To begin…in what might be a daily reminder for awhile, PLEASE click on the tiny “Read on blog” link or the post title itself in the email notifying you of a new post. Thanks.
I wake up most days at 5 AM, give or take. I dutifully slog to the kitchen, get my wonderful wife’s pill caddy–that I fill every week, and put her daily pills on the table.
I then get my morning dose of pills and put them on the kitchen island. I take them with a protein shake of some sort, usually an Atkins brand. Because I take my morning pills around 5 AM, I take my evening pills about 5 PM, give or take.
We do not take any pills that are not prescribed or recommended by a medical professional. Even though I know the difference between hyperplasia and hypertrophy, even though in just the last year four physicians have asked me if I am a member of their profession, I do not think I know more than physicians, physician assistants, etc.
Even though this statistic doesn’t quite apply to me, yet, NINETY PERCENT of Americans aged 65 and older take prescription medications. In my very strongly held opinion, far too many Americans think that taking medications means they don’t have to make smart lifestyle choices, like exercise and diet. THAT is why Americans don’t live as long as citizens of other developed countries. You cannot convince me otherwise as too much evidence exists supporting that theory.
In general, when it comes to their health too many Americans want a magic pill, a magic diet, a magic surgery. Magic isn’t real; it’s an illusion. Being healthy takes work, takes smart decisions. Yes, I have written these words before, but this issue is very important. ALL OF US pay, in time and money, when people don’t live a healthy lifestyle.
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At the last minute my wonderful wife and I decided to head to Westworld on Sunday the 13th to see the “Future Collector Car” exhibit sponsored by Barrett-Jackson. We had no idea that cars and automobilia were still going to be auctioned.
Here is a car I saw at the “Future Collector Car” exhibit, an automobile shown many times in this blog, but never in this color.
A GREEN Supra! I must admit that the idea of getting my Supra wrapped in Green occurred to me immediately. Of course, I have to buy the car first and it’s still far more likely than not that will be a 2025 event. A wrap will be much less expensive than a paint job, but–dirty little secret–will not last anywhere near as long. That means I will still have to like the original car color.
This is the first 2025 Dodge Charger I have seen in person. Alas, it is an EV. What is it with Dodge and black wheels, anyway? It seems as though almost all Challengers and Chargers were equipped with black wheels since their re-introductions in 2008 and 2006, respectively. Maybe it’s because I grew up with Cragar mag wheels, but I do not like black wheels on a car. No, I didn’t like the black wheels on the Supra, either.
The car is not ugly, but looked less impressive in person to me than it did in photos, maybe in part because of the wheels. Since the timetable for the introduction of the ICE version is not known at this time, and since I am growing less patient about buying another car, the time uncertainty combined with the less than overwhelming looks in-person mean I am not going to buy a 2025 Charger.
This is a 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk that was on Sunday’s docket. The car sold, all in, for $12,100. Given it had a manual transmission and “Seller states the fuel tank is contaminated and agrees to pay to fix the fuel system after the sale,” I would not have had any interest in the car even at that price. I have no idea if the car really is in R2 spec or if the badge was added after the fact. Remember what John Kraman says, “Never trust a badge.”
Oh…the issue with saving photos from emails to my computer still exists, but in what, perhaps, is a lesson I can apply to the rest of my life, while I should be able to save the photos immediately, I find that if I wait about a minute I can save them without resorting to trying to start the Windows Task Manager in order to “End Process” or whatever. Yes, patience can be a virtue.
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