CBWC: Fire Prevention Uxbridge’s Number 2 pumping fire engine was put out to pasture before we moved here. I’m guessing that would be about 25 years ago. For 15 of those years, it sat in an empty field across from… Read More ›
Cars and Trucks
CBWC: YOU CAN DRIVE IT
CBWC: Things to Drive I was just wondering if driving including flying? I’m not sure. What do you think?
LARGE TOYS FOR PLAYFUL GROWNUPS
A Photo a Week Challenge: Really Big Toys I think, speaking of tractors, our 1927 Fordson tractor has become a garden decoration. It’s a really BIG garden decoration because we could not find parts to rebuild it. It does look very… Read More ›
OLD STUFF IN BLACK AND WHITE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Weathered Photographers love old rusty vehicles and old weathered wood. I have an old tractor that’s a favorite piece for photography. I consider it art. Other people consider it trash. Not everyone thinks my aging tractor… Read More ›
NO NEW CAR
All photos by Garry Armstrong Let me begin by saying there’s nothing wrong with our car. It’s six years old, but has only 35,000 miles on it. Doesn’t have any dents, scratches, or funny noises coming out of the engine…. Read More ›
FIVE THINGS I DON’T MISS ABOUT COMMUTING
5 Things that you miss about your daily commute. I contemplated leaving this page blank because there is nothing I miss about commuting. I did tens of thousands of miles of long distance commuting. Audiobooks were an outgrowth of the… Read More ›
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER – GARRY ARMSTRONG
So, I pull into the parking lot of our little Supermarket, bank, pizza, Chinese food parking lot. I was there for two simple reasons: 1) To deposit a check at the bank, and 2) to pick up some prescriptions at… Read More ›
VOTE YES ON ONE !
I know there are a lot of important issues. COVID-19. Climate change. Anything having to do with Prez 45 and/or any of his cohorts. The collapse of our and the international economy. Systemic racism and an out of control police… Read More ›
DELIVERING THE GOODS
We have already spent a lot of time talking about USPS and voting and all that, but we haven’t gotten to our favorite amusing anecdotes about UPS and Fedex. Each has its own cute and funny methods or not getting… Read More ›
WHERE’S MY STUFF? – Marilyn Armstrong and Rich Paschall
I know this isn’t the sexiest subject on the Internet, but this morning, I had to explain to my furniture store from whom — at the beginning of June — we ordered a new loveseat. The one we sit in… Read More ›
SLOWLY DRIVING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND – GARRY ARMSTRONG
We can still remember the good old days when we were one of the kids in the back seat pinching and punching a sibling while whining: “Are we there yet?” How come our parents didn’t kill us before we grew… Read More ›
BAD BEHAVIOR TRUMPS RACE, CREED AND GENDER – GARRY ARMSTRONG
What our Coronavirus and riot-plagued world does not need is even more pointless intolerance. There’s no excuse for not using a modicum of civility when dealing with others, especially in the workplace. It doesn’t matter how bad a day you’ve… Read More ›
