What did you do WITH your Ranger today?

[9zero1790]

Drove to work, did whole day what I enjoy and drove back home singing loud all the way. I hope she still starts tomorrow…

kristina, what does the new avatar/ profile image mean? No elephants in the back of truck ?

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[9zero1790]

The Ranger is getting a new sets of tires, 295 70R17 Nitto Recon Grapphler at Discount Tires. I just need to go back so they can reset the TPMS on the left rear tires.

looking sharp! how do they ride?
anyone notice when they see pictures of other people at a discount tire location a split second thought of, "hey it looks like they are at my discount" takes places lol.

 

[9zero1790]

Went exploring a few places out here… did some high speed (110 Km/h) desert running on the way to a few spots including a couple of meteor craters. Got caught in a wild storm at one point, but managed to snap a few pics before hand. Had to fight the washboard surface, some flooding, and some of the stickiest mud I’ve ever seen on the way out…

beautiful place!!

 

[9zero1790]

Yesterday I went with a work buddy and explored the J. W. Corbett WMA in Loxahatchee, FL. It took about an hour to get there, we drove around for about 3 hrs and had lunch, and then it was an hour back. Not a bad way to spend the morning. When I got back to the house, I pressure washed the truck and tidied up the inside. I have to say, having floor liner style floor mats is the best! I pulled them out of the truck, dumped them out, and hosed them off, and there was very little sand and dirt in the truck after that to be vacuumed out.

hey the new feet are on! i think thats the first ive seen them. they look good. How you feeling john? Rona free household now I hope.

 

[Equitasforall]

beautiful place!!

Thanks! Really fantastic so far but only been here a few months. The people are fantastic, the countryside gorgeous, and the Ranger has been a terrific addition so far! Miss my Bronco, but this has been a great substitute!

 

[Kristina]

kristina, what does the new avatar/ profile image mean? No elephants in the back of truck ?

I try to avoid it, yes.

 

[BladeRanger]

looking sharp! how do they ride?
anyone notice when they see pictures of other people at a discount tire location a split second thought of, "hey it looks like they are at my discount" takes places lol.

They ride is awesome on and off road, much better the G2 Graphler. The Recon Graphler is the replacement design for G2 since it is discontinued.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Hi Folks,

Today the Ranger followed Margie to the Ford Dealer for the appointment to get the Nautilus new fob programed to the the Nautilus. It then took us to our little favorite Sports bar for a Montana Burger and a couple malted beverages. Fob programing was successful, but not the key cutting...AFU. So I am appealing to Benny at @LevittownFordParts.com to find the right key.

So Nautilus is home and dutifully followed Margie home, but Margie, Me and the Nautilus are frustrated with the lack of a useable key for the fob as it was ordered separately fob.

Sigh....

Best,
Phil

Frustrating for sure Phil. At least you got some time in for a burger and a beer. ? ?

 

[OrangeStreak]

Drove to work, did whole day what I enjoy and drove back home singing loud all the way. I hope she still starts tomorrow…

 

[Kristina]

Don’t forget all elephants should be parked between the lines. ?

 

[Glocker]

hey the new feet are on! i think thats the first ive seen them. they look good. How you feeling john? Rona free household now I hope.

Rona free and feeling great! Thank you for asking. This week is my first back in the office since Jan 12th. It felt good getting out of the house.

I'm LOVING the wheels. They round out the truck nicely!

 

[Bob902]

They round out the truck nicely!

I see what you did there!

 

[IdahoRanger]

Truck will be taking me here:

 

[subquark]

Hi Duke,

Sigh...Yes...I wore my Picket Sliderule on my belt...No calculator though...the HP 25 was $400 and I had few shekels to my name. Then I got to Ford after a couple paychecks, I bought a Novus Add, Subtract, multiply, and divide for about $99.... Wore that on my belt for the first year as an FCG,
Ford College Graduate.

Best,
Phil

I'm a real fan of slide rules, though I doubt I could work one now. When I was in college, pocket calculators were still very new (1970s) and were not allowed in math or physics classes. However, slide rules were allowed. I was one of a very small number of students who bothered to learn it. I had a few different sizes since the larger ones carried more precision.

Even when calculators were allowed, it was still faster, for me, to use a slide rule.

Then I went to the HP-41C for grad school, which I still have in a box somewhere. It was expensive ($295 in 1979 = over $1K today!) and I had the expansion ports and printer just like in this pic. Notice that this calculator does not have a "equals" function, no = key!

I just looked at the programming language for it and I must have been smart back then! There's no frigging way I could ever figure that out now!

 

[P. A. Schilke]

I'm a real fan of slide rules, though I doubt I could work one now. When I was in college, pocket calculators were still very new (1970s) and were not allowed in math or physics classes. However, slide rules were allowed. I was one of a very small number of students who bothered to learn it. I had a few different sizes since the larger ones carried more precision.

Even when calculators were allowed, it was still faster, for me, to use a slide rule.

Then I went to the HP-41C for grad school, which I still have in a box somewhere. It was expensive ($295 in 1979 = over $1K today!) and I had the expansion ports and printer just like in this pic. Notice that this calculator does not have a "equals" function, no = key!

I just looked at the programming language for it and I must have been smart back then! There's no frigging way I could ever figure that out now!

Hi David,

I think that calculator used RPN. So the enter key would be last key ie. equal.

RPN is Reverse Polish Notation...Not a joke!

Best,
Phil

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