Underground Car Guy

One of the things that I really don't talk about is growing up in Tennessee. Of all of the 200 plus stories I have written here, I have only 3 about my childhood there.  We moved to Chattanooga when I was three months old,  just after my dad had gotten out of the Air Force.  From what my mom, told me, we almost did not live there, because of the racial tension of the time.  My earliest memories of there is when we lived in East Ridge.  I remember we lived off of Close Rd.  This is also the place that my sister was born and my first experience with race cars, motorcycles, and classic cars.  I remember that we only had a one car garage at the time, and that my dad had a Porsche Speedster in it.  At the time we had a cat that went missing for a few days.  well after a while we found her with her kittens in the Speedster.  In 1974 we moved up to Harbor Circle, where we lived until we moved in 1978 to Arizona.  The Harbor Circle hou...

Last weekend was kind of an interesting weekend for me.  I have grown up around cars all my life, and with my dad moving to Chino Valley, I don't get my daily or week dose of car stuff like I use too.  So I kind of geeked out when I saw two cars last weekend.   On Saturday, I was out doing on of my weekly walks in the neighborhood, when I looked over and saw a AC Cobra in a garage.   The Cobra has a special place in my heart.  When we moved to Arizona, in 1978, my dad started up a company called Unique Motorcars , in which he build Cobra Kit cars.  One of the things he got with selling the company was 2 kits.  I think he sold one, but we had one in the our garage until we moved back to Tennessee in December of 1983.  I look at what Unique Motorcars now, and know that it all started with my dad.  There version of the history is a little off, but I can understand that, but I am glad that they do say it started with my dad.  O...

It is funny how some of things come to you in the shower.  I have a roommate, that her door is next to the bathroom and I do not want to disturb her with my singing.  But today, I was thinking back through my life, and all that has happen to me.  And how I have been pretty lucky.  On 12th of December, I will go into the hospital and have the sleeve operation for weight loss.  The only operation I have had was when I was 5 years old.  I had my tonsils out and tubes put in my ears.   The first bone I broke was my leg, the day before my 7th birthday.  I broke my first finger when I was about 9.  This was playing tackle town at cubs scouts.  Caught my finger in someones pocket. Broken many other fingers over my teenage years.  Cracked my knee when I fell of a rope swiping from a tree.  And tore all the muscles out of my ankle playing football with some friends.  And there was the go-cart accident when I was 11.  T...

I have been writing this blog since 2012.  It has been a place for me to come and write what is some what on my mind.  Sometimes it is viewed a lot and sometimes a little, but that is ok.  This blog is for me then it is for you. And I have used Facebook, to share my blog. So I started another journey a few months ago, and started another blog about my journey to my weight loss.It is about my weight loss and what I am going through to loss that weight,  I posted the latest Update On Nov 4.   So I posted the Update on Facebook, and got a message back that it was being removed from Facebook, because it violated Community Standards.  I did a little bit digging and it was pulled because it was abusive.  How is my weight loss abusive?  I hope that Facebook will read the post and lift the band. 

As early as I can remember, I loved spending time with my Grandma and Grandpa Hatch.  My sister is jealous of this because, when I was 8 and she was 3, my Grandpa Hatch died. So I have more memory of him them she does.  But all those stories are for another day. It the summer of 1974, and my sister birth was coming soon.  In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the children of the church attend Primary, until they are 12 years old.  So one of the Sundays before my sisters birth, I was sitting in Primary singing and listening to the lesson being giving that day.  The person giving the Lesson that day was Vie Polk, or as I knew her, Aunt Vie (Not really my Aunt but a good friend of my moms).  I don't really remember the detail of the lesson, Vie ask me a question.  The question was, "Billy, you will soon have a special person coming to you home.  Who is it?" With out giving it any thought, my response was,  "My Grandparents com...

Found this on Facebook the other day and made me think, what would my bracket look like or my friends brackets look like. So lets go to the first round. M&M vs Snickers:  I like both.  My favorite M&M's are the almond ones, but there are so many now.  Same thing with Snicker, there are so many.  If I had to choose a go to, it would be Snickers for the Win! Reese's Cups vs Tootsie Rolls:  I have to admit here, Reese's is probably my favorite of them all.  I am not a big fan of Tootsie Rolls, but I do like the favored ones.  They never have enough Banana ones, and to many vanilla.  So Reese's for the win! Caramels vs Bit-O-Honey:  Caramels are the favorite for Halloween time.  Have not had Bit-O-Honey a lot.  So Caramels for the Win! Candy Apples vs Payday Bar:  Caramel and Apples, ok.  But I find it a way to get you to eat more fruit.  Payday's have caramel and nuts.  Payday for the win! Skit...

If you think this about the Clash song, you would be wrong.  For months I have been thinking about going to my 30th High school Reunion.  When I found out about the event I was planning on going, and would have paid the attendance fee, but the event was planned in November.  This is a problem with work, because, at work we have to bid for our shifts, and the new bid starts in November.  So I did not want to pay for an event I would not be able to attend.  So last week I found out what my new schedule would be, and I can attend.   So on got on my computer and was getting ready to pay, when I started asking myself, do I really want to go.  The fee now to attend is now $15 more per person.  I could not pay early because I did not know I could go.  Plus, when I went to the 25th Reunion, I did not have to much fun.  I was in the process of getting divorced, and I was excited to go because I missed the 20th.  So I paid and found o...