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    Considering a Project Purchase for a Younger Friend

    in General Discussion

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    I admire you motive.  I may have misread but my impression is that this was your wife's idea and not yours.  Be sure you have bought in 100% because you are making a big commitment.  I am also troubled by the comment that you are "old" at 60 and have to work for 10 more years.  That doesn't speak positively to the commitment you are about to make.  My wife and I have taken in several children/young adults over the years including a medically handicapped and abused 5 y/o.  I have had to bail one out of jail who was later found guilty and is probably still in jail  Guess who paid the legal fees?Several years ago my wife and I took in a troubled 17 y/o from Iowa and brought him to Florida for his senior year of high school.  He was terrible and made our life hell for a year.  He had so many accidents and tickets that I gave him a Honda in his own name to get him off my insurance.  As soon as he graduated he moved in with a friend and brought the sheriff over to retrieve his possessions.  WE never heard another word from him.  Sorry to be negative but take time and think this through.  Good Luck.  I now foster old unadoptable dogs for the local animal shelter.

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    Rock Valley Antique Auto Rockford, IL - still in business?

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    6 hours ago, George Cole said:

    I didn't know the vaccine existed.

     Don't know about your individual state but in Texas you can go directly to your local pharmacy for the shots without seeing a Physician.  Also ask your pharmacist what other immunizations are recommended for your age group.  You do not have to be exposed to someone with shingles to acquire it yourself.  Anyone who has has chickenpox carries the latent virus which can be reactivated by multiple factors including stress or anything which effects your immune system negatively.  Sorry for getting off topic but I am sure George would agree that shingles is something to avoid.

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    The Excitement of a New Car- a 1962 Olds joins my collection

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    Posted · Edited by Robert G. Smits
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    Congratulations, always an Oldsmobile fan dating back to a 53 Ninty Eight Holiday that I updated with  a 57 J2 coupled to a 37 LaSalle floor shift.  My first wagon was a 68 Bonneville Safari followed later by a 73 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon followed by a used 76 Oldsmobile 98 wagon. The 78 Mercury Marquis wagon was my last full sized purchase.   Station wagons died with the introduction  of the Mini-van.  Sure wish I would have kept a couple of them, especially the 76 Oldsmobile with the 455.

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    Memoribilia to view - A guide

    in Memorabilia, Toys, Art, Signs, Clothing and Printed Material

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    Great items. Thanks for sharing. I don’t think I have ever run across those small Mobile banks. 
    Here is another early porcelain. I am sure the spark plug collectors can date it for me. 12 by 30 SSP.  Hard to get out to the collection as today was the 37th straight day over 100 and 17th of 105 or greater.  Always suspicious that it was a reproduction  but looks great on the wall

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    Gave my wife the ultimatim.

    in Automobile Humor and Interest

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    On 8/13/2023 at 12:41 PM, Trulyvintage said:

     

    Will there be a period of formal

    mourning before she has the 

    garage/estate sale ?

    I was on the wife's computer the other day and I came across a file labeled "Bobs Obituary"  I was kind of disappointed in how short it was.  All it said in bold print was BOB DIED, CARS FOR SALE.

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