doing basic training at Ft Jackson and AIT at Goodfellow AFB. I never was very good at biology. Lewis and Clark would have been in deep sh$t if I had of been leading.

Floyd all we need to find is the track and if we do that the next thing is the finish line----FIRST By the way its geography not biology

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Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
Floyd all we need to find is the track and if we do that the next thing is the finish line----FIRST By the way its geography not biology

Why mess up a perfectly good story with facts?

That's my 8th grade education rearing it head Its one thing us old folks can get away with, picking on each other. Ok, Mama is maintaining for now and that's good. I myself just try to keep busy and take care of things here. It could be worse. Mike you need to get in here more often, you started this. Chuck I admire the way you are always involved with family---some do and most don't. You get old you will see what I mean----I have my racing family You all have a good day

Mornin' all! Over center day! Ready to stick pins in the Mother Nature voodoo doll, looking like she wants to make herself known this weekend. Wish she would have rained the Pirate game out last night. Arrietta is just unstoppable right now. Hoping the Pens stay on their roll tonight.

LOL Floyd, I see what you did there.

Fern, that's the good stuff, funnin' each other. I know I give plenty of opportunity to be picked on. Glad to hear your better half is maintaining. Thank you for the compliment. I have seen what you mean.

Mike, we need some more sweet tea in here! And biscuits!

You all have a great day!

Good Morning to all , happy hump day.... Chuck tell mother nature to send some of that rain down to the southwest.. Hope everyone is hard at work or play .

Mike , had biscuits and gravy with some bacon that had to be 3/8" thick ..... I sure that took some time off my life.... LOL

Chuck , you got a back up plan for the weekend?

Everyone have a great day....

Step Daughters birthday today--Dinner at the Bonefish Grill--I never have liked the place but she does so I sucked it up....Think I will look at my race car tomorrow--at least I can look at it. J--178 when I lived in Tucson it never rained. Tell me the weather changed after all the Easterners moved in and irrigated the whole place

Fern, there is a on going water problem in all of the Southwest. All golf courses use affluent water , recycled waste water. We in Tucson have a small portion of the Colorado river by way of a canal that is then pumped under ground. This is to help under ground aquifer not drop at an accelerated rate. They are putting in a multi million dollar system in now so we can wash in piss water... Cant wait!!! Arizona is not a real smart place , we get 75% of your rain in three months, the monsoons.... But the government does nothing to capture this water, it runs straight out of the county to near by waste land... I have been told the amount of water that runs off is 60% of the county use in any one year.... My water bill in my home 2 bath 1890sq ft. with only myself and wife , no pool, all desert landscaping averages $140.00 a month. $80. is for the water cost, $40.00 is a waste water fee and $20.00 in state and county tax's.....6 years ago the bill was in the mid $40.00 range.... In the next 5 years the same amount of water is projected to be a bill of $300.00 .... Yet the Power company's all have programs giving away small trees so that you can place close the your home for shade, "cost saving" .... LOL

See what you started Fern..... LOL


Glad drag racing doesn't use water..... IT would be banned....

Wow, that's a lot for water RED. My water bill is about $70/month. I pay every quarter $150 for water and sewage being public.

Left Tucson in 1959 for DC area. Missed it and moved back to Mesa in 66 couldn't support ourselves on the wages out there and moved back to MD.....to me there was no greater place to be as a teenager than Tucson. Not many places you can snow ski in the morning and swim in the back yard pool in the afternoon----and cruise Speedway at night. My MD place has 2 houses on the same meter and is around $50 ever 3 months and its supposed to be some of the best water in the US. Here in NC I have a well and it has good water. Public water here is so bad I wouldn't let my dog drink it. red they be watchin you alls water box

Great Morning, how about you? Sure glad it's Thursday , was hoping it was Friday.... LOL
I could use 24 hours of sleep, just to catch up for the last four day's. Got a total of 13 hours of sleep and work 37 hours in the last 3 days. Sure glad I'm on salary , it would cost my boss big time if I was not.....LOL

Fern, Along time ago some racers would bring their own water to the box..... Remember this guy.... His name was Donnie Anderson... LOL

http://www.dragracingonline.co...baker/xiii_10-4.html

Have a great day everyone...

"Workin to more sleep"

Mornin' all! Liquid sunshine day, grey skies, makes me want to take a nap, especially after being up late to watch the Pens win in OT. That took some sting away from the Pirates not showing up against the Cubs the whole series.

J, I wish we could send this out your way. The engineering piece of all that is interesting. The cost is not. We're good here unless the rivers start running dry. I'd hate to be the next car after that wagon on the link!

Fern, public water here for the most part is good. I like to let it sit out for a while, let the chlorine dissipate, then fill water bottles. Tastes a heckuva lot better.

You all have a great day!

red do you have any idea what my name is?????everyone knows fern but that came in the late 70s