The fate of the bananas that finally ripened.
Category: Life with Pratts
Banana Plan
I found something that absorbs the green from the bananas.
Banana Update
The first signs of real progress.
Banana Man
Not much of a change yet.
Mile Age
I recently said I’ve been driving an average of 4,000 miles/year. Considering the car was purchased five years ago this month, looking at the odometer today I’d say it’s been exactly 4,000.
Old German Volk Tale
There’s still plenty more here that requires my attention, both paperwork and household repairs. But I’ve gotten through enough of it that I can return to doing some light blogging. I’m hoping to be able to also indulge some light jogging this year.
My German-made Thorens turntable is now 39 years old, and so far it has required only minor maintenance that I have taken care of myself. This video is about restoring a German-made 1959 Volkswagen. Whatever happened to white sidewall tires?
When my parents ran a florist shop in Wisconsin for a few years, my father bought a ’59 Volkswagen bus for the business. There’s a brief glimpse of one that looks exactly like it at 6:00 into the video. There was no gas gauge, and when the gas started to run out you had to turn a valve on the floor to open a small auxiliary tank, then look for a gas station.