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Jul 25, 2013 | 11:06 AM

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Gotta be in Little Rock at 8:00 AM tomorrow for surgery, at least it's being done as outpatient and I'll be home to sleep in my own bed. This is going to be a long 3 months, guess I'll have to learn to do everything left-handed for a while

Hey at least you have the dog to keep you company during the day right?

Jul 25, 2013 | 05:25 PM

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If I have to hang around there with that dog, one of us won't make it through this ordeal ;-)

Jul 25, 2013 | 05:47 PM

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Well, the weather guessers are talking 1-2 inches of rainfall tomorrow. The Corp of Engineers must really believe what they're guessing because they've dropped the Ark River lower than I've seen it in a long while. Good thing I have an office these days...don't want to get wet if happens to rain a little tomorrow.

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Gotta be in Little Rock at 8:00 AM tomorrow for surgery, at least it's being done as outpatient and I'll be home to sleep in my own bed.

Good luck, hopefully it will be quick & uneventful.

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This is going to be a long 3 months, guess I'll have to learn to do everything left-handed for a while

You know, now would be a good time to read up on the HUEI fuel system. After that, I hear the common rail fuel system is all the rage these days...mine as well study up on that system too.

Jul 25, 2013 | 10:40 PM

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I was going to directly upload these to a FTE album. But I guess the high resolution my Nikon shots at is too much for the server...for those of us that aren't paying supporters. So here goes from PhotoBucket...

Large logo in the middle of the Dearborn proving grounds. Right after I took this photo some kinds of SuperDuty sized vehicle made a high speed pass just the other side of the wall. It was brown and a crewcab...that's all I could tell.

I tried for several minutes to get the maintenance guy (grounds keeper/utility support) that was driving this one to take me for a spin. All I could get out of him was a smile and an offer to take as many photos as I wanted. Maybe I should have carried in a small wad of cash?

Mustang #1

I'll try to get some more uploaded over the next couple of days....

Jul 26, 2013 | 08:46 AM

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Uhg... sitting in the waiting room before surgery is no fun when you are starving and had to drive 2 hours up here with no coffee :-(

Jul 26, 2013 | 08:42 PM

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Well, surgery went well and the doc expects a full recovery. Plenty of pain meds and my comfy bed is in store shortly :-)

Jul 26, 2013 | 09:39 PM

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Jeff, I'll say it again...got some prayers headed your way for a quick recovery. Just as a suggestion, hold off on study up (hitting the books) about HUEI and Common Rail fuel systems until you get off the pain killers. Don't want you to get 'em confused with those sheep heads and necktie brands out there.