A Middle Aged Southerner Living in Cleveland, OH. Personal history, commentary and prejudices from a displaced middle aged Southerner who loves his family and Northeast Ohio. Thursday, November 8, 2012. I just finished a Jif peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich. Lots to be said for peanut butter sandwiches, especially if the spread is crunchy and the jelly is good. I have a lady sitting with me.

About the Middle Aged Suburban Diva. We have met the enemy and they is us. The freedom to share various opinions is the foundation of this country. We are a nation divided at the moment. Civilization is a method of living and an attitude of equal respect for all people.

Saturday, January 29, 2011. This week has been a blur. My doctor told me if I needed to do this trip it should be now and make it short. I have gotten new medicines for the pain and stress so I have had some better sleep time. The nutritional three week cleansing has moved into the last phase of the vegetable protein stage and I hear rumours from MrD that next week I will be allowed to have some small amounts of dead animals.

Saturday, March 17, 2012. The past ten days or so have been really eventful. So much for planning to get stuck into studying at the beginning of the month. Saturday, March 3, 2012.

A blow by blow account of rebuilding my 1961 Velocette Venom and my struggles with the world of motorbikes in general. So off came the head and it looked fine. Nice healthy deposits for an engine with so many kms on it. Then I popped the valves out and hey presto! Out fell the valve seat onto the floor. I popped off the cylinder and found the rings were sound enough to show almost no stains from blow-by, so nothing to change there. So, a base gasket cut f.