Oh boy, here comes Billy Bob. This is the guy what don't know front from back, up or down.....cain't never make up his mind.
Well, ya see, it was like this. After I decided it was best for me to keep my POS "that jeep" and fix it up as needed when stuff breaks....look what I found on Craigslist.
*beware, looks can be deceiving*
A 2001 Jeep. Yeee haw Billy Bob!
Ok, before ya say anything, this Jeep is 4 years younger than my '97. It weighs only 100 pounds more than the renowned POS "that jeep". Yes it's used, with 136,000 miles (mine has 187,000). 4.7 V-8 4x4 5 speed automatic. The price has been reduced by $500. I'm think'n this could very easily be Billy Bob's new POS Jeep. Tomorrow we go to San Antonio????.....take a look see.....huh whatcha think?
In the mean time....nephew Joseph pulls a wheel off "that jeep". The brake rotor is got to be replaced. Well, there goes another hunnert dollar bill.....or more....pooof, just like that. See what I'm talk'n bout...."that jeep" is a POS.
On the brighter side, the sun is shining. nice an' warm at 77 degs, and no wind. Perfect day for do'n stuff outside. Check battery water. Put stuff back together. Wash some outside winders. I can do that. Although, my hip sure do hurt somewhat....maybe I'll just check the battery water. Hee hee hee, see what I mean bout being retired?
Speak'n of being retired, I'm go'n into my 12th year of this wonderful stuff called retirement. Retiring from a well knowed university, UTMSI Port Aransas, I got me plenty of school'n on the ins an' outs of slack'n off an' not get'n caught (1987 to 2002).
Learnt me some of that in the Navy too (1961 to 1966). But anyways, slack'n off ain't what I was talk'n bout. I made me preparations for the day I would retire. "I don't owe nobody nuttin" was my goal.
I bought me a old motorhome (30 foots 1989 Tiffin Open Road). That was "Alice" ya know. Paid $20,000 cash for her, right slap out my pocket. "I don't owe nobody nuttin".
We lived and traveled together for bout 3 years until Sept. 2004, a young beauty caught my eye.
"Alice" had a drink'n problem ya know (mpg), so she had to go. Walk the plank ya might say. In that first 3 years of retirement, we traveled a smig over 32,000 wonderful miles from the east coast to the west coast....all over Texas.
The last 5 or 6 years or so have slowed things down. Especially after that dad burned open heart surgery in 2008. That killed me as far as I'm concerned. I was healthy as a brand spank'n new shiny quarter before that happen. Other than back troubles of course. Now I feels like a old tarnished penny dug up on a beach somewheres (salt water corroded ya know). Anyhows, no matter what I feel like, or what I look like (tarnished and corroded), I am still retired. Do what I want to or do nuttin at all. Go anywheres I want to or nowheres at all. It's that simple....like it or not....I'm retired.
Well, ya see, it was like this. After I decided it was best for me to keep my POS "that jeep" and fix it up as needed when stuff breaks....look what I found on Craigslist.
A 2001 Jeep. Yeee haw Billy Bob!
Ok, before ya say anything, this Jeep is 4 years younger than my '97. It weighs only 100 pounds more than the renowned POS "that jeep". Yes it's used, with 136,000 miles (mine has 187,000). 4.7 V-8 4x4 5 speed automatic. The price has been reduced by $500. I'm think'n this could very easily be Billy Bob's new POS Jeep. Tomorrow we go to San Antonio????.....take a look see.....huh whatcha think?
In the mean time....nephew Joseph pulls a wheel off "that jeep". The brake rotor is got to be replaced. Well, there goes another hunnert dollar bill.....or more....pooof, just like that. See what I'm talk'n bout...."that jeep" is a POS.
On the brighter side, the sun is shining. nice an' warm at 77 degs, and no wind. Perfect day for do'n stuff outside. Check battery water. Put stuff back together. Wash some outside winders. I can do that. Although, my hip sure do hurt somewhat....maybe I'll just check the battery water. Hee hee hee, see what I mean bout being retired?
Speak'n of being retired, I'm go'n into my 12th year of this wonderful stuff called retirement. Retiring from a well knowed university, UTMSI Port Aransas, I got me plenty of school'n on the ins an' outs of slack'n off an' not get'n caught (1987 to 2002).
I bought me a old motorhome (30 foots 1989 Tiffin Open Road). That was "Alice" ya know. Paid $20,000 cash for her, right slap out my pocket. "I don't owe nobody nuttin".
"Alice" had a drink'n problem ya know (mpg), so she had to go. Walk the plank ya might say. In that first 3 years of retirement, we traveled a smig over 32,000 wonderful miles from the east coast to the west coast....all over Texas.
The last 5 or 6 years or so have slowed things down. Especially after that dad burned open heart surgery in 2008. That killed me as far as I'm concerned. I was healthy as a brand spank'n new shiny quarter before that happen. Other than back troubles of course. Now I feels like a old tarnished penny dug up on a beach somewheres (salt water corroded ya know). Anyhows, no matter what I feel like, or what I look like (tarnished and corroded), I am still retired. Do what I want to or do nuttin at all. Go anywheres I want to or nowheres at all. It's that simple....like it or not....I'm retired.
Retired and little or no debt is the best possible life! In 2004 I had a stent implanted in an artery that was clogged - nothing like open heart surgery for sure - but I've never felt right since that time. Wonder what the hell they do to you to make sure you don't feel good ever again. I love Jeeps - especially bright red or white ones! (Do I sound like a girl or what, thinking more about the color than anything else).
ReplyDeleteyes color is a determining factor. I ain't gonna drive nuttin pink
DeleteI waited until I turned 70 to retire. Now I don't know where the time goes. Dang, I get up, turn around, and another day goes by.
ReplyDeleteyou waited too long. It's over....sit on the couch an' watch tv
DeleteI never retired, I just plain old quit.
ReplyDeletedoes this mean you are a quitter???
DeleteDefinitely!
DeleteHey... just a thought.. ya ever think of any other brand of toad than a Jeep?
ReplyDeleteJust curious
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if you suggest a Kia, I will slash yer tires....
DeleteNow that Jeep looks like a good deal to me.
ReplyDeleteWhy not? You retired and havin fun.