Author Archives: RLW3

I’m in a cartoon, er, a movie!

After driving for three hours, I had to find a place to rest in my truck. Just too tired! Can’t risk towing a car in this condition. I pulled off of the I-40 in Newberry Springs, CA on “Historical Route 66”. … Continue reading

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The Latest Adventure

Here is my solution to the problem described in the last post: I will tow my UNREGISTERED non-operational project car behind my UNINSURED (everyone is closed this weekend) 1979 F150! I hope this is the right decision?!?! I have already received … Continue reading

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The best laid plans of mice and men…

Well, my plan didn’t work. I have been here in Los Angeles for the entire week. No one wanted to buy my old 1979 F-150. The auto transport broker has been unable to find a truck to ship my project car. And, … Continue reading

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Going Undercover

Not willingly. My beautiful AT&T 8525 just died. No, it’s not the battery. No, it’s not the charger. The phone is dead. This is the second replacment phone. I will call AT&T when I get back to Kansas.

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Blogging has changed me

I have wanted to write for years. I have owned this domain name for 2 1/2 years. I have only been writing for a few weeks and it has already changed me. How? I used to think that I lived … Continue reading

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Back in the far recesses of my memory…

This morning, I did something that I haven’t done for over two decades… I RAN 5 MILES!

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Fun time is over

My daughter had a dinner date in the San Fernando Valley with some of her classmates at 7:00. I took over the driving after we visited Manhattan Beach, the final beach on our lovely drive together. However, it took us 90 minutes to drive … Continue reading

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I’ve never seen that…

I must have said that 15 times today My daughter and I drove up the Pacific Coast Highway from my wife’s parents house. In my 31 years here, I have never driven through the famous beaches of California (Huntington, Seal, Manhattan, … Continue reading

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The Package Arrives

My wife flew back to KC yesterday. Today, she called to tell me that “a special package has arrived”! “Oh, my computer.” “Can I open it.” “No! It’s my Christmas present!” (I know that is immature but I really don’t care all that … Continue reading

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Not as great as I imagined

We attended our oldest daughter’s graduation today. To be honest, I was a little disappointed. I thought that since she graduated Summa Cum Laude and won the Dean’s Award for the Most Outstanding Senior of her college that she would … Continue reading

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