bgavin

Sadly, this bit of humor could not be done in CA today. Same as "Blazing Saddles" could never be remade in CA, either. CA: no sense of humor.

Our Shrine Temple here in Sacramento gets hit in the same manner constantly. They broke into the go-kart trailer in the garage and made off with all the karts. They routinely break into the building itself... up through floors, through the walls and from the roof. The Arabs have the right idea for thieves: cut off a hand.

I suspect the EPA is root cause of why the Toyota Hilux (Truck) is only available world-wide, but not in the US. A six speed manual is standard equipment, and a diesel power plant is an option. Here in the US, only 1.4% of Tacomas were manufactured with manual transmissions. Tacoma is a heavier vehicle and produces more emissions than the Hilux, but the Tacoma weight:emission ratio is better due to the increased weight. This is gov't thinking at its worst. I'm also told American buyers want "life style" trucks, with all the electronic toys. I much prefer the Hilux with a stick shift, which is why I keep the old 1991. Been driving stick for the last sixty one years, hate to give it up.

I'm age 74 and paid cash for my new Tacoma. Still have my 1992 Toyota truck. Couple times a month I have to field the "is that truck for sale" question. My wife suggests I put a NOT FOR SALE sign in the window as a sun screen.

Walmart here has their ammo discontinued.

Diabetic alcohol pads under lock and key here. Must be necessary for the junkies who practice Safe Shooting.

My Walmart self-check operates in English, not in the Russian spoken by the employees at my local store. Self-check also does not give me vacant looks or shoulder shrugs.

Running with the herd.

The problems only last a moment or two, then all clear.

Joe Albertson was one of my Dad's patients. Never met him myself, but Dad took a liking to him. Forty: Moonlight Ranch in NV is one of the few places that comes to mind for that particular notion of yours. 😁

My wife trashed her back while putting in a sprinkler system back in the late 80s. She has not been able to ride with me since... too hard on her back. The last comfortable bike I had (for the passenger) was my Suzuki GS-1000. She was an excellent passenger on that one, but that was with the saddle style of the times, and before she trashed her back.

If I had one, I would sell it.

I divorced The Town Bike 50 years ago. My reasons for doing so are as valid today as they were 50 years ago.

We pay cash. no more new Toyota for either of us, as the 2026 are all hybrid EV

Ditto

I had a huge collection of legit $2 bills, and was surprised at how many places refused them.

We had a house built in Colorado Springs in 1988. It had a full basement. I got to watch the crews install a full French drain system around the basement perimeter than apply that waterproofing black stuff to the external walls.

I tried to make change for an $18 bill. The young clerk grinned and said, "You want three sixes or two nines?"

My 22RE engine in my 1991 Toyota requires pulling both the head and pan to do the timing cover properly. That is is the time to send the head out and tune up the valves. My shop installed a performance chain and tensioners, said they last longer.

Glad to hear you are doing this on YOUR schedule and not on ITS schedule. Just like changing tires that must be changed. Do it on your schedule or... It is July 4th weekend. You are driving I5 South to Disneyland, and it is 105 degrees and the freeway is jam packed. You have a car full of kids who want to know "are we there yet" and "I have to pee". That tire you should have changed now blows out. Your mother-in-law is in the back seat grumbling about "some mechanic you are."

For starters, run the ESET online malware scanner. It is free and does not install anything. Let it scan your entire machine and fix what it finds. I will be VERY surprised if if finds nothing. I use ESET extensively on both my own and customer machines. It is ghastly slow because it is VERY comprehensive. It will attempt to clean (delete) bug files that it finds. This can result in lost data or system files. You have the option of scanning without deletion... but what is the point? These malware bugs steal your user accounts, passwords, etc, etc and deliver to The Bad Guys. Get them off your machine. You should have an external USB disk that you use only for backup of your important files. You can also store a Windows Image backup on this disk. Keep it online only long enough to backup your files. Malware is VERY infectious and spreads rapidly. After you are clean, you can tinker with the email system. [ edit ] After getting clean is the time to back up your data files to the external disk.

My Navy daughter and family were stationed there before returning to D.C. for the 3rd time. My grand daughter told me that Guam and Rota were the few places she would enthusiastically go back to.

So it had an IP address before there were IP addresses... Cool.

Naa. If you grow up with it, no fascination. Business as usual. Same as nude beaches... day in, day out, month in, month out, year in, year out. 😁

For me, it is practicing Gunfighter style every week at the range with a pair of single six 22s. Repetition brings improvement.