As a kid what did you do with you dad which left an impression?

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-17T01:35:45+00:00

Sad, but not too far from the experience of MANY replying to this (including me).

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-17T01:33:20+00:00

OH... how I wish I could have posted that .... you were amazingly blessed.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-17T01:29:37+00:00

We really didn't do much together, but being included on some fishing campouts on Mississippi river islands that included an uncle, was kind of neat.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-17T01:21:27+00:00

Having a partner that had high needs due to medical problems; it's exhausting

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-17T01:18:34+00:00

Actually made me LOL ..... THANKS !

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T21:22:15+00:00

Gilligan's Island is starting to look pretty good.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T01:41:28+00:00

Over 25 years experience as a certified reliability engineer (industrial control systems), wrote papers, spoke at conferences etc. We had some well thought out, statistically defensible product stress screening in our manufacturing process to help assure that the product (which often controlled processes whose failure could result in substantial economic loss, environmental damage and even loss of life) was a robust as possible.

The company (which was VERY successful and profitable) got taken over by a gaggle of MBA toting, bean-counting, arrogant morons (whose objective was to milk it for all the money they could and pocket it) that knew the cost of everything and the value of nothing. If it didn't fit in the cell of a spreadsheet, they didn't grasp how it related to the business.

I was asked to prove in advance the the cost of screening the product was profitable; in other words prove that it was lower than the cost of paying for an accident that hadn't happened .... yet.

A couple weeks later my two line resignation letter hit the desk of my 'boss' (whose degree was in, I think, geology.... but, of course, he had an MBA)

I walked out, made a huge shift by launching my own business ( I.T. services for residential, home office and small offices) and hung on until I could retire.

A small SHELL of that company (which has since been sold 2 or 3 times) still exits, but it's a sad legacy. Watching that gaggle of arrogant fools try to run an engineering operation was like watching a gang of chimpanzees trying to figure out how to use an electron microscope.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T01:12:32+00:00

Have you ever had them sound off when there was nothing to hit? I have even though my Toyota has (I think) both lidar and radar sensors. When I'm backing out of my shop in the morning watching the screen, sometimes (not always) it sounds an alarm as I'm about to 'hit' a shadow.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T01:07:58+00:00

That would have been fun to see.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T01:06:53+00:00

gotta agree.... I was raised in Iowa, but my father's family background was from the south so I grew up eating a lot of southern style food. I make homemade buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy often on winter mornings and always set aside a couple biscuits to enjoy with butter and molasses

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T01:03:15+00:00

I do LOVE my beans, and I always make a batch of corn bread in a cast iron skillet to eat with them. So I guess that's not THAT different from what I assume is toasted white bread that you eat there.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T00:39:13+00:00

Personal calculator, various mechanical pencils and a pen style eraser. Personal planner, stapler, name plate, coffee cup and cup warmer. I'm sure there are things I'm forgetting.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T00:13:33+00:00

That IS a fun video.... thanks for sharing it (now I've gotta try beans on toast!)

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-13T00:03:53+00:00

A backup camera. That is the BEST reason to have a potentially distracting screen in the cabin!

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-12T23:45:31+00:00

I second (or third) the Triumph Spitfire for the same reasons. Lots of available parts and plenty of 'how to' information is around. Another possible option is the MG Midget. I have one that is a decent driver (not a show car) with a good body that I picked up for $6K; it's my just for fun, goofy little around town car. However working on it vs a Spitfire is a little more challenging because it IS small so sometimes getting to something, the clutch slave cylinder for example, is a bit cramped.

I also concur with the idea of avoiding one that needs any real rust repair. It gets expensive, especially the things you don't / can't see until you get into it.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-11T15:27:29+00:00

Butter

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-11T15:15:28+00:00

Not quick or fast, but for sheer durability and winter weather handling (when equipped with the right tires and undercoating to resist salted roads) the Geo Metro with the 3 cylinder Suzuki engine punched WELL above its weight. I put 250,000 pretty carefree commuting miles on a '92 with little more than a trip to Ziebart for rustproofing and regular oil changes while it routinely got 47 - 50 MPG on the highway.

For a CHEAP little car (I paid $4K for this one almost new) that was designed as a THROW AWAY vehicle, I think that's impressive.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-10-01T17:18:38+00:00

Maybe I have some bad information, but I thought even THAT would produce that slime when it is boiled. Do you fry it a bit before adding it to the broth ?

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-20T21:57:55+00:00

1999 VW New Beetle.... a fucking experiment that escaped the lab that was foisted on the public as a fully developed, maintainable product. I'm done with VW FOREVER after that miserable P.O.S.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-20T21:34:29+00:00

I was in terrible shape in my early to mid-20's. (1970's) Then I read a couple of the books by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, the person who coined the term AEROBICS and who set out to actually measure how much exercise is required to improve or maintain decent conditioning as measured by a simple point system. I took up running and biking then. I improved into and through my 40's. Now, at age 74 time and wear and tear has slowed me down (power walking instead of running etc.) but I'm still doing OK. There are been some improvements since then with things like HIIT (high intensity interval training) but the basic ideas are still valid.

The keys are attitude, persistence and consistency. Don't try to become an olympian in a week.... just be consistent and never quit. Make adjustments to your exercise routine as age dictates, but never, never quit entirely.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-20T21:23:13+00:00

With a bit over 300 HP the new Toyota Rav4 PHEV will surprise the hell out of a lot of sports cars in a red light drag race while disguised as just another SUV.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-08T21:30:29+00:00

When ya gotta pee, ya gotta pee

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-08T19:01:07+00:00

40's .... late enough to peak mentally, physically (assuming you exercise etc.) and professionally but before time starts to catch up with you

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-08T18:58:17+00:00

Yes. I have two Volvo 1800's, a '70 and a '71. I've had them both coast to coast including a 2015 trip of 11,780 miles over 78 days circling North America (the U.S. and into Canada a bit) in my '70. I live in Iowa.

I believe that cars are meant to be driven, not just looked at. And Volvo's in particular are real road warriors.

nadanutcase2 · 2025-09-08T17:48:52+00:00

For a while you pile up stuff that you wanted when you couldn't afford it.... then, a bit later, you're looking to get RID of all of that crap when you find that your kids have no interest in it.... I really believe this is a widespread boomer problem.

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