AK Retiree Club

[elcoholic]

Thanks. Funny there were no challenges on I70 heading to the Springs. I’m feeling very damn good about renting an AWD Murano for this trip. Got a screaming deal booking it through the AAA website. 2 weeks for $600. So much cheaper, 40%!, than booking direct with Enterprise and taking the AAA discount.

 

[KingBubba]

The mural on the brick building is pretty cool, with the window painted as open and the guy and chick squeezing inside the supposed window. My wife and I stopped there on the way to the Petrified Forest Park and the Meteor Crater Park. Cool stuff.

 

[elcoholic]

We stopped in Winslow, AZ, did the tourist thing - took some pics with the boys in the band and bought T-shirts.
It was a fun stop, short and sweet.




It's my girl oh Lord by a flat bed ford


Saturday we met my brother and his family at the Cornish Pasty in Flagstaff.
The back side of their beer list gave me a good chuckle.


It's been snowing pretty good today at my brother's here in Munds Park, AZ .
Our Murano and the trees were clean this morning.
No wonder my brother and his wife drive his and hers Wranglers.


We have a crock pot load of pulled pork, so we won't go hungry


We are supposed to be leaving for home tomorrow. To be continued ...

 

[onepixel]

2nd to last sunrise over the United States in 2018. The last one was at Cape Wrangell, Alaska in the Bering Sea.

 

[c.coyle]

I am now officially a member. My last day of work was yesterday, 12/31/2018. I've been blessed that I don't have to worry about bucks, but it's going to be interesting to find out if I can avoid going stir crazy.

The plan is to get some sort of part time job to get me out of the house a few days a week. Maybe shuttling cars for a local dealer or working at Lowe's or Home Depot (every time I go there and the guy or gal can't tell a nail from a bolt, I think "I can do this job"). The immediate project is a bathroom remodel.

 

[Quadman2]

I am now officially a member. My last day of work was yesterday, 12/31/2018. I've been blessed that I don't have to worry about bucks, but it's going to be interesting to find out if I can avoid going stir crazy.

The plan is to get some sort of part time job to get me out of the house a few days a week. Maybe shuttling cars for a local dealer or working at Lowe's or Home Depot (every time I go there and the guy or gal can't tell a nail from a bolt, I think "I can do this job"). The immediate project is a bathroom remodel.

Congrats!

Great way to pasturize...tapering off.

Q

 

[Lo-Fidelity]

I am now officially a member. My last day of work was yesterday, 12/31/2018. I've been blessed that I don't have to worry about bucks, but it's going to be interesting to find out if I can avoid going stir crazy.

The plan is to get some sort of part time job to get me out of the house a few days a week. Maybe shuttling cars for a local dealer or working at Lowe's or Home Depot (every time I go there and the guy or gal can't tell a nail from a bolt, I think "I can do this job"). The immediate project is a bathroom remodel.

Bath remodel will keep you busy! Contracting out or doing the work yourself?

 

[parman]

like the sign says, Happy New Year to all you retirees.
Obviously my first ride of the year, 28 degrees, wind chill 16

 

[elcoholic]

Happy New Year Parman. Just checking in from the Cracker Barrel in Kingman, AZ. A balmy 39 here. Should be low 50’s at home tonight.

 

[parman]

Happy New Year Parman. Just checking in from the Cracker Barrel in Kingman, AZ. A balmy 39 here. Should be low 50’s at home tonight.

Hell I didn't know it gets cold in AZ???

 

[mkane]

I'll hand it to ya. No way in hell would I get on my bike in that cold.

 

[mkane]

You'll soon find out you don't need any stinkin job. If you have a day here or there where you are bored, enjoy it.

 

[parman]

I'll hand it to ya. No way in hell would I get on my bike in that cold.

I used to ride year round including in quite a bit of snow but not if the temp got into the teens. However I have had back problems for quite a while now so I won't ride if I think there could be ice under the snow. If you hit a patch of ice hidden under the snow you're slammed on the ground before you know what happened, ask me how I know LOL

 

[onepixel]

It was in the low 40s at 10,000 feet for sunrise.

Happy New Year!

 

[elcoholic]

Hell I didn't know it gets cold in AZ???

Very much so up in the high country north of the Grand Canyon. It was 12 last night and about 0 with wind chill. 9 hours on the road today. Decompression mode here at casa elco - blueberry cookies flower, Squirt and Miles.

Miles for the miles as it were.

 

[elcoholic]

I used to ride year round including in quite a bit of snow but not if the temp got into the teens. However I have had back problems for quite a while now so I won't ride if I think there could be ice under the snow. If you hit a patch of ice hidden under the snow you're slammed on the ground before you know what happened, ask me how I know LOL

Ditto for sections of gutter that don’t drain aka slicky water. I went over so quick and hard on my shoulder and metal knee that the pedal axle snapped. It took a good 20 seconds lying in a wet gutter to gather the nerve to look at my knee. Just road rash. Test passed, but once is enough.

 

[BinaryMike]

Well, I finally got over the hump on the learning curve and finished my first new PCB design in a very long time. Now to get it fabricated and see how bad I screwed up!

 

[Lo-Fidelity]

Well, I finally got over the hump on the learning curve and finished my first new PCB design in a very long time. Now to get it fabricated and see how bad I screwed up!

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That is cool. Where do you have something like that fabricated?

 

[c.coyle]

Bath remodel will keep you busy! Contracting out or doing the work yourself?

Myself. Really a limited remodel. Strip 20 year old wallpaper, strip paint off all wood services, repaint, some new hardware. Also a new vanity in the same location. No re-plumbing. The tub and shower stall are staying. Maybe some new lighting.

I've done all this before, except for the vanity,

 

[parman]

Myself. Really a limited remodel. Strip 20 year old wallpaper, strip paint off all wood services, repaint, some new hardware. Also a new vanity in the same location. No re-plumbing. The tub and shower stall are staying. Maybe some new lighting.

I've done all this before, except for the vanity,

That'll be a easy one, no moving pipes, no new tile work. Probably will be able to use the bath while doing the work.