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A trip to Disney World?

8/5/2022

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I pulled all the upholstery off the foam cushions in the Lance and washed them while I had access to my daughter's large washing machine. I washed everything in cold water to keep down the shrinkage and dried them at a barely warm temperature for the same reason. Despite all that, it took more than a little effort to stuff the foam from six large cushions, one of which is about 6 feet long, back into their upholstery. Having done that once, I decided that cleaning should last the cushions for the rest of their life.

I took the grandkids to Home Depot this morning, I had to pick up a few odds and ends for the camper, and the grands enjoy sitting on the garden tractors. It's cheap entertainment and one day may give them an interest in yard-work, although it's doubtful.

I get them to beg me to go to Home Depot by telling them it's Disney World, and since they've never been to Disney World and don't read quite well enough to tell the difference, I figure this will work for another year or so. Meanwhile, they get to sit on a riding lawn mower that doesn't move; I told them the ride was broken, which they understand, but they keep wanting to see Mickey Mouse, and I don't know how long they will buy the story that he has the bat flu, but after all a bat is just a mouse with wings, But anyway, its a tremendous boost for my reputation in the neighborhood since they've told all their friends that Poppa takes them to Disney World all the time.

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Old Gunnison Colorado railroad depot and water tower. Steam trains back in the old days couldn't travel very far without a water refill.

I nice collection of 30 caliber M1 carbines. I've had quite a few M1 carbines myself since they used to be dirt cheap. When I was in high school numerous companies would mail you a World War II surplus M1 carbine for $20, and that included a box of G.I. surplus ammo.

And since it was wartime just about every company capable of making a gun was turning out M1 carbines, including car manufacturers, and a company that made jukeboxes named Rock-Ola.

I think I've only got one left and it's a Winchester in beautiful condition, showing very little wear with all matching serial numbers dated 1943. I paid about 100 bucks for it 30 something years ago and now that one will sell for a couple of thousand all day long.

Hood ornament from an old Nash. The Nash car was still around when I was in high school, they had stopped building them by then, but they were still around, they were just too ugly for anyone to want to drive. I think the hood ornament was the best thing about the whole car.

6 Comments

Judith

8/6/2022 08:15:55 pm

I do not remember that hood ornament at all. My mother in law had a Nash when I first met her in the mid-'70's, and I think she was driving it until she died in the '80's. But I could be wrong on her still having it. I kind of think I'm right.
Way to go with telling those kids they've been to Disneyland, Poppa. If and when they finally go, they'll know better than to think it's actually Disneyland. I suspect they might remember yours quite fondly.

Tom

8/7/2022 08:19:46 am

I can't remember exactly Judith but I think that hood ornament was on a car from the 30s, so that may have been a lot older than your mother-in-law's car.

You have to start telling kids "tall tales" before they get old enough to get on the Internet so they won't grow up thinking everything they hear is true.

My blog is a good example of that, I'm actually a 35-year-old male underwear model that has spent decades sculpting my body to resemble that of a Greek God, which is nothing like the creepy old homeless geezer that's portrayed in my blog. But how would you know that if you believed everything you see on the Internet?

Tom

TX Sasquatch

8/7/2022 06:16:39 am

Those Nashes from late 40s and very early 50s were so ugly that I always liked them.
After doing research I found they weren't real high quality and often underpowered compared to other cars of the day. Back seats folded into large beds on some models of the Ambassador line.

I ended up buying a 1949 Packard, instead of the Nash. Not many Nashes remain since they didn't hold up well.

8/7/2022 08:56:48 am

If I remember correctly, for a while Nash was owned by Nash-Kelvinator Corporation, and since Kelvinator built refrigerators, that could go a long way to explain why the cars looked the way they did.

By the time I was in junior high school cars like the Nash, Packard, and Studebaker, were on their way out apparently because they didn't have enough of a "cool factor" to keep them alive with the Hot Rod crowd. In those days the early Fords were what all the Hot Rod guys wanted, and 32's, 34's, and 40 Fords were the cars to have, and even the early Chevys were barely tolerated.

By the time I was in high school muscle cars had taken over, probably because all the "old iron" was hard to find, and getting expensive. I had friends that were into the 30s stuff, but I was more interested in things like 57 Chevys, 50 Fords and other cars you could put a big engine in.

Ahhh! Those were the days. A simple car, simple dreams, and a simple teenager with more dreams than money, trying to keep a $100 car running long enough to go out on a date Friday night. I often wonder what happened to that teenager, and how many of his dreams came true.

Tom

Linda

8/7/2022 12:26:43 pm

When I was a teenager my date and his friend bet I wouldn't know what type of car the friend had. They lost. Because Studebaker was the only type of car I recognized.

Another friend's grandmother had a Nash Rambler which I still remember. It was turquoise and white.

8/7/2022 01:13:16 pm

Yeah the Studebaker had a recognizable front end on it. And that Nash Rambler was so weird most people recognized that car also. As a teenager we always said the name Rambler sounded like somebody kicking a can down the road.

Tom

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