953 nut 65,856 #26 Posted May 4 2 hours ago, ML3 said: I can't get ahead of the "to do" list Guess you haven't noticed that "things to do" are being added every time you turn your back. If you think you will ever finish the list you are sadly mistaken. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 46,408 #27 Posted May 4 Still take the hound to the lake every day so it's a 10 -15 mile round trip. My to do list is my own. Paint the fence and porch trim. My to do list from her: Rip out all of the weed paper and weeds out of the garden! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 13,024 #28 Posted May 4 It's just money, they make more of it every day. What's more important leaving money in your pocket or seeing friends and having a good time. THAT only comes once a year. How do you put a price on that? A few less trips to Starbucks and you'll make up any difference. 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ML3 2,296 #29 Posted May 4 7 hours ago, WHX?? said: Never gonna get ahead on that so don't even try. The idea is a balance between githerdone and fun. Unfortunately my "to do" is more of a "must do" list. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 11,149 #30 Posted May 5 10 hours ago, rjg854 said: It's just money, they make more of it every day. What's more important leaving money in your pocket or seeing friends and having a good time. THAT only comes once a year. How do you put a price on that? A few less trips to Starbucks and you'll make up any difference. What a GREAT way to look at it Randy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 56,511 #31 Posted May 5 11 hours ago, rjg854 said: just money, they make more of it every day. 1 hour ago, JCM said: What a GREAT way to look at it Randy Naww he got it all wrong Plunge... it's I ain't never seen a armored truck following a Hearst... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 31,326 #32 Posted May 5 9 hours ago, WHX?? said: Naww he got it all wrong Plunge... it's I ain't never seen a armored truck following a Hearst... No... but a U-Haul, now that's a bit more common... 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 16,479 #33 Posted May 5 12 hours ago, WHX?? said: Naww he got it all wrong Plunge... it's I ain't never seen a armored truck following a Hearse... My late mother-in-law often observed “there are no pockets in a shroud." 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebo-(Moderator) 8,626 #34 Posted May 6 I was considering not hauling my rather large toyhauler and get 8-10 mpg but what the hell we only live once. If it means having to sell a few parts to make up the extra few bucks in fuel so be it. I am probably going to haul it down a few days early and stay at a campground in Gettysburg area and do the battlefield tours. 6 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 56,511 #35 Posted May 7 2 hours ago, stevebo said: not hauling my rather large toyhauler and get 8-10 but what the hell we only live once. That and it's bought and paid for might as well use it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whtractors24 3,460 #36 Posted May 7 12 hours ago, stevebo said: I was considering not hauling my rather large toyhauler and get 8-10 mpg but what the hell we only live once. If it means having to sell a few parts to make up the extra few bucks in fuel so be it. I am probably going to haul it down a few days early and stay at a campground in Gettysburg area and do the battlefield tours. Steve well said . Have to try to keep the torch going , and if guys back out because of fuel unfortunately there will eventually be no show . I will be heading down Wednesday morning despite the diesel fuel costs . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 45,985 #37 Posted May 7 Comparing 1967 to 2026 USA average gasoline price and USA average income, both increased just over 13 times. It's all relative folks. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 56,511 #38 Posted May 7 True Ed. If it goes up slowly one doesn't seem to notice. When it goes up this much overnight that's the whammy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 65,856 #39 Posted May 7 When the bird flue struck a couple of years ago the price of eggs went from under $ 2.00 a dozen to nearly $ 5.00 in a few days. After a new flock of laying hens had been raised the price came back down, I paid $ 1.50 for a dozen the other day. The same is true for fuel prices, a disruption in the world wide supply chain changes prices. The Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 was a result of the USA support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War. and relative to inflation our gas prices reached today's $ 4.00+. The prices went even higher during the 1979 Arab Oil Embargo which was the result of the Iranian Revaluation. The 2008 financial crisis brought us actual prices above $ 4.00 a gallon for Gas. The Russia - Ukraine war brought us national average prices of $ 5.00+ (includes Hawaii and California prices) in 2022. None of these were long lasting and we survived them all. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 16,479 #40 Posted May 7 On 5/6/2026 at 5:31 PM, stevebo said: tay at a campground in Gettysburg area and do the battlefield tours. The Museum & Visitor Center offers an almost overwhelming amount of knowledge and insight. Several tours run from there, as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 56,511 #41 Posted May 10 Well ... i don't know how this fits but 'Fish tells me this and I quote... "Maybe I should hammer a depression into the floorboard so the pedal will push down a little farther! " Quote My belly hurts .... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 19,923 #42 Posted May 10 39 minutes ago, WHX?? said: Well ... i don't know how this fits but 'Fish tells me this and I quote... "Maybe I should hammer a depression into the floorboard so the pedal will push down a little farther! " Quote My belly hurts .... Hey, no sharing the secret tips from private PMs on how to get the trailer and the extra weight up those hills of PA. LOL 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coldbear 30 #43 Posted yesterday at 06:29 PM I feel your pain brother. Let's sponsor a gallon of gas per participateing members here. to get WHX to the show. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 65,856 #44 Posted 19 hours ago On 5/9/2026 at 10:38 PM, wallfish said: Hey, no sharing the secret tips from private PMs on how to get the trailer and the extra weight up those hills of PA. LOL I will see your hills and raise you three mountains I have to cross in North Carolina and Virginia. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 19,923 #45 Posted 18 hours ago 43 minutes ago, 953 nut said: I will see your hills and raise you three mountains I have to cross in North Carolina and Virginia Let me know if you need me to send you gas pedal increaser hammer! LOL 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 45,985 #46 Posted 9 hours ago Like Dislike Mount Davis, at 3,213 feet (979 meters), is the highest point in Pennsylvania. Mount Davis is located in Somerset County within the Forbes State Forest, near the hamlet of Markleton and roughly 10 miles west of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania Wikipedia+1. The mountain sits along a 30-mile ridge known as ***** Mountain, which extends southward into Maryland Wikipedia+1. Named after John Nelson Davis, an early settler and naturalist, Mount Davis was officially recognized as Pennsylvania's highest point in 1921, replacing Blue Knob as the previously believed peak Wikipedia. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brockport Bill 2,327 #47 Posted 5 hours ago am soon about to go to gas station to fill my 4 gas cans for the herd with Ethanol free gas -- ouch!!!! The per gallon $$ is high !!!! -- but looking at increases in the 401k Deferred comp fund accounts easily exceeds higher gas costs - life is always a balance ! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 65,856 #48 Posted 5 hours ago 4 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: Mount Davis, at 3,213 feet The first mountain I cross is Cowee Mountain, 5950 feet, with an elevation of 2200 feet at the foot of the mountain 2.6 miles away where I live. The Sam's Gap pass from NC to TN on I-26 is only 3760 feet but you are on a continuous grade of 6% for nearly nine miles. Then you get into Virginia and have quite a few long grades to contend with. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
