Recent content by FordMan59

I remember when most if not all stations GAVE AWAY FREE road maps. I began driving in the mid '70's and never remember having to buy a road map.

I remember the going price of regular at $.289 where dad usually filled up in the late '60's. I bought my first car in July '77. I'm pretty sure the first fill up in it was $.569 gallon. I remember one gas war as a kid where gas got really cheap. I think it was either $.099 or $.109 plus the new...

I've bought from Freedom Munitions in the past but not for several years. They used to sell both factory reloads and new ammo. Without looking I'd expect they probably still sell both. I've bought both from them.

I guess I'm really blessed to live where I do. I've got county water that costs less than $15. for the first 1K gallons. After the first 1K gallons cost is based on each additional 100 gallons.

I prefer the old school springs or prop rod. My dealings with struts is that they're just an unnecessary headache and expense every few years.

I hope not. My wife and I also had problems over the years and I learned it wasn't always one persons actions that caused it. Usually if one does something that hurts the other they'll come back with something to hurt the other and is exactly the opposite of what they should do. Sometimes one...

My wife was previously married with a small son who my sister in law babysat for. At the time I shared a house with my brother and SIL. I worked construction and on rain days I'd often see her when she came by to pick up Jeremy. My SIL and a friend of ours cooked up a scheme and said I should...

I think when I was a kid in the '60's deposit was $ .02 on soda bottles and I remember a couple places that sold a bottle of soda for $ .06 and $ .07 each. In those days $ .10 bottles of soda were for the rich folks. My grandfather used to buy Falstaff beer by the case in returnable long neck...

I graduated HS in '77. There have been a few reunions (every 10 years I think) but most of the time I was living a couple states and approximately 500 miles away. I worked construction and often had to work the weekends the reunions were held. I'm living back in the area now and don't know what...

In my case I had to decide alcohol was hurting more than it was helping. By the time I was in my early-mid 20's I was often going to a bar about 1/2 mile from where I worked to get a couple beers during my 20 minute lunch break. I'd drive to the bar get the beer and drink them on the way back to...

I installed a new 6 year Rheem in 2016 but before I installed it I changed the anode rod to a much larger rod (about 2.25 times the size of the factory rod) so it should be good for at least 12 years before the anode needs replacing. So far there have been zero problems with the Rheem. The life...

At oil change I fill to the full line. If during the OCI the level drops to half way between the full/add I refill with a half quart. All of my engines are lower capacity so I've never liked letting them get too low. When I do an O/F change on the '16 Nissan Versa I refill with 3.2 quarts and it...

Hoping and praying everything goes well for your family.

My cost was $5./ft. plus 20' casing/pump/tank/other supplies and labor. I probably got a little break on the pump/supplies and labor since my next door neighbor was a plumber and helped me with the pump installation. I'm in KY now and am on the county water system where the water costs me about...

I can't believe $50K for a well. Only well I ever had drilled was in NC and went 400'. This was 1991 or 92 if I recall correctly and the total cost for drilling/pump/and other materials was under $3K. Most wells in that area were 300'+ and I heard of several in the area drilling up to 600' and...