Ray, your grandpa is a man after my own heart. I didn't know about Steve Martin playing the banjo, but Earl Scruggs, John Gimble and Bob Wills bring back memories.
IDEA! - you take up the banjo, I'll do steel Guitar, we'll talk Dennis into doing fiddle and we have a county band! Can you see the Chief on drums (what do you think Buckeye?)?
Pat
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Good Afternoon Boys..
Up to 90 today partly cloudy and warm but not humid. Weather is better but appropriate rain tomorrow, or so says the weather prognosticator .
No much going on, have dinner engagement with the big dude from Saint Lou, should be interesting and fun. Some business in the mix, though.
HD still repairing the bike, I still have one more contact about repair or trade, will do that tomorrow. The local dealer is hurting, not selling bikes and making a mad push to put more on the road. This might work to my advantage.
Remember tomorrows date – I’ll be making 1 post until Saturday or Sunday....In my mind, this is a really tough day to get through.
See ya later!
Rich (Assistant 41 – HFD#1, Mercer Co., NJ)
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Know what you mean Rich.Bob, that friend of yours is both blessed and lucky. Violins/fiddles are held together with glue. They do not do well with a lot of heat, that is why they say never to leave one in a car. Regarding the make of his find, that is fantastic. I'd love to get such a well made instrument....someday.
Pat, violin/fiddle, same thing. In fact, we have learned to play such classical music as "Shortn' Bread" and "Camp Town Races". With regard to the steel, that is a difficult instrument to play...well.
Gotta go make some home made PIZZA, so hope everyone has a blessed night.Dennis
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Yep, I have island fever. and a silly little book on how to play the ukeulele which I am reading to try to learn to read the music and how to hold the thing if I ever get one. LOL. Grilled pork chops tonight and cornbread stuffing . Yum. Beautiful evening. Now to throw the ball around with the boys. Good meeting this morning with my teen's teachers about his upcoming year. His goofy choices drive me crazy sometimes.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Pat ... BIG TIME CONGRATS on the Golden Anniversary, that is simply awesome!
For the newly formed country band, I would suggest for Chief that he play the Jug, it just seems perfect for him ... I know he would be outstanding
Sure has been a quiet week here, the boss has been with the new Grandson all week helping his Mom & Dad wherever she can. I know they will feel her absence ... they just love having her there. I'll go up tomorrow afternoon and spend the night and then we'll come home Saturday. I'm all caught up with the landscaping chores and that feels good.
On Tuesday and Wednesday I was with the Patriot Guard Riders as we honored a true American Hero. A young man from Iowa was one of the 11 survivors of the Palawan Massacre in WW II, he passed away last week at the age of 88. He wrote of his experiences during that time and for you history buffs the name of the book is Last Man Out, it's the story of Glenn McDole, USMC. He was a POW for 2 1/2 years in a Japanese prison camp and managed to escape while 139 American soldiers were slaughtered. It's a facinating read. When he came home he joined the Iowa Highway Patrol and eventually joined the Sheriff's office before he retired. What a full life he lived, he gave speeches around the country, I'm just sorry that I never met him. I felt honored to stand the flag line for him.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
jonadel For the newly formed country band, I would suggest for Chief that he play the Jug, it just seems perfect for him ... I know he would be outstanding
Jon, how bout the mouth harp????
Regarding the passing of heros, I had the honor of operating on a WWII flying ace and MOH earner several years ago. Got to talk with him a bit and then, one of the other guys I work with who is a real fighter plane buff went and interviewed him and has it on digital copy. Very interesting stories he tells. Serves as a reminder to seek out the veterans and get to hear their stories, but more importantly, tell them THANKS for the sacrifice.
Dennis
Pat I forget what it acually called but I think the chief would fit right in with the wash tub with a 2x4 going up from it about 5' and a string from it tot he tub.
And for the question can I sit yet ? never had a problem you rebels ain't that tuff
hope all been having a good week
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Good Evening
A beautiful day reached 81. Low humidity left the house open all day. Sat on the porch through the evening till after dark.
Pat thanks for the Breyers sign, my favorite is the Sherwin Williams paint sign. well banilla is ready so lite the fuse on the thingy and lets get going...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Jon,
After reading that, I got the image of Mr. Darling from The Andy Griffith stuck in my mind. I am probably going to have a nightmare now. Thank you.
After finishing the work for my online Operations Management class this afternoon, I took the Probe down to the local BP and filled it up with 93. Took the long way home. That car is great for winding, hilly roads. I continued work on the trackplan tonight. I can't believe how much time and planning elevated tracks take to build. Then, I decided to make them cross over and under each other several times. Oh well. It will be worth it when I get them done. I will continue with it tomorrow afternoon.
Clearing and muggy high 70's here.
It is not supposed to rain this weekend. Looks like we will be racing Saturday after all. My friend seems to have the racing bug, and he wants to use the last race of the year as another test session for some rather radical chassis set up changes.
Bob - interesting story on the 'lost' Strativarous. I've a simialr one. An older gent I knew while we were living in Kentucky ran across a child size violin that the owner was discarding. He asked if he could have it, and it was given to him. He did some research on it and discovered it was a Strativatous! He used it as an object lesson during Sunday school one week. He waited until it had been passed around the room until he let us know who had built the instrument.
About all for now.
Evenin All.
Been laid up in drydock for a while. Back took it's revenge saturday morning forcing me to go to "Urgent Care" that nite, actually let the wife drive so you know I was really in pain. After some good meds and exercises the back is good but I picked up a bug somewhere, either friday at the museum or saturday at urgent care, so now it's coughing/sneezing/ear ache & sorethroat. Another Dr visit and more meds. Haven't had any real food since last friday Need to get it under control by morning, I am breaking out the UP Dessrt Victory and the military cars and the 9-11 cars.
Doug M. A ukelele fan, perhaps a replacement for Arthur Godfrey. Now I am really showing my age.
As far as an instrument for the Chief, if the "Washtub Bass" was a tad difficult for his abilities how about a "Washboard" just don't loose the thimbles.
Dennis, You can also load-up the manure spreaders and aim them at the MD line.
Must be the result of my upbringing, listening to Flatt & Scruggs, but a couple of favs are the mandolin & banjo.
Gettin a bit tired and need to finish packing for tomorrow. Nite all.
Extra special prayers for all folks who wear a uniform tomorrow.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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dougdagrump Extra special prayers for all folks who wear a uniform tomorrow.
Well said, Doug. We were talking about this today at work. 8 years. Prayers too for all in need.
Nice chats with everyone tonight - Tardis is ready to fly, so let's hit the High Road
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hey, I'm kinda liking all those abbreviations, it will surely make posting time faster! So here goes:
WAWNCISFTFTTW! CBGKOBSRLI! CTSFWOFAWT. TIAIK
LATER.
Don
Just packing up here after a pretty good day. Bearings finally on order. Here we go. Have to get up at O dark thirty as I have a doctor's appointment in Tucson at 10AM.
Doug - hope you are feeling better. Sounds like you had a rough time there
8ntruck - I love hearing about stuff like the Strat. Little (or in this case maybe bigger) time capsules.
Jim - we had to do the water pump so the timing belt got replaced then too. And I very well remember spending quite a bit of time trying to get those 4 little 10mm nuts back on the water pump pulley. The car will run for a bit til it heats up and then quits. I remember you mentioning something about this once and wanted to ask you about it. Doesn't appear to be a fuel pump issue. We checked the relay and I even ran the wires back to the tank.
Got to sign off and get packed up. Remembering others tomorrow.
Bob
P.S. It's exactly two weeks 'til I get to visit Roy's Train World
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
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TGIF
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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HI GYZ,
Was a beauty of a day yesterday at 65 and No rain. Played GOLF beat BRO and had WINGS and YUENGs at WAYNES, ahh doesn't get any better.
Today RAINY and cooler. BEER RUN tonite.
BUCKEYE, YOU STOLE MY THUNDER, TGIF anyway.
SF
laz57
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 70s. The drought is over!! "My" soccer girls finally won last night 2-1!!! It was a barn burner. We got a goal in the first half, the other team answered back in the second half, and with about 12 minutes to go, one of the Lady Pirates went one on one with a defender for about a minute "foot wrestling" before firing a shot from a deep corner along the end line which bounced off another defender into the net!!!! The boys won as well, 3-0, and the JV girls got their first goal ever in a 3-1 loss. All in all, it was a good evening. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast this morning before sending it to "Points East". TBIL, and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on trainng,
Mike C. from Indiana
Bob: replace the crankshaft position sensor (CPS) thats what my satafe was doing and it cured it.Also a friend of mine had a early 90s buick and that happened to him as well. Some component in that thing breaks down when they get hot and it just shuts off the engine......Steve
Havn't posted in a week. As you can tell from the post above the Santa Fe is fixed and running well. THe Geo on the otherhand came out of the shop last thurs. with a new control arm on the drivers side, took my wife to work the next am and after I dropped her off was foing to pay the elect. bill and after about two miles the passenger side control arm ripped out of the rotted frame, broke the driveshaft and folded the wheel under the car. I gambeled and lost big time on that one. Lucky Iwasn't going fast or in traffic at the time. So that car is already in the crusher and we are short a vehicle. Not a huge problem till I get a job, which still hasn't happened. Hey Chief your getting real close to 5 didgits.....Steve
dbaker48Hey, I'm kinda liking all those abbreviations, it will surely make posting time faster! So here goes:WAWNCISFTFTTW! CBGKOBSRLI! CTSFWOFAWT. TIAIKLATER.
OK, I give up. I ran these backwards, upside down, and tried a mirror image, but got nothing. What did ga say?
Mornin' boys. <--- Weather in the Mid-Atlantic region. Having fifepup's 15th tomorrow. Already ordered RAVENS ice cream cake, picked up Madden10, and will order a bushel of large steamed crabs tomorrow. Watched Steelers/Titans game...was wondering if either team wanted to win that one.
I remember having breakfast at my favorite little cafe, on a clear blue day, 8 years ago. Worked the next 12 hours on alert. Over half the kids I work with now were in middle school at that time...I remind them when I can.
Thanks Jon.
From the suggestions of band instruments for the Chief (AKA Mr. Darling), most requiring a lot of wind, you would think he was a politician. Did you notice he hasn't said anything?
RT - You must be sitting on a bed of grits. Grits are known to re leave a lot of problems, especially in that area.
Enjoy your Grits!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 62 degrees. Going up to 75 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have some errands to run and a few chores to do around the house. I will enjoy the weather while I can. The leaves are starting to turn colors on the maple trees already. The view in the front yard is beautiful in the fall. Then, the winter comes.
Buckeye......TGIF ( did someone wake you up ?? )
Dining car was here from "Points West". Had the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Good Morning
Another beautiful day, oh if only they would last till spring.
I see a second use for grits(first is potholes)those kids will have nice smooth sanded skin from the knees down. Imagine what it does to your innards. Granny fixed a big breakfast this morn so I took a nice walk and will skip lunch. No plans for the day so I shall just enjoy it...S.J.
LawsonFarmsRR RT - You must be sitting on a bed of grits. Grits are known to re leave a lot of problems, especially in that area. Enjoy your Grits!
Only thing grits used for around here is to kill ants and sandpaper.
Morning all figured it was about time to get up. man I never slept this late when off except when I worked nights. I always got up around 7 when off. Guess it this sleep apnia till they read the results I won't know anything told it takes about a month to get them read.
Hope all have a good week-end as laz says TGIF
Bob,
That problem is very common for the 93-94 GT. The source of the problem is the ignition module within the distributor (referred as a disty within the Probe community). At this point, you have three options:
1. Find a working original disty in a salvage yard. (Good Luck)
2. Replace the disty with a new one. ($300-$400)
3. Do the HEI mod. (about $20)
I'll send you a pm shortly.
Steve,
I doubt that it is the crankshaft sensor in Bob's case. It could be, but the ignition modules within the 93-94 Probe GT distributor are notorious for failing once the car warms up. A bad crankshaft sensor on these cars will throw a code and the car will refuse to start.
I thought of a few more things to check. Try wiggling the connectors on the disty while the car is running. If it cuts out, the ignition module is bad for sure. Also, check the resistance across the plug from the crankshaft sensor. It is a connector with two wires by the dipstick tube.
Morning all from Wilmington NC.
Jon, my new Grandson is bigger than your Grandson.
Pretty weather here. Grandson [Carter 2 1/2] has run Granddaddy in the ground. We ran until dark and then had to play pony when we got inside. He finally crashed at around 9 PM.
Steve W., I'm just a big mouth Reb.
Grits are great. Now you should know that the GG1 means GREAT GRITS #1.
Later
BTW: Firefox is horrible to work with.
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