Keith, Great hearing from you. Your dad and my parents mutual history began in the Ackworth community in the 40’s. I have known your family my entire life. I remember seeing you guys frequently in my growing up days. Bill and Cheryl are closer to my age, so I remember them the best. You were just 10 years old when I left the area. A nine year age gap as kids is quite a gap, but I do remember you and have known who you are all these years. My Mother’s parents (My Grandparents) thought the world of your dad (Corbin) and without fail would always visit him and your family, often times at your lake cabin, with each of their annual trips to the area in the 50’s and early 60’s. They lived their summers in Alaska and winters in Washington. Your dad, Corbin, was one the friendliest guys on the face of earth. Whenever and wherever I would see him with my trips back to the area, he always made that special effort to greet and visit with me. The last time I remember seeing him was in Tommy’s cafe. He was a true gentleman.I loved your Facebook pictures too. You have a resemblance of your dad, but in that aspect, Bill clearly has the edge. Gary
Over the years there have been a lot of funny—and not so
funny—car things that happened. One time Dave Tooke had a ’66 GTO and
put in a different engine. The engine was from an older Pontiac and on
that year car, the starter bolted to the bell housing. The ’66 GTO had
the starter that bolted to the engine. SO–now he is done replacing the
engine and crawls under the car to put the starter on and there is NO
PLACE TO PUT THE STARTER. He finally just hooked the starter wires
together and being it was a straight stick, he had kids push the car to
start it until he could find an older bell housing with starter holes.
Hey Larry—‘all the holes was gone’.
A guy I know from St. John once bought a used Ford car with a Y
block engine in it. The Y block engines had problems getting oil to the
rocker arm assemblies so often they clicked and squeaked from lack of
oil. This one was quiet as a new engine so he was impressed and bought
it. About two weeks later he could hear the rocker arms starting to
click and squeak like many of them did so he pulled the rocker covers
and found that someone had rolled up bath towels and soaked them with
oil and put the covers back on over the towels. I asked him what he did
then? He got a sheepish smile and said, “I poured more oil on the
towels and put the covers back on and traded it off.” You never know
what kind of morphed engineering you might find on some of these cars.
I once bought a Hillman Minx car, made in England, from some local
kids. They said it would run for 5 minutes and then it had to sit for 5
days before it would start again. I’ve heard everything but not that
one. I got it home and it started right up and ran for 5 minutes and
stopped. I tried to start it every day for a week but no luck until the
5th day and away it went. I knew it had to be spark related so I tried
a few things and then decided to pull out the distributor and see what
was going on. I noticed moisture in the cap so when I got the
distributor out I tipped it upside down and poured out a cup of water.
It would warm up and vaporize the water in the cap and then take 5 days
to dry out so it could start again. They had the hood open and the cap
off during a rain—my guess. It ran great after that. Problem solved.
Dick
2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don’t have a sense of humor, you probably don’t have any sense at all.
4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.
6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important. .. .because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Scratch a cat . . . and you will have a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a..m. – like, it could be the right number.
13. No one ever says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.
14. I’ve reached the age where ‘happy hour’ is a nap.
15. Be careful about reading the fine print. . . . there’s no way you’re going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we’ll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!)
18. Money can’t buy happiness — but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Yugo.
19. After 60, if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you’re probably dead.
20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind . . . . and the ones that mind don’t matter.
21. Life isn’t tied with a bow . .. . .. . . . but it’s still a gift.
REMEMBER….POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS
SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON”.