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Don, I'll take the Cub Cadet if delivery is included.
Well, if I get the '64 done I can mount a bumper hitch like it used to have, and deliver the mower out to you. Should make for a good shake-down road test.
I'll give fair warning, at this point we figure to be out of town for a couple weeks in January and I'll be off the radar. But that's NOT from giving up. I'm already hoping that once we get back, and have a couple days to regroup, we can spend about a week out where the car is and I will be able to devote some serious time to it. Of course we all know things seldom go as planned, but that's the goal.
Everyone observes as they age that time seems to pass by faster and faster. The other observation I've made is that as I age I get less and less accomplished in a set period of time. When I worked full time I would get a world of work done on weekends and still get some time to see a movie and go out for dinner. As I semi-retired and started enjoying 3 and 4 day weekends I noticed that I increasingly seemed to actually be getting less and less accomplished and was going back to work with more things un-done. So this week I finally threw in the towel and retired in total and now I expect to accomplish in 7 days what I used to accomplish in a weekend when younger. Still doing my lawn work for now but may have to have my own garden shed sale one day in the future.
Dan, that's quite true, but a corollary for me is I don't sweat it as much. Not that I let everything go, but when you are retired, today is Saturday and tomorrow is too. Congrats on your retirement and I predict you will love it.
From: Middle TN by way of KY, OH, VA, IL, CA, FL, NY, SC, HI
Originally Posted by 3JsVette
Me too! Thought you were either leaving the forum, selling the Corvette or both.
I swallowed that hook, too.
But I'm also thinking about quitting. Quitting my job, permanently, i.e., retiring, so that I can work full time on what I want, instead of what I have to.
Don, I think you are going the wrong direction on this, rather than make time to go back and forth you need the car to live where you live so you can spend more productive time working on it.
Decide if you want to be in town or out on your property and keep your pillow and your car close. Progress will be faster and you won't have to worry so much about it.
It's all about what your priorities are. If blowing snow and leaves trumps a vintage Corvette, that's your decision. One big reason I never did a frame off on anything I wanted to drive and keep driving with the exception of my '15 Ford: I have been driving and making memories with my old 'driver condition'[ cars for the past 40 years while good friends still have their 'frame off projects' in their garages....and haven't driven them for decades. AI got old with my cars, they got old without. It's a choice not to be a victim. If you want to finish the Corvette, finish it. If you want to bail, bail. It's all about what YOU want to do. Good luck with whatever you choose.
Dan, that's quite true, but a corollary for me is I don't sweat it as much. Not that I let everything go, but when you are retired, today is Saturday and tomorrow is too. Congrats on your retirement and I predict you will love it.
I have been following this creed for 13 1/2 years. Dennis
Well, the concept of working on the '64 here at home rather than at our other place is a good one, except for one thing - I have ANOTHER project () which has occupied this garage since before Y2K. I go hot and cold on it but it's coming along. Original 283, 3 speed will be going back on the column, either 246,000 or 346,000 miles on it.
Well, the concept of working on the '64 here at home rather than at our other place is a good one, except for one thing - I have ANOTHER project () which has occupied this garage since before Y2K. I go hot and cold on it but it's coming along. Original 283, 3 speed will be going back on the column, either 246,000 or 346,000 miles on it.
I wondered if you'd given up on the old truck! Good to see you plugging along on the '64 too. I admit coming over to the "rich folks' world of C1 and C2s" to drool over cars and check on your progress. Someday, I will own a C1 or C2...but it'll be AFTER the daughter's C3 fantasy is fulfilled. Take care, Don!
OK, New Idea, move the car you wish to drive first back home. Rotate the truck to the farm, you can finish the car you postpone later while you enjoy your C2?
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Me too! Thought you were either leaving the forum, selling the Corvette or both. 
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) which has occupied this garage since before Y2K. I go hot and cold on it but it's coming along. Original 283, 3 speed will be going back on the column, either 246,000 or 346,000 miles on it.
