Posts

Showing posts from January, 2022

DS18

Image
 Disregard.. this is for Empress Audio to review.. Ryan .. here you go!  This is for my '22 Wrangler 4 door. Sound bar, new speakers up front (supposed to be 'easy' to install than previous models/years) and subs on the rear tailgate SOUND BAR Replacement Attaches to the Tailgate Exclusive DS18 Overhead Bar System for JL/JLU, JT Jeeps (4x 8" Speakers 4x Tweeters) Black × 1   PRO 8" Neodymium Rings Mid-Range Loudspeaker 800 Watts 4-Ohms (single) × 4   1.75" PRO Aluminum Super Bullet Tweeter VC 550 Watts with Built In Crossover (Single) × 4   DS18 EXL-P1500X1D Power 1-Channel Class D Ampl

The WILL ... prevent the Ugly Shit ?

Image
Fun .. Fun.... N O T ! Will .. something I've rarely thought about.  I did one back before I deployed to a war zone decades ago.  Never updated it. Never really needed to ...  I thought.  Probably still don't.  I'm in a simple situation.  If I don't wake up tomorrow, all goes to the wife.   If we both fail to wake up tomorrow, goes to my only child.  Simple as that.  Now, nothing is ever simple of course.  The 'system' kicks in and shit goes to Probate where things may delay a lil' bit and the state decides the obvious.  This can be important in some scenarios where there is a lot of debt that has to be paid before folks line up for what they believe is now 'theirs'.  But in my situation, not an issue.  However, there is one situation that could really put a spin on things.  What if ALL three of us are on a plane or in a vehicle and ... we all three .. fail to wake up?  Hmmmm... I'd never thought of that one until today.  And that scenario is goi

Bike trip to Alexandria Louisiana JAN22

Image
 Aaaaahhhhhh.. what a weekend!   Just wrote about it here from a   >> "CVMA" perspective << .   Chief and I had a blast!  Brother Dick was supposed to make it but he's got seals on his forks leaking and his RM is in the shop, so just the two of us headed south on Friday.  We've been chatting about it all for weeks and it finally came to fruition. The weather was starting to look bad so Chief talked me into leaving a day early, thank god!   Saturday was cold AND windy ... gusts up to 50mph .. so, leaving Friday was brilliant.  Three hundred miles with sunshine and 70s; Score!  I was a dumass' and didn't map it all out ahead of time knowing it as a simple '2 lane' scoot to LA, but my GPS tried to spin me around a few times; grrrrrr.  I'm really starting to dislike it.  Need to get back to my old school way of planning routes. Mapped Let's Roll.  Look like a fool, but .. warm! Well, Friday we took off around 10 and headed to Lone Oak

Jeep Grand Wagoneer

Image
 I've been driving Jeeps (mostly) since 1986.  The CJs and Wranglers get the most attention and are usually the most fun (top off, big tires, off road, etc.) but my main workhorse to date has been the Grand Cherokee.  My first was back around 2000 when I got a limited version after retiring from the military.  Put a 100k miles on that and traded it off for a Dodge Ram 4x4.  That Grand Cherokee was awesome as a Limited 4x4 model.  My only regrets were that it didn't have a V8, sunroof and leather interior.  I would never make that mistake again. Who knows, maybe I would have put 200k miles on it otherwise?  Fast forward to 2012 and we picked up a '13 model with the "Overland" badge.  This one had the Hemi and was fully loaded.  Put about 55k miles on that before I traded up to a '17 with the "Summit" package.  This was the luxury version.  There was an SRT option and one with a Hellcat (yes .. I had considered them) .... but I was getting 21mpg on the

New Pool, MS Home : Part III

Image
Man .. this has taken on a life of it's own! Pool was one thing ... then ... the fence.  Now need the lawn fixed.  Then, upping the underneath of the home... Never ending .. but ... the pool wasn't even supposed to have been started yet!  Crazy! Tomorrow .. they finish the fence.  I normally hate fences.  In Texas ...  not required on  my property.   But with the pool in MS ... a requirement in the city limits.  So... went with an aluminum metal one that is perfect.  And .. it keeps Peanut out of trouble. Next ...  finish the concrete floor under the home.   Few more months for that one!