I-55 southbound earlier this weekend.  Photo: St Louis Post-Dispatch MLK Day, Monday morning and according to weather guessers the worst is past and we’re heading for close to 60 degrees today (!), in association with a lot more rain.  Amazingly enough, according to the 10-day forecast, we won’t see  freezing temps for a while. The…

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Observed in a lot off west Manchester on 7 January. Got through some snow this week and have a three-day weekend coming up…which, from this AM’s weather reports, will definitely not provide much in the way of driving weather: ice pellets, followed by snow on Monday, oh BOY! 

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Second night now of cold and incredibly slick conditions here in St Louis, although tonight we also have some snow on the way (great, snow on top of roughly 1/4 inch of ice, should be particularly festive tomorrow).  Last night, my normal 1+15 commute home from Scott AFB took 4+30 but, fortunately, I managed to…

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Coincidentally with the HSD’s latest problems, I noted in Hemmings this morning: a ’74 TVR 2500M in Asheville, NC. Hmmm….

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Darn fine gathering of the Triumph (and MG…and Austin-Healey) faithful at the Missouri Athletic Club-West Friday night for the annual SLTOA Christmas Party.  In and around the usual great surroundings, service, food and drink, we had a strong turnout; lots of good conversation and the gift exchange – organized by “Mrs Santa’s Little Helper” (Bonnie)…

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One week following the autocross, SLTOA held its 4th annual Veterans Day Run, a 200+ mile drive to Chester and Perryville and back which raised money for The Purple Heart Foundation, one of a number of veterans/vet’s family support groups. Taking advantage of the great weather (still!), this drive constituted the biggest effort yet, with…

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Am coming off an unplanned multi-week layoff with the blog, due to technical issues (which is a euphemism for “I forgot the password”).  It’s now a couple of days after Thanksgiving and as per usual, driving in the vicinity of complexes like West County Mall and the two outlet malls in Chesterfield Valley is an…

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There’s an old saying, something to the effect of “life is what happens while you’re planning something else.”  Well, today (Sunday 09 Oct) was the BSCC autocross and after two weekends of work on the TR8 at Maneke’s Garage, this was my first real chance to wring out the car, in and around a return…

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Sunday, 02 October, 0711 mountain time in Albuquerque, time to return to St Louis. Safe travels, y’all!

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Sighted yesterday (Thursday) in Monte Vista, CO, along US 160.  Yeah, it might need a little work…

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