Harry P.

Yesterday the high was 35 and it snowed all day. Today the high was 69. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be in the 30s again. Man, we have some wacky weather here in the spring.

What a beautiful model. And car!

This is one of the very first DM models I ever got. Maybe even the first... it was long ago and I don't remember exactly. 1953 Buick Skylark...

Why no windshield wipers?

And you know what the craziest part of living here is? The weather. Today it was in the mid 30s and snowing. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the mid 60s. Typical crazy spring midwest weather,

If I ever do move, it's definitely going to be west of here. Someplace that never has tornados (I'm so tired of all the scary weather we have here every spring). Idaho... Montana... Wyoming, maybe. A small town with no big-city traffic would be ideal. Maybe the desert southwest, specifically New Mexico. Taos, maybe. No Florida for me, I can't stand the humidity. I've been there... didn't like it. We have that humidity here in the summer, and it sucks. I want warm, but dry. Not Phoenix, though... I've been there several times and for some reason that city just doesn't appeal to me. Maybe Tucson. Then there's my youngest daughter, who wants me to move to Urbana (Illinois) to be close to her. Actualy, both my daughters live in Urbana, so that's sort of tempting. But that wouldn't get me out of this hellhole of a state. I dunno. The whole thought of packing up and heading out sort of scares me. The logistics of selling this house while buying another house, coordinating all of that, moving a house full of stuff, shipping my Impala across country... it all seems sort of overwhelming to me. And expen$ive. But on the other hand, people do it all the time, and if they can do it, I suppose I can, too. It's just a matter of finally making up my mind to act on it.

Are you sure that's a DM and not a Franklin Mint? I didn't know DM ever made that one.

You still keep the clear protective film on the side scripts on it?

Are these finished models? The black Beetle looks like it has no glass, no rear firewall, no engine cover...

Malco Gasser. Greg... are you moving your photos in PB or rearranging your PB albums in any way after you post the pictures here? Because if you do, you're breaking the link and we can't see them.

Did you click on the link I posted? Turbine car for $50 BIN or best offer. In the original box.

I know. I'm looking at all the reasons why not to move. I should look at all the reasons why I should move. It's hard, though, to pull up stakes. At least for me it is. I've owned this house since the day it was built (1987). Heck, my youngest daughter was born in this house (my wife was into the whole "natural childbirth" thing, so we had a home birth with a midwife... no hospital, no doctors, no drugs). That's a long time in one place, and you sort of get used to life not changing. But I do know that I can't stay here forever. Illinois is a cesspool of political corruption and sky-high taxes. I know I have to get out of here. But the question is... where do I go? That's what I have to figure out.

1. I have no idea where I would move to. 2. I would probably have to spend $10K to move all my stuff, or have the world's largest garage sale ever. 3. With real estate prices down generally, if I sold my house for what it's worth today, then paid off the mortgage, I'd have about enough $$$ left to buy a used Hyundai, let alone a house.

We are not amused either. It's been snowing here all day, on and off. It's April 2nd. And it's snowing.

When I was a kid, wearing a helmet while riding a bike was unheard of. And yet, all my friends and I, who rode our bikes pretty much every day in the summer while school was out, in Chicago traffic, all survived. Must have been a miracle or something...

You forgot a helmet...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXPERIMENTAL-CHRYSLER-CORPORATION-TURBINE-PROMO-CAR-IN-ORIGINAL-BOX-/121937739744?hash=item1c640e3fe0:g:zpYAAOSwGYVW9b6i

Not exactly "rock and roll," but Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian national treasure. This is from last November. Still going strong and playing that 12-string at 77!

Why do some of the decals look faded?

Reminds me of Jimmy Buffet.

I would never be so arrogant as to use my own face on the magazine cover...

Another one from Tragically Hip that I really like...

Maybe next issue...

You got me.