Way back.....My fun automotive stuff included: '57 Corvette....Later: '68 SS Impala 427 Custom Coupe.
Quentin
Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster.
Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day:
SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup.
FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice.
LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp.
CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special.
COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli.
Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins.
Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
cherokee woman Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
Now, almost fifty years later, we feel that (unless something drastic takes place) we have bought our last car.
Today was Homecoming Day! I went in, earlier than usual, and almost immediately people at the hospital began getting all in order to get Ricki out of there. We were both glad to get her home--and she is, in some ways, doing better than she was before the stroke almost four weeks ago. We expect more improvement, as she will have therapists coming here for a time (we do not know how long).
Has anybody heard from Tom as to how he is doing since his bout with the medical profession?
Johnny
cw thanks for supper.csx was busy this afternoon.Tina glad you like the dvd.Come back when you can.off to make some popcorn for tonight.mamma is making hot chocolate.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Quentin, I had a '64 Ford Galaxie 500.....
Johnny - After reading about Ricki "getting out", I can't help but think of one of the letters quoted in the article about Mssrs Morgan and Beebe in the latest issue of Trains... It was about a stay in the hospital.
Tina - (Good to hear from you!) I've never encountered problems with water in the tanks freezing - if they're full, that's a lot of mass to freeze, even at some pretty cold temperatures.
I have had the tubing feeding the pressure gauges freeze up, and even yesterday, there was slush in some of the hoses as we drained them. I've seen hoses that were flowing water start to freeze up, too. If it's below freezing, we have to keep nozzles flowing at least a little so they don't freeze.
Even the main pumps on the pumpers can freeze if it's cold enough. We keep our pump 'dry' until we're ready to use it - on a longer response on a -40F night, we could be dealing with a solid chunk of ice if we didn't. It's happened. The piping around the pump can definitely be a problem - doubly so because if it freezes solid it might split the pipe.
We were drafting from a pond which was frozen over, which meant the water we were fighting the fire with was probably pretty close to freezing, too. I know we were freezing.
The bigger ice problem is on the ground. A fifty pound bag of salt from my garage got used up before the highway department showed up with more sand/salt mix. Fortunately, the warm spell over New Years had gotten rid of what snow we had, so we could see the ice on the ground.
Of course, it's not hard to find pictures of fire buildings that are completely covered with ice. I've been to one or two of those...
Late last night, as it gently snowed outside, a knock on my door by a neighbor alerted me to the fact that some of the rubble was still burning. Two thousand gallons of water later (delivered via the deck gun) it was out.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Quentin; my first (power car) was a 41` Chev coupe . That was a poured babbit rod called a cast iron 6. WOW what a hoot . The next powerhouse was a 49` L-190 Binder, few automotive lovers know of this one. It had a honker 450 red diamond engine . My last muscle car was a 99- mod. 379 ~ 475 hummi'n cummins , Petey car . Now all the speed and power has gone with time. Been replaced with a 4.2 liter - 150 ford deluxe , 2009 . Sure has a nice heater and defroster~~ Acond. also.
Ahhhhh those were the days , hmmmm heard that somewhere.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Deggesty cherokee woman: Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband! Ah, the cars we had when we were young--a 1938 Chevy which I had when I was a senior in high school, then a 1950 two-door fastback Chevy, which I bought in 1960 and drove for two years. Now, almost fifty years later, we feel that (unless something drastic takes place) we have bought our last car. Today was Homecoming Day! I went in, earlier than usual, and almost immediately people at the hospital began getting all in order to get Ricki out of there. We were both glad to get her home--and she is, in some ways, doing better than she was before the stroke almost four weeks ago. We expect more improvement, as she will have therapists coming here for a time (we do not know how long). Has anybody heard from Tom as to how he is doing since his bout with the medical profession?
cherokee woman: Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
First: Johnny....we hope "Homecoming" will be good therapy for Ricki.....and then more improvement with the Therapists coming to your home.
Another automobile memory: A 1949 Chevrolet 4-door Fleetlne...Light green. Chevy's top model then and it was $1,875 new. An excellent car. Took good care of it, but I was young then, and it got lots of miles put on it....68,000 in 23 months.
Uncle Sam wanted me to go help....so, Dad sold the car {to "southern car buyers", which we seemed to see often in our area of Pennsylvania then....Some time later, they stopped in at our Esso Station and ask if {my family}, had any more like that 4 door Chevy...They pulled another car with it to one of the Carolina's, and had no trouble at all.
It certainly was faithful to me while we had it.....Still, one of the vehicles in our garage here is a Chevy.
Murray Quentin, I had a '64 Ford Galaxie 500.....
Murrary.....In that time frame....my vehicle would have been a 1962 SS Impala coupe 327, all black.
switch7frg Quentin; my first (power car) was a 41` Chev coupe . That was a poured babbit rod called a cast iron 6. WOW what a hoot . The next powerhouse was a 49` L-190 Binder, few automotive lovers know of this one. It had a honker 450 red diamond engine . My last muscle car was a 99- mod. 379 ~ 475 hummi'n cummins , Petey car . Now all the speed and power has gone with time. Been replaced with a 4.2 liter - 150 ford deluxe , 2009 . Sure has a nice heater and defroster~~ Acond. also. Ahhhhh those were the days , hmmmm heard that somewhere. Cannonball
Cannonball................If my memory serves me correctly, your first "cast iron six" would have been all of 216 c i. Actually, both '41 Chevy's and '41 Fords had a pretty good history of being good cars way back then...
Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
On a weather note, the lake effect machine is in high gear over Oswego County right now....
It drifted south this afternoon. Before doing so, a lot of drivers on I-81 found it was easier to slide into the ditch than stay on the road...
Quentin, all this talk about everyone's first cars has gotten me wanting my first one back, a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda. Purchased used in 1970.
Larry, in below freezing weather after we had a fire run, we'd make sure the pump was drained and no water remained in the pump housing; several times in very cold weather and on a fire scene, we had to "employ" heaters to direct "warm air" underneath the pumper to make sure the pumps kept working.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
tree68Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
Larry, I also had a '67 Rambler American 220... 3-Spd manual....completely stripped model (to include radio delete).....BUT...She had a great heater..and I never got stuck in the snow....
tree68 ....And the '62 Super Sport had 4 on the floor Larry....{That transmission was born in the enineeing lab where I worked}. Later that car got a set of headers....bigger carb.....and a "350 hyd. cam"....Liked it so much we didn't replace it until '68. Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
....And the '62 Super Sport had 4 on the floor Larry....{That transmission was born in the enineeing lab where I worked}. Later that car got a set of headers....bigger carb.....and a "350 hyd. cam"....Liked it so much we didn't replace it until '68.
And now, from cars to sports--Joe, your boys did it! They certainly made a wonderful start in the first half, but somehow they almost fell down in the second half. Still, I must say that in the Southeastern Conference they play football, with a school or two having a bad year.
Does anybody know what BBV Compass is? I never heard of it before (nor of pinstripes in football).
Bedtime half an hour ago.
Battered Banged and Bruised but they ended up on the good side of the scoreboard thanks to the Defense.Good Night all.
Good Wednesday morning all. Johnny, I'm glad that Ricki got to come home yesterday! That is very good news. Hope Tom is doing all right, haven't heard anything from him.
We're starting the day out with a temp in the mid 20s, going for a high in the low 40s. Going to the grocery later this morning, means bundling up.
Coffee, juices, etc., are fresh and ready to go. Regular breakfast items on the serving station.
Everyone take care this morning, keep warm and keep safe.
morning
might make it to freezing today.guessers say some snow showers for tonight.time to get Matt to the bus stop.Its back to work for us tonight.CW thanks for breakfast.
Stay safe
I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too.
switch7frg I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too. Cannonball
Yes, for some decades now, but doubtful if the ones back in '41 were.
A mental picture still sticks in my mind {from a young age}, of seeing a {new}, 1938 Oldsmobile pulling another {new}, one....on the street in our little home town {main street was rt. 30}, parked outside a restaurant...They obvously were on their way thru to some dealership.
Modelcar switch7frg: I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too. Cannonball Yes, for some decades now, but doubtful if the ones back in '41 were. A mental picture still sticks in my mind {from a young age}, of seeing a {new}, 1938 Oldsmobile pulling another {new}, one....on the street in our little home town {main street was rt. 30}, parked outside a restaurant...They obvously were on their way thru to some dealership.
switch7frg: I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too. Cannonball
I remember how the showrooms downtown (I grew up in Elizabeth, NJ) used to paper over the showroom windows in late September/early October in anticipation of the new model year....That was big doings!
Remember how folks used to have loyalty to one brand of car...and to the same dealer? And they usually traded with the same salesman!
Much more cilvilized way to buy a car...not like it is now.
What a day this has been: had to stand in line at the Pharmacy for a long time, then, when I get home, and go through my prescriptions, noticed they'd given me one prescription belonging to another lady. Called the Pharmacy, and told them I'd be in tomorrow, with that prescription, and the one or two of mine that they didn't give me.(grrrrrrr)
On a happier note, I got an email from Tom awhile ago. He is home, with stube still in and pretty sore and grumpy. He said he just feels plain ole lousy. His tubes come out Friday, but his wife has surgery sometime next week.
Supper tonight: Sloppy Joes w/your choice of fried taters, french fries or tater chips, along with salad . Cobblers w/ice cream and yellow cake w/chocolate icing for dessert.
cw thanks for supper tonight.e494 had a problem with its air hoses in sherwood ohio.a signal maintainer helped the conductor find the leak and took him back up to the cab.time to go back to work.
Murray Modelcar: switch7frg: I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too. Cannonball Yes, for some decades now, but doubtful if the ones back in '41 were. A mental picture still sticks in my mind {from a young age}, of seeing a {new}, 1938 Oldsmobile pulling another {new}, one....on the street in our little home town {main street was rt. 30}, parked outside a restaurant...They obvously were on their way thru to some dealership. I remember how the showrooms downtown (I grew up in Elizabeth, NJ) used to paper over the showroom windows in late September/early October in anticipation of the new model year....That was big doings! Remember how folks used ot have loyalty to once brand of car...and to the same dealer? And they usually traded with the same salesman! Much more cilvilized way to buy a car...not like it is now.
Modelcar: switch7frg: I think all these ( gems ) were brought to town by a train too. Cannonball Yes, for some decades now, but doubtful if the ones back in '41 were. A mental picture still sticks in my mind {from a young age}, of seeing a {new}, 1938 Oldsmobile pulling another {new}, one....on the street in our little home town {main street was rt. 30}, parked outside a restaurant...They obvously were on their way thru to some dealership.
Remember how folks used ot have loyalty to once brand of car...and to the same dealer? And they usually traded with the same salesman!
Murray:
You hit upon something that I believe has been lost in the Auto sales excitement. And probably has cost sales in the industry. The routine of keeping new model vehicles hidden / secrete and at an expected time of the year....September / October. That's when people expected new models to be released and as you mentioned, made a big push of excitement to unvail them on a certain new model show date...A large build up with advertisements that brought people into the sales room.
Especially, for "car guys", such as myself. That was a big day to go see the grand opening for the new models. Now....We have none of that excitement currently....Even fellows as myself, pay little attention because models are put on the market without much attention at all....at any time of the year.
As I recall, that was once quite the game between the car mags and the car companies. The car mags did everything short of breaking in to the companies to get pictures of next year's models. I remember seeing pictures of cars with covering on them so you couldn't see any details.
There was a spot (and still is) outside GM's Proving Grounds where you could see over the fence onto one of the tracks. I'm sure it was a popular spot for the photogs.
Them was the days when you could not only tell which manufacturer made a vehicle, but the model and the year.
just a dusting of snow here in nw ohio.matt is on time for the bus.Going to grab some breakfast and some juice.going to do errands after a nap.Tonight is Friday.
joe
Brrrrrrrrrr!
Good Thursday morning, everyone. And Joe, thanks for taking care of putting the coffee on, and taking care of everything this morning. Went to sleep about 10:30 last night, and didn't take up until about 8:04 this morning. Haven't slept that long in a long time. Guess I needed it, right?
It's going to be another busy day around here. Today, I have to go back to the Pharmacy and get my other prescription, turn the other lady's prescript back in, and get some frozen veggies for us. Then come home and do laundry.
Everyone have a good day, take care, and see you all later on for our Thursday Mexican Fiesta.
I am bored today. Yesterday was "grocery" day, but afternoon was spent trackside. It was around 40, sunny and sitting facing south, it was warm and.....quiet. Actually, our parking spot is one of the quieter ones in town. Only noise mostly is train whistles and then fairly quiet when they go by. Not a lot of traffic and no one ever bothers us.
They are doing fiber optics right in front of us, so I get the Tonka Toys and trains at the same time. A fun afternoon! Ate lunch across the street from a new high rise being built. More Tonka Toys as they are drilling holes and putting concrete in them for footings. Reminded me of sitting in San Diego at Seaport Village, many years ago, watching a hotel being built. We watched them put in windows about 10 stories up. Fascinating.
Weekend will be cloudy and cold. Blah!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie I am bored today. Weekend will be cloudy and cold. Blah!
I am bored today. Weekend will be cloudy and cold. Blah!
Weather wise, we are suffering the aftermath of our snowfall last week: low temperature and nasty air (it's nice to see the mountains to the east and west of us, but they, along with those to the north and south, do an excellent job of trapping whatever gets into the air until another low pressure cell moves in (bringing more snow) and lets the miasma rise out).
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