What my plan was when I created the ZOT

(and how I ended up) ^ | June 28, 2010 | Lord Dagon

[Tax-chick]

Why wouldn’t we trust you, Bob?

[NicknamedBob]

"Why wouldn’t we trust you, Bob?"

Hypothetically speaking, of course, experience. Which none of you have. I'm covered.

Trust me.

[Monkey Face]

Danke.
I held out until almost 8:00 PM and FINALLY slept. Until 3:50 when the phone rang - wrong number. *sigh*

When it got light outside, I headed out to the truck and began to take the old part off the truck; I need a metric socket to take off the last bolt.

A little later, when folks begin to wake up, I’ll see if I can find someone here who has one the right size. Otherwise, I’ll have to wait until I can borrow a car and head for the nearest auto parts store. It should only take me 10-15 minutes to finish the job.

[Monkey Face]

I’ve done that!

[Monkey Face]

I'm covered...

Yes, but with what?

[sionnsar]

1957 was< a good year -- most of it.

Got a little messed up later in the year with that Спутник thing.

[sionnsar]

Good luck!

[sionnsar]

1968.

[Monkey Face]

Dead. Mechanic laid up. It will be a week before he can some and listen to it. I finally just broke down and cried. Again.

[sionnsar]

Oh, no! I am so sorry...

[ThomasThomas]

I remember 1968, we moved from a small town in Washington to Alameda Ca when my dad became a Navy chaplain. Lived on base and was bussed to school in a dull gray navy bus. We had a marine for a bus driver and he was armed. They were war protest at the base sometimes. Then there was the lettuces boycott and Cesar Chavez. I didn’t think the school thought out there fire drills very well. We were sent to the front of the school in the parking lot. Even just as a 2nd grader I knew if there was a real fire we would all be run over by fire engines. My dad got a 1968 Caprice Estate Station Wagon with a 396 engine. It was the end of the year and they sold us the demo car with all the gadgets at a really good discount. I had never seen a 8-track before. We also got are first color TV. A lot different than Port Townsend. The biggest headline I remember was when they opened a Safeway grocery store. They put pictures of the fancy doors that open themselves on the front page of the local paper.

[Monkey Face]

Fanks.
Have you started reading the book?

[sionnsar]

Not yet. It's queued up behind the one I'm reading now.

It's funny -- in Albuquerque there were no bookstores near downtown with the exception of a used book store. So I picked up an SF novel there that turned out to have been published in 1993 but... which was signed by the author!

Just spent a few hours gong through last weekend's reunion photos. Uploading them now so they can be shared with the rest of the class.

But my throat's beginning to hurt again...

[sionnsar]

Grey, cool drippy day here. Lovely.

[Monkey Face]

*sigh*

I would love to be where the red fern grows.
Barring that, I’ll be who and what I can be for the duration.

[sionnsar]

I would love to be where the red fern grows.
Barring that, I’ll be who and what I can be for the duration.

I had to look that up. What a story.

[NicknamedBob]

"Dead. Mechanic laid up. It will be a week before he can some and listen to it."

I am not satisfied with this result. Not satisfied at all.

I have had hours to consider how to respond to your post and I will stand by exactly what I said.

I would not choose to live where Sionnsar lives, so I understand you wouldn't be comfortable with our humidity either, but darn it, do you have to be so far away?

[Darksheare]

Ah, that’s why they say “the dusty lanes of foggy memory” then.

[Monkey Face]

Bob:

I am where I am. My hands are ready to fix what ails my truck. My truck, however, is not complying.

[NicknamedBob]

I guess we need more diagnosis.

I’m confused; is this a diesel engine? I’m not familiar with an “igniter” in a gas engine.