[elky] Re: today (ok, yesterday's stuff)

  • From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:13:14 -0500

Forgot the picture.... need more coffee.
JC

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:11 AM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's actually been pretty nice around here. Although very humid, the air
> was off for the first time in a week at home.
>
> My Brother in law Jerry has been staying here from Florida, after coming up
> for Grandma's Memorial. We went to the car show in Geneva last night, and it
> was a lot better than last week. Full house, and I ran in to quite a few
> friends. I took the camera, and I'll have to post some pictures eventually.
> I didn't double up on the ones I had shot last week that showed up.
>
> Jerry had a great time.... He's a gear head from way back. He has a 1976
> Chevy Pickup with 40+" tires, chest high at the bottom of the doors, for
> playing in the mud. It has the tunnel ram intake that used to be on the 72
> GMC pickup I owned, sold to his dad, then he ended up with.
>
> One pic attached of Jerry and a Nova that was there (He was claiming as his
> own).
>
> I have been working like a dog (what's new?) the last month and a half.
> Nate's party, a wedding, and a funeral, and more work than I normally have
> to do from home at Christmas time (note the time stamp of this message). I
> don't know what's up with that, but I am thankful for just having a job.
>
> A week from tomorrow, I will be sitting in Key West, drinking Margaritas in
> Margaritaville, and eating Cheeseburgers in Paradise, for Cindy and I's 30th
> Anniversary. I need it brothers and sisters.
>
> JC
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  nice pics, Ray.  See YOU'RE keeping busy - where is everyone else?
>>
>>
>> Canceled Hot August nights this year (car content)  - Jake the dog is
>> getting new knee$.  He's gotten so he's shaking like a leaf by the time we
>> get to the vet, and we're there alot.  But yesterday was a better day, he
>> got out of bed, went outside and laid in the grass for about 45 mins.  Poor
>> guy is trying to get around on his front legs, one back leg without
>> ligaments and 1 held together with brackets and screws.
>>
>> Weather has been nice.  Did you guys in the midwest and east fry or
>> drown?  or?
>>
>> Mary
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>> Rather than retyping everything, I'm just gonna point ya to a coupla
>> threads on landracing.com where I wrote up the visit to Butch Graham's
>> shop for graphics and their application:
>> http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,7703.90.html
>>
>> Then I went to the track for a private test of BYU's electric
>> streamliner.  Lousy conditions, but the good part was that the test was
>> successful, no parts destroyed and no men left on base.  Oops, wrong
>> script.
>> http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,8317.0.html
>>
>> We left just before the heavens opened and I'm glad I'm not the one
>> responsible for the circuitry as a buncha rain water got in and frizzzle
>> fried everything onboard...well, it didn't happen, but it coulda been
>> disastrous.
>>
>> Must sleep now.
>>
>> r
>>
>>  --
>> Sent from my Dreadnought using that gawdawful Thunderbird email program
>>
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