yes the only time I go to a car dealership is if it happens to be a warranty deal..... 17 Tahoe still under warranty and did have the Corvette's fuel gauge sensor replaced which meant dropping out the passenger side fuel tank for an internal install.....warranty on the Vette paid for it.... and to the dealerships credit I have not had a bit of problems since.... the problem started when the car had like 23,000 miles on it and now has 70K....

Hey hey......wake up..... lets get to work now.... no sleeping in......

.....Tommy you can save a few bucks and paint it yourself..



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Morning Guru's..... ya Tommy that looks like a $5K fix to me... but they should be able to match the paint well....

Perfect blue sky day here with warm southerly breezes...took the 56 out for a morning drive and stopped at Mickey D's for some breakfast.... never fail to get a comment on the car.... its the happy car.....back when times were simpler.....

today is work on research in the office and start to put down the floor in the Corvette bay........ that should keep me busy...

keep shuffling Guru's......

...I find that Gris talk very interesting..... I take my electric ears into Costco every month or so and have them cleaned up and tuned up...... always seems to help....

I finally got the electric ears.... WHAT?..... no I don't like electric cars....... damnation..... and get the hell off my lawn wid dat Biden crap......

I will have to back up and see the post about Sue and the fender bender..... I think they can match that paint ok....been a lot of those cars on the road for awhile..... maybe take it to your Chevy dealer and let them work on it..... hahahaahahaahaha..... oh man that's hilarious...... no matter how simple it looks, it will still cost $3,000 bucks........ and then if it gets complicated they total it...... just saying....

early meetings and now working in the office........ no biggie....... have a tip top day Guru's....

....I did not get to the fun part.....ended up painting Uwoman's new remodeled sewing area...... now all it needs is the new floor...... and move everything back in place again..... there is no end to my toil..... although my stock with her is high right now....pretty sure that won't last long when she sees some of the stuff I have been buying for the shop......

11:00 o'clock and all's well......

am going to live stream church..... then have fun...

It has been hazy here for the last week.... thinking its the smoke from the fires out west.... not our usual bright blue skies.....

took the GS into my spine Docs appointment yesterday.... it ran great.... the spine Doc says they want to give me a cortisone shot in the spine with an xray assist for placement... if that works or helps then they want to do a procedure that puts some cushion back the 2 lower vertebrae are missing that. I told him about the 1/3 1/3 and a 1/3 deal that folks complain about and he said that would be possibly true for a spinal fusion but this procedure has had a very high success rate.... how high I asked..... very high he said...... I will ponder it says I..... meanwhile will do the cortisone thing next week..... I'm beyond what the bone cruncher or therapy will accomplish in the long run...

more on dat later...... back to work today.....keep your powder dry Guru's.....

Good morning fellow travelers....tis a good day in corn land... got the painting done in the new Corvette bay....now I can concentrate on the floor. Got the flooring bought now just need to instal it.... will post pics when the area is done....

today I go see the spine Doc to see what he has to recommend... I am not anticipating much.... no miracle drugs other then the the ones I take that are based on corn and barley and other grains.....also includes oaken barrels ..... to add some fun to it I will drive in the Corvette.... it has not had hardly any miles on it this year....

More as it develops ..... eat beef Guru's.....

...hey hey...I want a lazy check too.... can we say how much they should pay us? Hope so.....

Here you go VB wid da new headlights for your GS.... not saying they are pricey but I'm considering selling a kidney....

Isn't there some kind of door award for that work of art? I bet it's heavy...

continuing on with painting out in the Corvette bay in the shop..... was trying to find a match to the Latte colored walls in the rest of the area and not having much luck...last painted in 08....when I happened to look way under the work bench in the shop and there was a full gallon of just what I needed..... it was in good shape so am using that to paint the walls..... never....ever....throw stuff away....

weather is just the way I like it....warm and nice.... have a finest day Guru's...

yes.... I think you can set it on like 5 gal per minute or even 10 gallons if your are really stuffed up..... that's gross.... I have heard it works well..... they have them at Walgreens.... been thinking about getting one...... but wanted you to go first...

.....I love to discuss religion and politics.....while getting red in the face and starting to yell with some spit flying.... I'm right on everything...why can't people understand that...

"only Americans can hurt America" Dwight Eisenhower..... so true....

doing some work around the place today.....paying some bills.... good song Tommy..... listening to it with my beats turned up ..........

rock on Guru's....

How about this VB? I been thinking about getting one....

https://www.amazon.com/Navage-Nasal-Ir ... 119658&sr=8-5&tag=mh0b-20

Hmmmm.....high friends in low places....that reminds me of a song.....

I also must mow the jungle but it won't be the last time... maybe every two weeks will work....

will get set up in the shop for the floor project...found some laminate flooring that was close to what we put in the office in 08... 10mm thick and the old stuff is 8mm thick but you will not be able to tell where they come together.... will start on that project next week....

beautiful weather here today..... good day to get the Vette out and do some roaming around.... have not driven that car near enough this year....

take charge Guru's...

the hospice Grand Pa Arlin was in was a God send for us.... a finer bunch of caring people would be hard to find.

So the ongoing saga of the 56 and its weird little quirks, as all of a sudden running rough and shutting off at any time it wanted and has been driving me to drink...not literally but close.... One guy of my chosen few who are working on the problem as we have replaced electrical and fuel parts to no avail....asked out of the blue..... have you checked your grounds? Uh.......grounds? No not so much.... we got to looking and found the battery was grounded to the body and the engine was grounded to the body. Both those were corroded... Then Farmer Bob who has the 55 Cheby to die for asked it the battery negative side was grounded directly to the engine.

I said no but we will do that. Then we cleaned up the other grounds and went body to the frame and another engine to the body. I think we got it covered now.

Took it into Lincoln today to get a load of stuff at the big box store and it ran as good as it ever has...smooth as glass and plenty of power. Did not miss a beat.... there is joy in my heart.... all the way back we pushed it at 80 82 mph and never sputtered once..... Have not signed off 100% but am liking it so far.... also advanced the timing some.... thought you should know.....

... 11 September.....a day I will always remember....

Cold rainy and dreary here in Cornworld..... about 2.5" of rain so far over the last 5 days.... ok enough of this weather lets get back to warm sunny fall weather...

figured out there is no ground strap from the engine to the frame on the 56.... going to put one on and make sure the ground from the battery negative post is all good also.... hopefully that will help maybe.....the devil is in the details...

OK time to rock and roll Guru's..... face the day....

Sooo....Tee... did you go with the B6 Bilstein shocks or the B8's.... I will be taking off my original shocks and replacing them this winter.... I want to go Bilstein but not sure which one for the GS.....

Waazzup homies...... got the guys here putting up the new garage door..... the old one had been there for close to 30 years.... would like to know how many times its been up and down.... a bunch I'm thinking. New door is lighter and looks better inside and out..... now the big door will match the Corvette dock door that was just installed earlier. I love it when a plan comes together....

We are having a cool cloudy rainy type day again today but next week it is back into the 70's and low 80's as the sunshine returns.... there is joy in the camp....

more later as it happens...... keep making more ammo Guru's...

found these speakers but can't remember what year your car is...
also check on ebay for prices....

https://www.c6performance.net/catalog/ ... rs-c-375_235_242_331.html

.....here is some info for ya...... go to the door speaker part.... it will outline some of the problems you will face.... if you have the Bose system then like in the C4's on up the amps are in the speakers.....

Andy will know what to do......

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-T6Akrv3C ... 3-chevrolet-corvette.html

well if you don't use the Tesla's 4 Powerwalls then you save $20K because the solar panels themselves are $24,000.... which at around 400 per month takes only takes only 5 years to pay back... it will be longer because it is not going to eliminate the whole bill but maybe 2/3 rds.......

OMG.....2 guys kissing is totally a gross out dude...... but somehow I don't feel quite as repulsed as when 2 girls are kissing.... that may require some study on my part.... just research... see whats going on there..... ..that's sick...

I was actually on Tesla's web site today checking out their cars and stuff.... they give you the price and its take it or leave it..... I am not buying but seeing more and more of them around especially the Model 3....... option on wheels and 2 options on interior...black or white.... like 5 paint colors for the outside.

A 3 long range all wheel drive would run around $49K.....and then you would have some tax incentives I think.... that's a bit pricey but maybe not when you consider the cost in fuel which is at an all time low now.... electricity cost too you know...... they figure .13 cents a Kwhr as average in the country. I checked our bill this month and it was exactly that... .13 cents / kwhr.....

It would also cost somewhere around $43 Large to put solar panels on the roof and 3 Tesla storage batteries on the ground..... that would produce 16 Kw of power..... hey where is our resident Guru on solar power..... I will ask him...

Sooo.. Gris, is she using the .222 on dem bluerock? Ya Annie Oakley Jr that one is.....

Cold windy wet.... not ready for dis chit mon.....heck we got all fall coming yet.... should be nice up until Thanksgiving.... then all hell will break loose...... I am busy looking at some motor homes to take me away from da winter....but so far only found one or two in my price range.... a bit of a fixer upper.....

I really like this one...

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...or this one was a bit cheaper....

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I actually saw one of these on the road the other day....it looked good..

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Nice! what make is that over under?

thought you might enjoy this......

https://youtu.be/Lg73GKm7GgI

Yikes!.... 1 large in the front door.... makes one wonder what it would cost if you had gone with 1/2 Sawn white oak or holy moly 3/4 sawn WOak........ good wood ain't cheap.....

Rain and wind and cold temps here today.... snowing out in the Panhandle.... 100 degrees on Sunday and now this.... good old Nebraska weather....

working away at getting some of my old pictures hung up in the new auto bay..... stuff I have had forever and never got done.... waiting till my back was better to apply the Armor shield IX Nano Ceramic coating on the Grand Sport.... looks like it will take some time.... but should look great..

Glad you got some time off VB.... nothing like a week off to make you want another week off and then another week off....

I have started a stretching thing each morning to get ahead of what I am sure the doc is going to prescribe for me.... time to hit the weights again also.... hope that is all it takes...

keep looking up Guru's....

Quote:

...can't you paint over them?

I can't believe it's time to close the pool already..... geez..... what next a blizzard....?

Doing the floors today.... nuff said about dat.... who's doing your floors? French maids?

more later I'm sure....

Yard kid text me and asked if they could come over and do the trimming and such.... I said it was way to hot and grass had not grown much in the heat anyway.... I'm sure there was high fiving with his little brother who helps him....

We just got a huge new liquor area at our local Wally World which is like 3 time what it was.... a sign of the times no doubt...and they seem to always have the Shandies in stock... its a seasonal beer I think so maybe supplies are going to get tight.... I know they are always out of Coors Light when I go there and I have to look elsewhere.... WalGreens usually has it in stock.....

Sounds like a can't put it down read Gris...... I am currently going between the Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch series by Michael Connelly and have been following the Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell since the first book was brought out years ago..... both of which have excellent TV shows that follow the books somewhat.... both on Netflix I believe...

I am thinking of starting back on the Aubrey - Maturin series by Patrick O'brian for the 3rd or 4 time which are maybe the best books I have ever read.....Meanwhile I wait for book 9 of the Expanse series by James S. A. Corey....sometime in 2020..... also a great TV series on Amazon..... just thought you should know........

thanks tommy.... for the info..... I was kinda looking for the easy button..... but may be disappointed..... guess I better start doing my stretching.... like right now I'm streeeetching to get that last Summer Shandy outa the beer fridge....

...interesting after 70 life scenario there Tommy.... you need to include some cruise boats in that somewhere....

I have worked thru the pain for a long time but did not find it debilitating only a nuisance... Advil is my friend... the lower back pain is workable its the damn sciatica down the back of both legs that is holding me back....some days I can't even stand up straight..... I had this back in 15 but worked my self out of it and I was only 65 back then.... today I'm a bit further along..... it's icking my wow......

but the floors still need cleaned and I will not let anything keep me from my appointed tasks..... got so much I could do around here I don't want to do any of it..... I could use some inspiration...... anybody got any?

move forward like a herd of turtles Guru's....

...so finally read Tommy's post from yesterday as to back conditions.... I should have just asked the Guru's what to do since what is in tommy's post is just what the doc told me....Arthritis and the lower spine is a mess.... and..... I really thought those acrobatics with the lil Chica all those years ago would have healed up by now.... that is when Sturgis used to be fun.....

....in the great State of Nebraska the kids are going to actual school.... they wear masks and social distance and so far so good I'm thinking.... college kids not so much...kinda hard to wear a mask and social distance at a kegger......

Had my MRI yesterday.... something not entirely unpleasant but to be avoided if possible.... I had an open MRI which is close to your body on top but open to the room on the sides so not as claustrophobic as some of them... took 20 minutes to take the pics and they played me 60's rock on the headphones but the machine is so loud you could hardly hear the music most of the time.....

Got the results back today and it looks like spinal stenosis and all kinds of arthritis.... so have been referred to a specialist who will evaluate and decide what is the best way to go forward....will meet with them next week..... as long as I can still work a clutch I will be ok....

Drive faster Guru's.....

Still nice here today.....cool and crisp but getting warmer as the day goes on but only a high of 77.... fall is in the air.... farmers working on combines to get ready for harvest......

I have an MRI on my back today.... it has been an item for most of my later life but with a good bone cruncher I have kept going. Now that is not helping and my Doc says lets take a good look at it and see if surgery is even an option.... I said do what you can this is turning me into and old man....

keep rocken Guru's....

What is she doing driving around in a skid steer...?

You should jump in the tomato and come on up here Gris....we got beef to eat and a variety of fine whiskey's..... and cool mountain air with deep blue skies...... we can talk politics and go out in my old pickup driving around and shoot at Biden signs if we can find any.... now that is a good time I'm thinking....

Sheetrockers are here hanging rock in Uwoman's hovel of a sowing area in the basement.... she finally shamed me into it.... I told her my shop projects had to have all the money shoved towards them but she prevailed by telling me from time to time how nice so and so's sowing and craft room was.... so I said ok we will fix it up some.... We framed in the walls to cover up the cinder block and had it wired and even a light put in..... she is happy she does not have to wear that light on her head any more while she works away at making all our clothes.......

sometimes you just gotta do what's right..... right?

Go forth and do stuff Guru's.......

...dang it....sorry to hear it.....

that's too bad Tommy.... maybe a trip to the vet is in order.....hope it is something else....

got 1 field to go look at today is all.... it's a replant that is of course late due to that....

working on the shop and new Corvette Storage area..... taking naps..... have a good nap today Guru's

...turn this......




....into this.... easy peasy.....