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Knowing what I do about your situation through your posts on this site, I think you made a wise decision. On the advice of my doctor, and one of the top elder law attorneys in PA, I took my social security at 70. It depends on the interplay of multiple personal and financial factors, and the...

Went to the kick off of the weekly cruise in at the local VFW. "Baby Blue" was attending as well, first time I've seen the car since the sale three years ago. I was a bit sad to see most of the original patina that had survived my two periods of ownership was now gone, but I'd discussed this...

Old car hobbyists have to think analytically to keep their rides running, and by that measure alone fall outside the mainstream. I think Mopar guys take it a step further than brand X owners (everyone has one.) We experience the pain of poor quality parts on an up close and personal basis. And...

I've heard the horror stories about Cokers, but personally I've had good results with them. I ran their radial version of the Firestone red line (with bias ply tread pattern) on my '68 GTX which I drove to Carlisle for many years, five years until I sold the car, never had a problem. I put Coker...

I saved mine for you. I’ll give it to you at Carlisle.

I agree with your assessment. I do some small batches on my home grill for convenience, but I'll be the first to admit I can't come close to the pros in my area. Wife and I are past hosting large gatherings, but the last one we did, we got take out from the local BBQ joint, and it was way...

My wife gave up wearing heels about the time she got her first dental implant.

I stay at the Holiday Inn Express in east Mechanicsburg, and they have ample trailer parking. The Mopar contingent always works together there to make the best use of the space. A fair number of guys leave their trailers at the Carlisle Events parking area, and drive their show cars to the...

I reviewed these issues while I was still working, and came to the conclusion to go all in until the day I could no longer drive the truck. Wife made me look at volunteer work as a possibility to keep me occupied after retirement. She drives for a meal delivery service to homebound folks...

More than having the freedom to do things I wanted, in my case it was having the freedom from things I didn't want to do, such as heading into a snowstorm with a load at 4 am. Retirement before being physically shot is a good deal. Working full time until 69 got me to where I wanted financially...

I will not be coming out of retirement. Things got interesting, when the guy I was supposed to transition for died unexpectedly. Forced the company's hand, they hired a permanent replacement. My former boss left the same week, I positively will not be doing any work for him in his new high...

My GTX, parked at the entrance to the show room where it was delivered 55 years earlier. I loved the ad, taken from Playboy, December 1968. At 70, I guess I finally fit the market demographic.

When this problem is resolved, I hope you have access to a hardware store that won't rip you off on cutting a set of duplicate keys. Local locksmith used to cut duplicates for me using original Chrysler blanks, was happy to regrind for free if they didn't work the first time. Son took over...

I used to love rowing gears, not so much after reaching 70. The GTX with a 727 and hand controls suits me just fine now, since I retired the Peterbilt. But I'm still not about to embrace the EV nonsense.

Ability to speak multiple languages was in my gene pool, but didn't make it down to me. I took German from high school through college, and never became proficient. My biological father was proficient in the language, so much so that he attended medical school in Germany to stretch his GI bill...

My Peterbilt had 12 more, but 18 speeds weren't common even when it was new. When I started driving in the late 70s, the old timers looked down on guys who hadn't driven twin sticks. I thrashed a few when I was a rookie, but never with a load.

I liked their breakfast as well. My Ford friend Scott started his trucking career with me at that location. He's been singing the praises of NYC eats for three decades now.

When I was managing a rail to truck bulk flour terminal in the Hunts Point Market in 1992, I would have to run loads to Brooklyn if things got really busy. The local drivers taught me to run through Manhattan to save time. I would double park the rig, and grab a pastrami on rye from a deli...

I was parked behind your old Hemi Charger priced at $285,000 when he approached me. When I said I'd take that for mine, he said he had half that. Maybe I'll get a better offer:lol: this year.

I got my first lesson in this process back in 2002. My corporate employer had just opened a terminal in Albany, N.Y., and we were in the process of obtaining toll cards, and permits to run double trailers on the New York thruway. While that process was dragging along, we had no choice but to...