Gangster

I had the Gilmore and Auburn double play scheduled for last summer but Covid-19 closed the border. Unfortunately it does not look good for this summer either, so maybe late April or May 2022 depending on what the feature is on that weekend. For me the Gilmore is an easy four hour drive on I69 via Port Huron/Flint/Lansing then another 90 minutes or so down to Auburn..........great three day mini holiday. My last visit to the Gilmore was in June 2015 on the weekend of the CCCA mostly Packard meet. At the time I posted about 800 pics from my two day visit.

This name is even better than Bob Loblaw. 🤣

Tippecanoe and Tyler too!

What's a FAX MACHINE?😂

Since the border is closed, Americans are not able to come north for the joys of our winter sports season...............so we sent you a winter season sampler pack..............enjoy.😁🎿

Looks like an original PONY car, however definitety not a Mustang.

Is this an American thing? I have bought a new car every two or three years over the past thirty years and I have never had this type of call on my cell or land line. I guess the 'do not call' list works better in Canada.

Greenie, Thanks for the heads-up, as a Sheraton (now Marriott) Lifetime Platinum member I sort of got accustom to getting the best room available on check-in. Since I'm also a member of this chain's loyalty program which will match elite members of other programs I expect they will honour my request. For a person who spent 75 - 120 nights (20 - 30 after retirement) per year in a hotel room it seems strange to have gone 10 months without a single stay. I'll buy you a coffee at breakfast in October.

I'm looking forward to being able to travel again sometime in the future, especially having the US/Canada open. With this in mind late last week I booked a hotel for the Fall 2021 Hershey. I found a reasonably priced room ($62 per night) at a major chain only about seven miles from the swap meet location, which closer than I usually stay. The good thing is the room can be cancelled right up to arrival at no cost if something changes and I can't go. For years I've stayed at another hotel using points but since I retired and do not travel for work anymore I do not accumulate the points for a free stay. Looking forward to October and renewing my Hershey fix.

No wonder I can never find a phone booth near a donut shop!

Most of my visits predated the advent of the selfie sticks. However they tend to travel in roving packs that if you travel in off season or late in the day and wait for them to pass you can be in luck. BTW we found the best Egyptian artifacts in Berlin, however I believe some have been repatriated since we visited a few years ago. OTOH yes lots of selfie sticks during my recent (pre-covid) visits to museums in China & Hong Kong.

I've viewed the Mona Lisa at least ten times over the past thirty-five years, my first impression was that it was smaller than I had envisioned, but it is a beautiful painting (it is not an over-the-sofa velvet Elvis). We always avoided the Louvre during the busy tourist times so that we can take in the art and antiquities at a leisurely pace. However for real art lovers the Musee d'Orsay in Paris is likely your best bet for more of the Masters. My wife and I have had the good luck to visit many great galleries and museums during our travels around the world over the years and we still consider ML a highlight. IMO it was the love of art that brought me to my Packard and the old car hobby.

When I started University (U of Waterloo) in 1972, I bought my first car, it was a 1969 Vauxhall Viva, unfortunately it did not turn out to be too reliable as it went timing chain failures three times in the two years that I owned it. BTW it was the only used car that I ever bought until I purchased my 37 Packard a few years ago.