Random Thoughts

• 57 Chevy Bel Air – Not very cool, it was a four door. But it did take me all the way to Laguna Beach and back when I was seventeen.
• 67 MGB GT – I blame Chris for this car. It was a rust bucket unfortunately. But it, along with Chris’ MGB gave me my taste for British cars. I didn´t keep it very long.
• 1978 Volkswagon Scirocco – This was a great car. Virtually indestructible, until I ran a red light and got T-boned right at the driver side door. Car was totaled but I walked away without a scratch.
• 1957 MGA – Saw this for sale on the road by Beaverton High School in 1985, and in a moment of weakness bought it. I still think that this is one of the most beautiful sports cars to look at. Only a four cylinder, but it handles nice. It was in pretty rough shape mechanically and although I did drive it for a while, it ended up sitting in my garage for a good number of years before I got it mechanically rebuilt.
• 1988 Honda Prelude – This car was almost as fun to drive as the Scirocco. It had four wheel steering, where the rear wheels actually turned slightly as well as the front wheels.
• 1999 Accura Integra – A nice solid car, sporty, but not really a sports car.
• 1960 Austin Healey 3000 – Now this is the car that people drool over when I drive it, at least if they are old enough to remember wanting one, or if they had one and regret getting rid of it. Same size as the MGA, but with an engine twice as large (roughly 3000cc compared to 1500cc). It also weighs 1000 pounds more. Under the bonnet is a straight 6 and it does feel like it.
• 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse – This car feels somewhat between my Prelude and my Integra. It drives much more like a sports car than did the Integra.

I have had a “smart” home for probably over thirty years.  So I get amused by the “new” trends in home automation such as Philips Hue, and Wink, etc.  The new technology is great, definitely better than what I have been using, but when I look at replacing what I have I find the costs to be prohibitive.  Re-doing my house would cost about $1000 and in some ways not be as good as what I currently have.

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I enjoy playing Word with Friends.  I play often with my sister.  I developed a training aid which you can use.  To access it go to https://robertjwallace.com///wordgame

I am planning (actually have retired now) on retiring before or on my 65th birthday, so when a client wanted a countdown timer I checked one out.  Since I am now retired it shows the time since I stopped working.

9 years, 6 months, 28 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes ago