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Today’s photo of our trip. Just outside on Rockville Indiana.

Well we are off on a 17 day road trip in the morning. While I have a CCW permit and normally don’t lock my firearm up (it’s pretty much useless if you need it and it’s locked up) we will be traveling through the state of Illinois and it must be locked up when I am passing through there, as I am not a Illinois resident and they don’t recognize Florida CCW. That’s the only state that doesn’t that we are driving through. So I bought a portable lock box for that portion of the trip. It also fit a few other things like some spare emergency cash (in case the Chinese decide to hack the entire financial system, and my cards cease to work, a couple of somewhat blingy watches that I like to wear on special occasions, and a spare cigarette lighter, Glock 17 (I travel with that in case it gets confiscated, I won’t give too much of a shit, I would be seriously pissed if they took my Hi-Power) That’s my short term emergency kit. Looking at it when I was done, the thought crossed my mind that the kit has kind of a drug dealer vibe. I hope we don’t get pulled over and searched. I would probably have some ‘splannin to do…..😂

Death before Disco, or Islam. I had to change it up a little.

I swear if I hear that clown Donalds say “I will keep your taxes low, I will lower your insurance, I will keep Florida affordable” one more time. I am going to go full Elvis mode and put a .357 round into my TV.

The real question is, has Byron Donalds left the state yet?

In almost 20 years as a Federal Employee, I have learned that budget (money) is power and the larger the budget that you control, the more power you have. I challenge anyone to dispute that simple fact. And that is why deficit be damned, economic conditions be damned, they are never going voluntarily give up any of that budget. If fact, they constantly tell the people it’s not enough. Thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis, here in Florida we have what is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity to take some of that power back from local governments who have been using our homes as their own personal ATM machines to support their reckless spending addiction. Beware of anyone who tells you differently. During times of economic downturns we have ALL had tighten up our personal budgets, yet the local governments and their paid shills tell us it will lead to economic doomsday if they are required to do this. We literally have Public School District Administrators making higher salaries than the President of the United States here in Florida. We MUST vote YES on 3 in November, as we will most likely never get another chance.

What a relief, and here I was all this time thinking that you had to pay somewhat attention to attitude the airplane was in. Who knew it wouldn’t let itself get into a dive? Them airplanes is so smart.

Survivor has to be the dumbest low IQ TV show ever produced. My stepson and his girlfriend watch it nonstop. It’s on constantly, every time I walk through the living room that stupid shit is on my TV. Constant screaming and drama. I hate it. It makes me want to take a sledgehammer to the TV. If they don’t take this mindless shit off the TV soon, I am going to snap.

October is upon us and let’s talk Baseball. Even though I am a life long Tigers fan, Ted Williams was still the greatest hitter to ever pick up a piece of lumber and take a swing with it. No one can convince me otherwise. That is all.

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Time for a “Boomer” rant. When I picked up the Jeep, I was very pleased with it, and still am. But my head at the time was starting to process the long drive home and the fact that I had to be at work Monday morning, so I forgot to ask the owner about the key to the locking gas cap when he handed me the keys and the paperwork. We loaded up the car, tied it down and off I went. Anyway, I realized I didn’t have that key when I got home, I looked in the glove box, no key. No big deal, my fault for not asking. It takes about 30 seconds to pop one of those caps off, which is what I did. The next day, I was a little irritated on my job. I get that way when I have to argue with supposed professionals about a safety issue, people who should know better. Anyway, after getting off work, I was going to decompress by going to Lowe’s and buying a new ceiling fan for the laundry room. And while I was at it, stop at the Auto Parts store, and get a new gas cap (a regular gas cap, I am not a fan of the locking ones). They had to order it, which is understandable since that style of gas cap hasn’t been used on cars in probably at least 40 years. I was still irritated from work and the conversation went like this: Parts Guy: “can I help you?” Me: “Yeah, I need a gas cap for a 1977 Jeep Wagoneer” Parts Guy: “What engine?” Keep in mind that has nothing to do with the gas cap, but I understand he has to go through this so the computer can select a part that may or may not be the correct one. It’s all part of the drill. Me: “401” Parts Guy: “What Transmission?” Me: “Turbo 400, probably” Parts Guy: “2 wheel or 4 wheel drive?” Me: “4 wheel” Parts Guy: “we don’t have one in stock, but there is one in Melbourne, we can get it in the morning” Me: “no problem, go ahead and order it” Parts Guy: “name?” Me: I gave them my name. Parts Guy: “address?” Me: I gave them my address. Parts Guy; “phone number?” Me: I gave them my phone number” I had no problem with all this. You want to order something they have to be able to contact you. Until…….. Parts Guy: “email address?” Then the pent up irritation returned and I immediately went into the rebellion mode. Me: “why do you need my email address?” Parts Guy: “ because the computer won’t let me order the part without it” Me: “what happens if I don’t have email? Are you telling me I can’t buy a gas cap for my car without a email address?” Parts Guy: “there is a way around it, but I don’t know how to do it. Why won’t you just give me your email address?” (Now he wants to argue, I have been arguing all afternoon at work, now I have to argue with the guy at the auto parts store) Me: “ because I get 100’s of junk emails every day, and I have to waste time going through them to make sure I don’t miss something that I need to read and might be semi important. That’s why I don’t give out my email to auto parts clerks, cashiers at stores and such. The junk emails are overwhelming, get it? I shouldn’t need to provide a email address to buy a gas cap for my car!” Parts Guy: “Sir, can you please just give me your email address to we can get this over with, there are other people waiting in line. Me after looking around and seeing a couple of people behind me actually laughing: “Ok” I typed in [email protected]. The computer took the order. This is what my wife doesn’t understand, she says I am always living in the past. I watch old movies, I listen to old rock&roll music on my old 1970’s Marantz stereo with my old JBL speakers, and I enjoy driving old cars. It reminds me of when life was simpler. I enjoyed it back when I went into a auto parts store, asked for a gas cap, and they pulled it off a shelf, handed it to me, took my money, and I was on my way.

Did my first mod to the Wagoneer as soon as I got it home today.

Found the Wagoneer I was searching for. It’s a 1977 Z Code with the 401. Can’t wait to get it home and start working on it.

Genius, pure genius.

Dear Rascal and Tony, I need this, I need it bad.

I need some help. This was my old Jeep Wagoneer. I loved it. It was reliable, roomy, had I fairly comfortable ride and was more capable off road than it looked. I have decided that for my daily driver for my upcoming retirement, I want another one. My Ram 2500 is out of warranty now, and I am getting tired of every time I have the slightest electrical issue with it, it always ends up costing me $1000.00 at the dealership for whatever the module of the day is that needs to be replaced. Plus Diesel used to be cheaper than gas, and it hasn’t been for a while and probably never will be again. Plus, a vehicle from that era is simple and I can keep it running in my own driveway. And I don’t have to worry about big daddy shutting down my vehicle if he thinks I shouldn’t be going where I am going. So I am going back to the past for the rest of my automotive life. The problem is, I have been searching for an adequate vehicle for months now. And most of the ones I see are either $7000 rusted out pieces of crap, or $40,000+ late model restored versions that are more than I want to spend and to be honest, the later Grand Wagoneer s are a little to plush for me. My criteria is ‘74-‘81 model years, no MAJOR rust, a little is okay, I just don’t want to get into extensive body work. I don’t care about the paint or minor mechanical issues. I don’t want to turn around and have to rebuild the engine, but would consider doing so for a rust free vehicle. I have cash, and will travel for the right vehicle. If anyone has one they are considering getting rid of, or knows someone who does, contact me please. As a reward, I will pay for food and drink for you and one other at your favorite establishment for a successful lead. Thanks.