Worden18 Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Posted March 8, 2020 3-8-20: Out for a nice Sunday cruise. Heater off as it was near 60F and sunny. We stopped in a neighboring town to wash the car. 3 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 8, 2020 Author Report Posted March 8, 2020 3-8-20: All of my kids rode with, including the baby. She immediately fell asleep. Here we are meeting my wife at Jack's Bar & Grill for supper. Got lots of waves today. Car ran great. My older daughter was telling me how the Meadowbrook is the only car we have that she can read in and not get car sick ? 3 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 3-8-20: Supper is over, heading home with some leftovers! 2 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 3-8-20: Main Street 1 block ahead ? 2 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 3-8-20: Stopped at the gas station to fill up the wife's car. 2 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 3-8-20: Full moon. Wish the picture was better. 2 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 3-8-20: At home. Pic of the hood ornament looking straight down. Resembles some type of locust!? 1 Quote
lepic56 Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 13 hours ago, Worden18 said: 3-8-20: Main Street 1 block ahead ? Hi , Worden Question about the licence plates (tag),, you can drive around with an original plate from the 50's in Minnesota??? and the other , up front , is from VFW,, are you a Vet?? Quote
Sam Buchanan Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, lepic56 said: Hi , Worden Question about the licence plates (tag),, you can drive around with an original plate from the 50's in Minnesota??? and the other , up front , is from VFW,, are you a Vet?? Some states allow us to register the car with an original YOM (year of manufacture) tag. I purchased mine on eBay and the cool thing about it in Alabama is that there is no yearly property tax or tag fee assessed against the car. The tag doesn't expire and the fact 1948 tags had a black background was a pleasant bonus. The 1974 tag on the Beetle also matches the color of the car.......clean livin' I guess..... Edited March 9, 2020 by Sam Buchanan 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, lepic56 said: Hi , Worden Question about the licence plates (tag),, you can drive around with an original plate from the 50's in Minnesota??? and the other , up front , is from VFW,, are you a Vet?? Yes, you can use a YOM (year of manufacture) in MN as long as the plate has one letter amongst the numbers. You only need one plate...on the rear. Yes, I'm a Desert Storm Vet. I bought the VFW plate on eBay for that reason, and also because it has the perfect patina for the car. The YOM plate is treated like a collector plate; one time fee. Edited March 9, 2020 by Worden18 1 Quote
lepic56 Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Worden18 said: Yes, you can use a YOM (year of manufacture) in MN as long as the plate has one letter amongst the numbers. You only need one plate...on the rear. Yes, I'm a Desert Storm Vet. I bought the VFW plate on eBay for that reason, and also because it has the perfect patina for the car. The YOM plate is treated like a collector plate; one time fee. wow!! what great & simple way to register cars , very ecological lol!! , and What a coincidence , I'm a gulf war vet also,, 90-91, and I drive a 51 Dodge,, lol what a small world. her a pic during the war,, at Doha, Quatar ,, Air Forces Weapons Crew Chief.. 1 Quote
lepic56 Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Sam Buchanan said: Some states allow us to register the car with an original YOM (year of manufacture) tag. I purchased mine on eBay and the cool thing about it in Alabama is that there is no yearly property tax or tag fee assessed against the car. The tag doesn't expire and the fact 1948 tags had a black background was a pleasant bonus. The 1974 tag on the Beetle also matches the color of the car.......clean livin' I guess..... WHAT A GREAT IDEA,, Like we said up here in The Great White North ''Only in the States'' Quote
Worden18 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Report Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, lepic56 said: wow!! what great & simple way to register cars , very ecological lol!! , and What a coincidence , I'm a gulf war vet also,, 90-91, and I drive a 51 Dodge,, lol what a small world. her a pic during the war,, at Doha, Quatar ,, Air Forces Weapons Crew Chief.. Ya look good man! Thank you for your service. I was an operations specialist aboard the USS Worden CG-18. I was the surface/sub-surface warfare coordinator/weapons operator. Weapons operator meaning Harpoon missile programmer. The ship's primary mission was anti-aircraft though. We had the longest range missiles of any ship deployed there. We protected the carriers during their flight ops and other ships that launched Tomahawks at land targets. Edited March 10, 2020 by Worden18 1 Quote
keithb7 Posted March 10, 2020 Report Posted March 10, 2020 Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Worden_(CG-18) Cool. Now we know the name association! Keith 1 Quote
Frank Elder Posted March 10, 2020 Report Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, lepic56 said: wow!! what great & simple way to register cars , very ecological lol!! , and What a coincidence , I'm a gulf war vet also,, 90-91, and I drive a 51 Dodge,, lol what a small world. her a pic during the war,, at Doha, Quatar ,, Air Forces Weapons Crew Chief.. In the Navy we called our Aviation Ordnance men BB Stackers...lol, I was Aviation hydraulics....bubble chaser. Went to Yemen to work on A4 Sky hawks for the Egyptians as a civilian contractor during and after that time.....gotta love the tax free money when you stay out of the USA for over a year. Edited March 10, 2020 by Frank Elder 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 10, 2020 Author Report Posted March 10, 2020 8 hours ago, keithb7 said: Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Worden_(CG-18) Cool. Now we know the name association! Keith Yep, that's the one! I cried when I watched the YouTube video of her sinking (target practice) ? 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Posted March 14, 2020 3-14-20: Taxi duty this morning! Taking home my daughter's friends after a sleepover. Cloudy and a brisk 25F; heater on full blast. ? 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Report Posted March 14, 2020 3-14-20: Close up of decades-old damage on driver side rear. Final pic: at post office to mail out taxes. 2 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20: Drove the Meadowbrook to work today. Ran out of gas 7 miles from home! Wifey came to the rescue with a gas can. I was only half an hour late for work. ? Quote
Worden18 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20: I remember my dad running out of gas several times back in the 70s. Only then we had to walk! I was grateful for my smart phone. Quote
Worden18 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20: On my way home from work on the interstate. 65 mph the whole way. 40+ mile round trip. 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20: Stopped to grab the mail out of my box. 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20: Home at last! The car runs great as long as it has gas haha ? 1 Quote
Dan Hiebert Posted March 25, 2020 Report Posted March 25, 2020 On 3/9/2020 at 10:55 PM, keithb7 said: Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Worden_(CG-18) Cool. Now we know the name association! Keith Double cool, built at Bath Iron Works right here in Maine. "Bath built is better built." Quote
keithb7 Posted March 25, 2020 Report Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) I read book recently @Worden18. It was about the Charles Lindbergh flight in 1927. I learned there was also a 1919 US Destroyer named USS Worden (DD-228) It escorted the ship that carried Charles and his plane back to the USA in 1927. They steamed into Chesapeake Bay together. Then Charles was delivered up the Potomac to Washington. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Worden_(DD-288) Edited March 25, 2020 by keithb7 1 Quote
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