"Forty is the old age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age." - Phyllis Diller

After two painting sessions today there are now three coats of color on all parts of Sally's body. I still have to do the headlight buckets, the piece that goes behind the grill, and the two pieces that will arrive Tuesday. But I also have only a tiny bit of paint left, so that worked out. I ordered another quart that should arrive by the end of the week. So I'll start putting things back together, start the wet sanding process, and maybe...just maybe...have it back on the road before Brazil.
It's very red! And the chrome pieces should make it pop.
I'm a little concerned about the wet sanding step because I'm afraid it will cut off the gloss of the paint. Will a liberal coat of good wax restore it if it does??

I also finished the NT handout and sent it off to Joe for translation along with v 2.0 of the NT slides that includes a very minor change.
And sprayed vegetation killer to clean up some areas that were getting overgrown with wild blackberry vines and thistle.

Today I was told that I'm "old school." In the context of this conversation it meant that I'm stingy with compliments because I don't want someone to get a big head from too much praise.
"Or maybe it's because you're Norwegian."
OK, I'm pretty sure the comment was meant light-heartedly. Pretty sure. But it got me thinking.

Yes, I'm old school if that means:

• Participation trophies are nonsense. So is making a fuss because someone did what's expected or appropriate. "Well thank you for coming into work today. You're just wonderful and I see Employee of the Month in your future."
• All you can do is all you can do. But you have to do all you can do. 
• Labels belong on the inside. 
• Rips and tears should come (way) after the purchase, not before.
• Bigger is not necessarily better. It's often worse. Less is usually more. Except for pedals; three is always better than two. 
• Intent is more important that the words. Words matter, but looking through the words to the person's intended meaning matters more. 
• Getting offended, including (especially) over words, is almost always a sign of a self-obsessed prig.
• The people are the best part. Even when they're the hardest part, they're the best. 

If the above describes "old school" I'll gladly own the label. 

The new Corvette definitely looks cool, if nothing like a Corvette. And at a starting price of only $60k it's going to give a lot of European supercars some stiff competition. 

The main character on Grantchester has left the show. Sydney is on to other projects. It's going to be an adjustment, especially because that's one of our favorite British shows. 

Pam made chicken cacciatore in the instapot for dinner. If it tastes like it smells this is going to be a good meal!