A twinge if Nostalgia

14:08 hrs.
20 June 14

I had several tasks to accomplish on my day off.  Recycling and a dump run. Neither Loin Fruit was interested in assisting so I was on my own. I was on my way back home from the first mission when I spotted something that really tugged at my heart. Now I know thst some of you are going to laugh but I almost shed a tear.
It was an AMC GREMLIN X, with big wide tires, a blower sticking out of the hood and sporting a great black on yellow paint job. Kinda lookin like an angry bumble bee.
For those of you who don't know I was the owner of a GREMLIN X. It was my first car. Big wide bias ply tires, three speed on the floor and a loud stereo. My first car. A buddy of mine called it "BLU BYU". Once my favourite Aunt was visiting me in Comox, back in '83, and I was showing her around the Valley. I was in Back Road heading from Courtenay to Comox. The road was wet and I was behaving myself when Aunt S. asked if the car went any faster.  So, I opened it up. I came over the last hill before the hair pin at about 70 kmh and the executed a perfect wet road drift around the hair pin before snapping the car back to the left. At which time my Aunt S. said that was enough for the day.

My Better Half now has some competition in the kitchen. Last night #2 SON wanted to bake something. Sounds good but not at 22:00. So today he made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Three and a half dozen of the best cookies I have ever had. The kind where it has a slight crunch but the centre is still moist and chewy. I am thoroughly impressed with his skills and I told him so.

The other MAN CHILD, #1 SON,  is at his Ortho appointment. He and his merry band of Venture Scouts are going to hike PARADISE MEADOWS out to Lake Helen Mackenzie and other points behind Mt. Washington. There is a constant drizzle coming down in the Valley right now but who knows what its doing at the 4000 foot level.

It seems as though our weekend has been SHANGHAIED. An unforseen set of circumstances have come up blowing my tenative plans out of the water. The new plans are still interesting but not what I was envisioning. I know, I know... just go with the flow.

22:10 hrs.

So with the eldest Couch Monkey gone on his hike up the mountain and the youngest at home with us, we had a delightful dinner and watched the first of the PIRATES movies. The scene where Jack Sparrow first makes landfall in Port Royal is PRICELESS. On his return, his ROYAL SULLENESS said he had a great time on his hike.

So another bit of nostalgia came back to me the other day. A dab of A535 in the wrong spot reminded me of Grade 8 Initiation Day that involved an entire bottle of HEAT linoment. There is a special place in HELL reserved for Kim KEEHN,  Jim RHODES, and Bob NUTALL.

Tomorrow we are off to the races, Saratoga that is. There is an oval track where they race stock cars and have crash to pass races. Its a fun place. If you've never seen these crazies on the track its worth taking a look.