Technically this is a “G.P.” Rather than trademarked “Jeep” brand vehicle and trailer. It’s a M151A2 1/4 Ton high-mobility vehicle, or “General Purpose” vehicle (hence the GP name) and with a matching trailer. Roll back to the early 1980s and you would find me either being driven or driving myself in a similar M151A2 pulling […]

Technically this is a “G.P.” Rather than trademarked “Jeep” brand vehicle and trailer. It’s a M151A2 1/4 Ton high-mobility vehicle, or “General Purpose” vehicle (hence the GP name) and with a matching trailer. Roll back to the early 1980s and you would find me either being driven or driving myself in a similar M151A2 pulling… Continue reading Radio Jeep – a M151A2 and M416 trailer

If you are of a certain age, you started with something like WordStar (or WordPerfect) most likely. Well those who want to continue have built archives to keep you going: https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806 Anyone can have WordStar for DOS 7.0 up and running on a Windows computer in a matter of minutes using this archive; with just […]

If you are of a certain age, you started with something like WordStar (or WordPerfect) most likely. Well those who want to continue have built archives to keep you going: https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806 Anyone can have WordStar for DOS 7.0 up and running on a Windows computer in a matter of minutes using this archive; with just… Continue reading Blast from the Past – WordStar 7.0 Archive

Everyone likes to think good about themselves, especially those who serve in the armed forces. Stories tend to be embellished over time –  Ten mile forced marches carrying that M-60 become Twenty mile hikes carrying several weapon systems after those stories are retold too many times. Some of the inflated things are cute. But when […]

Everyone likes to think good about themselves, especially those who serve in the armed forces. Stories tend to be embellished over time –  Ten mile forced marches carrying that M-60 become Twenty mile hikes carrying several weapon systems after those stories are retold too many times. Some of the inflated things are cute. But when… Continue reading A bit about Stolen Valor

Whether by phone, by text, by SMS, by postal mail, or by email there is so much Spam! The noise is easily exceeding signal on most every method of communication. Inbound phone calls are largely Spam or their even worse cousin, political begging for money calls. My spam filter is trimming out junk emails at […]

Whether by phone, by text, by SMS, by postal mail, or by email there is so much Spam! The noise is easily exceeding signal on most every method of communication. Inbound phone calls are largely Spam or their even worse cousin, political begging for money calls. My spam filter is trimming out junk emails at… Continue reading Spam Spam Spam Spam

Echoing the overwhelmed feeling from current events they neither can influence, control or fully understand, Peter put the old 1960’s adage “Turn on, Tune in, Drop out” into modern use (I’m hitting the highlights, follow the link for the expanded original blog post): I think Timothy Leary’s slogan might not be a bad one to […]

Econ, Finance, and Accounting. The people who have to actually understand how money works in real life, are the least likely to favor socialism. That’s what a trained criminal investigator might call a clue. https://monsterhunternation.com/2024/04/09/correia-mocks-your-major/ While I would not go to print with the wasted verbiage Correia uses, he has a point. Unless University is […]

Really not interested in contributing in any fashion to Scholarships.  No serious* scholarship donations from me, no volunteered time from me, simply just not interested. (*sometimes you have to donate small amounts to be supportive of the larger efforts behind a scholarship) Even though scholarships are somewhat split between merit based and social agenda based […]

Our present administration has really hit a raw nerve across my household on Student Loan forgiveness. Between the two of us, and our kids, my family has finish nine degrees, and we paid our way. No debts, only strategic student loans, and no millstone around anyone’s neck from education costs. Now after paying our way […]

  Finally I have the paperwork to be legally on the road. Wisconsin DMV took ten weeks in the process, until they were ready to issue paperwork and a downloadable printable “temporary license plate.” So on Monday I took the car from storage to my house for a photo session. I planted these apple trees […]

When we receive mail from friends our household saying is “ received Gold today!” This package from England was not only Gold, but was a blast from the past. A Summer 1977 copy of CoEvolution Quarterly, the successor to the Whole Earth Catalog! (About eight years later this magazine became the Whole Earth Review, which […]

I’d sent in the forms, paperwork and money early April, before the car was actually delivered to me. After 8 weeks of waiting with periodic nonsensical interactions, I was just told my CX Prestige’s registration & title are approved by Madison (DMV special plates/research), and plates will be ordered. Because they took so long, they […]

Had been invited to a French car meet-up in Southern Wisconsin. Really more focused on Citroen cars. I couldn’t take the very new to me CX Prestige, as its paperwork & plates haven’t been issued. So I had intended to drive my CX Pallas Automatic, as it is a pretty plush ride, nicely air conditioned […]