"Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot." - Groucho Marx

People drive through parking lots way too fast. Especially in December.

If Bruce Arians doesn't get named Coach of the Year the NFL should get hit with a switch.
(sorry)

Mid-70's today, but then down into more seasonable mid-60's through next week with a chance of showers a couple of those days.
Yeah, it's a burden we bear.

I got an email from someone who shall remain nameless who asked about that wardrobe malfunction I mentioned a couple of nights ago. "Nursing bra?"
Pam informs me that women who can't afford implants but who would like a "fuller look" can buy bras that have a liquid filled pouch of whatever size they wish to assume. Apparently they sometimes spring a leak.
I figured if Sue one reader didn't know what I was referring to others might also be unaware.
You're welcome.

I was up at 12:30 a.m. Read the news and sports online and tried to go back to sleep about 1:30. Gave up at 2:30 and decided to get some work done. By 5 a.m. Sunday's prep was all finished (I'll go through it all again before then), the laundry was done, and breakfast prepped and eaten. I've decided I can stew or I can take advantage of the extra hours. The latter has me feeling good by 8 a.m. and exhausted by 10 a.m. Oh well.

The last week or so I've been working on the cab interior. The first step was sound proofing. Chevy did nothing back in '59 and trucks of that era give the sensation you're driving inside a tin can...because you are.

They make a product called DynaMat designed to provide sound deadening in restorations, but it's crazy expensive. The insider's trick is to go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy a roofing product comes in a roll and is foil on one side and tar on the other with a thin layer under a peel-off paper. Roofers use it to seal around the vent pipes that come up through a roof. But it's almost exactly the same as DynaMat at 1/3 the cost. Bam! And you'd be amazed at the difference it makes. Rap on the metal before, and then after installation and the difference is a "clang" vs. a dull "thud."

The floor will get covered with...wait for it...flooring. In my case, because I'm going stock, it will get a reproduction of the original rubber mat. The back wall of the cab gets covered up by the gas tank and the seat back, but if anyone peered back there I didn't want them to see the shiny foil, so I cut a piece of Home Depot's indoor/outdoor carpeting and used contact cement to glue it in place. It conforms well to the raised/recessed panels.

This afternoon I installed the gas tank. It had about 3 cups worth of rust in it that I had cleaned out using a big piece of chain, followed by a kerosene rinse. Media blasted the outside clean and painted it and the filler neck black. The hold-down straps, too. Getting it in was a task I don't want to do again soon. The problem was the filler neck, it's gasket, and the hoses that connect it to the tank. Too many puzzle pieces that all had to go together at the same time. But it's done, tightened down securely, and ready for petrol.

Progress.