Secrets you keep...

Pops · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: Secrets you keep...

Secrets you keep from your fellow POer's

I don't talk about it much here but I work on my '69 Ford, short-bed 4wd pickup with the 390 big block, four bbl carb and dual exhaust for enjoyment when I get the chance.

I think about PO sometimes as I tune that engine or work on the upholstery and every time I start it up just to hear it run.

What is the secret activity you keep from your fellow POer's?

Try to keep it at least relatively clean and honest.
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roccman · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

Don't do it peeps...

That is why they are called secrets pops...get it?
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eastbay · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

I post about this so it ain't no secret.

Good idea Pops.

I ignite way more than my share of oil by flying internationally once or twice a year. This behavior makes me partially responsible for all sorts of Very Bad Things. We're all familiar with what they are.

I try to make up for it by using considerably less than most people in all other areas such as in home heating, gas burning, buying locally whenever possible, practicing vegetarianism, walking, scootering, or biking most of the time, and growing as much food as possible on our smallish plot of land. .
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canis_lupus · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

Motocross. I can't help myself. I love flying my dirt bike down huge hills, chasing my brother around.

And fishing. With an outboard. Mrs. Lupus in the bow with her book, a cooler full of sandwiches and pop and the sweet Mississippi River sunset.

vision-master · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

DrBang · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

I read books. Non fiction of all stripes. I break it up with a bit of fiction too.

I don't bother generally with TV.

Cheers

Dr Bang
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Pops · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

Confession is good for the soul Roc, V-M and Dr. B. - if you can't do it here then where?

I ain't asking about the coordinates of your TP stash; just what you do with the portion of your paycheck not going to such things.

At least canis and eb are honest enough to admit their addiction to oil.

Come on everybody, what is your secret?
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I'm redoing my 85 jeep cj-7. Just put on a 4.5 inch lift kit. 33x12.5 mudders with polished alum rims. Have it striped down and am in the process of painting it hugger orange. Going to pull the inline 6 out and replace it with a 350 smallblock.

Nothing wrong with a nice bug out ride Very Happy

One more thing I keep my thermostat at 68 in the summer Twisted Evil

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Ludi · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

My husband and I eat out once a week or so.

We sometimes go to the movies.

We subscribe to Netflix.

I encourage my husband in his automobile hobby - he has restored a 1965 Datsun pickup (our "farm truck"), is in the process of restoring his 1970 Datsun roadster, and recently bought a 1968 MGB GT.
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Shannymara · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

I have a PSP. And I use it a lot, for mobile web surfing (no iPhone or Blackberry) and for games (mostly old SNES and NES games played via a homebrew emulator). I try to make myself feel better about this by reminding myself I don't watch TV anymore. My husband calls my it my "crack".

I have a TI-92 emulator on it, and a PDF reader with a big library of classic books, if that makes it any less horrible. Embarassed

It was a gift, but I asked for it. I mostly wanted it for the web browsing capabilities. That was before it became harder to find unprotected wifi. We actually got some good use out of it one night when we had to evacuate due to a tornado. I found a wifi hotspot and was able to look at the radar to see if it was safe to return home.
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Homesteader · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Secrets you keep...

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