Robert Hall

I have a few of those cords with the asymmetric plug, have them with portable CD boomboxes (I have one of those for my patio), TVs, etc..

They dropped the Volt, but the Bolt is still on sale.

And NE Ohio..he was from Grand River. Neat little town on Lake Erie, there are a couple seafood restaurants I like there...

Watched a couple decent Icelandic crime dramas over the last few days-the 2nd season of "Trapped", not as good as the first season, and the 1st season of 'The Cliff'. Also watched the Acorn/BBC Scottish crime drama 'Deadwater Fell' with David Tennant, sort of in the flavor of 'Broadchurch' but not as good. Continuing to sporadically watch 'The Crown', an episode here and there. Last weekend binge watched the new 6th season of Amazon's 'Bosch'--still a great LA cop drama from writer Michael Connelly.

Beautiful place...took a tour 25 years ago, was up in Boston visiting my sister for her birthday, and we drove down to Newport for the day. I recall Newport being quite nice...had dinner at a great seafood restaurant called the Mooring, which is still there. Notice in the first pic the big Antonov AN225 w/ the three engines per side..one of those sat for quite a while at Denver International about 15 years ago.

The Buick probably didn't have snow tires..at first I thought the car on the far left was an Eldorado, but I think it's a '73 Grand Prix--can see the taillights under the snow. The car in front of it in the center of the pic looks like a '73 LeMans ..might be a '64-65 Cutlass 2dr in front of it (dark car)...then a Beetle further to the right, This looks like I-90/2 heading downtown from the east, along by the lakefront airport.. My Dad got through E. Ohio/Pittsburgh winters in the 70s in big Mercurys and Lincolns by putting snow tires on all 4 wheels and weighing down the trunk w/ a couple bags of Quickcrete mix.

I went looking for vintage Ohio winter pics, found these, some GMs incl. a big Buick in there..the 1950 pic has a Hudson. Looks like a mid 70s Grand Prix and a '73-ish LeMans in the bottom pic (Blizzard of 78 in Cleveland).

Heh-heh..the cars are just sitting, not going anywhere..maybe getting driven 2-3 miles a week. They are fine. A glass or two of wine w/ dinner, and an afternoon margarita or Bloody Mary while sitting out on the patio or by the fire pit in the evening makes staying home all the time much more pleasant...

Sweet...my wine rack only holds about 25 bottles. Thinking I may need a wine fridge.

1st and 2nd quarter numbers and March and April will look pretty bad numbers-wise, I would think...

Went to the vet and dog groomer yesterday, wore a mask and gloves. My glasses kept fogging up....have a variety of mask types to try. (took off the mask in the car, though). (hoodies and sweats are my work from home colder weather uniform, need to invest in some track suits).

As a tech worker WFH for almost 3 years, I'm not really interested to going back to commuting to an cube in an office, though I may at some point in my career. I do miss some aspects of office life, like going out to lunch w/ my team or happy hours...

I like Citroens and French cars in general. That 'airbump' trim on the C3 is similar to how the 1st gen C4 Cactus looked. The new C4 Cactus moved the trim down lower and made it smaller..

It was a 5dr w/ a 5spd manual. AM radio, A/C, vinyl seats (that photo was of one w/ cloth). Very basic. 52hp. But at 55mph it was consistently getting over 50 mpg. My Dad bought it to use as a dinghy, to tow on the back of the family RV, a 33ft Winnebago Chieftain...I ended up driving it a lot in high school and college. For a tiny diesel hatchback it had great steering feel IIRC...

Heh heh....my '84 Escort diesel interior looked like this, same color.

I like those Lelands...will have to look into them. I have a messy neighbor on one side that has their house for sale, and the other side is the house that was empty for years and is now sale pending. Thanks..hope it goes well for Bella. Henry (13) and Ginny (12) are missing their big brother Zo...

When I went to the vet Monday saw the red mid 70s Lamborghini Jarama out in it's driveway (seen this car a 1/2 dozen times in the last few years, in traffic and in a driveway..pretty rare/obscure car to see in Parma, Ohio). Also saw a very clean beige '68-69 Ford F100 shortbed pickup.

Sounds great. I’m considering blue spruce or thurja green giant evergreens. Have a number of arborvitae and evergreens now.

It’s been hard. He was 14, had him 8 years. Lost 1 senior Yorkie last July, have 2 others that are 12 and 13. As for the back yard, thinking about a semi circle of pavers extending out from the walk, with a fire pit in the center and a grille inset on one side. Short term is planting more trees along the fence line...

Zo didn't make it..he woke me at 3 am w/ shortness of breath and pacing, then keeled over w/ what I believe was a heart attack..didn't have a chance to get dressed and try and get him to the 24 hr emergency vet. RIP, Zoie age 14. It's rough as they all age, have two more Yorkies age 12 and 13 (in seemingly good health).

Had a rough day. Had to rush my fur kid Zo to the vet this afternoon, was acting like he was having a seizure or heart attack. Doing ok now. Vet wasn’t sure what happened. He’s on meds g day or liver and enlarged heart issues the last 8 months.

Enjoying the evening out by the fire pit. Modest, but I have plans to extend the patio. Had a couple bloody Mary’s and a glass of Pinot noir. Not feeling the pain tonite...

<opinions> For the 80s, I'd take a BMW 6 series or Mercedes SEC for a big PLC.....the Skylark was just an X-body FWD shitbox; the Riviera was a decent coupe, but not as nice as the big RWD German coupes. </opinions>

Maybe..but the Bentley Continental GT, Mercedes S-class coupe, BMW 8-series are modern PLCs, esp. the first two.... Cadillac could use a flagship luxury GT coupe ala the Elmiraj...and a convertible version.

Random observation. 58 and overcast out. Lots of spying flowers and some tree blossoms, but still no leaves on the oaks. Still look barren and wintry.