Michael Paul Smith, a modeler and photographer in the US, has posted his skills on Flickr. Being an old modeler myself AND a photographer, I can only awe at his patience, skills and imagination ! I am glad I have something positive for my blog again Just CLICK HERE and stay glued to your monitor [...]
…. Pinch…. ….OUCH ! …. Apparently yes. Writers block? Maybe. Busy? YES! And here I am, the man who bought a new paint set to take up the old hobby again in order to get some relax time off….. well, I sketched the outlines of my first new acquarelle and that was 2 weeks [...]
Just returned from the Jeep dealer for the yearly mandatory check-up and small maintenance. Need 4 new tires and 2 new seals for the differentials…. almost 2000 Euros altogether. KA-CHINGGGGG! SALE, Mrs. Slocomb !! Haven’t they heard that we’re in an economic crisis !? Oh wait ! They have… and they let ME pay for [...]
Back in the Cold War days they were the ONLY means of transportation in some of the commy countries (notably Hungary)…. and a real PEST to be caught up behind. Something that would happen often when conquering the few asphalt roads at the time. The trouble was thet they ran on a little 2-stroke engine, [...]
After two tiresome road trips, an as usual rather ‘stressy’ stay with our relatives, and some good time with friends we hadn’t seen for some time, we’re back home. We want to leave Holland because it has become too full, impossible to drive/ride in, and too ‘regulated’ for law-abiding citizens. Well, here’s some news: Germany [...]
For years I have been collecting PC racing games. I think one of the first was Papyrus’ Indy500. That must have been more than 15 years ago already. I kept buying the odd game, but usually don’t have much time to play them.. or the hardware. With my dual-core game PC struggling with FSX and [...]
and I am almost sorry it is. The repair cost a small fortune (well, it is for our current state of affairs), and it still need to be serviced, which will cost the same amount again. The dealer figures it should sell for 23.ooo instead of the 29.000 I had hoped for….. bummer upon bummer. [...]
So the Jeep is NOT fixed and BACK to the garage….. we rode home on the bike again, only for Nina to discover that she lost one of her 300 $ earrings (why women need such expensive and SMALL items is beyond me…..!!!). Better own a 35.000 $ Jeep then eh? EVEN if it doesn’t [...]
… Peyton Place… wooops, stop.. I mean…. JEEP ! You are NOT going to believe this ! Nina and I dressed up for our motor ride to the garage this afternoon….. nice weather, cool ride! The Jeep is standing outside the garage.. filthy as h…!! Wet inside even. But who cares, it’s a Jeep. (But [...]
or Daylight Saving Time as it is also known. Saving what !? Excuse me ! Time is something I don’t have haflway enough of, and now ‘they’ have taken away yet another hour from me even ! Yechchch. And for some reason or other my mind/body seems to have trouble ajusting. Never suffered from jetlag much, [...]
Out of sheer frustration (see previous blogpost) I threw everything I had laying on my desk aside, closed the office door and started my photo-disk. High time to show a few of the things we did last Summer !! Enjoy !
The weather forecast just issued a severe warning…. they promised us HEAVY SNOW tomorrow in the afternoon and evening. That means my JEEP will get to ride !!! Heck, we haven’t seen ANY winter yet and the trusty old 4WD is standing there, rusting on the driveway. I’ll take the old gasguzzler out before our [...]
Nina promised her ‘little’ Fiat Punto 1.2 to our daughter when we would leave for France. Something in their communications must have gone wrong, because Vivian received the now 4,5 years old car today ! And we’re not gone yet ! Women !! On the one hand we’re now more environment-friendly, being a one-car family [...]
…… to change the light bulb on a Jeep Cherokee (or ‘Liberty’ for you US visitors). Either 2 qualified car mechanics, or LOOOOOOOOTS of time !! The right side bulb burnt out last year in Austria, coming back from Romania. Thanks to our friend Manfred we found a Jeep dealer and we paid 25 Euros [...]
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