Goals and things to look forward to are the stuff of living.
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I have an old Pentax SLR and a collection of used lenses. I used to take a lot of photos years ago, but have not taken any photos recently other than cell phone use. I also have an old Nikon SLR with a shutter problem. Unfortunately, there is no Matthews Nikon Site to tell me how to repair it. With...

These are a few photos from my first trip to Sweden in 1984. I had just purchased my first car, a white 76' Ford Taunus Turnier. Turnier stands for station wagon. It was a worn out company car that needed a lot of work. And that's how my hobby got started. I had no money and had to fix everything my...

Same trip in downtown Gothenburg. Note how the back end doesn't even fit on the trailer.

I don't really know what the Volvo is, presumably a 122S? Here is another photo of them when we saw them at an intersection earlier that day. Also there is a 140 right behind it.

It used to be a 122....

Funny that somebody got an old Chevy truck into Sweden in the 80s.

It used to be a 122.... Funny that somebody got an old Chevy truck into Sweden in the 80s. It's actually not unusual. I don't know how it is now, but in the eighties and nineties there were a lot of American classic cars in Sweden. People were crazy for them. Same in Germany, there were big meets w...

Here is a Pontiac Trans-Am photographed in Scotland in 2009. Note the custom Florida plate on the front. We always seem to want what is not available.
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Another old photo. Somewhere in Scotland.
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Ok, here goes. I am 65 and have not been very active most of my life. I am in decent health, but have aches and pains. I find I feel much better when I get out and do things most days. I try to add some heavy activity occasionally (like digging up the garden with a shovel). I have about an acre of o...