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I've been progressively recuperating since my crash that I posted about at the beginning of October. The kid who hit me was driving the car his girlfriend drives, which was owned and insured by her mother. It took some doing to verify that the insurance was good because there was a misspelling...

Link to story Workers began removing the huge glass wall of the National World War II Museum's Restoration Pavilion, the first step to take PT 305 back to the water. Project Manager Bruce Harris said there were no words to explain his excitement. Volunteers have been working on the boat...

While riding home from a visit with my Mother-in_Law Sunday evening I got rear ended. I stopped behind a line of cars at a stop light. the light turned green but the lead car was turning so we were waiting. I checked my mirror, nothing, a few seconds later I checked again. A black Toyota was...

The actual restoration work is all but done... but there is something else we can do to help make this a reality. The National WWII Museum needs to raise some funds to put her back in the water. Now is your chance to be a part of the only fully restored WWII Torpedo Patrol Boat. If you are able...

I did a LOT of research before deciding on the Retrax Pro MX for my 2015 Toyota Tundra SR5 CrewMax. Once I knew which make and model tonneau cover I wanted, I did a bunch more research on where to buy to get the best value. Thus far I'm pretty impressed with this cover. My only issue so far is...

The door bell rang this morning and Mrs. Parallel found that UPS had delivered two large packages to our porch. It turns out the our Toyota Tundra came with a Bass Pro camping package that we didn't think we were getting. The package contained one (1) Ascend H2.4 dome tent, two (2) Ascend D2400...

.... and I'm ready for another 26 years. I had to work late this evening, so nothing special we just let the kids decide where to eat dinner and then we just had family game night. Some of the folks at work were like; "I would have said I'm not working" and other such nonsense. Hell, during...

I've been wanting to get my boy a new rifle. I've been trying to teach him to shoot but he was having difficulty because he's a southpaw trying to shoot a standard gun. To make matters worse he is a southpaw who is right eye dominant. I found this FN SCAR clone chambered in .22 caliber long...

Well, it turns out that my Father's Day gift will come to me on Monday instead of Sunday. Even so, it will the BEST Father's Day gift I could have gotten. As many of you know we have had a foster child that we've been hoping to adopt for a couple of years now. Monday morning we are due in...

... but when Mom decides she wants to have a crawfish and shrimp boil... it's everyone's day. :D It's Supposed to be Mom's Day...

Navy week here in New Orleans, our soon to be adopted little girl was totally into being aboard the USS WASP (LHD-1). There are several other pics of our time aboard which also include my boy, but these three fit the thread title the best.

Sunset on the bayou after a sunny 70° day riding throughout South Louisiana... it's why I endure the suffocating heat of July and August. My kids and our mutt at the Cajun Hideaway...

I've been a Rush fan since the fall of 1976 and back then I was never allowed to go to concerts. When I became an adult I was usually either deployed or couldn't afford to attend when Rush came on tour. I've seen them a few times since I've been out of the Navy and have a sane schedule as well...

The weather was forecast to be wet for the entire Labor Day weekend, but we managed to get in some swimming as well as a nice 87 mile ride with Isaiah along for the very first time on an actual ride. I picked Isaiah up a nice DOT rated full face helmet for Isaiah yesterday and he couldn't wait...

I pulled the trigger on a family membership to the National WWII Museum today. I'm volunteering at The National WWII Museum working specifically on the PT-305 Restoration Project. I had to meet with Bruce Harris (Project Lead) this morning to discuss the life line design that I'm doing so...

Man I just LOVE this thing. It's just as advertised, easy to ride with plenty of power. A couple of my neighbors and I rode a bit over 106 miles up the River Road then we took Highway 22 through French Settlement which is a very nice 45 - 55 MPH twisty road through the bayou with nice shade and...

I have some acreage in Northwest Pennsylvania and I was contemplating building a small cabin there to use for a couple of weeks each summer and the occasional hunting/playing in the snow trip. I had determined that it would cost me about $30,000 to build the cabin and then of course my property...

It came in today just in time for Father's Day. It was well packaged and easy to assemble as most of the assembly was already complete. This thing is a BEAST. I'm really glad that I contacted the company and changed the order to a 16" frame versus the 18" frame I ordered without thinking. As it...

I air conditioned my garage tonight by installing a 5" ID x 2" thick latching garage door exhaust port in my insulated garage door and then running the exhaust vent for our old portable air conditioner out the port. The whole house including the garage is insulated with sprayed in foam so even...