Dave Took 4th Place In The Navistar Rodeo Competition.

Happy and Proud to report,

Dave took 4th place in the Navistar Rodeo competition yesterday.
He was so happy last night when they announced his name at the banquet....he is still smiling! He was amongst 11 others - all top in their field - so he feels honored. When the head person began by saying "and 4th place knows to someone I know personally...."

I knew it was Dave.

He is now considered one of "Team Navistar" that gets to compete in the annual nationwide SuperTech event in Sept; I believe this year in Pittsburgh. We head to downtown Chicago this afternoon after some "round table discussions" he is involved with.

YEAH David!

...not bad for an old fart!

Golden Wrench

Golden Wrench Award

This has always been one of my favorite pictures!

Gabe and Kathy came up with a new recipe for the G6 web site. Try it at your own risk. 
Note: Gabe if you have trouble find the ingredients at your local store there is a reason for that.

Rocky Mountain Oysters Yuk!

Mardi Gras Winner For 2013

Gabe

Paul, is that you ????

Submitted By Gabe

Being Green

This was sent to me from my cousin  and how true it is:

Being Green

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truly recycled.

But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.

But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.

We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.

But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.

We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn't have the green thing back then.

Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

Pass this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smartass young person.

This Years Trip

Happy New Year G6

This years trip; arriving Thursday July 11- leaving Sunday July 14

Lake Placid;Wildwood on the lake;

2135 Saranac Avenue ·

Lake Placid, NY 12946·

518-523-2624

Web site http://www.wildwoodmotel.com/ 

I spoke with Edith she is trying to holding a block of rooms so reserve your room as soon as you can.


Happy New Years Sam

A Thought From Lynn K.

Let's throw some thoughts around. All of us. Even if not this year, maybe we all have time in the winter to do this again now that we're old. The only problem I see is traveling a long distance that time of year. Any thoughts anyone? I have one. All us northerners especially, could take a train and meet in Chicago. Mortons ans Kearns might even be able to do that.

Drop Lynn a line and let her know what you think?

To Our Troops, We Owe You - Thank You!

Submitted by Paul-Lynn

Blast From The Past

10 Things We Will Lose In Our Lifetime

Submitted By Gabe

1. The Post Office
Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.

2. The Check
Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.

3. The Newspaper
The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.

4. The Book
You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. And think of the convenience! Once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.

5. The Land Line Telephone
Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes

6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."

7. Television
Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated down to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it. It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.

8. The "Things" That You Own
Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may simply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "Poof?" Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.

9. Privacy
If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again.

10. All we will have left that can't be changed are "Memories".And then probably Alzheimer's will take that away from you too !

Jersey Shores In Our Thoughts And Prayers

After spending time at the Jersey Shore this summer our hearts and prayer go out to the Kathy's mom and family for their loss. Gabe and Kathy are finally back to normal. No more gas rationing or price gouging or no power. We hope the best for you.

Birthday & Anniversary at the Beach

We had a blast for Pumpkins birthday 

and anniversary @ the beach.

April Is On The Move

Yes, April is enjoying Colorado. She drove her motorcycle 5 hrs. southwest on Friday to Ignacio, CO, for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally.

http://www.ignaciobikeweek.com/

Hello All!

So here are some photos from my past weekend in Southwest CO. Unfortunately, the rally itself was a let down but the surrounding area provided some breathtaking riding. I enjoyed going to Silverton, riding the million dollar highway to Ouray, and enjoying the little town of Ouray. It really is such a beautiful part of the country. I hope all is well. Love and miss you!

April

Welcome

Hi Everyone and Welcome to the New G6 Blog.

For you of those who do not know what a blog is, it is a journal of events and happenings in our lives. It can be almost anything, a recipe, a special drink, favorite movie, book, video, documents etc...  This blog is for the friends and family members that have touched our lives, since those fateful days that brought us all together.

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