Hi Guys,
Havent been in for a week or so. I replaced the power suppply on PC as it was dying ( has been for a while now ) so have been just browsing on ipad.
Like Barry we are getting some very strong winds right now, I dont have any big trees around me but boy are those power lines swinging about. I turend the furnace up a bit just in case it does go out.
Talk to you guys later on, Is Jeff still in the hospital?
Power is out in different parts of the city. At the moment winds are gusting to 70mph. At least the driving rain has stopped. I better get the flashlights out now as darkness falls ( two LED maglites )
Our anemometer read 85mph at one point. Our area still has power, natch…
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Yeah Barry ours is still on ( fingers crossed ) there are some trees down in town also. Hopefully it calms down a bit overnight.
Hi All,
High winds here in PA (no I do not eat beans, cabbage, or pickled eggs). [+o(]
Had to have my truck towed into the garage I do business with this morning…went to an open house down the road from me Saturday afternoon… stopped home for something…went back out to the truck…engine turned over but no ignition. [?] [8o|]
Turns out I needed a new rotor and cap for my distributor. [li][li]
I seam to burn thru a distibutor or parts for one every year. [sigh]
Evening guys
Been out of town for a train show the past few, and have been in the dumps about the job situation…
Apparently I’m getting good at selling stuff, without trying to sell it; and terrible at selling stuff I want to sell. At the show my club didn’t have a sale table, but I sold 2 pieces of rolling stock… An Atlas SAL cylindrical hopper I started to weather (just painted the wheels and trucks), and a McKean KCS 50’ boxcar I assembled. They were running in a train, and a visitor asked about the hopper. Then a vendor actually asked about the KCS box (a pretty accomplised modler in th club said I did a really good job). Unfortunately the money I made from selling those cars was my entire train show budget… I picked up 3 20’ containers, an athearn RTR SP 60’ Flatcar, an Atlas Ford Fairmont and an 80’s suburban (who made those in HO, I think busch?). Also a first at a train show for me, the power went out thanks to a thunder storm.
I stayed with a fellow club member to get over there. When I left their house, I discovered how bad my car is in mud (or whatever wet clay with a dusting of sand is called)
There was a rather funny incident at the show. There was a G-scale set up on the stage, and a kid (probably in his teens) borrowed one of the stools we set out to lean over the tracks of the G-scale set up. One of the trains was running on mute, and then the guy controlling the train fired up the sound (that G-scale RS3 is loud) right under the kid. The kid jumped back and yelled “Oh Jesus!”. [(-D] There was a lady with a camera, but it was only a photo camera [X-)]
The weekend before last my father took me to dyno my mustang (along with a bunch of other guys with mustangs; the outcasts were a 67 cougar and my father’s 85 LTD LX [we had to go back home and grab his 2 other cars to test them too]). Made a little less power than we though it had. So low, my number got bested by a newer V-6 car. We assum
Packer: nice to see you as well!!
As for the car I suspect that your car’s weight plus torque would be your answer. Also how fast it hooks up. [:D]
Mister B. - I had a charger and you know I spent a LOT of time under the hood working on that electric system. That scene looks familiar !
Cuda - is that really all that is left of a charger ? How could you let it go to rust like that ?
FUNNY Story - One of the reasons I havent been in for a while is I have been prepping for a proto type walk through on the model home. LOT of w**k etc. Well today was the day. We do not have any roads inside the site but there is an area that is a public street and and all of the office foks were parking there today in “no parking” area. An hour into the meeting my labor comes up and ask for my keys. I ask him why and he responded that the parking cops are out there and said that in five minutes if the mercedes, lexus etc… werent moved he was writing tickets . I gave him the keys to my beat up ole chevy and then I turned to the high dollar office folks and told them they might want to move because an officer was about to write parking tickets - you talk about funny I have NEVER seen suites move out so fast in my life !!! [:O][:|][swg] Man I am telling you that place CLEARED out FAST !
Welp - need some prayer - tomorrow I take my two oldest daughters to get there hurts looked at. The one fell on ice last winter and her back has not been right ever since and the other tripped on her cat going down the stairs and messed her foot up good. Torn tendens, fractured bones etc… We are hoping she gets her cast off tomorrow.
Anyone heard from Jeff ? How is Ulrich doing ?
Prayers to those in need.
TTYL
YGW
Evening Dinners
Flo, [B] and where is that Buick guy?
Got out of work early becuase of the Fugerson’s Shooting Riots. Grand Jury found Officer Darren Wilson not chargerable is the shooting death of Michael Brown, so the riots have started again. Here is a link for folks that may not know about the shooting.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/grand-jury-wont-indict-ferguson-cop-in-shooting/ar-BBfxHNc
While the company does not have a stores in Fugerson, I have to drive though it to get home. So I got off a half hour before the verdic was realesed.
Douglas I think I understand the Dual Core answer. Lets say you need to move 100 boxes and one person can move the 100 boxes in 1 hour. Now you add a 2nd person working at the same speed as the 1st person you can move the 100 boxes in a half hour? Is that the idea?
I had been looking at a Zeon Quad 4 Computer but Paul told me it would not be as fast for what I am wanting to do. Guess it is like buy a Semi to pull a single car trailer? [:-^]
YGW That was what I cut out of my 69 Charger. Scary thing about it was around 2 months before the rear frame broke from rust I got into it with a newer Z-28 on the interstatate. He ran out of brass something at 120 MPH and I kept going. Here is what I replaced it with.
http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/Newass11_zps12b29cc3.jpg.html]
I am a the big blue thing with my back facing the front. I am smaller now.
With all the talk about Music of late thought a throw in this pictuer.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30188737
Link to the riot
Ken … We saw some of the story in the news. Glad you stayed off of politics.
Caution everybody. … Let’s not get political about the sitution mentioned by Ken.
Vencent … Great to See you .
Yes. Please no politics.
~Apparently I must be careful with something as mundane as Vaseline Hand lotion…the “sensitive, fragrance free” kind! I used it last night on my hands and they blew up to at least twice their normal size at least!!! To be sure, I will have to pick another night to do so after the swelling goes down and see…I already know the scented laundry stuff is a no-no, so I buy only the “free and clear” stuff…
~I slept on it so my left shoulder is very bothersome, 3 to 4 months after the right shoulder is done, the left one gets surgery too…Cannot wait til the 17th to get the right one done!
~Ken:The les paul guitar is FINE {Rick Harrison would be proud}, BUT THOSE SHORTS ARE NOT!!!That was 1988, you were still wearing those? Oh the things we wore as “hot fashion”! I forget when I stopped wearing such things{short shorts}, but I thought it was earlier than the late 80s! Those were clearly 70s shorts. Though, Have you seen the TV commericial for the 14 year old prius {RAY would be so proud} where the kid has on those type of shorts in front of the prius 14 years ago, and again, has to wear them now with the brand new prius? I don’t HOW he is supposed to fit in them all grown up!
well,
Galaxy,
And here I was…biting my tongue not to say anything…about the trucker lingo shorts. LOL,LOL…[(-D]
Take Care, All.
Btw: Got a guy on Jeff’s site, checking to see if He is OK.
Frank
I typed it, removed , typed it again after checking out the pic again, could NOT resist!
KEN: That was not a slight, it was all HUMOR!
Remember the tune: [8]Who wears short shorts, we wear short shorts, they’re such short shorts…[:-^][8]
oh, the power of laughter!
Ken; we are laughing near you, not at you…[:-^]
[:#]
Good Afternoon!
The prodigal son is back!
Quite serious respiratory problems kept me away from life in the past two weeks, but there are signs of improvement now. It´ll be a long way to full recovery, though.
Good to see, that a number of our former regulars are “regulars” again. I hope to hear from Jeff soon, his absence makes me worrying about his well being again.
There has been a lot of car talk here lately - at least I got the impression from just skimming over the last weeks´ contributions. I used to be car-crazy myself in younger days, but I am over that for a long time now.
My firts car was a 1971 French Renault 6, a car which is probably unknown in the US. It was a terrible car, bad design and even worse built quality. I bought it cheap, but every cent I invested was a waste of money. It was not at all a reliable car, each day, some part would fall off. “Weld it while u drive it”. After about a year, it failed the road test and met the wrecker.
It was succeded by a 1971 VW Bug, which I dearly loved. It never failed on me and took me through my student years. The next one was a big step upward - a Mercedes 250 with a straight 6 engine. It was a gas hog and I was glad to have it off my back when I got my first company car - a Baby Benz Diesel. Later years saw a number of different Mercedes Benz or BMW company cars, mainly S-class Mercedes or 7 series BMW. In 2005, I decided to celebrate my midlife crisis by buying a two year old Porsche 911 Turbo S. It was fun to drive, but way too fast to feel comfortable. I never drove it faster than 175 mph and that only for a few minutes - I am no race car driver. I sold it after a year, making good money on the sale.
Right now, my dream car is a Volkwagen up! - the smallest VW available. It´s quite nice and gives us a good service - what more to ask for?
I have not been d
Frank - please let us know as soon as you hear about Jeff.
Galaxy - what is the latest on Ulrich
Now to start a few days off !
TTYL
YGW
Good morning all… I’ve got stories and pics to share. But mostly… Ken… I love those cars you’ve got on your layout.
Ken and maybe a few others might remember the Detective show called Mannix. Joe Mannix was his name… Korean vet hardened street detective. But every year it I would follow the types of cars. Maybe some of you remember the TV series… considered very violent for 60s TV. But the cars that man drove. The 67 Plymouth (Oldsmobile ? 455 V8 ‘Rocket’ engine) Toranado… well its a great car today to be seen in even today. I loved it then as I do now.
In the 1970 show Joe drove a Plymouth Cuda… don’t know if you remember it… but talking about cars brought up some old memories.
I loved watching that show… and always enjoyed the cars.
Now you guys remember that yellow house I was building and I said to forget about?
Well here it is.
And one other in which I am quite proud of mixing and matching colors.
Enjoy
… Take care all…
Ulrich and Jeff especially.
Keith
this is where Jeff is at I called there once but he does not have a phone in his room they let him call me back for a couple min
heres the # 337-463-8778
Mornin’… Ah! Is that [color=red]Ulrich[/color] sitting at the Rivet Counter?
Zoe, put [color=red]Ulrich’s[/color] lunch on my tab. I’ll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes, couple sausage links, and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast to start the day. What? yes I know it’s lunch time but I am running late today.
Good to have you back in the Diner [color=red]Ulrich[/color] and hope the lungs clear up soon… I had pneumonia back when I was in my early 30’s. If it wasn’t for antibiotics, it would have done me in. I was a hurting puppy for over a months. GHad to use up almost all my sick leave from school before I could go back to teaching.
Sun has been out of and on this morning here in the Finger Lakes. A bit cooler than yesterday though. Currently 42°F outside with a high of 45°F later this afternoon. I have a dentists appointment at 1PM today to get the permanent crown installed. I will also be making an appointment to get the other needed crown done in a week or so. Then I will be done with dental stuff (until next time). Last Thursday the Drug Store I use called in an Rx for one of my blood pressure meds. I called this morning and the Doctors office had still not sent the prescription to them. I called the Doctors office and let them know I am not happy. The Rx, should be at the Pharmacy by now!!! I’ll stop later this afternoon and get it. With all the waiting for things that need to get done here my BP is already high and that is with the Rx!
I have to find one of the old photos of my first car, a 1960 VW bug. Maybe later.
Take care out there and stay safe!
73
