John M.

One of the best things in life is old friends reuniting after many years apart. Glad that you two reconnected.

I'll be closing the deal with my mechanic this week on the 08 Toyota Corolla that I bought from him. It's been a great 7 years with the 97 Accord but it deserves a well earned retirement. It'll be traded and cash for the Corolla .

More information on the ship which includes a land museum that'll exhibit it's two smoke stakes after they're completely refurbished back to their original appearance.

Agreed. She's part of our maritime history.

A new ride for me. I left a deposit today on an 08 Toyota Corolla that I made a deal on with my mechanic who was selling it. It belonged to another customer who took care of it. Although it has 170.000 on the clock, it runs great, the body is in dang good shape and the underside metal is solid and it's a Toyota. He also offered to take the Accord in as trade although I never asked why. If I play my cards right, it'll be on the road inside of two weeks. 🙂

Got back from a nice visit and lunch with my cousins. The husband of one of them did my taxes and I'll be getting a nice refund from the federal and state governments. It'll be put it towards my next car to replace the trusty Accord which is showing it's age.

We discussed the Texas in another thread sometime back so here's an update on BB 35. She finally has a new homeport and her restoration work seems to be in the home stretch. She looks real good today. It's been a long four years since she first entered drydock.

All's been going fine for me.

I was a bit bored so I was binge watching videos on YT that showed dumb drivers getting their just deserts from both Ms. Karma and her law enforcement counterpart Mr. Karma Cop.

I looked at TV and newspapers from Oregon online for more information and the Oregonian newspaper said the car's body will be retrieved from the river soon.

This is from a local Boston TV Station. Recovery teams in Oregon pull a Ford Station Wagon from the Columbia River that may belong to a family who disappeared while on a Christmas outing back in 1959. https://whdh.com/news/mystery-solved-a-submerged-car-from-the-1950s-may-belong-to-a-missing-oregon-family/

Update. The SS United States arrived in Mobile Alabama where crews will spend the next 6 months removing hazardous materials from the ship before she's sunk off the West Coast of Florida to become the world's largest artificial reef.

Batteries for my wireless mouse.

After decades of being moored in Philly, the legendary American ocean liner heads for Mobile Alabama under tow where she'll be prepped for her next life as an artificial reef. The Florida County of Oaklossa purchased the liner from her caretaker group that tried for years to have her restored to her former glory and to find a new homeport for her. The purchase price was $1 million. The video tells more.

Normally I do some house cleaning on the weekends but I'll put all that on hold until next week. With the school kids out then, I have all the time in the world. Meanwhile, I'm binge watching the Dirty Harry movies online with a mug of hot chocolate.

Ran a few tests logging in with my e mail address and it's as smooth as can be. I'm happy that our usernames can still be displayed.

It's Friday and the school kids will be off next week. I won't be doing anything then except enjoy the peace and quiet. I won't be getting paid but I still have plenty of the cash that I made last November in my bank account to cover my expenses and then some. Meanwhile, the mechanics will be checking over the busses including mine to see how well the stood up to the winter thus far.

Double checked everything I'm good to go. Thanks Dave.

I though it was going to be a nerve racking afternoon getting the school kids home due to a snow storm that passed through New England. However, the roads well well treated, the temps went up a few degrees and it switched to all rain. The runs went more smoothy than I though.

The modem for my computer gave up the ghost after nearly 10 years while I was reading the Boston Herald online yesterday morning. However, 24 hours, a new modem and tech support later, I was back into cyberspace one again. I'm lost without the computer.

One of the stops that I pick the school kids up at has had a problem for awhile that really irks me. Cars are constantly running the stop sign on the bus. A mom and her son were almost ten pinned by one yesterday while crossing the street. The parents yell at them and the drivers yell back and mock them On Friday, they filed complaints with the local school board and my general manager filed one on my behalf. Hopefully it can be dealt with by the cops before a kid, parent or both are hurt.

No go on the wheels Rick. i though I had a set. Sorry.

I may have the turbine wheels from The General Lee by MPC in my parts stash if that'll help. I'll look when I get home from work later.

I'm happy that the Arctic cold temps are coming to and end in the Boston Area as is this month. It's been brutal. However, the drivers and I wouldn't have able to earn out paychecks if it weren't for the mechanics at our school bus company who were in early everyday to make sure all the busses started and ran. 95% of the fleet was up and running for all of January. The boss paid they them well. Hats off to them.

If my school bus had the same set up, I'd get the kids home lickety split especially on Friday afternoons.