wow! last post was exactly a month ago...
lot been happening. big one was my computer screwing up and dying. it really, reaLLY, REALLY ticked me off last month...i'll just say it died an ignoble death....lost EVERYTHING on it, but i did get some diodes and scale wires out of it for my models..
then i had a heck of a time trying to get back on to my sites (no passwords and not knowing what in hell i'm doing with this new HP computer does'nt help either...where's my hammer...)
and my tires and junk for my '69 dually took FOREVER to get here (christmas rush i guess)
and then last friday my pocket pal, Squiggy the skinny pig, up and died on me...
oh yeah, and after listening to the wife harass, harangue, bug, pester, beg, and just get on my nerves about not having a "bedroom" for 26 yrs (don't a mattress on a steel roller frame count??..) i broke down and got her one...
good move, paid off quite well..
besides "breaking in" the new bedroom (heh-heh) when we were moving the old dresser, found a bag of camera sd cards under it, been under there for 10 yrs or so. couple days ago i figured out how to download on this new 'puter and ran them sd cards threw. came across a bunch of awesome vid-e-o! there's about 2 hrs of video in short fliks of my son being born to around 5-ish. first steps, learning to ride a bike, a quad, playing with the puppy's...we've never seen them before, their scratchy and shaky, no sound either, like my parents 8mm flicks from the '60's but in color. wife remembers video'ing them, some were obviously done by me, prob our first digi cam, early 2000's or so. pretty neat not only seeing our son, but our dogs as puppies, our vehicles, our house, where we went, amazing how much actually changes in 10 yrs...
and it paid off good for my hobby. wifey went all out this winter. the only hobby shop around since the other one closed is like almost a 100 mile round trip, and she found her way there (never, ever being there before..) and got me a few trucks, a butt-load of model glue, and some (yay!) styrene.
ya, i've done these, and she knows it, but it was the only chevy trucks they had. she felt bad so she somehow (again never showed her..
) got to my parts caster's site and ordered me a 100 bucks of swampers, t-case's, axles, enough junk to go for awhile, they just did'nt make it here in time. and i dont mind the trucks she got me, belive it or not i don't have a short fleet sq in the collection, thinking about something totally diff for the wrecker, AND i was able to trade the snow plow fom the sq body kit for a int for the '60 crew i was building, and lost my int parts for....(dumb-ass.....) really looking forward to going on that one agin...
got the motor mostly done, traded for a race 502 bb then used the kit stock bb parts, valve covers, carb, etc to make it look stock, so there is no shortage of wheeties in this one...
whacked off the whole back half
