Cindy 70

Office 365 _ Wait until we known what she is using it on.

Ain't Doin' It Hat - Need to order

iPad

She will need to pick out computer or tablet and any exercise equipment so no surprise.

 

 

Guys

Pete Sullivan
Ken Cowboy
Riggs
Chuck Woody
Dennis McArthur
Arthur McArthur
Nick Knifeman

Missing Greengo or Gringo

Paul Doggett
Bear...I don't recall   these are Dean's   I think just Papa Bear, Mama Bear, etc.

And now I have them.

For Posterity Tunes

Let's Go


Sweet Emotion
When I hear this song, I think of high school and driving to an out of town football game at Newton.  I was driving my sister's '69 Pontiac LeMans 350 4 barrel and we were racing on I-80 to the game.  This song came on KGGO, my speed increased and it felt great to be alive.

Please Go All The Way


Wipe Out

Turn On Your Love Light

Gimme One More Chance
Who Are You                  

Trip to Lawton Kentucky

Something to plan for someday.

Des Moines to Lexington KY is 9 hours 50 minutes
Lexington to Olive Hill is 1 hour 22 minutes
So 11 hours 12 minutes
Lawton is on the way to Olive Hill.

So if we stayed in Lexington, the drive could be 1 day.

Things to see along the way:
> French Lick, Indiana  Birthplace of Larry Bird (maybe a little out of the way)

Looks like driving through Indy and Louisville if we choose.  On the interstates.
Would intersect with a portion of Route 66

Buddy Rich Mel torme

This One's For Basie (tribute)

Complete 1955 Hollywood Sessions

The Buddy Rich & Sweets Edison Quintet

Together Again For The First Time

Mel Torme And Buddy Rich

The New One sounds like a good one.  1.29 each
Away We Go
The Rotten Kid

The Best Of Buddy Rich / The Pacific Jazz Years

No Funny Hats

Blues in the Night .99 would be 14.02

First Lady of Song .99  Mel And Buddy  13.03

The Classic Concert Live

Mel Tormé & Gerry Mulligan & George Shearing

Newspaper Searches

PAYNE
The Daily Plainsman   several mentions of Frank and Mabel    search Marie as well.
Jess   Lyman  Mrs. Payne

Shenandoah Sentinel - this could be a lot  Not seeing that paper available.

Sheldon  Mac, etc.  Not seeing Sheldon


ANDREW
Davis City
Marshalls in Missouri

Look up Lady behind us on 64th that liked rhubarb

And Maryville Daily Forum for my time there.  Ads would show businesses

Newspapers.com   7.95 a month or 44.95 for 6 months.  The Daily Plainsman   several mentions for Frank and Mabel Payne.  Mrs. Payne, Sheldon etc.  Dean said Davis City is always a good place to look.

Marshalls in Missouri

IF I go with more expensive package, circle back on Altoona Herald.  Should be more available.

Columbus NE Sinclair at 9th and Lincoln Highway   US 30 and US 81 combined

Martha Patton  Lawton, Olive Hill (possibly Lexington)

Dean's List

Start a list and show Dean for him to add or subtract and assign/agree.

TRUCKS

Dean

Mack

White Freightliner

International

Alan

Kenworth  Dean claims he had Kenworth because it would have been plentiful. and he thought I had Mack

Peterbilt

Diamond Reo

GAS STATIONS – Who had which station?

Clark

Conoco
Coop

Deep Rock

Derby

DX

Fina

Gulf

Holiday

Kerr McGee

Mobil

Phillips 66

Shell

Sinclair

Skelly

Standard

Texaco

Union 76

Christmas 2018 for me

$100 Gift Card - Now What?

Newspaper.com   2 months would be $15  Not true unless I want Basic and I get fewer papers here.
Actually, it's more if you want deluxe package which has more Papers including MORE of Altoona Herald  So for $59.90 by Feb 28, I would get 6 months.
I missed the low price offer
New Flag
Red Sox Hat
Hoop?
Zoom attachment for phone?

Cindy - Shirt Jacket   She thinks maybe $45

BOOKS
Podcast: Learn How to Stop Babbling and......2.99 for Kindle
Podcasting for Dummies is $14.39 Kindle so skip this

MUSIC
More Buddy Rich (see separate post)  This is where I want to put the money

AMAZON BOOKS

Kindle

Trumpet Blues  19.24  Harry James

Last Child in the Woods  9.48 Kindle

The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister   8.69 Kindle  was 13.99   Not AS high on my list

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties  1915 Kindle version fewer photos

Other

Michael Paul Smith book (likely sold out due to his death)

Boy Scout Handbook 1972  7.50 + Shipping  Not Amazon filled  Names on some of them

Slot Book  $28.87  Bob Beers    1 left supposedly  This is the one.  If I still want it.

Populuxe   7.44 used  hardcover  I think I’d like this   can get cheaper on paperback

American Graffiti  13.99

Designed for Hi Fi Living  17.67

Hoop   9.99  GoPlus

Podcast: Learn how to Stop Babbling & Start Podcasting Like a Pro Kindle Edition

by Mike Eiman  (Author)

4.7 out of 5 stars    8 customer reviews        

 See all 3 formats and editions

Kindle

$2.99

Podcasting For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) 3rd Edition

by Tee Morris  (Author), Chuck Tomasi  (Author)

4.6 out of 5 stars    11 customer reviews

ViewPoint 16X Zoom Lens Telescope Telephoto Clip On Lens For iPhone XS, XS MAX, X, 8, 7, 6s, 6, Samsung S9, S9 Plus, S8, S8 Plus, S7, S7 Edge, S6 Edge, S6 - Smartphones & Cellphones - Bluetooth Remote  $37 or similar

Project 58 to 60

Give myself at least 30 days to settle in before starting video dubbing.

Dub VHS systematically....some are 6 hours.  Dub TO externals.  This is very achievable.


Doing these two things will greatly reduce footprint and will accomplish preservation goals.

MVPs vs The Purge

I'm past 60 now...an update. At 50, I was taking inventory of my life and my possessions and started scanning more items thinking of having my life on a flash drive (figuratively).

Turning 60 created an awareness of scanning and preserving with a focus on storytelling and sharing with others.  But will also be a time to think about what I really need to hang on to.  On Counting Cars, Danny started selling cars and only keeping cars that "touched his soul".  In that spirit, it will be time (at 60) to start selling, throwing or donating things that are not part of that inner circle...the MVPs (most valuable possessions).  Bring "joy"...

Early lists:

MVPs
Bendix radio
Frank's radio
Legacy Corgi and Matchbox
Select diecast (Hot Wheels, etc)
Frank's pool cue and t-square
Indian ashtray
Rolf
Barclay's metal car
'40 Ford roadster
Frank's harmonicas
Childhood toys/guys
Stuff in lawyer case (can't be all)  What about Soakies??
Orange Fiestaware
Yearbooks I guess unless I can scan/take pictures of all that I would care to have
Boy Scout stuff?
Boy Scout compass
Pentel pencil

Red Phone

Frank ashtray

Brown Camp Ashtray and clipboard

And now add all that I'm taking from 1030

Factor in items like the Red Binders of photos and cases.


Purge-eligible
Go through diecast and set aside those that seem expendable.  Check with Jacob and Maddy to make sure they don't have "Car City" attachments.  Then try to sell on Craigslist or Facebook.

Set aside cars for Brayton.  

Albums - Definitely can tighten up here.  45s as well.
Baseball and basketball cards
Baseball and basketball books?
Posters I'll never hang
Cassette Tapes (make sure I have photos of cases)
Video Village - cool, but not technically mine.  More of a memory and I can captures what I want from it.
Rock collection

Castings

Castings I consider myself collecting:

> Hot Wheels Shelby Cobra

> Hot Wheels ’32 Ford 3-Window Coupe

> Hot Wheels ’32 Ford Sedan Delivery

> Hot Wheels ’34 Ford Coupe

> Hot Wheels ’40 Ford Coupe (and many of the woodie variations)

> Hot Wheels Bread Box

> Hot Wheels Meyers Manx

Blog ideas

As I See It, As I Recall…something chronicling what I experienced vs what is now

 

 

Expressions

Idioms

Photos

Ads

Food

How we played

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Add Kerr McGee to the list of gas stations if not on there

Holiday and Deep Rock stations to add

 

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VIP Very Important Possessions

Dad's radio
Frank's pool cue and t-square
Indian ashtray
Rolf
Barclay's metal car
'40 Ford roadster

Walking stick

1940 license plate

2024 List

1940 License Plate

Walking Stick

Dad's Radio

American Graffiti and Two Lane Blacktop

Same '55

Add Canopy Expresses to Car City

Cop shows

State Trooper
M Squad with Lee Marvin  (Police Squad based somewhat on this)
Big House USA (movie)
Coronado 9

Add Fina to gas stations

 

 Fina and Deep Rock

 

Pete - What if?

Imagining Pistol Pete playing in today's college basketball is quite the compelling hypothetical.

What if…

NCAA rules had been different for Pete Maravich?

Pete Maravich at LSU (Photo source: Total Pro Sports)

The numbers are beyond staggering.

■3,667 career points – most ever.

■44.2 points per game – most ever.

■28 games with 50 points – most ever.

■56 games with 40 points – most ever.

■30 FTs in one game (off 31 attempts) – most ever.

For most players, those stats would tell the story, finish the story, and cement the legacy.

But with Pistol Pete, they are only scratching the surface.

Pete was a guy who legendarily laughed at his opponents after he broke them down off the dribble.  Magic Johnson admitted that he stole the phrase "Showtime" from Maravich.

The guy even inspired Bob Dylan songs!

And really, without a whole lot of imagination, those numbers could look like this:

■5,822 career points – BY FAR the most ever.

■57.2 points per game – RIDICULOUS.

■Who knows what else?

We are only left to ponder, What if…?

What if the NCAA Tournament had been different when the Pistol played?

When Maravich was at LSU, the NCAA Tournament only featured from 22-25 teams.  Beyond that, only one team from each conference was allowed to go to the dance.

Sharing a league with Kentucky in the late sixties was not the best way to get to the tournament.

This rule didn't affect just Pete Maravich.  There were several instances when many people thought that the two best teams in the nation were in one conference, but they couldn't both go to the Dance.  However, just think about what might have been had Pete been able to play in the Tournament.

The NCAA Tournament, as we know, is so often decided by good guard play.  Would LSU have had a chance to be successful with Pistol Pete running the show?  Most definitely.

The other characteristic of the Tourney is that it so often rewards a team that gets hot at just the right time.  Is it at least plausible that Pete may have been able to lead his team to one or two Final Fours?  Of course it is.

Now, we can't get carried away too much.  Pete happened to play during UCLA's incredible run of dominance.  To insinuate that he might have been able to win a championship is probably a stretch. But wouldn't his legend be that much greater if he had led LSU on a few tournament runs even if they ended with the Maravich Tigers being knocked out by UCLA a few times?  He could always say, "The greatest team of all time was the only thing standing between me and a championship," rather than a poorly structured NCAA Tournament.

And boy…what if he had been able to knock off UCLA just once?  Wow.

With today's rules, what could Pete's records possibly look like?

One of the most remarkable things about Pete is that he was only allowed to play for three full seasons, yet he still holds the all-time record for scoring. And he probably always will.

If a player played 30 games a year for all four years, he would need to average 30.56 points per game for his entire career in order to break Pete's scoring record.  Interestingly enough, nobody has even approached this average for a single season since 1991.

Add to that the fact that if a freshman did come in averaging 31 points a game, he would most assuredly leave college after only one or two seasons.

Let's just agree that Pistol's scoring record is safe.

But could it have been even more safe?

As you probably know, Pete played before the 3-point line had been invented.  In the 60s, long shots were "bad shots" even if you made them.  Why would anybody shoot from 25-feet when it counted the same as a layup?

Well, Pistol Pete helped to crush that "logic."

For years, the legend of Pistol Pete just grew and grew.  Players, coaches, and old fans would laud his amazing shooting ability, even quipping that he might have averaged 60 points a game had there been a three-point line.

Finally, former LSU Coach Dale Brown wanted to put such talk to rest.

He watched every single game of Pistol Pete's career, and charted every single shot he ever took.  What he found out will absolutely blow you away.

Brown discovered that with a three-point line of 19'9″ (the distance it was for over 20 years), Maravich would have averaged 13 three-pointers a game.

Let me quickly point out that the college record for three-pointers in one game is 15, held by a guy named Keith Veney in 1996.  The Pistol's average would have only been two below the all-time record.

So by adding an additional 13 points per game to Pistol's average, he's now averaging over 50 points per game for his entire college career.

We hold Wilt Chamberlain's NBA-record 50.4 points per game as an untouchable standard of scoring excellence.  Pete would have shattered that…in college games that were eight minutes shorter!

For anyone who has ever played basketball, it is easy to postulate that had there been a three-point line, than teams would have been forced to guard him more closely out there, and he would have been able to get around his opponents even more easily.

In a weird sort of way, you could also argue that the lack of a three-point line may actually have helped his scoring because of how he was defended. We will never know.