[elky] Re: MC Nats, then pneumonia...
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:24:55 -0500
fixed is good.
JC
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:35 PM, <faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank you, Robert and John!
>
> It wasn't the battery or the starter or the alternator ... wires had
> melted together.... Who'd a thunk?
>
>
>
> Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice
> Classic
> CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 =
> http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
> "No good news in the news this morning" __ Lacy J Dalton __ 'Black Coffee'
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: elky <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2012 4:38 pm
> Subject: [elky] Re: MC Nats, then pneumonia...
>
> That just sucks. Most likely battery or starter in that
> order.Just start checking. That caprice runs and drives very nice. Glad you
> are doing better but .. Still that sucks.
>
>
> Robert Adams
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 3:57 PM, <faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> *
>> Hard to believe the 2012 Monte Carlo Nationals in Johnson City TN were a
>> WEEK ago already (&, for that matter, a year ago, I was nearing the end of
>> my 9,000+ mile road trip).
>>
>> I had an awesome time last week/weekend! I'm glad I accepted Rob's
>> generous offer to drive me back'n'forth; it was great to get away. Believe
>> it or not, I only took 2 pictures (see below). I'm not sure why I didn't
>> take more DURING the drives; maybe because I was enjoying the scenery too
>> much. I didn't take more pictures AT the MC Nats because it was TOO hot to
>> stand in the sun long enough to take pictures. Besides, others took
>> pictures of the event. Award winners:
>> http://www.montecarloclub.com/2012_Monte_Nationals_Winners_Page.htm
>>
>> Rob arrived in Elgin from MN ~11:30p Wednesday night, 06/27/2012. We
>> left here ~1 hour later, taking I-294 around Chicago to I-65 S due to the
>> late hour & little traffic. We arrived in Johnson City TN ~4:20p local
>> time Thursday, after being stopped on I-75 S (a rock slide had wiped out an
>> entire section of the southbound lanes). The weekend went by way too fast
>> ... & is, for the most part, an awesome blur. It was great to re-connect
>> with so many friends & meet several new ones. The cars, discussions & fun
>> times were cool!
>>
>> To avoid higher elevations on the way home, we chose a different route
>> ... I-40 W, I-24 W (in Nashville TN!), I-57 N, US 24 W, IL RT 47 N. We got
>> "stuck" on the east side of Paducah KY Sunday night, 07/01/2012, when the
>> alternator on Rob's Lincoln Navigator (tow vehicle) decided it didn't want
>> to run anymore. The truck had "warned" us earlier that something was
>> amiss, so we decided to stop instead of continuing past Paducah KY. Good
>> decision; the truck just barely made it to the hotel parking lot. LONG
>> story short, a lot of things fell into place, though, including 1 of the 2
>> pics. Monday, after the truck was ready to go, we waited for another MN
>> couple (Mark & his wife). We all then ate dinner in Champaign IL. Rob & I
>> arrived in Elgin ~12:30a Tuesday. Rob continued towards MN.
>>
>>
>> ~6 hours later, I was in a local ER after a rather rough early morning.
>> Diagnosis pneumonia. The 4-day, 3-night hospital stay will most likely
>> blow whatever "unemployment budget" I had, along with whatever hope I had
>> to keep my 5 MCs. So, I am now deciding who buys them & will notify buyers
>> soon. After the cars are sold, I will post a final "goodbye". Meantime,
>> I'm on antibiotics & will have another Xray next week.
>>
>> Not enough? Saturday evening, 07/07/2012, I decided to shower/shave
>> before going to the cruise night to be sure I felt good enough to go. I
>> did. Went out to my 1979 Caprice Classic (NO front-wheel-drive
>> generations), got in, sat down, turned the key ... NOTHING, though the
>> lights all work. It ran FINE when I picked it up Friday evening from where
>> I had put it while I was out of town (& in the hospital). UGH; I was
>> looking forward to seeing a few people in particular. I'm thinkin'
>> alternator; irony rocks....
>>
>>
>> At least the MC Nationals trip was a bright spot in an otherwise
>> dizzying, frustrating, humiliating, maddening, disheartening &
>> not-sure-what-I-did-to-deserve-this 10+ months, partly punctuated by
>> finding myself out of employment (from the company that had a campaign to
>> promote grill "decency") less than 3 weeks after returning to full-time
>> work following my 11/11/2011 open heart surgery. Sometime in my life, my
>> turn (in MORE ways than 1, mind you!) has to come...right? Before you
>> "preach", I know this all could be worse & I AM grateful to be alive & have
>> an awesome nephew, etc....
>>
>>
>> BTW, I probably won't re-activate my Facebook until July 15, but we'll
>> see. For now, I'll continue my focus on ridding myself of this pneumonia,
>> personal projects, researching volunteer opportunities, applying to jobs
>> (customer service, social media, web content editing, marketing/sales). I
>> probably should start writing again, too:
>>
>> Motor Gnomes...
>> http://www.motorgnomes.com/category/staff/cort-s/
>>
>> C&G...
>>
>> http://www.cheersandgears.com/page/index.html/_/articles/editorials/stop-re-naming-my-car-r487
>>
>>
>> ROUTE 66-BASED STORY...
>>
>> 1-4, Potential Sale; Arriving; Goodbye; Preparation:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/03/29/_thats-the-highway_/
>>
>> 5-8, The Letter; An Idea; A Return; Research & A Test:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/03/31/_thats-the-highway_-2/
>>
>> 9, The Drive & A Revelation:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/03/_thats-the-highway_-3/
>>
>> 10, Stall Tactic:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/06/_thats-the-highway_-4/
>>
>> 11-12, To Make Connections; Plans Verbalized:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/04/19/_thats-the-highway_-5/
>>
>> 13, Road Trip Rush:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/12/_thats-the-highway_-7/
>>
>> 14, Late Night & A Whistle:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/12/_thats-the-highway_-8/
>>
>> 15, Awakening:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/25/_thats-the-highway_-9/
>>
>> 16, Train & Memories:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/05/25/_thats-the-highway_-10/
>>
>> 17, Shopkeeper:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/06/21/_thats-the-highway_-6/
>>
>> 18-19, An Answer; Return Visit:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/08/11/_thats-the-highway_-12/
>>
>> 20, The Picture:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/10/17/_thats-the-highway_-11/
>>
>> 21, Shaping History:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/10/31/_thats-the-highway_-13/
>>
>> 22-23, Rebuilding Idea; Planning Stage:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/12/09/_thats-the-highway_-14/
>>
>> 24, Surprise Meeting:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2011/12/16/_thats-the-highway_-15/
>>
>> 25, A Long Meeting & A Visitor:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/01/24/_thats-the-highway_-16/
>>
>> 26-28, A Couple in a LTD; A Rude Awakening; Tale of Two Conversations:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/02/25/_thats-the-highway_-17/
>>
>> 29, Pictures Delivered:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/03/15/_thats-the-highway_-18/
>>
>> 30, Awkward Moments:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/03/26/_thats-the-highway_-19/
>>
>> 31-32, Holding Pattern; Thinking Time Or Not:
>> http://whenthegoingisgood.com/2012/05/07/_thats-the-highway_-20/
>>
>>
>>
>> 06/28/2012, ~12:30a, Elgin IL ... Rob w/his 2004 Lincoln Navigator; his
>> 1972 MC is in the trailer. Rob won the longest-distance trailering award.
>>
>> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-T2KcwbGUDVo/T_eNIk-EzOI/AAAAAAAAH-Q/JuQxkLZ0pwc/s640/NMCOA_2012_1_Leave.jpg
>>
>> 07/02/2012, ~1p, Paducah KY ... We saw this street-legal MC NASCAR
>> edition in a used car lot on the eastern edge of town.
>>
>> https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_sCXsL70aCU/T_eNI5Ze14I/AAAAAAAAH-Q/D3jB13rTgLc/s464/NMCOA_2012_2_PaducahKY.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>> Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice
>> Classic
>> CHD.MCs.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 =
>> http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
>> * roadsNwheels + CapriceClassicForum =
>> http://rdwhl-capriceclassic.proboards.com/ *
>> "A dead end street is just a place to turn around" __ Wynonna __ 'Rock
>> Bottom'
>>
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